Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Perry & Alois Sieben (Vancouver, BC) 16:37 minutes

While aboard a ferry, Jeremy’s ideal match appears in a dating app: Nemo. Through messages exchanged in the app, a tenuous connection forms between the two. As the ferry sails on and on into the night, the truth of this connection begins to surface.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Sina Moazeni (Vancouver, BC.) 6:21 minutes

How far can imagination go in reclaiming a life shattered by trauma? Room 27 follows Jonah, a psychiatric patient whose vivid fantasy world becomes both refuge and battleground. As he confronts his past through surreal visions, art and imagination emerge as his path to healing, self-discovery, and reclaiming lost dreams.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Lorna Carmichael (Vancouver BC) 7:10 minutes

A box of handwritten letters takes us on a journey through a young man’s national service, as he courts his wife to be. Years later, during lockdown, his children re-read their late Father’s letters, to their Mum, Elizabeth, providing a much needed connection.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Patti Henderson (Vancouver, BC) 3:23 minutes

An homage to 1930s-1940s cinema.

By combining a photo manipulated matte image with live-action footage to create the illusion of a distant location, Miss Pearlman could live in the present through her memories of the past.

‘We are who we remember ourselves to be’.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Shira Avni (Quebec) 4:10 minutes

Two One Two, by animation filmmaker Shira Avni, combines shimmering clay on glass animation with personal archives in this deeply intimate, experimental animated documentary love letter to motherhood, parenting on the spectrum, and two headed monsters everywhere.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Nikki Busiak & Leo Fafard (Regina Sask.) 17:00 minutes

While dealing with a bully, a 9 year-old girl has to navigate a slippery situation during a gymnastics routine at the local Rec Centre.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Dan Nicholls (Vancouver, BC) 18:26 minutes

A young couple sets off in the middle of the night to b ury their kid's stuffed bunny, as one of them is convinced that the stuffy might be cursed.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Jett Kowalchuk (Moosejaw, Sask) 9:59 minutes

John adjourns from his mundane life in order to get his first tattoo. His walk-in takes a turn when the parlour he visits promises more than just ink on skin.

Out Of The Box Program 1 - April 4 @ 11:00am

Ian Tan (Vancouver, BC) 11:23 minutes

In the wake of a family tragedy, a young couple has a horrifying encounter with a yellow Volkswagen Beetle on a deserted highway