SELECTED FILMS FOR
2019 CANADA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
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CANADIAN STUDENT FILMS
SCARLET – BY CALYX PASSAILAIGUE
AMEN – BY AMR MOUSTAFA
CULS-DE-SACS – BY MAXIME S. GIRARD
EXPERIENCE MACHINE – BY IVANA BITTNEROVA
INFECTIOUS MELODIES – BY MICHAEL MENECOLA
DER JUDE – BY SPENCER ZIMMERMAN
WOLF – BY MAZIYAR KHATAM
CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES
FREEDOM TRACKS – BY LEILA A. PAGES
CONSCIOUS – BY ALAN BAISS & JOSEH GARCIA
10 KM / H – BY MIGUEL SORTO
MEMORIES FOR SALE – BY MITCH GRASZAT
VINYL RESURRECTION – BY ROBERT FISHER
THE TRUE NORTH PROJECT – BY EMIL AGOPIAN
ABOVE THE DROWNING SEA – BY RENE BALCER & NICOLA ZAWAGLIA
4 DANCERS´ DREAMS – BY NANCY J. LILLEY
CANADIAN SHORT FILMS
BLOOD BANK – BY ARTHUR BEAUCHET
IN MY DREAMS – BY THOMAS BUSCHBECK
WALTER – BY PATRICK HODGSON
DUST – BY J. ADAM BROWN
LIVING WITH A MONSTER – BY JOFFREY SAINTRAPT
END OF THE NIGHT – BY TAVIT MELIKIAN
TEQUILA GRAPEFRUIT – BY GARANCE CHAGNON-GRÉGOIRE
GLORIA – BY JOELLE ARSENEAU
CANADIAN FEATURE FILMS
ONLY PEOLPE – BY MARK WEEDEN
UNMASKED – BY MOSTAFA KESHVARI
DETAINEE X – BY MANEE OSMAN
SALVAGE – BY TYLER DOWEY
THE DUCHESS OF CANCUN – BY MIKE GALLANT
BAGMAN – BY PHILLIP WILSON & LOGAN WILSON
FUCKING MY WAY BACK HOME – BY SHAWN WHITNEY & KATHRYN PALMATEER
FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER SHORT FILM
SALT WATER – BY NATHALIE TAYLOR
HIGHLAND CAFE – BY YUEHAN ZHANG
FIRDAWS – BY MAYUR PURI
LOVE, SYLVIA – BY LEE MARSHALL
ANSWER ME – BY LASSE VESTERGAARD
MILLENNIALS ANONYMOUS – BY JOSH SCHENDEL
TAPFERKEIT – BY JOSEPH QUINN
THE LOCAL PEOPLE – BY PAULINE DEVESA
FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER FEATURE FILM
KAREN DOESN´T DREAM – BY ZACH HUCKABY
INDIGOS – BY IAN POZZEBON
KESULAT – A STORY OF KOSOVO – BY ALAN TROW BSC
SOLO! - BY NIC CORNWALL
THE ASTRONOT – BY TIM CASH
HUNGER DOGS – BY ROBERTO OLIVEIRA
URBAN MYTHS – BY KIM MARIE
THE PRODIGAL DAD – BY ROBERT WENZEK
EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
UNDULATION OF THE I – BY ZIGA STANOVNIK
COUNTER // BALANCE – BY ANURADHA RANA
TO THE BRINK AND BACK – BY THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD
STRUGGLES WITHIN – BY CORRINNE WOOD
THE ASCENDED – BY RYAN DING
TWO – BY SLAVA MLADENOVA
ANIMATION
DYSTOPIA – BY BELLOPROPELLO
AN IDEA – BY JUAN PAULIN
ERASABLE: A VOYAGE THROUGH TIME – BY QUINN LAGUË
