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SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 6, 7:00 PM
PROGRAM 7
Legerdemain
Canada | Animation | 3 min
Director/Writer: Basil Gordovich
Producer: Basil Gordovich
A jealous illusionist summons his rival to a duel to see who is the better magician. The trick is, he brought a real gun.
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Middling
Canada | Comedy | 16 min
Director/Writer: Naomi Eidinger
Producer: Madeline DeCorso, Haley Wiseman, Texas Smith
Cast: Naomi Eidinger, Jordan Dawson
Through a series of vignettes, two class (and soul) mates unravel across time, space, and mediocre diner french fries.
A Deal in Liberty
Canada | Comedy | 15 min
Director/Writer: Palmer Wells
Producer: Palmer Wells
Cast: Daniel Gravelle, Christina Orjalo, Samantha Aucoin
When Officer Fitz Fitzpatrick is tasked to conduct a covert drug deal, the representatives sent by the Manhattan-based criminal enterprise causes him to rethink everything he thought he knew about the assignment.
Untitled 50 Year Old Guy
Canada | Drama | 18 min
Director: Augustus Rivers
Writer: Randall Ross
Producer: Kate Colo, Randall Ross, Danya Chichagov
Cast: Randall Ross, Brenna Stewart
Matt, a 48-year-old man still living with his mother in her retirement residence, numbs his loneliness with dating apps and memories of the ex he never got over. When Rashinka, a tennis instructor whose mother lives in the building, agrees to spend the day with him, Matt seizes the chance for connection, and their impulsive intimacy briefly promises escape from his stagnant life.
Every One Of Us
Canada | Drama | 11 min
Director/Writer: Farzan Farhangian
Producer: Motahhareh Safdari, Farzan Farhangian
Cast: Hahhah Brennen, Koorosh Azadegan, Amanda Roy
Amidst the bloody 2026 Iranian Revolution and a total nationwide internet blackout, a young woman in Toronto must navigate the agonizing silence of her boyfriend’s disappearance—only to find the answer in the heart of a protest.
Man in the Arena
USA | Drama | 25 min
Director: Bob Giraldi
Writer: Natasha Soto-Albors, Jacob D. Williamson
Producer: Cailin McFadden, Natasha Soto-Albors, Alistair McMeekin
Cast: Daniel Jenkins, Jamie Ann Romero
CARMELINA, an opinionated, rough-around-the-edges NYC cab driver, professing high quality taste in cuisine, develops an obsession with a certain food critic that she picks up one evening —and both will drive our plot, pardon the pun.
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