Ben Lichty

Nose to Tail stars Aaron Abrams (Hannibal, Blindspot) as a talented but abrasive chef struggling mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the odds and save the business that forms the very core of his identity and self-conception.

Tim and Claire have found a cutting-edge (and kinky) solution to their money troubles: a controversial mind-transfer service that allows Tim to rent his body out to paying customers - so they can spend some "quality time" with his girlfriend Claire. But as police begin to crack down on the grey-market tech, Tim pushes for one more payday from a repeat customer, despite a firm "no" from Claire. When Tim goes ahead with the transfer behind her back, he learns he's not the only one keeping secrets. Produced with a grant awarded by BravoFACT

The Other Side of Porcupine Lake follows Ingrid Veninger as she makes her sixth feature film, Porcupine Lake. From writing and casting through production and post, this documentary utilizes an observational style to reveal the intimate process of making an original female-driven feature film

During a hot and hazy summertime in northern Ontario, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets boisterous Kate, she gets more than she imagined. A story of bravery, small-town summer love, and the secret world of girls.

A group of laid-off workers bribed into working one last night discover that processing the last of their "inventory" will lead to cataclysmic consequences.

¿Puede un puñado de amigos periodistas y científicos hippies, armados únicamente con cámaras, cambiar el mundo? En 1971 un pequeño grupo de activistas canadienses inició su primera misión a bordo de un viejo barco de pesca: detener los ensayos de la bomba atómica de Nixon en Alaska. Este fue el nacimiento del movimiento medioambiental y la creación de la organización global que hoy conocemos como Greenpeace. Este grupo de ecologistas pacifistas utilizan las imágenes como “bombas mentales” capaces de transformar conciencias, confiando en el poder de las imágenes y de los medios de comunicación como herramientas de cambio social. El activismo es desordenado. Las auténticas revoluciones nunca han podido ser organizadas. ¿Podrán ponerse de acuerdo en la importante misión de salvar el planeta?

DON'T GET KILLED IN ALASKA follows Liney (LEE-NEE) a 20 year-old tomboy as she travels back to Ontario with her new boyfriend Dan after a summer of tree planting. Having lost all their money in a questionable incident, Liney agrees to ask her family for money to get them both to Alaska where they plan to spend the winter working on a fishing boat. Liney is forced to deal with her family dynamics as she meets with her estranged mother, her judgmental older brother and her silent father. Everyone has a plan for Liney, except for Liney.

Three men explore how everyone brings different prejudices into dating.

Secret Blackheart is a darkly funny short film about a young woman devastated by a bad break-up, who manages to pull out of her depression after a bizarre encounter brought on by her best friend's obsession with the self-help phenomenon 'The Secret'.

Marielle's family are African immigrants in Canada. Marielle has agreed to marry André only out of a sense of loyalty to the family and as gratitude for André's assistance. But in reality, she is in love with Zoe.....

What's a single mother to do when her son decides he wants to wear a pair of pink sneakers to school?

Lifelong friends Danny and Mark, both seventeen, struggle with the awkwardness of saying goodbye the night before Danny leaves for university in the city. Mark will stay behind to work on his father's farm, hoping someday to buy some land of his own.