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2023 driff Films

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THE DRIFF/CINECHATS ALLIANCE PRESENTS: THE BEST OF DRIFF SHORTS:
Tungrus | India | 13 mins
Girl in the Hallway | Canada | 10 mins
Giltrude's Dwelling | Canada | 15 mins
Flounder | USA | 10 mins
Lili | The Netherlands | 9 mins
Hearth (Foyer) | Canada | 11 mins
You're Welcome | Switzerland | 9 mins
Gone | Canada | 5 mins
NEFTA Football Club | France | 17 mins
FALL FESTIVAL | VIRTUAL LINEUP:
Love in the Time of Fentanyl | USA | 80 mins
His Name is Ray | Canada | 83 mins
Singing in the Wilderness | China | 98 mins
Carajita | Dominican Republic | 89 mins
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers | USA | 96 mins
Bestia | Chile | 16 mins
Flounder | USA | 10 mins
He Comes at Night | Canada | 10 mins
Heavy Petting | Canada | 17 mins
One of Those Good Lives | Canada | 8 mins
The Shadow of Your Smile | Colombia | 19 mins
Nalujuk Night | Canada | 13 mins
N'xaxaitkw | Canada | 17 mins
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again | Canada | 32 mins
Torch Narrows | Canada | 11 mins
Nuisance Bear | Canada | 14 mins
Benevolent | Canada | 19 mins
Free Fall | The Netherlands | 19 mins
Identibye | Iran | 15 mins
Fireworks | France | 26 mins
F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K | USA | 12 mins
Coffin | China | 6 mins
FALL FESTIVAL | IN THEATRE:
Blind Spots | Germany | 8 mins
Stay the Night | Canada | 94 mins
Edgy | Germany | 2 mins
Bulldog | Germany | 95 mins
The Other Side | Canada | 8 mins
Flames | Canada | 7 mins
Feeling Fine | Canada | 21 mins
Involuntary Wingman | Canada | 7 mins
DRUH | Canada | 20 mins
Sledgehammer | Canada | 12 mins
Feeling the Apocalypse | Canada | 7 mins
Movie Theatres: Light & Sound | Canada | 6 mins
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World | Canada | 95 mins
DRIVE-IN FILMS:
This Ink Runs Deep | Canada | 16 mins
Beans | Canada | 92 mins
We Went Out | Canada | 12 mins
Akilla's Escape | Canada | 90 mins
Heap | Canada | 12 mins
Sleeping Giant | Canada | 89 mins
 

2021 drIFF fILMS

 
DRIVE-IN FILMS:
Wanted: Strong Woman | Canada | 15 mins
1:54 | Canada | 106 mins
Black + Belonging | Canada | 13 mins
Becoming Labrador | Canada | 70 mins
Pick | Canada | 11 mins
Home Again | Canada | 104 mins
At the Bottom of the Sea | Canada | 11 mins
Window Horses | Canada | 129 mins
Chocolate | Canada | 4 mins
Falls Around Her | Canada | 100 mins
 

2020 DRIFF FILMS

 
DRIFF EDU:
One Small Step | USA | 13 mins
Ice Breakers | Canada | 15 mins
We Can't Breathe | USA | 10 mins
Be(lie)f | USA | 16 mins
Mahalia Melts in the Rain | Canada | 12 mins
Behind the Handle | Canada | 17 mins
The Great Disconnect | Cayman Island | 60 mins
i hope they remember my name | Canada | 11 mins
Saving Grayling | USA | 15 mins
Sockeye Salmon, Red Fish | Russia | 51 mins
This Garden is Yours | Canada | 14 mins
The Food We Eat | USA | 6 mins
FALL FESTIVAL:
Empty | Canada | 2 mins
Big Wheels | Canada | 22 mins
Company Town | Canada | 44 mins
Percy | Canada | 100 mins
The Night Shift | Egypt | 14 mins
Amateur | Italy | 15 mins
The Best Orchestra in the World | Austria | 14 mins
Your Day is Tomorrow | Jamaica | 33 mins
Il Vestito | Italy | 16 mins
The Whale and the Raven | Canada | 101 mins
The Beach Raiders | Canada | 8 mins
A Twisted History of the Broken Heart | Canada | 19 mins
This Garden is Yours | Canada | 14 mins
Elegy | Canada | 9 mins
Standstill | Canada | 12 mins
Down Deloro River | Canada | 13 mins
Limbo | Canada | 17 mins
The River | Canada | 17 mins
Nowhere, Ontario | Canada | 14 mins
More Than Just Water | Canada | 6 mins
On the Fence | Canada | 7 mins
Behind the Handle | Canada | 17 mins
Numb | Canada | 4 mins
 

