Friday, October 24

St. Francis Centre For Community, Arts & Culture | 78 Church Street S | Ajax

International Shorts at 6:30PM

This programme will be followed by a virtual Q&A with directors Nadine Jin, Britt Williams, and Jake Wachtel

Juk

2024 | United States | 14 Minutes | Korean, English

Director: Nadine Jin

When her grandmother moves in, Kaya begins to resent her for the way she treats her mother.

Content advisories: violence, course language

As If the Earth Had Swallowed Them Up

2025 | France | 14 Minutes | Spanish

Director: Natalia León

Olivia, a young woman living abroad, returns to her hometown in Mexico in the hope of reconnecting with her past.

Content advisories: violence, sexual violence

Behold A Lady

2024 | United States | 16 Minutes | English

Director: Britt Williams

When a tomboy's boyfriend dumps her before her Quiz Bowl tryouts, she struggles to balance her heartbreak and studies as she tries to win him back.

Spider-Zan

2024 | Iran | 13 Minutes | Farsi

Director: Maryam Khodabakhsh

Negar, a young nursing student, returns to her home village, but loses something that threatens to disrupt an arranged marriage meeting.

The Sentry

2025 | Canada, USA, Norway | 18 Minutes | English, Khmer

Director: Jake Wachtel

A suave agent is derailed by a guard who won’t stay quiet in this cheeky dismantling of spy tropes and love letter to Cambodia.

Content advisories: violence