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9:30pm
Porcupine Lake
By Ingrid Veninger
Festival darling, Ingrid Veninger returns to us with her reliably strong work, this time a coming-of-age story that pulls you right into its central drama. Veninger well understand the secrets of girlhood. Her two well-cast leads perform with an uncanny naturalism, suggestive of the trust they must have […]
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12pm
A Better Man
Directed by Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman
When the festival programmers keep talking about a film long after we’ve watched it we know we have to share it. A Better Man will get you talking. It’s a bold documentary that situates the filmmaker herself at the centre. Motivated by a need […]
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12:30pm
This event will be held at The Masonic Temple NOT The LSPU Hall.
Telefilm Micro-Budget alumni join us for a discussion about their experiences making their first features through the Telefilm Micro-Budget Production Program. Featuring Stephanie Clattenburg (Play Your Gender), Kirsten Carthew (The Sun at Midnight) and Harmony Wagner (Kooperman). Moderated by […]
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3pm
This event will be held at NIFCO NOT The LSPU Hall.
Making a movie is a miracle, especially a feature film. Meet women who have succeeded in
directing not only one but multiple feature films, and learn how they made these dreams become a reality. Featuring Sarah Goodman (Porch Stories, Army of One) […]
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3pm
This event will be held at NIFCO NOT The LSPU Hall.
Presented by Bell Fund
Meet the women behind the camera. Learn how documentaries can be used to entertain, educate, effect social change, and serve as a form of activism and why women are leading the world of docs. Featuring Jessica Beshir (Hairat, […]
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3pm
This event will be held at NIFCO NOT the LSPU Hall.
Digital and new media has expanded and evolved how and why we share stories. From how we talk about and build games, branded content, to interactive art work, learn more about the unique development tools, marketing, and audience reach strategies of […]
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7pm
This screening will be shown at Scotiabank Theatre (Avalon Mall-48 Kenmount Road) not the LSPU Hall.
Suck It Up
Directed by Jordan Canning
Decidedly not a Thelma and Louise story, Suck It Up wisely pays tribute to the origination story about two women and a car but strikes out for fresh highways. Jordan Canning’s second feature premiered […]
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3pm
Reel Women Seen – Amanda Tapping
Las Rubias (The Blondes) – Carlota Martínez Pereda
Sweat – Kristin Snowbird
Hedgehog’s Home – Eva Cvijanović
Gusla ou les Malins – Adrienne Nowak
Cast Off – Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Cold Wind & Water: Life on the Northern Peninsula – FRAMED
All NightER – FRAMED
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9:30pm
Wexford Plaza
Directed by Joyce Wong
Another 2017 Slamdance entry, this unconventional feature by Toronto-based Joyce Wong charmed the festival programmers for its deft handling of its subject—a painfully awkward encounter between a security guard and the guy who serves the drinks at the bar at a shopping plaza. This is Scarborough, Ontario, […]
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3pm
Martin’s Hagge – Penny Eizenga
The Owl and the Lemming – Roselynn Akulukjuk
Chudala – Maaria Sayed
Nana – Ali Kellner
Wolf – Liz Cooper
Be the Change – Amelia Curran & Roger Maunder
