Universal Leader (1997)

Goldfish

Two couples, in the same room, try to keep it together. The human couple fare differently to the pair of Goldfish in their fish tank. An artful piece exploring choice in life and love. The humour is derived from the wistful musings, in Cantonese, of the male fish and narrator.

All Is Not Lost

Calvin has early onset Alzheimers and plays by his own rules. With Claire his unorthodox caregiver, he navigates the friendships and antics in his Senior Living Community, while grappling with his own sense of loss.

Meow Window

A woman who has been watching her next door neighbor for some time develops an intense affection for her neighbor's cat. This love will eventually end in regret.

Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short

The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.

D.Asian

4th grade is all about fitting in. For ten-year-old Daniel, that means owning the latest in Hello Kitty fashion, liking the cutest boy in class, and convincing yourself you’re Asian when everyone else thinks you’re white.

Setmana Santa

Gerard and his sister spend Holy Week at their grandmother’s house. Thanks to her strict devotion, Gerard learns to love Jesus. However, she is not aware that her grandson is learning a lot more from that relationship.

Marooned?

A middle-aged science fiction nerd role-plays as his favorite space hero out in the desert when he hits his head and becomes convinced he is a space hero for real. When he starts to suspect his role-playing buddy of being an enemy alien, what started as a ridiculous fantasy game becomes a matter of life and death.

Skip

Tonight, Paul pops the question to Amanda. Everything is perfect; then suddenly - chaos. Now the couple find themselves stuck between two worlds.

Shivering Shakespeare

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.

The Princess Strikes Back

Misfortune and tribulations with domestic violence lead to an expectable romance. The fairy godfather must save poor Cinderfella from misery and servitude. How will the princess strike back, exactly? This modernized fairy-tale short film by Keeley Knight and Dave Lojek reverses gender roles.

Bug Diner

A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.

Bob's Funeral

Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director takes a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.

The Marriage

Today is the most important day in the lives of Suso and Ricard: after several years in a relationship they're going to get married. Ricard comes from a Catalan family of rancid lineage; Suso, from a humble one in La Mancha. Both of their families are delighted with the marriage. Well, not all: Adela, Suso's grandmother, will be present at the dinner, but unaware that what's being celebrated is her grandson's wedding day.

Pathological

A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.

guts

Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.

Say Hi After You Die

After her best friend dies, a woman sees visions of her friend appearing in the form of a portable toilet. She interacts with the toilet as if it is her deceased friend.

The Looming Cloud

Three siblings return home after their mother’s death and face their most daunting task: figuring out how to post about it on social media.

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

A group of former criminals do their best to get to their parole interview on time.

Elevation

A Maori gang member and a Neo-Nazi become trapped in an elevator and must put aside their differences to escape their predicament; all the while dealing with an equally racist Chinese maintenance worker.

Flat Tired

Nasser hit rock bottom after his wife left him. His best friends Sam and Paul take him on a trip to Corsica to bike-climb the Col de Bavella. There they meet Nicole, maintenance agent in their campsite, who will disturb their friendly trip.

Guilty

A man walks up in the bed of a woman.

Understanding the Law: The Worm

In this animated short, Mrs. Popcorn is shocked to discover a worm in her canned drink. When the beverage company refuses to accept the blame, she's outraged! An intrepid consumer, Mrs. Popcorn takes the company to court for negligence. Understanding the Law: The Worm is episode two in a series of short films designed to demystify everyday aspects of Canadian civil law. Wry humour and a whimsical style make this informative series lively and memorable.

You and Me, Before and After

Now in their 30s, grumbling sisters Hannah and Rachel decide to get their first tattoos together. As they get inked, and unable to leave until it’s done, they bond in conversation over still-fresh wounds that they share.

Glen

Divorced, lonely and inept with the web, a 50-year-old man decides to try his hand at finding love online – with spectacularly catastrophic results.

The Court Jester

Unfolding during a 2004 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, fitness trainer Richard Simmons makes an appearance. Amid the chaos and liveliness of the behind-the-scenes, Richard encounters David, an overlooked and underappreciated segment producer struggling with self-esteem. In a serendipitous twist, Richard sees beyond David's invisibility, offering his unique brand of honest, uplifting kindness.

The Demons of Dorothy

Dorothy’s a film director and a bit of a loser. One night, after a few beers, she lets loose on her script when a call from her producer kills her buzz: enough with the queer comedies, it’s time to start making mainstream films. To avoid sinking to the deepest depths of despair, Dorothy seeks comfort in her favorite TV show "Romy the Vampire Slayer". Unfortunately, her own demons show up.

Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou

When the chaotically misfortunate Jenkins and the monotonously lucky Lou run into each other one morning, they find a thrilling and fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San Francisco in an ice cream cart.

The Wedding

A young man keeps meeting the same girl with a violin again and again. Is it his destiny?

Dimensions of Dialogue

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.

Anna Kendrick Goes K-Pop with F(x)

Anna Kendrick joins the K-Pop supergroup f(x) on their World Tour and things go as well as you'd expect.