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Student Shorts

Year 2014
Runtime 90 mins

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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NEVER STOP CYCLING

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

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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)

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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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BACKROADS 

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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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LIGHT

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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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RUNNING SEASON

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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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ELPIS

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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FALLOW

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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TOMONSTER

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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LIFERS 

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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Countries

Canada