Doctor Dose is a one-hour teen drama television series about a savant with heightened observational skills and a gender transitioning hacker who team up at their elite private school to diagnose and treat fellow students’ mental health issues.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Hill: Shawn Devlin
Faith/Emma: Hannah Ehman
Dylan/Ben: Geoff Mays
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The story of a teenage rock star whose journey begins the night they reveal being F to M. It’s prom night in Kalamazoo, IL 2003. BEAUTY ROBERTS dressed like a prom queen shakes in front of a mirror. Their prom date SAM pleads under the window to understand why she took off. Beauty wants to see themselves for who they truly are, which is Beau. Beauty/Beau is transgender. He is also a talented singer songwriter with a rock star edge. Beauty cuts off their hair, washes off their makeup, and takes off to Chicago to make it as Beau.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Beauty: Kyana Teresa
Beth: Hannah Ehman
Sam/Bill: Shawn Devlin

When “tomboy” Max takes her friend’s place on the boys’ soccer team to win over her crush, Max learns a lot about soccer, but more about HIMself… including that he’s not just pretending to play for the boys’ team.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Liam: Steve Rizzo
Max: Allison Kampf

Watch the winning feature film from the Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

VALLEY OF A THOUSAND HILLS, 97min., South Africa, Drama
Directed by Bonie Sithebe
A young woman is in love with a woman, but they’re soon separated when she is forced into an arranged marriage with her lover’s brother.

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Director Biography – Bonie Sithebe

Award-winning director and producer. Bonie Sithebe founded Durban Motion Pictures 15 years ago and has produced many large scale films that have been screened on several national broadcasters. She also created more than 30 highly successful television films. She holds an international production certificate. Bonie also worked as a storyliner and writer on a popular drama series. In 2019, she served as board member and treasurer for Sister’s Working in Film and Television. Bonie is an enthusiastic collaborator who has built strong relationships with industry leaders. By mentoring, she…

BEING X IN AMERICA, 11min., USA, Drama
Directed by Malik J. Ali, Chozy Aiyub
Ahmad (Arab American) tries to help Chris (African American) in solving a complex equation of being in America.

http://chozyaiyub.com/
https://instagram.com/beingxinamerica

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

Ever since I came to the US in 2001, I have dealt with some racism myself for being Middle Eastern, and I also noticed how Blacks can be treated in an unjust manner. So I figured I will try to find a way to connect both my experience and their experience somehow. Given all the events that have happened in 2020: the killing of a few innocent black people by the hands of a few untrained and prejudice cops, along with the Black Lives Matter movement (before it turned into an organization), I figured this would be a good time to tell this…

CONTRABAND, 13min., UK, Drama
Directed by Anabal Barnston
Flailing millennial, Ruby, endeavours to get her life together after an overdue gap year, but is hindered by a pesky, over-complicated abortion.

https://www.instagram.com/contraband.film/

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The story is loosely based on personal experience, but it wasn’t so much about ‘telling my story’ but more about addressing a dearth of this sort of story with this point of view, that motivated me to make it. What really struck me was how pro-choice abortion stories, whilst few and far between, often sat into one of two camps; 1) ‘the difficult decision to make’ and 2) a super easy experience. There didn’t seem to me to be much conversation around the physical experience and what happens after the procedure, both physically and mentally. It was this and the desire to highlight the, sometimes, ridiculousness…

HOLD MY HAND, 13min., Russia, Family Drama
Directed by Alexandra Alekhina
Masha is over forty, and she is pregnant. The event is long-awaited and joyful – she and her husband really want children. A visit to the perinatal center casts doubt on the possibility of having a healthy baby – tests show a high risk of having a child with the Down syndrome.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I was impressed by the script. I can remember me trying to choose a script to make a film. I spent a night reading a hundred of scripts and only this one made an impression.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

it took a half of year. Actually it was a challenge to make this film because the filming period was…

PIT & PENDULUM, 27min., Canada, Drama/Horror
Directed by J. Aldric Gaudet
It is the terrorizing story of a person sentenced to death who becomes the plaything of their jailers. They are sent walking through a dark room in hopes they will fall into a pit. When that doesn’t happen they are tied down on a table to watch the painfully slow descent of a swinging pendulum with a sharp-edged blade aimed at their stomach. Escaping from the blade did not mean freedom. The walls of the dungeon grow blistering hot first, then squeeze together to push them to the brink of the pit, before being saved at the very last second.

https://www.pit-pendulum.com/

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

To illustrate a literary classic, visually, while maintaining emphasis on the author’s words.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it…

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BLACK & WHITE Shorts
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HORROR Shorts Festival
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Feature Films – The Captain’s Heart
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Daily Film Festival schedule for November 2022.

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Tuesday Nov. 1st – Adventure Feature
Wednesday Nov. 2nd – Black & White Shorts
Thursday Nov. 3rd – LGBTQ+ Festival Feature
Friday Nov. 4th – DOC Shorts – Community
Saturday Nov. 5th – Sports Festival Shorts
Sunday Nov. 6th – DOC Shorts – Society
Monday Nov. 7th – European Experimental Shorts
Tuesday Nov. 8th – Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Feature
Wednesday Nov. 9th – LGBTQ+ DOC Shorts
Thursday Nov. 10th – Documentary Feature – Blindness
Friday Nov. 11th – LGBTQ+ Drama Shorts
Saturday Nov. 12th – Diversity Drama Shorts
Sunday Nov. 13th – Dance Shorts
Monday Nov. 14th – RELATIONSHIP Drama Shorts
Tuesday Nov. 15th – Documentary Feature – Youth
Wednesday Nov. 16th…