Best of the Month
Best of the Month: June 2023
Bean-headed beings, generational curses and ex-lovers all feature in the S/W team's Best of the Month picks for June 2023.
Documentary
Mohammad Gorjestani
Exit 12
After two tours in Fallujah during the Iraq War, US Marine Roman Baca came home a different person. To deal with his depression, anxiety, and anger, Roman turned to an unlikely place — ballet.
Dark Comedy
Patrick Muhlberger
Pop Music
Trevor's niece prepared a dance for her crush and the DJ didn't play the correct song. Now Trevor is mad and he's carrying a samurai sword. What follows is an all night, music-infused, revenge mission through suburbia.
Documentary
Jessica Bishopp
Puffling
On a remote Icelandic island, teenagers Birta and Selma trade late night parties for nocturnal puffin rescues in this coming-of-age story for young adults and puffins alike.
Documentary
Adam Loften
& Mary Fowles
Welcome to Canada
Mohammed Alsaleh is a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada after fleeing torture and imprisonment by the Assad regime. While rebuilding his life in Vancouver, he assists newly-arrived Syrian refugee families to resettle, finding new homes and new beginnings.
Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: Oct 2017
We highlight the achievements of S/W alums over the past month
Documentary
Travis Lee Ratcliff
In The Space Between Ages
A portrait of the sculptor, Dony Mac Manus, who has rejected much of contemporary art in favor of a return to the ideals of the renaissance. Dony's life and work raises questions about our experience of time and history. How do we navigate the past, tradition, and form our identity in the present in response to these forces?
Action
Justin Lutsky
The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives
If at first you don't deliver cocky perfection, try try again—a behind the scenes look at the making of a classic action hero in this comedy from On the Lot alum, Justin Lutsky.
Myth
Floris Kaayk
The Origin of Creatures
Limbs are on the prowl in this dark, futuristic tale based on the Tower of Babel from viral video provocateur, Floris Kaayk.