2019 driff films

 
DRIFF EDU FILMS:
Take Care | USA | 25 mins
Take Care | USA | 25 mins

Directed by: Itamar Giladi

The Original | United Kingdom | 13 mins
The Original | United Kingdom | 13 mins

Directed by: Michelle Garza Cervera

The Stain | Iran | 13 mins
The Stain | Iran | 13 mins

Directed by: Shoresh Vakili

I Am the Doorway | United Kingdom | 20 mins
I Am the Doorway | United Kingdom | 20 mins

Directed by: Simon Pearce

Lili | The Netherlands | 9 mins
Lili | The Netherlands | 9 mins

Directed by: Yfke van Berckelaer

Guaxuma | Brazil | 14 mins
Guaxuma | Brazil | 14 mins

Directed by: Nara Normande

Winner: Best Short Film

NEFTA Football Club | France | 17 mins
NEFTA Football Club | France | 17 mins

Directed by: Yves Piat

The Monkey Business | Canada | 24 mins
The Monkey Business | Canada | 24 mins

Directed by: Connor Johnstone

Pioneer: Bren | United Kingdom | 6 mins
Pioneer: Bren | United Kingdom | 6 mins

Directed by: Jon Clay

Apex Survival - Maiden Voyage | South Africa | 60 mins
Apex Survival - Maiden Voyage | South Africa | 60 mins

Directed by: Jakes Jordaan & Johnny Beechler

Foster Boy | USA | 109 mins
Foster Boy | USA | 109 mins

Directed by: Youssef Delara

Winner: Best Feature Film

DRIFF IN A JIFF FILMS:
Gone | Canada | 5 mins
Gone | Canada | 5 mins

Directed by: Nick Dragas

Life Via Rail | Canada | 9 mins
Life Via Rail | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Jonny Micay

Hazel's Origami | Canada | 7 mins
Hazel's Origami | Canada | 7 mins

Directed by: Tatsuya Endo

54 North | Canada | 9 mins
54 North | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Émilie Peltier & Mélanie Léger

FALL FESTIVAL:
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk | Canada | 3 mins
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk | Canada | 3 mins

Directed by: Eva Kaukai & Manon Chamberland

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | Canada | 105 mins
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open | Canada | 105 mins

Directed by: Elle Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn

Girl in the Hallway | Canada | 10 mins
Girl in the Hallway | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Valerie Barnhart

Giltrude's Dwelling | Canada | 15 mins
Giltrude's Dwelling | Canada | 15 mins

Directed by: Jeremy Lutter

Affannato | Canada | 5 mins
Affannato | Canada | 5 mins

Directed by: Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur

Oracle | Canada | 9 mins
Oracle | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Aaron Poole

I Am in the World As Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain | Canada | 12 mins
I Am in the World As Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain | Canada | 12 mins

Directed by: Sofia Banzhaf

Ice Breakers | Canada | 15 mins
Ice Breakers | Canada | 15 mins

Directed by: Sandamini Rankaduwa

Gun Killers | Canada | 11 mins
Gun Killers | Canada | 11 mins

Directed by: Jason Young

Hearth (Foyer) | Canada | 11 mins
Hearth (Foyer) | Canada | 11 mins

Directed by: Sophie B. Jacques

Book Week | Australia | 96 mins
Book Week | Australia | 96 mins

Directed by: Heath Davis

Tough Love | Canada | 5 mins
Tough Love | Canada | 5 mins

Directed by: Nick Dragas

Take Care | USA | 25 mins
Take Care | USA | 25 mins

Directed by: Itamar Giladi

The Original | United Kingdom | 13 mins
The Original | United Kingdom | 13 mins

Directed by: Michelle Garza Cervera

The Stain | Iran | 13 mins
The Stain | Iran | 13 mins

Directed by: Shoresh Vakili

I Am the Doorway | United Kingdom | 20 mins
I Am the Doorway | United Kingdom | 20 mins

Directed by: Simon Pearce

Lili | The Netherlands | 9 mins
Lili | The Netherlands | 9 mins

Directed by: Yfke van Berckelaer

Guaxuma | Brazil | 14 mins
Guaxuma | Brazil | 14 mins

Directed by: Nara Normande

Winner: Best Short Film

NEFTA Football Club | France | 17 mins
NEFTA Football Club | France | 17 mins

Directed by: Yves Piat

Convoy to Remembrance | Canada | 16 mins
Convoy to Remembrance | Canada | 16 mins

Directed by: Colin Burwell

Winner: Best Regional Film

From the Thunder | Canada | 10 mins
From the Thunder | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Daniel Everitt-Lock

