S/W was on the scene at TIFF 2017. Read our picks for the stand out shorts of the festival, and our impressions on the many features by S/W alums.
Made a with a grant from Focus Features, a boy comes into mysterious abilities and is branded a demon. Relying on a jaded street thug for protection, the pair go on the run. Set at the intersection of sci-fi and superstition in South Africa, can the boy stay one step ahead of his pursuers, and, importantly, learn to control his burgeoning power?
1940's visual styling combines with a futuristic setting in this sci-fi take on the hardboiled gumshoe. Now in development as a feature.
When a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature.
An issue-documentary that examines the moral implications of developing autonomous weapons—should we develop the power to kill without human control?
In 1968 Patty was a flight attendant, who realized she could smuggle primo pot in from Jamaica with relative ease. Now 77 years old, this is her version of what happened.
One of the most notable short film success stories of recent years, this independent short animation from Matthew A. Cherry played theatrically in front of Angry Birds 2 this summer.
Alexx must ‘face’ the reality of her overnight transformation when she joins her faceless friends in their nightly manifesting ritual.
If walls could talk? They don't. But, no one said anything about the couch...
