Modern Ecstasy

Fed up with the cost of living in Canada's most populous city, the citizens of Toronto begin renouncing their personhood en masse to legally become animals, forming a society of "Wildmen" in the city's vast ravine network.

A young Korean boy comes of age following the tumultuous time of his mother's death. Years later, after stumbling across an old roll of film that holds memories of his childhood, he attempts to reconnect to his father and his cultural heritage.

Haunted by his failure at his Bismillah as a 4 year old, Azhar (Adolyn H. Dar) seeks redemption by re-doing the ceremony - 30 years later as an adult.

Before an impending marriage, a young woman's relationship with her fiancé is challenged by a stranger's unsettling advances towards her.

The kitchen becomes a labyrinth of dreams, desires, and hallucinations for one man who finds himself paralyzed and alone.

A young man catches a glimpse into his late father's enigmatic past.

A Filipino mother's obsession with her teenaged son becoming famous turns into delusion when she sneaks into his play rehearsal.

Sofia dreams of a dreadful future with her partner and becomes possessed by the memory of it. While he's out all day, she shares a fleeting connection with a mysterious man working at the train tracks, in whom she finds solace in.

Adelaide must look to her painful past for inspiration in order to finish composing the score for a romance film.

A drifter waits eternally for a mysterious being and their meeting at the end of time. The stars, the planets, and everything else in the Universe dies out as he reflects on his memory and his endless search.

Eight-year-old Leili needs to take a pinhole picture of her family for school the next day, but her family will not cooperate.

A girl longed to accompany her father on his journey to India to bid farewell to her ailing grandmother, but was not allowed. During a turbulent car ride home after picking up her grieving father from the airport, she struggles to shield him from the weight of her silent yearning.

A phone call between a girl and her grandparents explores the vastness of connection contained within small words.