Shorts Watched/2024

Porcelain bride cake toppers Val and Mara journey across the bakery and away from their assigned grooms to be with one another.

A trio of children steal a fir tree for a christmas tree from a grouchy neighbour and later resolve to make amends.

Set in Montréal during World War II, this drama based on a short story by Canadian author Mordecai Richler tells of a family who takes in a Jewish refugee named Mr. Bambinger. The family's twelve-year-old son, Sammy, resents this intrusion, but his resentment turns to compassion when he learns that the ship carrying Bambinger's wife and son to Canada has been struck by a torpedo.

A young girl is given her breakfast of milk and a biscuit by an elderly woman. When her beribboned cart comes up, she shares the meal with her. Later, the cat sticks her paw into a glass of milk and licks it off

Follows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy's search for home.

This short docu-drama presents the story of a case worker with the Toronto Children's Aid Society, circa 1956, and the children she helps. The film demonstrates how the case worker, and the Society, follow through on cases by focusing on one little girl found wandering alone in the downtown streets at night.

A man is fired from his job on mars.

Two Wanna-be Theifs plan To rob a grocery store, they planed the job, prepared their equipment and now about to enter, but sometimes no matter how good the plan is in your head, when it's actually time to start... things don't go as they supposed to.

A young virgin's lies about his sexual history come to light.

A short animation showing the impact of addiction on someone's life.

The Chocolate Soldiers seek to attack Pastry Village.

An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.

A young woman awakens from sleep only to begin a journey of memories. After encountering memories of her past, she awakens.

Lisa, a sassy hot-tempered woman arrives at a park by herself for a Sunday afternoon lunch. However, a creepy stranger (The camera POV) is eyeing her from a bush in the distance, which prevents her from enjoying her meal.

What if we, humans, were to expand beyond the strict bounds of our pale blue dot called planet Earth?

Cate Blanchett reflects on film techniques and being a celebrity promoting a film.

An origami tale of a skillful paper-folder who could shape the world with his hands.

All Bean Maxwell wants is for the picture on his foyer wall to hang level. But will his dedication to the little details cause him to lose sight of the bigger picture?

Two sisters struggle with jealousy and frustration when their favorite boy band shows up during the girls' work shift , shattering their teenage dreams when the boys are not as dreamy as expected.