Canada
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The weirdest wedding anniversary party youve ever seen. Sam, married for 20 years and a father of a teenage son, goes for a run and keeps on running. A year later, his wife Teresa goes ahead with their wedding anniversary party and is certain that Sam will show up. Is she nostalgic, a bit delusional, or plain crazy? As the evening unfolds, events give way to embarrassed guests, a hallucinogenic dessert, shameful confessions, and unexpected whims.
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Insults are best served with a tune. When Carol (Arabella Bushnell), a quirky but emotionally restrained woman in her late thirties, prompted by an art therapy class, starts sending her friends and co-workers her very frank opinions of them in the form of moody songs, all hell breaks loose. Some take out a restraining order, her boss is incited to resuscitate his former dream of rock stardom, and Carol leaves the mundane behind to pursue her newfound artistic expression.
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Shes looking for love with a blindfold on. Lexi, a plus-size gal with a heart to match, can bake an irresistible blueberry cream cake and run an inviting B&B in Nova Scotia, but she can't find the man of her dreams - or a date to her sister's wedding. When an attractive lodger appears on Lexi's doorstep, she pulls out all the stops to enfold him into her romantic fantasy, but divulged secrets and a family tragedy unravel her careful construction and leave her reeling. Will Lexi drop her romantic script and see that true happiness comes from being who you really are?
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Sex, love, and drama in the heady world of Elsewhere, NY. A single encounter that was thought of as best left behind takes an unexpected turn in the present in this fresh, authentic, and intimate story about a love triangle in New York. On her first night in the city, Jen meets Todd; she spends the night with him, only to discover he has already departed the morning after. Two years on, Todd reappears and disrupts the life Jen has created with her new boyfriend, Ethan.
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His lens captured the world of motion - but couldnt help him control his life. In the second half of the 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project to record on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. His epic quest is eclipsed only by the depth of his jealousy over his beautiful, young wife Flora. As the project progresses, his paranoia over her fidelity consumes him, until questions arise about his son's paternity, causing him to erupt.
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Bad City is on the edge of falling into the hands of a madman, you dig?
Dustin Milligan, Aaron Brooks, Amanda Crew, David Cubitt, Reece Thompson, Tom Scholte
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One night, beyond memory, stole away the life she knew. Marie works in the office of an auto repair shop. She enjoys the camaraderie of her (male) coworkers, and enjoys stepping out with them after work now and then. Although she fancies the occasional flirtation, she is faithful to her boyfriend Richard, with whom she lives comfortably on the outskirts of town. Antoine, the boss' son, an angry, gloomy man who keeps to himself, also works at the shop. One day, Marie and Antoine's paths cross unexpectedly, and the encounter irrevocably and tragically alters the course of Marie's life.
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What if right wasnt what you thought it was? Ally is dead. Her two best friends, Seth and Nole, are horrified to discover that she never updated her will after divorcing her abusive, incarcerated husband. He gets every single thing she owned - even small mementos - thanks to her sister and executrix, a stickler for the rules. When the value of the estate takes an unexpected turn into the stratosphere, Seth and Nole begin to ponder what they are willing to do for a few million dollars - including justifying a murder as a charitable act.
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Part of Shorts Program 4: Animate Me - A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death. Narrated by George Takei.
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Cinequest opens in grand fashion as the lights dim, and we present an uproarious comedy from director Don McKellar (Last Night) and screenwriter Michael Dowse (Goon), starring a brilliant cast that includes Brendan Gleeson ("Mad-Eye" Moody from the Harry Potter films), Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), and Liane Balaban (Supernatural).