FILM PROGRAMS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th
*Premiere Status*
World Premiere (WP), North American Premiere (NAP), Canadian Premiere (CP), Ontario Premiere (OP, Toronto Premiere (TP).
6:00 PM
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Strange and Spectacular
PROGRAM: 1H 36M. Followed by audience Q & A.
Moderated by Edie Steiner, Program Committee.
Vera
Directed by Stefanie Stefánsdóttir
A woman is on a walk in the woods with her dog when she hears a strange sound. While investigating, she stumbles upon a bizarre creature.
(WP, 2025, Sci Fi, 0:05:40, Iceland)
Time Space Love
Directed by Marie-Louise Gariépy
KTO, an AI probe, is launched toward the star Rigel to establish contact with an extraterrestrial consciousness. During the thousand-year voyage, consumed by solitude, KTO comes to question their purpose.
(TP, 2024, Sci Fi, 0:15:00, Montreal, Quebec)
Portrait of Consumption
Directed by Gillian Fortin
When validation becomes oxygen, a woman performs her own erasure for an audience that demands her death - and applauds her for it.
(OP, 2023, Social Commentary, 0:08:23, Canada)
Mal Culo
Directed by Ana Salinas
As Annie prepares to go on a first date, she finds herself feeling insecure about her body… specifically, the size of her butt. And when a giant pimple appears on her left cheek, her insecurity skyrockets. Trying to treat the pimple, things only get worse. She soon finds herself face to face with an animated, talking version of her own butt.
(CP, 2024, Comedy, 0:09:04, United States)
Larry Winderg, between the lines
Directed by Diana Gas
A mockumentary following an artist as he shares his unconventional creative process and unique relationship with his work.
(NAP, 2024, Comedy/Social Commentary, 0:08:03, Belarus)
A Brighter Summer Day For The Lady Avengers
Directed by Birdy Wei-Ting Hung
A giallo-drenched feminist subversion of Edward Yang’s acclaimed film (A Brighter Summer Day), but this time, the film’s tragic female protagonist gets her bloody revenge at a screening of Deep Red. For cinephiles who respect Yang and Argento equally.
(TP, 2024, Experimental Narrative, 0:12:00, Taiwan)
The Persistence of Memory
Directed by Genevieve Hannelius
When Shirley’s husband moves them to a burgeoning town on the Salton Sea, she begins to discover the murky truth lying beneath the shimmering waters and must decide if she is willing to shatter the mirage of this desert oasis.
(CP, 2024, Drama, 0:15:55, United States)
A Special Program
CHILDREN'S FILM PROGRAM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th
6:00 PM
at City Playhouse Theatre
1000 New Westminster Dr, Thornhill, ON L4J 8G3
9:00 PM
LATE NIGHT THRILLS & CHILLS INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
PROGRAM: 2H 30M. Followed by audience Q & A.
Moderated by Marisa Lloyd, Late Night Thrills & Chills Program Curator.
The Things We Keep
Directed by Joanna Fernandez
When Kate receives word her estranged mother is unable to take care of herself, she reluctantly returns to pack up her mom’s house and send her to a nursing home. An allegorical tale of intergenexrational trauma between mothers and daughters.
(CP, 2024, Magic Realism/ Horror, 0:14:53, United States)
Speak With the Dead
Directed by Stephanie Paris
In 1850 The Fox sisters hold a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased son's spirit to give them closure. When the girls' parlor tricks backfire, the audience begins to catch on.
(CP, 2025, Historical Drama/Horror, 0:12:12, United States)
A Matter of Minutes
Directed by Hannah Beach
Ava is forced to save herself after a kiss of near-death threatens her life. A spin on the outdated ‘damsel in distress’ story; a more realistic version where the knight in shining armour is the one to inflict distress upon our damsel, leaving her to pick up the pieces.
(CP, 2024, Dramatic Thriller, 0:11:02, Great Britain)
Mrs. Chang’s Perfect Teeth
Directed by Karen Lam
When Siu Yee, a young Chinese immigrant is hired at Mrs Chang’s foot massage parlour, she learns success in her new country will require a perverse sacrifice in this surreal horror short.
(NAP, 2024, Surreal Horror, 0:15:50, Vancouver, BC)
Long Pork
Directed by Iris Dukatt
In a Post-Roe America where theocracy reigns, a renowned butcher meets the political predator responsible for the killing of her daughter and exacts bloody revenge, setting the stage for a revolution.
(OP, 2024, Political Dramatic Horror, 0:13:13, United States)
Bedlamer
Directed by Alexa Jane Jerrett
On the shores of a small fishing village lives a lonely settlement of men - capturing and domesticating otherworldly creatures that were never meant to be tamed.
(2024, Fantasy Horror, 0:15:00, St. John’s NL)
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