UWPG Film Festival - Shorts 2: October 20th 8:30pm


BEAVER JAM

Dir. Mandy Szwaluk
Synopsis: A Beaver gets just a little too into it when they start listening to music one day. Chaos ensues!
Runtime: 1min 44sec
Winnipeg, MB

CASTLES & CRYPTS

Dir. Alexis Arnold, Charli Feener, Rebecca Smith
Synopsis: Castle & Crypts plunges you into a world to explore the uncharted territory of your imagination. Brett perseveres through their uncertainty about trying something new.
Runtime: 4min 26sec
Winnipeg, MB

H. MAJUSCULA

Dir. EmMa Matern
Synopsis: H. Majuscula is an experimental documentary, featuring Bean’ the female Giant Australian Rainforest Mantis. This short film suggests that all life is intelligent, surprising, and instinctual when one takes the time to appreciate it.
Runtime: 4min 20sec
Toronto, ON

I’M THINKING OF A PINK BALLOON

Dir. Gilbert Onggara
Synopsis: Hannah tries to help her brother move to Canada before her ill mother passes away. Her unwanted pregnancy from a casual sex, adds more to her critical condition. In despair and solitude, she turns to her ritual habit that might give her a clue to relief.
Runtime: 10min
Vancouver, BC

ONE SHOT

Dir. Nish Joshi
Synopsis: A young man named Prem is determined to pursue a basketball career and faces his father's disapproval - and his fear of failure. Yet all it takes is just one shot, just one.
Runtime: 4min
Winnipeg, MB

OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY

Dir. Daniel Karan, Emma Macklin
Synopsis: Bailey, a mentally ill undergrad at Pennbrook University, does her best to navigate her school's underfunded mental health support network in a desperate search for help.
Runtime: 10min
Toronto, ON

RUPTURE

Dir. Marianne Lavergne
Synopsis: Tess and Deborah are having marital problems, will they be able to surmount them?
Runtime: 1min 43sec
Montreal, QC

SOUNDS OF HELL

Dir. Kenji Dyck
Synopsis: Thom, a hobbyist photographer, shares a batch of muffins with his friend Logan at the local camera store.
Runtime: 11min 40sec
Winnipeg, MB

THE TALKING STAGE

Dir. Lily Dot Paris
Synopsis: Phoebe (31F) is a completely normal person who just has a lot on her brain. (Which is a completely normal size.)
Runtime: 2min 4sec
Montreal, QC

TO ALL THAT WE ARE

Dir. Kristian Cahatol
Synopsis: A dreamlike love story exploring the newfound relationship between two queer twenty-somethings.
Runtime: 5min
Winnipeg, MB



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