Lloyd Kaufman
A brand new Troma film, with “all the sex, mutations, musical numbers and violence that Shakespeare always wanted, but never had!”
Tony Morales
A terrible phone call in the middle of the night shakes Laura's world. Meanwhile, little Ainara plays in her room. The appearance of an anknow being? will test the mental and emotional stability of the two...
John Hyams
Jessica will have to face all of her fears at once. And she'll have to face it all alone. a tightly wound, knuckle-wringingly good thriller.
Trent Shy
"An animator takes his anger out on the source of his frustration... his puppets." The opening short of the program.
Justin Dyck
A clever, often funny and delightfully mean-spirited tale of elderly Satanists in way over their heads in the name of love.
Luk Yee-Sum
When Carmen finds out she’s three months pregnant, she’s hardly filled with a maternal glow. When you’re expecting, expect the unexpected!
Valérie Leclair
After Alex wanted to surprise Catherine for her birthday by taking the staff of a restaurant hostage, the two unrepentant and hot-tempered women argue in an epic argument about how to use their metapsychic...
Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus
Something terrifying is happening off the coast of Block Island. A hair-raising new horror creation, touching on the signature worries of our times.
Bridget Moloney
Bridget Moloney’s inspired Sundance head-turner BLOCKS (International Premiere) is the subversive comic tale of a mother who inexplicably begins vomiting up toy blocks, realizing them to be ideal tools for...
Patrick Gauthier
Ginette is behind the tasting kiosk of a small grocery store. Woe betide the person who refuses her appetizing morsels.
Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair
Ireland’s Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair delivers a powerful interpersonal pistol whipping with BREAK US (Canadian Premiere), a film that uses a bank robbery as a channel for the breaking of something else.
Seung-woo Kim
Jung-yeon is searching for her son Yoon-su, missing for six years. A call leads her to a coastal village, unaware of the horrors she’ll discover there.
Antony Webb
Australian writer/director Antony Webb’s striking CARMENTIS (Canadian Premiere) is an affecting mix between futuristic survival thriller and melancholic tone poem. An intergalactic miner overwhelmed by gri...
Lindsay Robinson
Lewis ends up at a sketchy 24 hr dental clinic after having one of his teeth knocked out and his wallet stolen.
Faye Jackson
British filmmaker Faye Jackson’s relentlessly unsettling CHANGELING brings us into a hellish space where a new mother grows increasingly transfixed and revolted by strange manifestations around her baby. A...
Joshua Boles
A jealous husband plots his sick revenge.
Jimmy G. Pettigrew
Cinépod is a collection of tribute sketches dedicated to cinema classics, in which the actors and actresses are cleverly replaced by animals.
Hsieh Pei-Ju
A young rooster’s life takes a sensual, unexpected turn as he’s chosen to become a breeder of a native chicken farm.
Ivo Van Aart
Columnist Femke Boot wants to shut her critics up – permanently. Hell hath no fury like someone insulted on social media.
Mercedes Bryce Morgan
The U.S.A. brings us four. Based on an actual Craigslist’s post, Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s COME F*CK MY ROBOT (International Premiere) depicts a shy teen virgin answering an inventor’s call for volunteers to...
Cressa Beer
A tender stop-motion animation about identity, love, and giant monsters. Endorsed officially by Toho, the studio responsible for the iconic creature, this short brings awareness and support for LGBTQ stori...
Rinio Dragasaki
Exploring the frivolities of youth and the difficulties of mental illness, COSMIC CANDY is a sparkling burst of optimism in the face of profound gloom.
Hikaru Tsukuda
On a peaceful riverside, a woman walks with her baby. A street ripper gazes into them. Who will save the family? It's... CRAP-MAN!
Yuji Shimomura
Japan’s most legendary swordsman defeats hundreds of opponents in a single, 77-minute shot. An almost transcendental marathon of mayhem.