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People I Hate
Producer: Urmi Bardhan; writer/director: Naomi Ward (Toronto & Mississauga, ON)
Synopsis:
Hoping to jump start her slacker life, Madeleine Bent moves cross country and develops an unlikely bond with a cagey co-worker.
The Teplitskys Are Furious
Producer: Luke Bryant; writer/director: Sarah Lazarovic (Toronto, ON)
Synopsis:
Sam Teplitsky, an increasingly uptight baby boomer, must rethink his entire life when his wife leaves him, his suburban manse floods, and he’s forced to move in with his downtown daughter and her boyfriend. Daughter and boyfriend become Sam’s unintentional mentors, and he theirs, all of them discovering that what they thought they wanted might not be what they want at all.
Sarnia
Producer: Jillian Ruby; writer/director: Matt Ferguson (Toronto, ON)
Synopsis:
An animated feature film set on the Ontario/Michigan border at the turn of the last century. When the year 2000 hits, lonely Y2K tester Daniel Gordon finds himself without a job, a purpose or direction. But when Daniel begins to notice glitches in the world around him he becomes sucked into a surreal world of haunting spectres, mechanical bug creatures and Y2K survivalists.
Wisteria
Producer: Amy Belling; writer/director: A.J. Bond (Vancouver, BC & Toronto, ON)
Synopsis: Wisteria
is a psychological horror about a young woman struggling to maintain her sanity while working as a wildfire lookout at an isolated 100-foot tall fire tower in the remote wilderness. The appearance of a mysterious feral child in the forest awakens a dark secret from her past that threatens to push her over the edge.
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