Drama

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Figments of a Father

Sep 2014

2013 | Directed by Kyle Turgeon

When Christopher Robinson, an aspiring entrepreneur and unsettled father, arrives at an opulent hotel to pitch his business idea to Doctor Schneider, he is forced to realize that the entire foundation of his reality is false, and must choose whether to return to his family or to remain in the safer, logical world of his delusion.

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Happy Hour

Sep 2014

Happy Hour
2013 | Directed by Gretl Claggett

When a woman meets her boyfriend for a romantic night out, a martini triggers childhood memories that threaten her ability to trust and love. Based on true events and a poem; narrated by Julianne Moore.

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Legacy Cleaning

Sep 2014

Legacy Cleaning
2014 | Directed by Kerstin Karlhuber

A maid finds herself alone in a mansion and thinks she’s found the secret to happiness in how the other half lives.

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The Theft

Sep 2014

2014 | Directed by Gauri Adelkar

Set against the backdrop of modern day India, The Theft is the story of four people caught in a situation that sets the stage for the induction of innocent young minds into a class and caste based society. Seven-year-old Arjun and his mother Ira have just moved from the US to Mumbai, India. Pandu, is their new servant and shy eight-year-old Bhima is Pandu’s son. One afternoon, a large sum of money goes missing from Ira’s home and they are all thrown into a storm of revelations when Ira accuses Pandu of the theft. Will they find the truth?

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Candles in Paradise

Sep 2014

2013 | Directed by Rob Azevedo

Candles in Paradise tells the story of a young girl’s journey to the other side where she meets two friends from her family’s distant past on her first day in Paradise.

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Bent

Sep 2014

2013 | Directed by Amy Jo Johnson

Growing up in a religious cult, Jackie and Amelia, now in their late 30s, meet up once a year at Amelia’s mother’s grave to reconnect and talk about life. ‘Are we broken?’ they ask themselves, only to decide after a topless escapade through their old sect, that they are only bent. Bent is a short film about those life long friendships that thankfully keep us feeling normal.

This film is no longer available to watch online.

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Attic

Sep 2014

2014 | Directed by Michael Fisher

Lovers on the lam, Charlie and Mae, find themselves at odds when faced with the chance to settle down in a home.

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The Art of Being Hurt

Sep 2014

2014 | Directed by Xavery Robin

The young couple Jacob and Nina are caught in the drab monotony of everyday life. Little shortcomings of the partner grow into something huge. She craves more attention from him. He suspects her to have an affair with his friend. To make matters worse, Jacob and Nina have very different ways of dealing with their issues. Finally, Jacob loses his nerve. And suddenly there seems to be a chance for them to find the way back to each other…

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Empyrean

Sep 2014

2013 | Directed by Sophia Savage

Death makes us want to hold on. Empyrean is about finding the grace in letting go. Sadie’s father, Jim, is dying of brain cancer. It’s only been two months since the diagnosis but he’s already lost his sense of reality – his mind and memory are slipping away even faster than his body. It’s Sadie’s turn to help her mother care for Jim as he runs out the time on the days or weeks that he has left, but the beautiful, rugged landscape that they call home has become a threat as his behavior grows more erratic.

Sadie tries to maintain her strength, but the approach quickly deteriorates throughout restless nights and hazy days as she realizes the peace she hoped to make with her father now seems out of reach — it’s too late for goodbyes and apologies – there’s just the here and now, and the comfort to be found in seeing her father as a man who needs to be released from this world as gently as possible, even if it breaks her heart.

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Here and Now

Sep 2014

2013 | Directed by Julian Higgins

Over the course of a summer weekend, a young married couple contemplate the future of their strained relationship, reflecting back on the times when they were most in love. Starring Abigail Spencer (Rectify, Mad Men, Suits) and Josh Pence (The Social Network, The Dark Knight Rises, Draft Day), Here and Now was selected by Ron Howard as the winner of Canon’s “Project Imaginat1on” Contest.