Check out these films made by talented WIFT Members during the Toronto International Film Festival ’23.
Sandy Hudson – Producer
Maureen Grant – Picture Editor
An Inuk woman seeking a simple tattoo cover up is thrown off when the tattooer turns out to be the now-grown child she babysat over a decade ago, stirring up emotions that are more than skin deep.
N. Jane Walker – Script Supervisor
When Bria returns to her mom’s house in Brampton, expectation does not meet reality. She thinks she’ll sit back, relax, and hang out with her friends, but her mother’s retirement plans and Bria’s lack of funds change all of that. She’s accompanied by an invisible hype girl, Black Attack, who pops up intermittently to steer Bria in the right, or very wrong, direction.
Kelly Gilbert, Production Accountant
Bequeathed a job remounting a Canadian Opera Company production of Salome after the death of its revered creator, her mentor, a young director is forced to re-examine her tangled personal history with the project, the deceased man, and her own family.
Kelly Gilbert, Production Accountant
Sam has a chance encounter with an old friend on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Kelly Gilbert, Production Accountant
Set in the 1860s, Viggo Mortensen’s second outing as writer-director (after Falling, TIFF ’20) is an elegantly realized feminist western starring Mortensen himself and Vicky Krieps as immigrants attempting to forge a life in a corrupt Nevada town.
Katisha Shaw – Executive Producer
A driven cheerleader struggles to handle the pressure when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad.
Atefeh Khademolreza – Writer, Director, Animator
Sholeh Alemi Fabbri – Producer
Combining a stunning visual aesthetic and acutely personal reflections, Atefeh Khademolreza delivers an expression of grief and defiance in the face of the repression suffered by women and the LGBTQ+ community in Iran.
Heather Gardner – Music Supervisor
Telan Wong – Music Supervisor
A masked killer terrorizes the counsellors of a summer camp in this sardonic slasher-comedy.
Fawzia Mirza – Director, Writer, Producer
Fawzia Mirza’s stylish feature debut mashes up the textures of Indian cinema and a Canadian coming-of-age picture, tracing key moments in the lives of a mother and daughter born three decades apart.
Maureen Grant – Picture Editor
Fitting In mines a traumatic, rare reproductive abnormality diagnosis for laughs and tears, starring Maddie Ziegler as a teen who must confront her new health reality.
Caitlin Kennific-Stephens – Senior Production Administrator
Simi Khosa – Publicity Assistant
At Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta, queer, non-binary, and trans teens get to just be kids in a supportive space, surrounded by counsellors who can relate to their experience ― and help them toast the perfect marshmallow.
