Something Red
Writer/Director: Ilana Frank; Composers: Dennis White, Richard Gonzales; Actors: Eve Harlow, Gregory Smith, Jackie English, Missy Peregrym, Travis Milne; Producer: Sonia Hosko (Ontario)
When two blind dates converge in the same restaurant, the only way to recognize who’s who, is to wear something red.
Double Bubble
An obsessive-compulsive game of double-dare runs wildly both in and out of control.
Pride
Director/Writer/Performer: Joe Cobden; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Ontario)
A director holds an audition with forty actors found from an internet classified ad and a two-way mirror. Pride is the first step in sinning, the feeling of excessive self-esteem, superiority to all others, the opposite of humility.
Seven Sins: Envy
Director: Bruce McDonald; Writer: Patrick Whistler; Composers: Ohad Benchetrit, Justin Small; Actors: Ari Cohen; Producers: Peter Harvey, Amit Breuer, Amythos Media (Ontario)
An overworked architect becomes envious of the freedom of birds and, in a moment of bizarre inspiration, decides to take flight.
RumbleSeat
Drector/Animator: Mike Roberts; Music: The Sadies; Producers: Bree Williamons, Catherine Tait (Ontario)
A young man whose life has just ended in a fiery racing accident is guided by four rockabilly band spectres who lead him, through a netherworld of lost souls, to either heaven or hell.
Red Shoes
Writer/Director: Micah Misner; Choreographer: Victor Quijada; Choreographer/Dancer: Anne Plamondon; Composer: Mitchell Akiyama; Producer: Natalie Galazka (Québec)
A gritty, urban, cinematic adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s story of The Red Shoes.
Seven Sins: Sloth
Writer/Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Composer: Paul Shrofel; Animator: Jonathan Wright; Voice Actor: Bryan Pearson; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Nunavut)
Sloth pokes gentle fun at stereotypes about the Inuit people, past and present.
Good Boy (TIFF 2011)
Director/Writer: Isaac Cravit; Composer: Steve London; Actors: Kristin Adams, Ryder Tod, Jessica Embro, David Bronfman, Symbah; Producers: Tommy Lioutas, Chris Bennett Mutual Street Productions; (Ontario)
What begins as a golden afternoon at the beach for a mother, her child and their dog, ends with suspenseful results.
Up In Cottage Country (TIFF 2011)
Director: Simon Ennis; Writers: Josh Peace, Simon Ennis; Based on a story by Franz Kafka; Composer: Matt McLaren; Actors: Josh Peace, Julian Richings, Liane Balaban; Producers: C.J. Hervey, Aaron Kopff (Ontario)
During an afternoon in cottage country, a man finds himself in an alternate universe that’s the basis for a Franz Kafka story in a book his wife is reading. the film is based on the Franz Kafka story In the Penal Colony.
Seven Sins: Wrath
Writer/Director: Larry Weintstein; Music: Blind Willie Johnson; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Ontario)
Fury, Anger, Rage, Wrath – Nobody does it better than God as depicted by the Holy Bible. An homage to Divine Wrath, using images derived from Biblical epics of the silent era and music by the great Blues musician, Blind Willie Johnson.
She Said Lenny
Director: Jim Donovan; Writer: Kate Hewlett; Composer: Tim Foy; Actors: Jean-Michel Le Gal, Kate Hewlett, Michelle Giroux, Producers: Avi Federgreen, Mallary Davenport, Federgreen Entertainment (Ontario)
A woman is meeting her online crush for the first time in person. Will her date be everything she is expecting?
Seven Sins: Gluttony
Writer/Director: Ann Marie Fleming; Composer: Gordan Durity; Animator: Kevin Langdale; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (British Columbia)
Despite meticulous preparations and good intentions all round, when stick girl’s parents visit, only a good old family gorge-out can fill the deafening silence that represents all that is never said.
Director/Writer/Performer: Joe Cobden; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Ontario)
A director holds an audition with forty actors found from an internet classified ad and a two-way mirror. Pride is the first step in sinning, the feeling of excessive self-esteem, superiority to all others, the opposite of humility.
Hardcore
Directors: Andrea Nann, Elysha Poirier, Nick de Pencier; Animator: Elysha Poirier; Dancers/Choreographers: Andrea Nann, Brendan Wyatt; Music: Gord Downie; Producer: Mercury Films (Ontario)
A high-energy duet choreographed to the music of Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie.
Athletes In Motion: Hardcore Bonspiel
Director: John Kerr; Writer: Douglas Coupland; Athlete: Jennifer Jones; Actors: Allison Nimik, Nicole Bawel, Megan Kirk, Lee Reiner, Margaret “Barb” Yau, Leona Miko, Skip Shannon Senko, John Karasz, Jerry Francis Boyarski, Jonas Jeffery, Chelsea Madryga; Music: Gord Downie; Producers: Srinivas Krishna, John Kerr (Alberta)
Winnipeg Olympic hopeful Jennifer Jones’ curling daydreams become disco reality in this short from Calgary director John Kerr to the music of Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie.
Seven Sins: Greed
Writer/Director(s): Jamie Travis; Composer: Alfredo Santa Ana; Actors: Jayme Keith, Jason Huska, and Phil Lyall; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Ontario)
A young couple sings a musical lamentation of the unshared bagel that ended their relationship.
Hey Bully
Writer/Director/Animator: Justin Nieuwland; Animators: Andrew Holland, Bianca Siercke, Jamie Gallant, Jeremy Donovan, Joe Achorn, Philippe Tardif, Scott McDonald; Composer: Julia Narveson; Music: Lake of Stew (Brad Levia, Daniel McKell, Dina Cindric, Julia Narveson, Mike Rigby, Richard Rigby); Producer: David Valiquette, Dare to Care Records (Québec)
While touching upon the moral dilemmas of greed and waste, a down-on-his-luck hobo cleverly avoids being bullied off a very unusual box-car train travelling across the country.
Seven Sins: Lust
Writer/Director: Anita Doron; Animator: Nick Flook; Voice Actors: Tatiana Maslany, Ben Lewis; Producers: Amit Breuer, Peter Harvey, Amythos Media (Ontario)
One teenage love story, experienced throughout the whole of human history… Classical paintings of the world’s most famous lovers are brought to lusty life using animation and 21st century dialogue.
The Supreme Task of Whip It and Alleluia
Director/Choreographer: Jenn Goodwin; Music: NQ Arbuckle; Dancers: Nicola Pantin, Alicia Grant, Valerie Calam; Producer: Shelly Hong, Radke Films (Ontario)
A playful dance story exploring the steps to heartbreak recovery with the support of back-up dancers.
Book Club
Writer/Director/Producer: Kate Yorga; Composer: William Kingswood; Actors: Aura Carcueva, Karen Ivany, Nick Isabella, Nicole Ascroft, Olunike Adeliyi, Scott Hilton, Tabitha Keast, Victoria Fodor; Producers: Cherie Sinclair, Sarah Siddons, The Field (Ontario)
A good book is worth fighting for in this satirical spin on a famous film.
