Four Nights and a Fire
A man’s spirit lingers, watching over his son as he processes his grief while keeping a sacred fire to light his father’s journey back home to the spirit world.
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Presented as Part Of Short Film Program 11: Embracing Loss
Heart Like a Pow Wow
A beautifully poetic animated short illustrated by Chief Lady Bird and spoken by Tara Williamson, Heart Like a...
5 min | Chief Lady Bird | Canada | Canadian Premiere | English, French
Learn MoreA Bear Named Jesus
What does it look like to be in the presence of someone who looks and sounds like a loved one but is unrecogni...
5 min | Terril Calder | Canada | Cree, English, French
Learn MoreA Boy and His Loss
A boy carrying the heavy burden of loss decides to join the dead in order to free himself of his grief until a...
7 min | Michelle Derosier | Canada | Toronto Premiere | English
Learn MoreGrape Soda in the Parking Lot
This animated short paints a mosaic of Taqralik Patridge’s childhood memories and the loss of her grandmothe...
8 min | Megan Kyak-Monteith, Taqralik Partridge | Canada | English, French
Learn MoreI won’t remain alone
An elderly couple struggles with the decision to donate their son’s organs while coming to terms with his im...
15 min | Yaser Talebi | Iran | Persian
Learn MoreFast Eddie
A film memorializing a man who lived his life to the fullest, shooting for one last adventure with the love an...
14 min | Keely Meechan | New Zealand | North American Premiere | English
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