Pillion

Written and directed by Harry Lighton in his feature debut, Pillion is a bold, darkly funny romantic drama adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill. The film stars Harry Melling as Colin, a shy, closeted Londoner whose quiet life is upended when he begins an intense BDSM relationship with Ray, an enigmatic biker played by […]

Yard Work is Hard Work: Films by Jodie Mack

Jodi Mack will present a curated program of 16mm and digital works, anchored by Yard Work is Hard Work, a vibrant animated musical that blends handmade abstraction, pop structure, and personal reflection. Her work transforms everyday materials such as textiles, gift wrap, and found objects into kaleidoscopic, rhythmic visual compositions. Her films have screened at […]

Wanda

After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal. Before the film there will be a short film screened: Audience | Dir. Barbara Hammer, 33 mins  Description A portrait of women audiences filmed in London, San Francisco, Toronto, and Montreal. Through faces, voices, and […]

The Matrix Resurrections

The Decline of Western Civilization

Morvern Callar

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life. Before the film there will be two short films screened: Mouseholes | Dir. Helen Hill, 8 mins  Description Helen Hill remembers her grandfather just before his death (in […]

I Am Not a Witch

Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government. Before the film there will be a short film screened: Chronicles of a Lying Spirit | Dir. Cauleen Smith, 6 mins  Description Rather than depicting reality, Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) […]

Goody

Femme Film Fest submission winner! A Southern Gothic coming-of-age story following a young woman navigating grief, faith, and obsessive-compulsive disorder as she reconnects with childhood friends and confronts long-buried trauma.  

Daisies

Cameraperson

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented […]