Canada's Top Ten lineup features TIFF’s Student Film Showcase, Student Shorts, to shine a spotlight on the next generation of homegrown talent.
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Director: Colin Lepper
4 minutes
In this brilliant, Tim Burton-inspired stop-motion animation, a creature in search of a vital organ must journey from his dreary apartment to a strange, exotic world.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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DINNER TIME
Director: Alexander Mainwaring
10 minutes
A bloodthirsty wolf-man is challenged by a not-so-innocent Little Red Riding Hood, in this subversive and creative twist on the famous tale.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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LAST DANCE ON THE MAIN (LA DERNIERE DANCE SUR LA MAIN)
Director: Aristofanis Soulikias
3 minutes
This animated short documents the demolition of a row of historic Red-Light District buildings on Montreal’s Saint-Laurent Boulevard, and the response by the colourful citizens who fought back.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Candy Fox
15 minutes
This powerful documentary testimonial by Camillia Stonechild, who relates her upbringing on a Saskatchewan reserve, sheds light on the strength of survivors of family abuse.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Yassmina Karajah
13 minutes
Devastated by the death of his newborn son, a Lebanese man living in an adoptive country is challenged by his mother’s request that he perform Islamic pre-burial rituals in the hospital.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Grayson Moore
20 minutes
Anxious to sell his late father’s seaside house on Prince Edward Island after severed feet in running shoes start washing up on the shoreline and devaluing the property, Arthur must contend with the vultures circling to snap it up.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Akreta Saim
9 minutes
Prior to her death during childbirth, Akreta Saim’s cousin Ruby wrote a series of letters to her unborn child. ELPIS is an experimental, moving adaptation of a mother’s words of hope.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Breanna Cheek
4 minutes
The slow-moving life in a pastoral village is exquisitely rendered in these animated tableaux by director Breanna Cheek, who finds beauty in the ordinary, from local homesteads, to a diner, to an isolated laundromat.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Pui Ka Wong
2 minutes
When an alien lands in a tomato field, he quickly discovers that idyllic farmland can be dangerous ground to an intruder. TOMONSTER is a stunning CGI animation that is riotous fun.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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Director: Joel Salaysay
10 minutes
A young dishwasher observes his eclectic co-workers in a busy kitchen as he contemplates future career options. Director Joel Salaysay serves up an entertaining and honest slice of culinary life.
– Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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