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Big Girl

Renuka Jeyapalan
Director

Playfully competing with Mom’s new boyfriend, nine-year-old Josephine learns that letting people in can lead to wonderful things.

Big Girl is a Special Presentation from 2010 Kodak New Vision Mentorship winner Renuka Jeyapalan and is not in competition for the Audience Choice Award.

Flawed – Audience Choice Award Winner

Andrea Dorfman
Director

A sensitive and tender portrayal of how feelings of self-doubt and body image can cause worry in a budding romance.

My Father, Joe

Nikila Cole
Writer/Producer/Director

Based on the memoir, Escape From Mount Moriah by Jack Englehard, My Father, Joe depicts a child’s first realization of his parent’s fallibility. After escaping to Montreal from Nazi-occupied France, ten year-old Jacov considers his dad a hero; but the boy’s world is shattered when he discovers his father’s painful secret.

My Mother The Hero

Elizabeth Robbins
Writer/Producer/Director

In 1950, a picnic by the beach turns tragic when a young girl alerts her mother about a drowning boy. My Mother The Hero is a touching glimpse into the powerful bond between mothers and daughters.

Bread & Kisses

Katherine Fitzgerald
Writer/Director

A lonely mathematician struggling to solve an equation finds a solution through an unexpected outlet—baking classes. The two women who teach him awaken his senses, rekindle his zest for life, and show him the value of balancing his head with his heart.

Billboard Girl

Supinder Wraich
Producer
Alex Pawelek
Director

Simran is secretly discarding her headdress to work nights as a promotions model in the club district. When a chance encounter leads Simran’s father to learn of her betrayal, she is forced to face her family—and herself.

Family First

Jennifer Liao
Producer
Jennifer Mesich
Producer
Chris Hanratty
Director

Rob and Ashley have a big announcement; but when their news brings family dinner to a screeching halt, they’re forced to question their choice. Family First is a dark comedy about family approval and the blindness of love.

The Red Hood

Danishka Esterhazy
Writer/Director

The Red Hood is a dark re-telling of the classic fable, Little Red Riding Hood, set in the Canadian prairies during the Great Depression. With stunning imagery and a sinister plot, The Red Hood is an evocative and chilling love story.

Savage Love – Audience Choice Award Runner-Up

Caitlin Starowicz
Writer/Director

The Cannibal Woman in a turn-of-the-century freak show is shunned by her fellow performers and begins to waste away; that is, until she meets Tom Thumb, who shows her love and compassion through a selfless gesture.

Choke

Michelle Latimer
Writer/Producer/Director

Upon leaving his First Nations reserve, Jimmy encounters the lost souls of the city and is reminded that no matter how far you travel, you cannot escape who you are.

Choke is a Special Presentation from 2008 Astral Media Mentorship winner Michelle Latimer and is not in competition for the Audience Choice Award.

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