Directed by Lev Lewis
Over one evening, three members of a family try to schedule the medically assisted death of the family’s wife and mother. Following the characters in real-time, they manage the routine tasks of caring for a sick loved one, while the prospect of her inevitable death looms over them all. Every Day’s Like This is about a family dealing with the mundane as they stare down the impossible.
Directed by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas
Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A year in, Katie’s lie has granted her a new life as a campus celebrity. As she struggles to provide the documentation needed for a bursary for sick students, her secret grows harder to conceal, threatening to irrevocably hurt her and those she loves.
Directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell
After being appointed literary executor, Audrey uncovers a series of letters that her great-grandmother had written to a fellow poet. Both displaced from Poland, Zofia Bohdanowiczowa and Nobel Prize nominee Józef Wittlin corresponded from 1957 to 1964 between Toronto, Wales and New York City. Set over the course of three days, Audrey embarks on a journey to Harvard University to translate and make sense of Zofia’s words.
Directed by Lev Lewis, Yonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
Rene is a film student struggling to complete her thesis project. Alone and longing for connection, she finds solace in her work—a film about seven 17-year-old girls who fail their final year of high school and decide to join the Canadian army. Sadly, Rene seems to be the only person in the world who likes her film.
Directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz
A young woman named Audrey Benac delves into the archives of the New York Public Library in search of a rare recording produced in 1909. Shot on hand-processed black and white 16mm, the film takes a docu-fiction approach to investigate the faded legacy of the once celebrated Canadian musician Kathleen Parlow.
Directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz
A documentary that studies the day-to-day life of a Parisian astrologer, who has been residing in the same Montmartre apartment for over 50 years.
Directed by Lev Lewis
The Intestine is the story of Maya, an unhappy young woman, fed up with her monotonous job, filthy apartment, and the responsibilities of caring for her drug-addicted mother. One night she comes across Philip, a man of wealth, and the next morning wakes up alone in his large suburban home. With Philip nowhere in sight, Maya attempts to gain possession of the house.
Directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz
Never Eat Alone is an unorthodox feature-length docu-drama that explores a forgotten romance. The film examines the filmmaker's grandmother's attempt to reconnect with an ex-lover.
Directed by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas
The Oxbow Cure is a winter tale of Lena, a middle-aged woman who has recently been diagnosed with a life-altering disease. In an attempt to come to terms with her transforming body, she leaves her home in the city for a new life in remote northern Ontario. While exploring the natural world outside her cottage, she begins to create an interior routine. A frozen lake, mere steps from her front door, is a source of both fear and fascination.
Directed by Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas
Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist, but believes that his mundane middle class Toronto life has left him unprepared. After reading a book on what it takes to be a "true-artist", he sets out looking for risk, ecstasy, wildness and women. Amy George is a microbudget independent drama about the time in a boy's life when he's at his least likeable.