April 4, 2016

Ennemis intérieurs (2016) ****

Excellent, edge-of-your-seat short film about a seemingly routine police interrogation.

Space In Space (2016) ****

Dead Bait (2016) ****

Sing (2016) ***

Oscar-nominated Hungarian short film about a choir.

Extremis (2016) ***

Short documentary about life and death decisions for terminally ill patients.

Glasgow University Vet School Calendar (2016) ***

Pray For Rain (2016) ***

Nikes (2016) ***

Her Friend Adam (2016) ***


Needed Me (2016) ***

Famous (2016) ***

Evan Only Clique Bait Queen (2016) ***

Conceptual Romance (2016) ***

Fade (2016) ***


Tout simplement (2016) ***

Silent Nights (2016) ***

Ror mig (2016) ***

Mutants (2016) ***

Hedone (2016) ***

Timecode (2016) ***

Very cute Spanish short film set in a parking garage.

Side To Side (2016) ***


Frame 394 (2016) ***

A young man from Toronto entangles himself in one of America's most high-profile police shootings.

Please Re-Elect Gerald (2016) ***

The best political ad of 2016, better than anything that Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump have come up with.

Formation (2016) ***

A music video by Beyonce, released separately from her feature-length music video "Lemonade".

Lost In You (2016) ***

Wild Skin (2016) **

Suite à la découverte d'un bébé python dans son appartement, le quotidien d'une jeune femme solitaire se métamorphose. Cette mystérieuse rencontre libère des pulsions trop longtemps enfouies et laisse enfin place à sa vraie nature.

Oh What A Wonderful Feeling (2016) **

La nuit, une jeune femme. Des camions.

Tshiuetin (2016) **

A trip on an Indigenous-owned train line in northern Québec, shot in exquisite black and white, becomes an eloquent symbol of the pride and dignity that come with autonomy.

The White Helmets (2016) **

A short documentary about the Syrian War.

4.1 Miles (2016) *

Short documentary about refugees rescued on the Greek islands.

A Funeral For Lightning (2016) *

Seven months pregnant and stuck in a sleepy corner of Tennessee, a young woman begins to see through the promises made by her charismatic husband.

This River (2016) *

With over 4,000 missing or murdered Indigenous people in Canada, everyone knows someone who never came home. "This River" offers a first-hand perspective on the devastating experience of searching for a loved one who has disappeared.

The Road To Webequie (2016) *

In the remote island home to Webequie First Nation, a nearby mining development poses new hopes and threats for the local community. "The Road To Webequie", through the eyes of three unique youth, portrays the challenges of contemporary life on a remote reserve in Canada that is facing imminent development.

La Femme et le TGV (2016) *

Swiss short film set near high-speed train tracks.

Stone Makers (2016) *

A routine workday in a granite quarry turns surreptitiously into a captivating industrial symphony. While men work in the background, different equipment and machines perform for the camera as if they are individual dancers in a contemporary ballet.

Joe's Violin (2016) *

There is a serious overdose of pathos and sentimentality in this "music and the Holocaust" documentary short.

Pearl (2016) ***

A virtual reality cartoon set inside a car. Nominated for an Oscar (best animated short).

Pear Cider And Cigarettes (2016) ****


J'aime les filles (2016) ***

Borrowed Time (2016) ***

Bleak and depressing, but fascinating cartoon about guilt.

Piper (2016) ***


Shiny (2016) ***


Mamie (2016) ***

Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. Her granddaughter wonders: “Why isn’t Mamie interested in me? What happened that made Mamie so indifferent?”

Blind Vaysha (2016) **

Vaysha is not like other little girls. Her left eye sees only the past. Her right, only the future. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities. “Blind Vaysha,” they called her.

Red Of The Yew Tree (2016) *

La traversée d’un imaginaire féminin et universel, un périple encré à pointe fine. Une chasse à la perdrix est l’occasion d’un voyage à la fois délicat et puissamment évocateur sous le souffle de l’amour maternel et de la passation d’une condition féminine partagée.

I Am Here (2016) *

A mysterious traveller journeys across space and time in search of the origin of the universe. Along the way, he arrives at a devastating realization. But when he voices his conclusion, his discovery is brushed off as the babble of a deranged man. The world continues to spin.