Beneath Our Feet | Canada | 6 mins
Beneath Our Feet | Canada | 6 mins

Directed by: Samantha Tong

By the Woods | Canada | 2 mins
By the Woods | Canada | 2 mins

Directed by: Nik Benn

Milk | Canada | 12 mins
Milk | Canada | 12 mins

Directed by: Samiramis Kia

Contributions | Canada | 8 mins
Contributions | Canada | 8 mins

Directed by: Bren Patrick Burke

Engaged to be Engaged | Canada | 13 mins
Engaged to be Engaged | Canada | 13 mins

Directed by: Joseph Covello

Do Turtles Swim in Maple Syrup? | Canada | 10 mins
Do Turtles Swim in Maple Syrup? | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Paul-Daniel Torres

Winner: Best Student Film

Not Dead Yet | Canada | 4 mins
Not Dead Yet | Canada | 4 mins

Directed by: Abraam Dawood

Housekreeping | Canada | 6 mins
Housekreeping | Canada | 6 mins

Directed by: Kyle Dunbar

Nursery Rhymes | Australia | 5 mins
Nursery Rhymes | Australia | 5 mins

Directed by: Tom Noakes

 

2018 driff films

 
FALL FESTIVAL:
Clara | Canada | 105 mins
Clara | Canada | 105 mins

Directed by: Akash Sherman

Winner: People’s Choice Award

Cradle of Champions | USA | 99 mins
Cradle of Champions | USA | 99 mins

Directed by: Bartle Bull

Winner: Best Feature Film

The Hollow Child | Canada | 88 mins
The Hollow Child | Canada | 88 mins

Directed by: Jeremy Lutter

What is Democracy? | Canada | 107 mins
What is Democracy? | Canada | 107 mins

Directed by: Astra Taylor

Love, Scott | Canada | 75 mins
Love, Scott | Canada | 75 mins

Directed by: Laura Marie Wayne

Haru's New Year | Canada | 19 mins
Haru's New Year | Canada | 19 mins

Directed by: Alice Shin

Poppies | USA | 20 mins
Poppies | USA | 20 mins

Directed by: Myles Yaksich

L'Homme et le Poisson | Canada | 4 mins
L'Homme et le Poisson | Canada | 4 mins

Directed by: Lewis Leon

The Use of Deadly Force | Canada | 7 mins
The Use of Deadly Force | Canada | 7 mins

Directed by: Lee Foster

Winner: Best Regional Film

Sisak | USA | 15 mins
Sisak | USA | 15 mins

Directed by: Faraz Arif Ansari

Robin | Germany | 75 mins
Robin | Germany | 75 mins

Directed by: Toby Schmutzler & Kevin Schmutzler

You're Welcome | Switzerland | 9 mins
You're Welcome | Switzerland | 9 mins

Directed by: Rebecca Panian

Walls | Croatia | 7 mins
Walls | Croatia | 7 mins

Directed by: Maik Schuster, Fatmir Dolci & Max Paschke

Trieb | Switzerland | 3 mins
Trieb | Switzerland | 3 mins

Directed by: Diego Hauenstein

The Little Fish and the Crocodile | Germany | 16 mins
The Little Fish and the Crocodile | Germany | 16 mins

Directed by: Stefanie Plattner

The Girls Were Doing Nothing | Israel | 17 mins
The Girls Were Doing Nothing | Israel | 17 mins

Directed by: Dekel Berenson

Sparrow | New Zealand | 15 mins
Sparrow | New Zealand | 15 mins

Directed by: Welby Ings

Rocco | Spain | 9 mins
Rocco | Spain | 9 mins

Directed by: Gerard Nogueira

Midnight Confession | Canada | 10 mins
Midnight Confession | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

Leo | United Kingdom | 14 mins
Leo | United Kingdom | 14 mins

Directed by: Julian Alexander

In Scherben - Shattered | Germany | 14 mins
In Scherben - Shattered | Germany | 14 mins

Directed by: Torben Liebrecht

Excuse Me, I'm Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend | Germany | 23 mins
Excuse Me, I'm Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend | Germany | 23 mins

Directed by: Bernhard Wenger

Douggy | USA | 19 mins
Douggy | USA | 19 mins

Directed by: Matvey Fiks

Schoolyard Blues | Sweden | 17 mins
Schoolyard Blues | Sweden | 17 mins

Directed by: Maria Eriksson-Hecht

Winner: Best Student Film

Mykola | Canada | 3 mins
Mykola | Canada | 3 mins

Directed by: Anastasiia Platoshyna

A Voice For Change: The Laura Hillier Story | Canada | 7 mins
A Voice For Change: The Laura Hillier Story | Canada | 7 mins

