Genres: narrative

  • Dancing to Happiness (Tanz ins Glück)

    Anna is working as a cleaning lady. Every night she cleans Helen’s office. Helen is a high-level broker working in the stock exchange. The two women live in different worlds and normally would never meet each other. However, they happen to have enrolled in the same salsa course. “Lightly written and deftly performed, ‘Dancing to Happiness’ is a pure charmer.” – Sean Bugg, Washington Metro Weekly. Selected Screenings: LesGaiCineMad, 2009 (Madrid, Spain); Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2009 (Germany); Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Festival, 2009 (Toronto, ON) Director’s statement In film school I had the wonderful possibility to…

  • Devil’s In the Details, The

    “THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS” explores the sensory perspective world view experienced by a 9-year-old boy named Josh. It delves into the richly layered tapestry of his daily life as his brain struggles to find peace and calm within the myriad of stimuli bombarding his senses. Josh is hyper-sensitive to sounds, textures, colours and light. He struggles to maintain eye contact and flaps his hand uncontrollably when he feels stressed or excited. Josh gets lost in the details because he gets over stimulated so easily and he relies on rituals and routines to bring order to the chaos and confusion…

  • Son of the Preacher

    Billy, the son of the preacher, secretly falls for a mysterious and pretty new parishioner. Constrained only to be able to look at her during Mass, he slowly lets himself punctuate the ceremonies with bits of his fantasies, giving rise to a succession of eclectic, often romantic, but sometimes naughty thoughts.

  • Teddy

    Tony, a dyed-in-the-wool Londoner, has travelled over 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand for a holiday with his ex, Neil, who abandoned Tony for a life on the other side of the world. While Tony’s hopes of rekindling his relationship with Neil are complicated by the presence of Neil’s new man, it’s a faded old teddy bear that will finally decide their fate. Selected Screenings and Awards: Audience Award for Best Short, Out Takes Film Festival, 2009 (New Zealand); Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, 2009 (Toronto, ON); Frameline, 2009 (San Francisco, CA)

  • Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 in It’s Party Time!

    Watch in awe as Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 graces the screen in her first featurette, IT’S PARTY TIME! A story as layered as her hair, as ethereal as her style. A pop explosion of Ukranian delight that will leave you bedazzled. Are you ready?

  • Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983 in You’re Eternal…

    This featurette stars a young Miss Edmonton Teenburger 1983, who escapes into a world of fantasy, as she deals with the pressures of youth. Unicorn! Wizard! And ketchup chips!

  • Do Not Bend

    Sometimes even a monster home in the suburbs isn’t big enough to contain the baggage of one complicated couple. Newlyweds Catye and Jason have it all: looks, excellent jobs, and a great big mortgage they can handle no sweat. There’s only one hitch: they haven’t consummated their marriage. “Do Not Bend” is the story of what happens when two people try to replace reality with a fantasy that is the opposite of their wildest dreams.

  • Blue Covers

    When the adult survivor of sexual abuse meets her lover, she struggles to remain present. She must remember that the hands of her lover are not the hands of her childhood abuser, and so, the separation between past and present begins to blur. Narrative and experimental, “Blue Covers” is an emotional, psychological and spiritual journey. A compelling look at the effects of sexual trauma, this short film is for survivors of abuse and those who care for them. “Blue Covers” was made possible through the generous support of San Francisco Women Against Rape and proj-ect PRO:JECT.

  • 510 meters above sea level

    A small airport in Switzerland. Simone must bury her father, but she misses her connecting flight. Natalie is waiting – for whom, she doesn’t know yet. Two strangers caught up in a night far away until time catches up with them. German/Swiss German with English subtitles

  • Displaced View, The

    “The Displaced View” traces a personal search for identity and pride, within the unique and suppressed history of the Japanese in Canada. Through an examination of the emotional and cultural links between the women of one family, the processes of the construction of memory and the re-construction of history are revealed. Utilizing an innovative combination of experimental, dramatic and documentary forms, the film emerges as a deeply moving and compassionate love letter. Just as the official history of the Japanese Canadians has been thrown into question, so does the film’s fictionalized narrative question doumentary as truth.