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FOFS 2021

The short film tells the story of Riley, 13 year’s old tomboy that confronts her fears of becoming a woman at the night she gets her period for the first time.

Directed By Bruna Arbex

This prosaic title serves as a jumping off point for the viewer to reflect on personal associations that arise, guiding reflection and interpretation of both artist and viewer, weaving notions of wandering, retreat, and exploration through cycles of pain and beauty.

Directed by Nisha Platzer

Inspired by the true story of family, and finding home, no matter the circumstance. Sometimes home cannot be a place, and becomes simply a memory, a mindset.

Directed By Max Shoham

Between a dilapidated building and a zoo, humans and animals are trapped. Out of boredom, two siblings decide to steal a fish from the artificial lake. Wandering about, they gradually realize their surroundings seem to echo mysteriously with the past of the land......

Directed By Qiuli Wu

Inuk elder Naulaq LeDrew reflects on her home in Nunavut, Canada.

Directed By Ella Morton

A single window frame; a portal. As the circular nature of time begins to reveal itself, a new decade begins.

Directed By Elian Mikkola

As they get ready for the day, three young Black women discuss the public perception of their Blackness in relation to their cultivation of a strong sense of self. Wash Day is an intimate exploration into how private, domestic acts such as washing your hair or putting on makeup become a significant re-acquaintance with the body, before and after navigating the politics of one's outwardly appearance.

Directed By Kourtney Jackson

As August creeps in, Nav forms an intimate bond with an audacious painter and a middle-aged laser tag owner. Just as he begins to find himself, summer inescapably comes to an end.

Directed By Anya Chirkova

An overworked lawyer attempts to care for his partner while she descends into a climate-change-anxiety fuelled manic episode.

Directed By Rebeccah Love

Through a patchwork of digital and traditional animation techniques, My Head Aches When I Look Too Long follows a teenage boy as he confronts the implications of modern technology on his queerness.

Directed By Callahan Bracken

FOFS 2020

FOFS 2019

A purple background with white line art of a man and a woman having sex

A photo of a girl wearing a backpack standing in the middle of the street with her back turned to us

A photo of a zamboni driving across a hockey rink

A picture of a hand holding up an old family photograph in the house where the photograph was taken

A photo of a woman riding a bike down an empty street turning around to look at the camera

A photo of a young girl standing alone outside a dance studio

A photo of a young woman in a hospital gown

A sepia film photo of a staircase in Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall

An animated picture of a desk containing a glass fo water, a cell phone, a pen, and a handwritten letter

A distorted photo of a young girl

An animated photo of an unusually large head eating a peach

A photo of two men kissing drenched in pink light

A photo of a couple sitting down at a restaurant on a first date

FOFS 2018

An animated photo of a young woman replacing dead flowers in a vase

A photo of a young girl recording into a microphone

A photo of a young girl putting on eyeliner in the mirror

A photo of a tree with red leaves upon a red body of water surrounded by tall grass

A black and white film photo of a tree

A photo of a newborn being held

A photo of a vintage style room with wallpaper, a lamp, and a tea set

A photo of two girls decorating a Christmas tree at night

A photo of two old-fashioned kids running

A photo of two men carrying a couch across a busy intersection

A black and white photo of a boy crossing a street with a drawn in figure crossing with him

A photo of a young girl in a classroom with her back to us

FOFS 2017

A photo of a young girl in a spaceship

A photo of a building going up in smoke

A photo of an intense looking man

A photo of a group of girls in high school gym class, one of them is pretending two dodgeballs are her breasts

A photo of two men looking off camera in shock

A photo of a girl looking curiously at a strip of film

A photo of a group of people on a grassy hill

A close up of a tiger

An animated photo of a person wearing a space helmet strapped to a rocket

A black and white photo of children holding a fake movie camera made out of cardboard

FOFS 2016

A mirrored photo of a Toronto street car

A photo of a man dressed like an angel preparing to shoot an arrow

A red-washed photo of some plastic sheets and a bucket of what looks like blood

A photo of two girls laughing

A photo of a man shooting a gun in the woods

A photo of a girl checking her phone in the subway

A photo of a young boy looking off of a rooftop at night

A low angle photo of two men staring down at the camera

A stop motion animated photo of a bat wearing glasses, surrounded by flowers

A close up photo of a man's face

A black and white animated photo of two men sitting on a couch

A paper cut out animated photo of a woman walking through a forrest

FOFS 2015

An animated photo of a road sign that says right turn only

A photo of a woman sitting on a bed in a wood cabin

A photo of a young man eating breakfast

An ominous photo of a subway car

A photo of a young man looking out at a river

A tight close up on a man's eye

A photo of a black bear

A photo of two people dressed in old time clothes in a forrest

A photo of a young man looking at someone on the subway

A photo of a man staring at the camera with a book open

A photo of an older man sitting on a chair

A close up on a woman's face in the dark

FOFS 2014

A black and white close up photo of a man

A black and white close up of a man walking with snow shoes

A black and white photo of a beggar in an old-time village

A black and white photo of a man smiling

A black and white close up of a girl using a lighter

A black and white photo of a man walking through China Town

A black and white photo of a man staring at a wall of photos

A black and white photo of a girl looking out a window

A black and white photo of a preacher in church

A black and white photo of a confused looking man

A photo of an empty road in the winter

A black and white photo of a girl holding a gun

A distorted black and white photo of a man

A photo of a group of young boys running across a bridge

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