Riceboy Sleeps – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2022
An emotional mother-son drama.
Cette Maison – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2022
Filmmaker Miryam Charles dramatizes what it could’ve been like if her murdered cousin was still alive in Cette Maison. Tessa (Schelby Jean-Baptiste) was born in 1994 in Stamford and died in 2008 in Bridgeport. The daughter of Haitian immigrant Valeska (Florence Blain Mbaye), Tessa’s life before and after her death is told in a series…
Brother – TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2022
The bond between two brothers in 1990s Scarborough is examined in Brother. Michael (Lamar Johnson) grew up with his older brother Francis (Aaron Pierre) looking after him, while their mother Ruth (Marsha Stephanie Blake) worked late nights. In 2001, Michael lives on his own with a mentally broken Ruth when he is reunited with his…
I Like Movies – TIFF 2022
A teenage cinephile works at his local video store to try and earn money to attend film school in I Like Movies. Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) is a 17-year-old high school senior in Burlington who is steadfast about attending the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to learn filmmaking. Lawrence takes a part-time job at…
Viking – TIFF 2022
A man becomes part of a behavioural research teaming observing and replicating the first crewed mission to Mars in Viking. David (Steve Laplante) is a man chosen by the Viking Society to take part in a simulation replicating the first human-crewed Mars mission currently in progress. David becomes the Earth-bound surrogate for crew member Thomas…
Anne at 13,000 ft
A young woman has deep struggles with her work and personal life in Anne at 13,000 ft. Anne (Deragh Campbell) is a woman who works at a daycare, who often finds herself at odds with her co-workers since Anne tends to play with the kids more than supervise them. After going skydiving for the bachelorette…
Antigone
A teenage woman sacrifices her freedom to save her brother in Antigone. Antigone (Nahéma Ricci) is the youngest child of an immigrant family living in Montreal, who fled to Canada with their grandmother Ménécée (Rachida Oussaada) following the murder of Antigone’s parents. Despite being a Grade A student and a budding relationship with Hémon (Antoine…
The Twentieth Century – TIFF19
William Lyon Mackenzie King’s journey to becoming Prime Minister of Canada is told in a surreal alternative history in The Twentieth Century. Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) believes that it is his destiny to both become Prime Minister of Canada and marry Ruby Eliott (Catherine St-Laurent), as predicted by his mother (Louis Negin). However, Mackenzie finds…
Anne at 13,000 ft – TIFF19
A young woman has deep struggles with her work and personal life in Anne at 13,000 ft. Anne (Deragh Campbell) is a woman who works at a daycare, who often finds herself at odds with her co-workers since Anne tends to play with the kids more than supervise them. After going skydiving for the bachelorette…
Genesis
Three young teenagers’ struggles with first love are examined in Genesis. Guillaume (Théodore Pellerin) is a student at an all-boys school in Montreal, who is starting to feel a homosexual attraction to his best friend Nicolas (Jules Roy Sicotte). Meanwhile Guillaume’s step-sister Charlotte (Noée Abita) begins dating an older college student named Théo (Maxime Dumontier),…