Independent Film Day

Director: Thomas Murgatroyd

Runtime: 13:31

Synopsis: Adrian Michaels, a former boxing world champion, is haunted by the fight that ended Richard Dawson’s career. Isolated by guilt, he’s urged by his pupil Bailey to confront the past. But when Richard dies before Adrian can make amends, grief forces him to face his mistakes. With Bailey’s guidance, he finds redemption in writing his story, finally laying his past to rest.

Director: Felipe Giaj-Levra

Runtime: 05:49

Synopsis: Sudhir "Tony" D'Souza is a pediatrician living in London, Ontario. As he deals with kids and their serious mental health issues, Tony uses gardening to decompress. His plants are actually his kids and he feels they compel him to be a better man - and a better professional.

Director: Marc Fortunato

Runtime: 09:49

Synopsis: Set in the golden era of rail, Jacket of Blue is based on a play with music by Obediya Jones-Darrell about the struggles faced by Black train porters in the 1920s. With original music inspired by Ragtime, Jazz, Folk, Gospel, and Broadway traditions, the story follows a dignified and conflicted porter who must face the best and worst humanity has to offer during a journey across generations that transcends culture.

Director: Ashley King

Runtime: 12:11

Synopsis: Yellow follows one man's simple life as he leaves his subtle mark on a world full of people desperate to make a lasting impression.

Director: Bob Kotyk

Runtime: 07:00

Synopsis: At a subway station in Toronto, two people meet and make a connection.

Director: Adam Bentley

Runtime: 05:30

Synopsis: When urban sprawl attacks, Snow, Cold, and Winter Fun must team up and fight back before being swallowed up and overheated, ending winter forever!

Director: Bryce Baker, Brendan Kane

Runtime: 34:58

Synopsis: The Space We Create is about the making of the Aster. Told through the voices of designers, builders, residents, and local leaders the film explores what it means to build with care in a place where housing is scarce, land is protected, and the stakes are personal. Through labour shortages, frayed supply chains, lockdowns, and a few long winters, it documents the creative decisions, physical work, and emotional investment that brought the project to life.

Director: Josh Cooper

Runtime: 03:48

Synopsis: A very excited Rigel begins his picnic adventure, only to find a delicious incident worth investigating.

Director: Michael Anthony

Runtime: 29:24

Synopsis: After losing his incredible son, Jesse Short-Gershman, at age 22 to suicide, Dr. Stu Gershman made a decision: to talk openly about mental health in an unlikely place — the locker room. Through Buddy Check for Jesse, Stu encourages coaches to raise mental health awareness through the power of sport.

Director: Henry Ahn, Jonny Shoshani

Runtime: 12:42

Synopsis: When a couple’s van breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the pair confront the fractures in their relationship heightened by the isolation.

Director: Sean Thrawn O'Neil

Runtime: 04:58

Synopsis: A couple decides whether or not to order Apple Pie at a diner.