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Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature FIlm: FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEENBest LGBTQ+ Film: PUZZLE IN THE PALMBest Long Form Short Film: A BETTER PLACEBest Short Form Short Film: METAMORPHOSISBest Performances: NO FATS. NO FEMMES. NO ASIANS.Best Sound & Music: MONOCHROMEBest Cinematography: LIE…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
BLOOD BUDDIES, 12min., Canada, Drama Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau A friend in need is a friend indeed – or are they? Two best childhood friends go to their first summer camp together – and it tears them apart. Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you…

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A LAKE OF ASHES, 18min., Canada, Fantasy Directed by W. James Alexander In a not too distant future wracked by ecological devastation, a young boy grows up on an isolated lake. Though not yet destroyed by fire, the land he lives on and the lake at its center…

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THE HAUNTING MEMORY, 9min., USA, Drama Directed by Ziru Wang Being haunted by the memory from the Vietnam war for 50 years, Harry Tabak was determined to return to where the battle began. Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I met…

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AN ELIXIR FOR THE EXTINCTION OF EXPERIENCE, 11min., USA, Documentary Directed by Kathryn Antonatos The threats of the climate crisis are more and more becoming a reality, posing immense challenges to human and ecosystem health, yet it continuously proves difficult to make any meaningful change. We can’t see…

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I DON’T WANNA GO, 4min., USA, Drama Directed by Max Vadset A kid doesn’t want to go to school because he’s worried about the possibility of a school shooting. https://www.facebook.com/infinitemonkeyproject/ https://www.instagram.com/infinitemonkeystudiosoffical/ Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I wanted to make…

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BEING X IN AMERICA, 11min., USA, Drama Directed by Malik J. Ali, Chozy Aiyub Ahmad (Arab American) tries to help Chris (African American) in solving a complex equation of being in America. http://chozyaiyub.com/ https://instagram.com/beingxinamerica Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? Ever…

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: METAMORPHOSISBest Long Form Short Film: PANDORA’S ADVERSAIRESBest Short Form Short Film: IN BETWEEN THE DEVILBest Performances: INCUBUS Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: METAMORPHOSIS, 48min., USA, Thriller/HorrorDirected by Jonathon KimbleDirected, shot, and performed solely by Jonathon Kimble, “Metamorphosis” was… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: October 2022 Film Festival

The Italian Marble Institute hand-selects sculptress Ellen Corsair to study in the marble capital of the world, Carrara, Italy. Will the stone come alive or will it mark someone’s grave? CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Ellen: Kyana Teresa Marble: Hannah Ehman Driver/Australian Man: Sean Ballantyne Pietro: Allan Michael

A free-spirited indigenous bounty hunter teams up with her ‘by the book’ detective father and their robot sidekick to catch a killer and heal: themselves, each other, and the planet. In a near-dystopian future, Alaska Rainmaker, a Native American bounty hunter still troubled by her mother’s murder, lives life on the fringes of society. When… Continue reading Winning Script Reading: MAKWA, by Johnny Cole