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One of North America’s leading gay destinations, Toronto has been holding Pride observances since the ’70s. The Pride parade draws more than 1.2 million spectators and participants annually, making it one of the top such draws in the world. The cinema is located in the Church & Wellesley area, where all of the Pride Events take place.
LGBTQ+ festivals occur 12 times a year.
All submissions receive feedback on their film no matter what.
A grandmother, Alma, secretly explores a new relationship online, rediscovering her identity beyond the roles of mother and grandmother. When her hidden life collides with her family, Alma faces a transformative journey of self-love, desire, and liberation.
Review by Victoria Angelique:
The short film, CAPTURADA, follows the nuanced narrative of a widow, her daughter, and granddaughter while posing the question of when is it an appropriate time to move on after the death of a spouse. The characters are relatable to many families, which makes this such an endearing film.
Alma is a bit insecure after the death of her husband, especially since she’s not sure how her daughter will react to her meeting someone new on Facebook. Her daughter is concerned for her mother’s safety, while struggling with the idea that her mother has already found someone new since her father’s death. This theme is a dynamic in many households all over the world. Many children struggle with their parents finding new relationships after a death, but for Alma’s daughter, the dynamic of their relationship is what makes this film feel natural.
When parents get older, their adult children have a bad habit of treating them like children. Alma doesn’t appear to show any concerning health problems, yet her daughter scolds her like she’s a teenager caught breaking the rules. She is concerned for her mother’s safety on the internet, but the way she treats her causes Alma to be insecure. It’s clear that her daughter isn’t meaning to make her mother feel this way, as it is depicted through the character to come from a place of love, but Alma has to find the confidence to speak up to her own child.
It’s Alma’s granddaughter that seems to be able to understand both of the other women. Her grandmother wants to feel beautiful again, but struggles with taking photos of herself. The film ends in a sweet bonding moment as the three women join in taking the pictures. The man that Alma is talking to might be everything that her daughter is worried about, the audience doesn’t have enough information to decide. What the audience does know is that a widow is finding someone new that makes her happy and she wants the approval of her family. She doesn’t need to be treated like a child, she just needs to feel like she’s still wanted and beautiful.
CAPTURADA is a beautiful film. It has great characters and is written in a way that the story will stick with anyone that has aging parents. The story cleverly shows every side of the story without Alma ever leaving the scene. The realistic portrayal of the themes, from internet safety to the way people treat elderly family members, makes this a remarkable film.
Helen seeks help from a sorceress to win back the man she loves and performs forbidden spells. However, she is unaware of a sacred bloodline she carries. These spells awaken the ancient curse of the Kulyas jinn, a curse that has persisted for generations. Now, the dimensional gate of the jinn has been opened.
This spine-chilling feature film Kulyas 2: Zikr-i Ayin is epic in its scope, as it covers a wide-ranging and satisfying collection of genre ingredients. It has an international flair, with historical, horror, spiritual, and romance elements. It announces off the top that it was filmed in an incredible 37 different locations, which includes places in Turkey and the USA. It is visually rich, from its ancient archeological settings to rustic countrysides, to modern, bustling cityscapes.
A remarkably well-edited production, jump scares seem to literally spring forward off the screen. These terrifying moments are fully enhanced with a compelling petrified performance by the lead character, the correspondingly gruesome make up and masks of multiple vicious demons, and punctuated by a booming, fearsome score, complete with hard core instrumentals.
The film has a quest motif, as the lead strives to purge herself from a demonic curse and spiritually purify herself from past transgressions and, in turn, to nobly save the life of the innocent child of her former lover. The energy of the direction keeps the project on track, as the main character dodges one monster after another. She is initially unsure of who to trust, except for an evil tattoo that reveals that supporting characters are not as they appear. As with classic horror convention, the viewer also experiences this insecurity throughout, not sure who is trustworthy and who carries the mark of evil.
Awesome festival, can’t wait to see what you do in the future and how you grow! Very honored to have won best story!!!! Wukong Couriers!!!
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What a fun festival! The whole team is extremely communicative and such lovely people to talk to! They absolutely made me feel welcomed and valued. Their enthusiasm for my project, and film in general, is so refreshing and amazing! Thank you for welcoming myself and Battle of LA into your festival. I PROUDLY accept Best Short for Battle of LA. Thank you!
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Thank you it was my first festival for this Films, Bloodhound and we won Best Action. Communication was great, can’t to discut the film during the podcast. Thank you
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Amazing opportunity to get professional feedback for free and a scene reading with pro actors! Great festival to showcase our work, and also providing additional services to improve it. Thank you for the award!
It’s about an alien named Jophar whose ancestry is from Earth and his encounters while living here. Also, a higher evolved alien species is trying to help him save the planet from inevitable destruction due to an impending bio genetic mutation.
CAST LIST: Narration: Sean Ballantyne Jessy: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Laura: Hannah Ehman Jason: Geoff Mays
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The Way Back Home is a two-minute poetic film that unfolds underwater, where a woman’s expressive movements accompany a powerful monologue on identity, womanhood, and self-ownership — written, directed, and narrated by the filmmaker herself. As the performer drifts through silence and resistance, the voice rises against the weight of judgment and expectation — reclaiming scars, softness, and the right to become. A cinematic meditation on finding one’s way back to the self.
The Way Back Home is a film I created from a place of deep honesty — not just as a director, but as a mother, a woman, and a human being who has lived through motherhood, silence, pressure, and transformation. After completing the film, I sat with my daughters and told them: “I want you to watch this film when you are 20, again when you are 30, and again when you are 40.” Because this is not just a short film — it’s a piece of my story that I want to leave behind for them. A reminder that pain, scars, and growth are part of becoming. That they are allowed to own their voice, their truth, their transformation — no matter what the world tries to impose.
With a single performer, a voiceover, and the silence of water as its backdrop, this film holds everything I wanted to say to them — and to the women who might need to hear it too.
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