The Robbery
Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) follows up his Sundance winner with a new single-take short about a cash-strapped woman and her misadventures at a local convenience store.
Drama
Phinehas Hodges
Secrets
The bravest thing any of us can do is reveal ourselves to another person. It is also our only hope to ever be known and loved.
Dark Comedy
Chris O'Hara
Quick Fix
Got a problem? Don't worry, there's a pill for that! Quick Fix explores taking the easy way out, addiction, and the subsequent struggles that may follow.
Drama
Anu Valia
Lucia, Before and After
After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed, in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.
Experimental
Frank Ternier
Riot
A young black man is killed in an altercation with a vigilante neighbor and the police. An indignant crowd gathered together. The feeling of injustice is high. A group isolates itself. Emotion engenders riot .... In the absence of words, can the body take its revenge?
Festival
A S/W-Centric look at TIFF 2022
Programmer Céline Roustan highlights the must-watch films, from S/W alums, at TIFF 2022
Drama
Olivia J. Middleton
A90
Annette lives a discontented life working in a road-side cafe, until one day Morgan enters and the pair become immediately transfixed by one another. They are inevitably drawn into a deeply intense romantic attraction they are fated never to fully realise.
Oscar Films
Oscars Short Films 2025: Predictions
With the Oscars ceremony taking place this Sunday (March 2nd), the S/W team predict the winners in each of the three short film categories.
Fantasy
Claude Cloutier
Mauvaises Herbes (Bad Seeds)
Growth goes hand-in-hand with rivalry, and evolution with competition, in this shocking animated duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western film, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
Dark Comedy
Sandy Honig
Caller Number Nine!
A telemarketer with a severe anger problem accidentally calls into a radio show. He wins a radio contest and enters a standoff with the unhinged host.
