After a hunting accident in the remote woods, two amateur hunters scramble to confront the weight of what just happened, isolation and panic begin to consume them and distort their sense of control and reality.
A story about a boy who can't walk and his friend, who creates a world for him - a life-saving fairy tale about a mermaid and dangerous games with mythical creatures. This friendship becomes a shield against cruelty and a cure for despair.
This Is It is an exploration in finding truth within labour, creativity, and mortality. Written entirely on the job, Kyrstyn Kumor thrusts herself into the endless attempt at finding the answers. This Is It is a play inspired by Jordan Tannahill’s Declarations.
An Iranian immigrant agrees to marry her boss's son to stay in the U.S., but their simple green card wedding on Cape Cod gets complicated when her two Iranian best friends arrive with their own American boyfriends and cross-cultural baggage in tow.
A wounded soldier wakes, chained in a dark cellar. Cared for by an otherworldly girl who spirits him away to a sunlit meadow. But as shadows close in, he begins to suspect her sanctuary may be the deadliest trap of all.
We follow two somewhat successful actresses who leave Colombia and travel to New York, aiming for greater fame and opportunity and a better life for themselves and a daughter, only to receive a rude awakening: they are only seen as immigrants now. Colombian director Daniel Arango, who lives in New York, clearly knows whereof he films, as do his leading actresses, Jennifer Arenas and Josefina Scaro, the latter of whom returns to MIFF after being here recently with the well-loved film American Thief.
Follow five riders across different cycling disciplines and career stages. From the weight of early expectations to the uncertainty of beginnings, from the challenge of balance, to the pressure of winning and the obsession with results.
After hearing of his estranged father's mysterious passing, an anxious young man attends the funeral seeking answers. As he searches for the truth, he must face a troubling secret from his past.
After receiving a disappointing grade on their group project, four art majors conspire to sneak their sculpture into the Art Institute of Chicago and pass it off as a legitimate exhibit in an attempt to prove their professor wrong.
It's a serendipitous encounter - two Chinese high school girls track a certain adult woman living in New York City, eavesdropping on conversations between her and her former friend in the mundane of everyday life, attempting to understand the meaning of growing up.
witness the bizarre murders of a killer deranged, from the maniacs behind th evil tomato throwing bastard comes a new vision of FEAR!
a killer stalks the streets searching for victims to kill with her giants mumified penis!