Blind Vaysha

Canada, 2016, 8 Minutes

Vaysha is not like other young girls; she was born with one green eye and one brown eye. But her odd eyes aren’t the only thing that’s special about her gaze. Her left eye sees only the past. Her right, only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha’s split vision prevents her from living in the present. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities. “Blind Vaysha,” they called her. In this metaphoric tale of timeless wisdom and beauty, filmmaker Theodore Ushev reminds us of the importance of living in present moment.

Pitch Black Heist

United Kingdom, 2011, 14 Minutes

Liam and Michael are professional safe crackers who meet on a simple job to relieve an office safe from its contents. The catch is a light activated alarm system impelling the men to embark on a pitch black heist.

Pas De Deux

Canada, 1968, 13 Minutes

Pas De Deux is a 1968 short dance film by Norman McLaren. The film was photographed on high contrast stock, with optical, step-and-repeat printing, for a sensuous and almost stroboscopic appearance. It shows a ballerina (Margaret Mercier) dancing by herself (or rather, with images of herself), before being joined by a male dancer (Vincent Warren), to perform the pas de deux of the title, as choreographed by Ludmilla Chiriaeff.

Stutterer

United Kingdom, 2015, 12 Minutes

For a lonely typographer, an online relationship has provided a much-needed connection without revealing the speech impediment that has kept him isolated. Now, however, he is faced with the proposition of meeting his online paramour in the flesh, and thereby revealing the truth about himself.

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Once Upon a Line

USA, 2016, 8 Minutes

A man leads a boring life until he falls in love. Things get out of control, but at the end, the protagonist discovers that there are other ways of living and that the world is full of color and hope.

Black Hole

United Kingdom, 2008, 3 Minutes

A sleep-deprived office worker photocopies a "Black Hole" late one night. Suddenly, the possibilities seem endless. Will greed get the better of him?

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

United Kingdom/Canada, 2016, 35 Minutes

This film is a true story about the filmmaker's friend named TECHNO STYPES and takes place over the course of 25 years. The following excerpt from the film best explains what the story is about:

"Drink and smoke...that's what Techno really like to do...and fight. He was in no condition to fight. He was sick, really sick. His disease had whittled him down to a shadow of his former self. He was crippled from a car accident when he was 17 but that’s not how he lost his big toe. He lost that in a motorbike accident, yeah he was broken alright… what the hell was he fighting for anyway and what was he still doing in China? His father had given me two clear instructions: 1. Get Techno to stop drinking long enough to receive the liver transplant and 2. Get him back home to Vancouver. This wasn't going to be easy."

Techno was in a bad way, the first part of this story is how Techno ended up in China needing a liver transplant, the second part of the story is about how they tried to get him back home to Canada again.

Time Code

Spain, 2016, 15 Minutes, Subtitled

Parking lot security guard Luna is bored with her uneventful daily routine but a call about a customer complaint leads her to discover how the night guard, Diego, alleviates his boredom. Soon the pair develops a relationship by communicating through the garage's CCTV footage.