Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith

Rosy is a 25-year-old bank teller who ‘aged out’ of the foster care system at 18 and has since managed to build a solid yet unspectacular life for herself. Desperate to fill that parental void, she seeks out an online service that connects older adults looking for adult surrogate children. In turn, this takes Rosy on a surreal journey to find that familial love she has long been searching for.

There are situations in which the love of close ones does not reach the limits achieved in personal development. Tenzin, who has grown up in a Tibetan community in Canada, has reached the milestone of his twenties and finds himself standing at a bewildering crossroads of life. The previously unwavering belief in fighting for the eternal preservation of the Tibetan people collapses when Tenzin’s brother decides to set himself on fire in the course of a protest held in China. How do you feel pride and gratitude for your brother’s suicide together with others? Unable to find answers in the fields of meaning of spirituality, Tenzin sets out to seek these in the madness of the modern culture.

괴물이 나타난다는 전설이 있는 숲, '데블스 덴'. 마을 사람들은 절대로 그 숲에 가까이하려 들지 않는다. 숲속의 숨겨진 괴물의 정체는 '미나', 바로 여러 해 전 실종된 소녀였다. ‘미나’는 어쩐 이유에서인지 흉측한 얼굴을 하고 있으며, 언젠가부터인가 사람을 잡아먹게 되었다. 어느 날, 숲에 한 납치범이 본인이 납치한 눈이 보이지 않는 소년 '알렉스'를 데리고 몸을 숨기기 위해 들어온다. 그리고 숲속에서 몇 년 전쯤 버려진 것으로 보이는 기이한 빈 집을 발견하는데... 한편, ‘미나’ 역시 이들의 존재를 알아채게 되고 납치범을 먹어 치운다. 그러나 눈이 멀어 자신을 볼 수 없는 ‘알렉스’를 ‘미나’는 잡아먹지 않고, ‘알렉스’는 ‘미나’가 괴물인지 알 수가 없다. ‘알렉스’는 ‘미나’로부터 무사할 수 있을까?, 미나는 왜 괴물이 된 것일까?

Explore hidden desires on a sleepover, fall in love with the handyman and be seduced by a stranger on the beach as you discover why Love Is the Drug. Boys On Film 17 includes nine complete films: Nicholas Colia's "Alex And The Handyman" starring Keaton Nigel Cooke, Aaron Profumo, and Hogan Gorman; Dawid Ullgren's "Mr. Sugar Daddy" starring Bengt C.W. Carlsson and Aleksandar Gajic; Brendon McDonall's "Spoilers" starring James Peake and Tom Mumford; André D. Chambers's "Tellin' Dad" starring Carl Loughlin, Ricky Tomlinson, and Michael Byron; Eyal Resh's "Boys" starring Wyatt Griswold and Pearce Joza; Martin Edralin's "Hole" starring Ken Harrower and Sebastian Deery; Lorelei Pepi's animated "Happy & Gay"; André Santos and Marco Leão's "Pedro" starring Filipe Abreu and Rita Durão; and Anthony Schatteman's "Kiss Me Softly" starring Ezra Fieremans, Marijke Pinoy, and Marc Van Eeghem.

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.

This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes.

A disabled man yearns for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.