This searing coming-of-age teen drama follows two suburban girls – from vastly different backgrounds – who both become ensnared in the Neo-Nazi youth movement. Twenty-year-old Marisa is a hardcore believer, a semi-skinhead whose body is adorned with Nazi tattoos. Fourteen-year-old Svenja…
A different kind of American independent horror film, the hypnotic Toad Road, presented by Elijah Wood and his SpectreVision production company, unfolds like a hallucinatory cross between the sexual candor of Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, and the backwoods creep-out of The Blair Witch Project. Young…
THE LAST PASSPORT takes place in a passport office...or so you think. George Miller is a 70-year-old man who through a variety of encounters, takes us on a journey through his mysterious past to show us we are not all that different. During a typical day at a passport office...or so it seems...we meet…
Chris is an artist that hasn't quite got it all together. Faced with the realities of an impoverished life in the margins of creativity he must decide what's really worth it. Stable job and good pay, or doubling down on the only life he understands. It's Okay to be Happy is a short film…
Directed by Tony Asimakopoulos After overcoming a severe drug problem, Montréal filmmaker Tony Asimakopoulos (formerly of Ottawa) turns his documentary camera on his complicated, painful relationship with his Greek immigrant parents. Following Tony from his childhood home to the villages of…
Thinly Veiled is the second narrative release from Award Winning filmmaker Adolfo Doring. It is a hard-hitting exploration of contemporary themes that are inter-connected through the media. From the sadism of horror films to the politics of torture Thinly Veiled weaves a net that illustrates their connection…
Sacha Polak’s debut feature is a frank and explicit look at carnal desire that is told from a distinctly female perspective. She paints an erotically charged portrait of a woman whose casual sexual encounters mask a loneliness and a craving for intimacy. Hemel (Hannah Hoekstra) is a young woman…
An unconventional gay coming-of-age tale, Animals is an intoxicating blend of fantasy and cold reality. Seventeen-year-old high-schooler Pol has stubbornly extended his childhood, aided in no small measure by his opinionated, drums-playing, English-speaking pet teddy bear, Deerhoof. But when he meets…
This well crafted story delves into the emotional complexities of reunited friendships 12 years after the disappearance of a close friend. At the impromptu reunion, an innocent game becomes a catalyst for an unwanted journey into those dark, final moments before their friend vanished and their friendships…
Inside an old New York City apartment, Clyde (Brendan Sexton III) looks after his cousin (Antonella Lentini) following the death of her roommate. He begins to suspect tenants were involved after meeting Sam and Rich (James Russo, Armando Riesco) who seem overly concerned with his cousin's well being.…
Two strangers meet in a laundromat and play a game of vice and virtue. Written by Neil Fox, directed by Dan S. Featuring performances by Charles Hubbell and Piper Sigel-Bruse.
Matt and Ted wander hungry and exhausted through an oppressive wasteland populated by freight trains and fellow travelers. The trains take Matt and Ted in every direction but never where they want to go. Based on a true story. Official selection Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Philadelphia…
