Saturday, October 25th

Biltmore Theatre | 39 King St E | Oshawa

Homegrown Shorts at 3:00pm

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This programme will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Zav Jenabian, Jack Copland, and Teyama Alkamli

A Wolf in the Suburbs

2026 | Canada | 18 Minutes | English

Director: Amélie Hardy

Welcome to Mississauga where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.

América

2025 | Peru | 15 Minutes | Spanish & Quechua

Director: Javier A Arias-Stella

América, a 10-year-old girl from a remote village in the Peruvian Andes, dreams of buying a bicycle so she’ll never be late to class again.

Daddy’s Little Meatball

2026 | Australia, USA | 14 Minutes | English

Director: Yael Grunseit

On a trip to New York, an Australian period-underwear salesman and his teenage daughter navigate the city and their strained relationship.

Content advisories: racism, homophobia, abelism or hate speech

Am I A Bad Person? - No Stills

2025 | USA | 13 Minutes | English

Director: Alanna Longo

Claire arrives home for her mother’s surprise birthday party, only to discover it’s… SURPRISE — Claire's intervention!

We Were Here

2025 | India | 10 Minutes | English, Hindi

Director: Pranav Bhasin

In a crumbling Indian town, three retired men protest machines replacing human jobs by pretending to be household appliances.

Mangittatuarjuk (The Gnawer of Rocks)

2025 | Canada | 14 Minutes | Inuktitut

Director: Louise Flaherty

A hungry land spirit, lurking in the shadows, traps two unsuspecting young women.

Content advisories: other

Mother Goose

2025 | United Kingdom | 12 Minutes | English

Director: Joanna Vymeris

Recently widowed Janet hand-rears a goose for Christmas, but their growing bond leads to unsetteling consequences.

Content advisories: other

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