CINESIEGE

Ants and the Ocean (13 min)

Director: Pouyan Jafarizadeh Dezfoulian
Writer: Pouyan Jafarizadeh Dezfoulian
Director of Photography: Mehran Jabbari
Sound Design: Alex Unger
Editors: Pouyan Jafarizadeh Dezfoulian, Mehran Jabbari 

A film in six short chapters, each presenting a direction and a way of thinking. All segments concentrate on their desires, creating a sense of chaos towards the end of the film. Loneliness lives within unity, terror exists on the shores of ecstasy.

The Escape Clause (18 min)

Director: Scott Boyd
Producer: Jordan Masciangelo
Director of Photography: Mathieu Martel
Sound: Andrew McWhorter
Editors: Jamie Cussen and Scott Boyd
Sound Editors: Matt Greyson, Sean Massey
Composer: Mantis
Animators: Jordan Lloyd and Julian Brown

The story of a dangerously coolheaded magician and a world record attempt of epic proportions.

The Exquisite Corpses (17 min)

Director: David Frankovich
Writers: Lesley Chan, David Frankovich
Director of Photography: Maya Bankovic
Production Designer: Lesley Chan
Costume Designers: Sonia Hong, Ashley McClare, Jody Vanderwood
Editor: David Frankovich
Sound Editors: Karis Malszecki, Emi Paternostro
Mixers: Sean Massey, Emi Paternostro
Composers: Danger Music Ensemble (Kenta Aoki, Bryar Gray, D. Alex Meeks, Craig Saltz, Caylie Staples)

A camp surrealist musical about sex, death and cult cinema. A cast of weird and wonderful characters struggle to find their place in a world that doesn't quite make sense. A celebration of the cult of cinema and those who are drawn to it in worship

Fairy-Tale Ending (13 min)

Director: Nikki Saltz
Producer: Nikki Saltz
Directors of Photography: Steven Thomas, Adam Crosby, Nikki Saltz
Editor: Adam Crosby
Sound: Aliyyah Fazil, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Matt Greyson
Sound Editor: Sari Goldfluss
Composer: MixEtc

Not your everyday princess.

Fare (15 min)

Director: Matthew K. Nayman
Writer: Matthew K. Nayman
Producer: Meng Wang
Production Manager: Meng Wang
Director of Photography: Joshua Fraiman
1st Assistant Director: Amar Wala
Sound: Matt Greyson
Sound Editor: Matt Greyson
Picture Editor: Mike Boers

Several months after a traumatic experience, Amir returns to his job driving a taxi. It's his first night back and a frightening vision has returned to haunt him. Will he be able to overcome his fears? Or has Amir picked up his last fare?

Four Walls (12min)

Director: Raha Shirazi
Writer: Ava Shirazi
Producer: Matthew J. Lloyd
Production Manager: Jordan Masciangelo
Director of Photography: Matthew J. Lloyd
Editor: Avril Jacobson
Sound: Darby MacInnis
Sound Editor & Designer: Raha Shirazi

Within four walls, three women from three different social classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran clash and connect in a night that will forever change their lives

Going Up (14 min)

Director: Pearl Ball-Harding
Writer: Pearl Ball-Harding
Producer: Albert K. Shin
Director of Photography: Jillian Harper
Sound & Sound Editor: Brandon Lane
Editor: Daniel Reis
Visual Effects: Matthew Harris

In a day filled with equal parts adventure and fiasco, Ming, an elderly Chinese woman, and Ginny, a rebellious third-grader, forge an unlikely friendship in their mutual attempt to avoid the old lady’s past and redirect the little girl’s future.

The Good Son (15 min)

Director: Amar Wala
Writer: Amar Wala
Producers: Amar Wala, Mehran Jabbari
Production Manager: Jaspreet Sandhu
1st Assistant Director: Matt Nayman
Director of Photography: Mehran Jabbari
Assistant Camera: Josh Fraiman
Sound: Alex Unger
Editor: Adam Crosby
Sound Edit: Amar Wala, Mehran Jabbari
Composer: Dale Koshida

The true story of a young boy who is forced to protect his family's honour while risking his father's freedom.

In The Wake of Sleep (12 min)

Director: Nadia Tan
Production Manager: Brent Martin
Directors of Photography: Maya Bankovic, Russell S. Bell, Mathieu Martel, Jared Raab, Nadia Tan, Chuck Taylor
Art Director: Caitlin Stephen
Editor: Nadia Tan
Sound Design: Sean Massey, Nadia Tan

She was in her house but it was not her house and it was raining but the rain was made of snow.