Directed by: Sarah Gonyea

Fauve | Canada | 16 mins
Fauve | Canada | 16 mins

Directed by: Jeremy Comte

Winner: Best Short Film

Pre-Drink | Canada | 23 mins
Pre-Drink | Canada | 23 mins

Directed by: Marc-Antoine Lemire

Dead Serious | Canada | 13 mins
Dead Serious | Canada | 13 mins

Directed by: Nabil Badine

The Conversation | Spain | 19 mins
The Conversation | Spain | 19 mins

Directed by: Adam Crow

 

2017 DRIFF Films

 
FALL FESTIVAL:
Tanabata | Canada | 3 mins
Tanabata | Canada | 3 mins

Directed by: Annie Amaya

Ravi | Canada | 13 mins
Ravi | Canada | 13 mins

Directed by: Andrew Ahmed

After Life on Earth | Canada | 2 mins
After Life on Earth | Canada | 2 mins

Directed by: Callahan Bracken

Feathers | Canada | 6 mins
Feathers | Canada | 6 mins

Directed by: Christine Le, Sarah Stefanon, Melissa Chin, Jacob MacMillan, Sarah Kieley, Anita Yen, Eustace Ng, Lilja Hlin H. Péturs & Mellisa Gabric

Strings | Canada | 3 mins
Strings | Canada | 3 mins

Directed by: Sarah Stefanon, Melissa Gabric & Jacquelyn Meadows

Winner: Best Animated Short

Future Docs | Canada | 16 mins
Future Docs | Canada | 16 mins

Directed by: Andrew Morel

Roadkill | Canada | 17 mins
Roadkill | Canada | 17 mins

Directed by: Aaron Fauteux

Tidal Waves | Canada | 9 mins
Tidal Waves | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Kristina Wong

Walking Supply | Canada | 25 mins
Walking Supply | Canada | 25 mins

Directed by: Derek Barnes

The Hag | Canada | 9 mins
The Hag | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Julian Zakrzewski

The Black Experience Project | Canada | 17 mins
The Black Experience Project | Canada | 17 mins

Directed by: Chris Strikes

The Date | Canada | 9 mins
The Date | Canada | 9 mins

Directed by: Adrien Yiptong

Go to Hell | Canada | 7 mins
Go to Hell | Canada | 7 mins

Directed by: Charlie Tyrell

The Meaning of Life | Canada | 91 mins
The Meaning of Life | Canada | 91 mins

Directed by: Cat Hostick

Winner: Best Feature Film

RMG 50 | Canada | 10 mins
RMG 50 | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Carla Sinclair

Brampton's Batman | Canada | 12 mins
Brampton's Batman | Canada | 12 mins

Directed by: Sultan Ridwan

Hearing Films | Canada | 8 mins
Hearing Films | Canada | 8 mins

Directed by: Arsen Martyrosian

Badsville | USA | 97 mins
Badsville | USA | 97 mins

Directed by: April Mullen

Shiners | Canada | 78 mins
Shiners | Canada | 78 mins

Directed by: Stacey Tenenbaum

Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Alkonost | Canada | 5 mins
Alkonost | Canada | 5 mins

Directed by: Victoria Aldis, Irin Byun, Mike Chen, Sujin Kim, Seung-Ju Lee, Victoria Mietus, Anastasiia Platoshyna & Grace Yoo

Winner: Best Student Film

The Discovery | Canada | 4 mins
The Discovery | Canada | 4 mins

Directed by: Kate Allsebrook

Pollyanna | Canada | 2 mins
Pollyanna | Canada | 2 mins

Directed by: Roman Gubin

Winner: Best Short Film

The Arctic Circus | Canada | 24 mins
The Arctic Circus | Canada | 24 mins

Directed by: Connor Johnstone

Erika | Canada | 18 mins
Erika | Canada | 18 mins

Directed by: Hanna Jovin

Dolly and the Moondogs | Canada | 10 mins
Dolly and the Moondogs | Canada | 10 mins

Directed by: Ashley Boyle

Okay | Canada | 15 mins
Okay | Canada | 15 mins

Directed by: Katerina Zoumboulakis

Winner: Best Comedy Short, People’s Choice Award

Tessellation | Puerto Rico | 7 mins
Tessellation | Puerto Rico | 7 mins

Directed by: Julián Garnik

Saudade | Canada | 19 mins
Saudade | Canada | 19 mins

Directed by: Alexander Granger

Salmonella | Canada | 14 mins
Salmonella | Canada | 14 mins

Directed by: Michele DesLauriers

Bosniak | Canada | 15 mins
Bosniak | Canada | 15 mins

Directed by: Kejd Kuqo