While this festival is no longer operational, we’re proud to showcase this archive of outstanding Canadian work.
Enjoy over 1,000 curated Canadian short films created by talented artists and brought to you by NSI with love.
Two unlikely strangers meet at a foosball tournament where the real stakes turn out to be relationships, friendship and love.
Bruce Beach’s unconventional journey to building his infamous underground bunker, the Ark Two.
An unrecovered alcoholic, Patty, shows up at her local AA meeting ready to share her latest relapse story.
The perspectives of three people living ethically non-monogamous lives.
George nervously waits for Lori to show up for their date, but she arrives with news that she’s found a time machine.
A small-time thief assembles a crew of accomplices and devises an intricate heist.
A young woman tries to find the compassionate higher ground when she’s torn between her former beauty queen mother and a homeless woman who puts on regal airs.
An upbeat, tasty documentary on the west coast food truck industry.
People think trans kids have no future. But by immersing us in their VR art, we see that another world is possible.
When the filmmaker’s grandmother dies a sudden death, the farm that had been the emotional hub of the family becomes a portal to the past.
Strangers pair up to fight on camera. Consensual violence is, bizarrely, quite intimate.
Joelle, a hair stylist living in Toronto, has a challenging day when a mysterious visitor from her past arrives for a drop-in appointment.
A Latina teen fears being edged out by her closest friends while she trains for a coveted ballet audition.
A series of moments between a dysfunctional couple reveals their hidden turmoil.
A young woman’s perception of beauty is challenged when she discovers her Tinder date lied in his profile.
In the wake of yet another disappearance at work, Marcus arrives at Jaime’s for a date they’ve both been working up to for months.
After serving only 12 years in prison, infamous Canadian criminal Karla Homolka was released and is now living in Quebec, Canada. But is she really free?
Albertan apiarist Eliese Watson shares her beekeeping philosophy and provides us with an introspective look into why people connect with these tiny creatures we call bees.
Two women on opposing sides of the security sign-in desk, meet.
A deceased child refuses the call into the afterlife in hopes of comforting her grieving mother.
Unworldly – adj; not seeming to belong to this planet; strange.
Hit the trail with Hanwakan Blaikie Whitecloud as he explores one of our nation’s most sacred celebrations, the Pow Wow.
In the 1980s, The Tufts created a hit sketch comedy show in Canada. Now they’re coming together again.
