Ellie Moon

Two young people spend a weekend memorializing their friendship, before one of them permanently moves to the moon. A desperate attempt to remember everything always.

When 26-year-old Millie lands a career-making debut as playwright at Canada’s National Theatre, celebration quickly turns to scrutiny after a press release describes her play as a “deeply personal story”. Millie is sure that the dark, family-drama is a work of fiction; but her family is concerned, especially her Uncle Mark, a school teacher and recovered alcoholic. Through bright lights, and dark comedy, Young Female Playwright asks who gets to tell what story, and what it costs for a woman to be believed.

A man inherits his estranged father’s prized possession — a derelict porno theatre — in Kire Paputts’ second feature, about gentrification and finding love and compassion in unlikely places.

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.

In order to remember, you first need to forget.

Kelly is making her first film. Andre, is a filmmaker too. They are expecting their first child together. He is most definitely uncomfortable about the direction of her process, (and the way their burgeoning family might be impacted) but he would never interfere with an artist at work. Right?

A first-person journey through the mind of a neurotic stoner struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend, as she slips from reality into a stream of heroic fantasies, wistful memories, and cringe-worthy dreams.

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.