FEARLESS – BY THIAGO MICALOPULOS
READY FOR A BABY – BY ANASTASIA DYAKOVA
NOVALIS – BY CHRIS POWELL
BUSY – BY DAWOON KIM
NYSFERATU – SYMPHONY OF A CENTURY – BY ANDREA MASTROVITO
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TV & WEB SERIES
NEW YORK 2150 – BY HARRY ASSOULINE
QUANTUM EARTH – BY FREDERIC EGER
BUCKETLESS – BY CAMERON GORDON
DE FELIPE – BY JUAN RODRIGO
THE VAULT – BY SARA MARTINS
P2 – GTA – BY ANT HORASANLI
CHATEAU LAURIER – BY JAMES STEWART
ABIGAELLE AND THE DATING COACH – BY JESSICA L`HEUREUX
STUDENT FILMS
COWS CAN´T SWIM – BY JONAS MÖLLMANN
POOL MAN – BY AVA LALEZARZADEH & BRIAN CESSON
BLESSED DAYS – BY VALENTINA CASADEI
MOTHER´S DAY – BY ALEXANDER DESOUZA
BURDEN – BY NICHOLAS SVOBODA
THE TALISMAN : FROM THE BOOK OF RAMSES – BY NOLAN GUERRIERO
FIVE STARS – BY MARVIN ZANA
THE REVELATOR – BY DENIZ CAMPINAR
SCREENPLAY SHORT
QUIVER – CODY PETERSON
THE PEAL – BY LUCIA BRACCALENTI
NEW NEW YORKER – BY TREVOR AUNE
LEAVING MALCOLM – BY ANNEMARIE BETTICA
THIS TIME TOMORROW – BY MATTHEW MARTINO
BEFORE I FORGET YOU – BY YUTING CAO
EARLY BIRDS – BY PAUL WEIDKNECHT
THE BENCH – BY CJAY BOISCLAIR
SCREENPLAY FEATURE
IMAGINARY FORCES – BY ROBERT POLICICCHIO
THE FOURTH PSALM – BY JOHN MARTINS III
REALLY IN LOVE – BY ANTON KNIGHT
BLACK GOOSE – BY JANET HETHERINGTON
CAR HEROIN TRAIN – BY VIRGINIA AUSTIN
THE PAUL BEARERS – BY JONATHAN HALL
THE LAST VIKINGS – BY DAVID THORNDILL
FUMUS ET UMBRA – BY CHRISTINA KATSIADAKIS
DOCUMENTARIES
CUBA, LIBRE? - BY DICK JORDAN
TIGERNUT – BY ANDONI MONFORTE
COLOURS FROM OUTER SPACE – BY GEORGE KARKOUR
REINVENTING ROSALEE – BY LILLIAN GLASS
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT – BY JHETT TOLENTINO
BALLAD OF A RIGHTEOUS MERCHANT – BY HEBERT GOLDER
BACK TO BERLIN – BY CATHERINE LURIE
DARA SHIKOH – BY SURENDRA VERMA
SHORT FILMS
SEE NAPLES AND THEN (NOT) DIE – BY FERDINANDO MADDALONI
YOUR SECRET ADMIRER – BY PAOLA CETARES
I KILLED VINCENT – BY JEAN-LUC BLANCHET
JEWELRY JUNKY – BY FELIX MEINHARDT
KOMMANDO 1944 – BY DEREK QUICK
HAPPINESS – BY SAMANTHA PINEDA SIERRA & DAVY GIORGI
CTRL – BY IVY AGREGAN
UNTIL THE END – AMR MOUSTAFA
FEATURE FILMS
DECAPITALISATION -BY PIERRE ZELLNER
A ROSE IN WINTER – BY JOSHUA SINCLAIR
HOLY SPIRIT – BY MIKE BARAN
WHEREVER YOU ARE – BY BEL BACHARA & SANDRO SERPA
COLD PRESSED – BY VIKNESH SILVALINGAM
RICE – BY ALEX VARGAS
THE LAST WITNESS – BY PIOTR SZKOPIAK
