Sacha Ratcliffe

The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.

One summer, many years after his mother confided in him about her emotional difficulties with his father, a filmmaker questions his parents, curious about the state of their relationship. At first glance, their situation does not seem to have changed. Curious, he decides to inquire about it. Their activities and discussions both revive nostalgic and fearful emotions. He sees that his mother does not feel the same. From this moment that he realizes the magnitude of the subject and that some things are not accessible to him.

Damien, a 16-year old swimmer, clashes with his Coach at practice. In parallel, Damien plays with his younger brother at a hotel waterslide, but his erratic behaviour shows something hidden beneath the surface. Bleach explores the confusing moments following trauma and abuse, and how big each small step can be.

When the fireworks inflame the memory of a war survival.

Cut off from his loved ones due to the strict COVID-19 lockdown at the long-term care facility where he lives, a quadriplegic rabbi is filmed by his daughter while reflecting on love, mortality and longing.

Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics dives deeply into the innate contrast between the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Pride and Envy) and the Seven Sacred Teachings (Love, Respect, Wisdom, Courage, Truth, Honesty and Humility), as embodied in the life of a precocious Métis baby. Brought to life by Terril Calder’s darkly beautiful stop-motion animation, her inner turmoil of abuse is laid bare with unflinching honesty. Convinced she’s soiled and destined for Hell, Baby Girl receives teachings that fill her with strength and pride, and affirm a path towards healing. Calder’s tour-de-force unearths a hauntingly familiar yet hopeful world that illuminates the bias of colonial systems.

Taking place in an unspecified year in the early 1990s, a night of mindless television channel flipping is slowly interrupted and overtaken by a pirate television signal. A flood of colours emanating from video feedback, warring tribes displayed through a modified oscilloscope, and a flurry of gun violence repeated via luminance keying dominate stations one by one. Abstract imagery through analog video glitch techniques forewarn the passive television viewer that the far-right American political system to come will not be the result of a sudden shift. Instead we will see a rise of increasingly conservative policies followed by a moulding of public perception by broadcast television.

Lean into loneliness — and know you’re not alone in it. Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman reunites with poet Tanya Davis to craft tender and profound animation on the theme of isolation, providing a wise and soaringly lyrical sequel to their viral hit How to Be Alone.

After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, we observe a young man over four seasons and from far away as he navigates his solitude – all the while attempting to reconnect with his mother.

Matthew spends Mother’s Day in his mom’s house slowly deleting her voicemails.

Торонто, 1899 год. Тщеславный молодой политик Маккензи Кинг мечтает стать премьер-министром Канады. В стремлении к власти ему суждено будет столкнуться со своей деспотичной матерью, генерал-губернатором, ведущим войну, и утопическим идеализмом распространенных в Квебеке мистических воззрений. Кроме того, Кинг пытается разобраться в любовных отношениях между британским солдатом и франко-канадской медсестрой. Когда его погоня за лидерством заканчивается эпической битвой между добром и злом, герой начинает понимать, что разочарование может быть единственным способом выжить в двадцатом веке.

Торонто, 1899 год. Тщеславный молодой политик Маккензи Кинг мечтает стать премьер-министром Канады. В стремлении к власти ему суждено будет столкнуться со своей деспотичной матерью, генерал-губернатором, ведущим войну, и утопическим идеализмом распространенных в Квебеке мистических воззрений. Кроме того, Кинг пытается разобраться в любовных отношениях между британским солдатом и франко-канадской медсестрой. Когда его погоня за лидерством заканчивается эпической битвой между добром и злом, герой начинает понимать, что разочарование может быть единственным способом выжить в двадцатом веке.

Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith. A loving elegy to a friend lost to suicide.

Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith. A loving elegy to a friend lost to suicide.

После окончания бурного романа художник-экспрессионист Оскар Кокошка идёт воевать на Первую мировую войну. Получив серьезные ранения в бою, он переживает ряд воспоминаний и видений, когда медики переносят его через леса русского фронта. Игривый и творческий, «Я в порядке» исследует раны разбитого сердца и травмы. Вдохновлен жизнью и искусством Оскара Кокошка (1886-1980).

An animator dissects his own body, extracting memories, emotions and fears that will nurture his work. As he cuts into his skin, various symbolic objects recalling his past emerge. Reaching the heart, he succeeds in identifying the burden he’s been dying to cast off.

New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor.