PROGRAM

Best Film of the Festival Finalists

•Remember Us - Dir. by Mitch Wheeler (USA) - Three friends are shipped overseas at the waning of the Second World War. When one of them goes missing, the others must decide how far they will go to find him.

•Sónia - Dir. by Maria Moreira (Portugal) - Sónia is a badminton athlete that pursues her dream of participating in the Olympic Games. Her journey, however, is marked by a surprise that changes her life.

•Contrition - Dir. by Joshua Thomas Iza (Canada) - The short film titled 'Contrition', tells the story of a down-on-his-luck father reconciling the mistakes of his past with his son. Told through an Asian lens.

•Men at War - Dir. by Calyx Passailaigue (Canada) - A writer and his girlfriend travel up to a cottage to work on their failing relationship. While there, the writer is haunted by a character from his latest Sci-Fi screenplay: an ultra-macho Vietnam vet named Wayne. Men at War asks difficult questions about the fragile nature of love, memory and masculinity.

•Tambal - Dir. by Nicolynne Bonoan (Canada) - A diabolical Philippine mythical creature gets in between two sisters out of its desperation to live in the human world.

•The Wild Haggis - Dir. by Anthony Ross (Australia) - A Scottish woodsman is driven mad in his hunt for the wee beastie that attacked him one night in the Highlands

•B.L.T. - Dir. by Jason R. Kay (Canada) - A group of roommates must figure out who to trust after a masterful b.l.t. sandwich goes missing.