Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
The Toronto Arthouse Film Festival welcomes filmmakers who explore and develop new filmmaking conventions in their quest to realise their visions effectively on a limited budget. The festival is dedicated to showcasing innovative and exciting work by risk-taking filmmakers from around the world.
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Lost Pieces of Her (Czech Republic, Portugal, United States) by Sofie Jo Lebow
A haunting 16mm visual poem that explores a woman's identity as it distorts, fractures, and stitches itself back together. Through the destruction of the film image using mixed media animation, this piece examines how stories, mythology, and symbolism shape identity.
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Ice Breath (Romania) by Leonard Alecu
Between 2015 and 2024, Leonard Alecu filmed the melting icebergs off Greenland's East coast. Sailing dangerously close to icebergs, Alecu handled his camera to record the ice masses yielding to the ruthless ocean. Filmed in black and white, Ice Breath is a cinematic poem whose only elusive actor ...
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Demonboy (United States) by Aaron Lovett
A reclusive twenty-something develops an all-consuming obsession with another man he encounters on the internet.
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Release (Hungary) by Zoltan Gergely Szabo
A young man is in prison instead of his brother because he took the punishment on his behalf. A mysterious visitor arrives to persuade him to make a new confession. However, the tempter fails to achieve his goal.
Running time: 00:10:09 -
Magic Rage (France) by Jean-Marie Bonny Nkoa
Hearing of his impending death, Robert, a precarious farmer disillusioned with the world, discovers one night that his son is gay. Terrified at the idea of leaving him alone in a violent world, Robert kidnaps his son and takes him to see a witchdoctor in a mysterious motel...
Running time: 00:24:26 -
Let it Dance (Australia) by Carolyn Corkindale
Born of a poor family in Paris, Guy Detot transforms himself through passion and luck into an international ballet dancer, dancing with Pina Bausch in The Rite of Spring. Guy moves to Australia for love and originates work with Australian Dance Theatre, before being aged out of ballet and embarki...
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A Human Ride (Germany) by Kristian Gründling
The transformation of transportation is on everyone's lips, and the future of mobility has become one of the most talked-about topics. But why does it matter so much? If transportation presents such enormous challenges, why don’t we just stay at home? Is mobility a fundamental human need?
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From Red to Gray (Korea, Republic of) by Mingu Kang
The city transforms from red to gray. For some, the alleys lined with red-brick houses evoke warm memories, but as time passes, they crumble and fade away. In their place, gray-toned apartments rise, as if recalling memories of a first love that can never be relived. Living in a gray city, one mo...
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Dragonfly (Shanghai) by Edward Liu
Great-grandson Zhou Zihang has only two memories of his great-grandmother - her funeral and a contact. Unable to remember season and weather, he only remembers the persimmons that were handed to him and the unexplained crying
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Satélite (United States) by Flor Marmolejo
A dying man attempts to communicate with his young wife who disappeared in 70s Mexico.
Running time: 00:05:26