Finding that the material dictates the form, these short form artists use a variety of tools at their disposal to evoke the potent images and stories within them. Landscape studies, 3D rendered memories, multi-channel video, and various formats bring these visions to life.

The walls have been repainted and nobody is home. A lone tree stands overlooking the shadows left behind.

Las Paredes Eran Azul (The Walls Were Blue)

An auto-fictional experimental film about the filmmaker digging a hole from Toronto to Hong Kong.

Why Do Ants Go Back To Their Nest?

Two dreamers collide on a quiet night.

Light Sleeper

Alone in her relationship and afraid to leave it behind, distant Addie craves for something within her girlfriend to make her feel whole again.

Longing For The Unfound

Moved into this apartment under extenuating circumstances, and life only got crazier from there. And then I graduated college and moved away before I processed any of it. Here is my processing.

vaguely reflecting in three dimensions

A kaleidoscopic city symphony exploring the over-consumption of technology and human disconnection

Detached City

The powerful words of the late June Jordan's 'Poem About My Rights' serve as a poignant backdrop to the vibrant lives of a group of black lesbians embracing joy and solidarity amidst the serenity of nature.

Absolve at the Water

A hallucinatory journey through the eyes of a patient experiencing a deterioration of their senses and perception as they confront uncertainty, anxiety, and the fragility of memory and identity.

The Last Thing I Think I Saw

A brother reads aloud two notes written in secret, at different points in time, for his sister: one after his old suicide note was discovered by his sister, the other after his sister's own suicide attempt.

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