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BOTS
Directed by Rich Williamson | 2025 | 14 min | Canada
Office-based bots sow discord and division in Williamson’s biting satire about the disturbing influence of unstable forces controlling global politics.
HATCH
Directed by Alireza Kazemipour, Panta Mosleh | 2025 | 11 min | Canada/Iran
Trapped inside a water tanker, a young refugee’s escape becomes a journey that will haunt him forever.
Ya HANOUNI
Directed by Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib | 2025 | 3 min | France
While Mom and Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises: who will manage to get the baby to say its first word?
PEGASUS
Directed by Jean-Erasme Giudicelli | 2025 | 12 min | France
In the middle of burnout, Victor breaks down and meets the gaze of a horse.
HELL
Directed by Parker Croft | 2025 | 5 min | USA
HELL follows the patriarch of a dying farm on the outskirts of Ash Harbor as he is methodically ground down by the machinery of despair.
BLU’S
Directed by Rajesh PK | 2025 | 10 min | India
Blu has grown up in harmony with nature, but after witnessing the beautiful environment being swallowed up by industrialization, she decides to fight for the wildlife, meadows, rivers, and trees before they disappear completely.
MADE FROM LEAKPROOF PLASTIC
Directed by Anastasiya Mykhaylova | 2025 | 15 min | Canada, USA
Blending animation and live-action, follow Sasha as she prepares to leave her newly sold home after the passing of her husband.
MAKING BEAUTY
Directed by Tammy Salzl | 2025 | 13 min | Canada
A gifted 10-year-old channels her grief after losing her grandmother by retreating into her shed and beginning a secret project.
Metro Passes: only Silver Screen Passes accepted, at the doors.