Living with Dragons (17 min)

Director: Aliyyah Fazil
Directors of Photography: Fiona Wong, Steven Ng
Picture Editor: Celeste Diamos
Sound: Samantha Shute
Sound Editor: Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam
Composer: Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam

This is our backyard, these are our neighbours and their stories.

Minimum Buy-In (13 min)

Director: Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam
Writer: Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam
Producer: Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam
1st Assistant Director: Madeleine Sims-Fewer
Director of Photography: Frances Lai
Assistant Camera: Alejandro Muñoz
Editor: Stephanie Law
Sound Recordist: Brandon Lane
Sound Editor: Alex Unger
Composer: Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam

BINGO -- the easiest game to play, the hardest to leave.

The Motel (13 min)

Director: Alex Unger
Directors of Photography: Jill Harper, Frances Lai
Location Recordist: Matt Greyson
Picture Editor: Luke Van Osch
Sound Editor: Alex Unger

A young woman running a motel in northern Ontario falls for a guest from the outside world.

Murphy's Law (17 min)

Director: Chris Murphy
Producer: Chris Murphy
Director of Photography: Chris Murphy
Editors: Jamie Cussen, Chris Murphy
Featuring:

Thomas Murphy, Kim Murphy

An intimate portrait of three men living under one roof, Murphy's Law depicts the relationship between a father and his youngest son, seen through the eyes of his oldest.

Reinforced Therapy (4.5 min)

Director: Sarah Evans
Producer: Sarah Evans
Writer: Sarah Evans
Director of Photography: Sarah Evans
Sound: Sarah Evans
Editor: Sarah Evans
Sound Editor: Sarah Evans
Composer: Virginia Little (Brantford Suzuki String School)

"Practice makes perfect!"

Rock Paper Scissors (17.5 min)

Director: Jamie Cussen
Writer: Jamie Cussen
Producer: William Beauchamp
1st Assistant Director: Lindsay Mackay
Director of Photography: Russell S. Bell
Assistant Camera: Chuck Taylor
Gaffer: Brodie Spaul
Editor: Chris Murphy
Sound & Sound Editor: Sean Massey
Composer: Brodie Spaul

In the orange groves of Florida comedy is blossoming as three nine-year-olds embark on a quest for beer and cigarettes. This leads them down the path towards adulthood where they find something greater... love.

Souvenirs From Asia (11min)

Director: Joyce Wong
Writer: Joyce Wong
Producer: Brent Martin
1st Assistant Director: Mathieu Martel
Director of Photography: Maya Bankovic
Assistant Camera: Alejandro Munoz
Sound: Tim Pytlik and Mon Josef
Editor: Jared Raab

Hanjoo Somerfield is about to explode. She is a "trans-racial" adoptee (Asian child adopted by Caucasian mother) who is completely alienated from both her Korean roots and Western society. She blames this on her adoptive mother, who romanticizes Oriental culture and unwittingly suffocates Hanjoo with its traditions. After a string of particularly embarrassing events, Hanjoo finally decides to teach her mother a lesson about racism.

Stalking Ava Gardner (10 min)

Director: Claire Lowery
Writer: Claire Lowery
Editor: Caitlin Cameron
Sound: Sean Massey

A film about how the seemingly innocent love for Hollywood actresses can become a serious problem for your mental health.

Untitled (6 min)

Director: David Frankovich
Writer: David Frankovich
Director of Photography: David Frankovich
Sound: Emi Paternostro
Editor: David Frankovich
Animator: David Frankovich
Sound Editor: Rachelle Audet

A man with amnesia desperately tries to recollect his own identity and life's work. The film employs a minimalist rotoscope animation technique to convey a haunting crisis in narrative.

!Viva Jopo¡ (17min)

Director: Jared Raab
Writer: Darby M. MacInnis
Producer: S. Brent Martin
Director of Photography: Chuck Taylor
1st Assistant Director: Jordan Masciangelo
Editor: Victor Bout
Sound: Rachelle Audet
Sound Mixer: Matt Chan
Composer: Sascha Drews

When Vernon Wells starts his new job as the janitor of Anson House nursing home, he has no idea what he is in for. It isn't easy to imagine that within a few days he will be participating in a secret revolutionary plot to overthrow the tyrannical director. Of course, it is his first day, and he has yet to meet Jose 'Jopo' Posada.

Wanda & Miles (13 min)

Director: Lesley Chan
Writer: Lesley Chan
Director of Photography: Grant Wood
Assistant Camera: Maya Bankovic
Sound: Tim Pytlik
Editor: Jared Raab

Wanda and Miles move a lot, but journeys aren’t so easy when you’re carrying a heavy suitcase and a heavy heart.