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Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game

Ted Stenson1h 15mCanadaEnglish Narrative Feature
It's 1999 and the Middleview Ducks high school basketball team are about to play the most low-stakes game of their lives. As the team prepares for another certain loss, the dramas around the game become more of a focus than the score. Pot-smoking, existentialism, radical theatre kid protests, and a dog on the loose, all unfold before, during, and after the high school basketball game.

Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game

Ted Stenson1h 15mCanadaEnglish Narrative Feature
It's 1999 and the Middleview Ducks high school basketball team are about to play the most low-stakes game of their lives. As the team prepares for another certain loss, the dramas around the game become more of a focus than the score. Pot-smoking, existentialism, radical theatre kid protests, and a dog on the loose, all unfold before, during, and after the high school basketball game.

Friday Morning Shorts

In this Program
In Full Bloom
Maegan Houang11mEnglish Narrative Short
LOVE POOL
Asim Chaudhry17mGBEnglish Narrative Short
Game Over
Adam Jenkins8mGBEnglish Narrative Short
A Song Can't Burn
Roscoe Neil12mGBEnglish Documentary Short
Watch Room
Noah Wagner17mEnglish Narrative Short
Down
Garry Crystal12mGBEnglish Narrative Short
The Role
12mPersian Narrative Short
All These Creatures
Charles Williams13mAustraliaEnglish Narrative Short

Itchy Fingers

Anna Nilles, Marco Jake1h 47mUSAEnglish Narrative Feature
In this biting satire, an aspiring teenage comedian joins a theatre group and is cast to play a school shooter. Will this "funny man" be able to pull off such a heavy role? A film that satirizes the way buzz culture feeds national tragedies and reckons with the way social media shapes our engagement of violence and comedy.

Mother's Day

Travis Carlson2hUSAEnglish Narrative Feature
A Mother struggling with mental illness and financial strain mentions her plan to impulsively move across the country, again. Her Son learns with each question that he, alone, has literally one-shot to save his mother from a potentially deadly setback. We witness the true story of two complex minds fighting to find love, and their loved one, in the darkness.

Murmur

Heather Young1h 25mCanadaEnglish Narrative Feature
Donna has recently been convicted of Driving while Impaired and is ordered to perform community service at the local animal shelter. When an elderly dog is scheduled to be euthanized, Donna decides to take the dog home and quickly realizes his companionship can ease her loneliness. In a futile attempt to fill the emptiness she feels, Donna begins to take home more and more animals and she is soon in over her head.

Saturday Afternoon Shorts

In this Program
The Other Morgan
Alison Rich14mUSAEnglish Narrative Short
A Fresh Perspective
Aaron Hosé12mUSAEnglish Documentary Short
Jeep Boys
Alec Pronovost20mCanadaEnglish, French Narrative Short
Limited Time Offer Act Now
Aaron Wertheimer9mUSAEnglish Narrative Short
Transfer
Sage Mears, Aaron Pagniano12mUSAEnglish Narrative Short
Landgraves
Jean-François Leblanc23mCanadaEnglish Narrative Short
Porch Light
Julia Bergeron9mUSAEnglish Narrative Short

Suzi Q

Liam Firmager1h 38mEnglish Documentary Feature
*Music Focused Documentary* Story of trailblazing American rock singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, who helped redefine the role of women in rock 'n' roll when she broke out in 1973.

The Catch

Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer1h 37mEnglish Narrative Feature
*Suspense/Drama* A woman returns to her estranged family, and reconnects with a former lover. When the robbery they plan goes awry, she must choose between abandoning her family again or taking responsibility for the chaos she's created.

The Penny Black

William J. Saunders1h 38mUSAEnglish Documentary Feature
Will, the estranged son of a conman, was left holding the bag, literally. His shady Russian neighbor, Roman, asked him to hold a million-dollar stamp collection, then swiftly disappears. Driven by fear and the desire to "do the right thing," Will goes on the hunt for Roman with the intention of returning the valuable goods. But when a significant piece of the collection goes missing, the filmmakers are forced to reexamine Will's capacity for honesty.

The Sympathy Card

Brendan Boogie1h 34mEnglish Narrative Feature
Unlucky at love, Josie joins a lesbian soccer league in hopes of meeting more single women. She hits the jackpot in Emma and in a brief musical montage, the two fall in love and get married. When Emma's cancer takes a turn for the worse, she presents her new wife with a deathbed order: find someone new while Emma is still around to approve of her choice. Can a story with heart, humor, and a dying spouse have a happy ending?