Movies: Toronto Metropolitan University

  • 2024
    Cocoon

    Cocoon (2024)

    Cocoon

    02024HD

    After receiving a gift from a mysterious stranger, 7-year-old Alex begins collecting small, delicate objects, retreating into the quiet sanctuary of his bedroom—his cocoon....

    Cocoon
  • 2023
    Frida in the Sky

    Frida in the Sky (2023)

    Frida in the Sky

    7.32023HD

    Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother's back to follow in her Abuela's legacy....

    Frida in the Sky
  • 2017
    Away Home

    Away Home (2017)

    Away Home

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    A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother....

    Away Home
  • 2021
    The Lost Seahorse

    The Lost Seahorse (2021)

    The Lost Seahorse

    02021HD

    A stop-motion short film about a seahorse that is swept away from its coral reef and must survive the journey home....

    The Lost Seahorse
  • 2022
    to boyhood, i never knew him

    to boyhood, i never knew him (2022)

    to boyhood, i never knew him

    02022HD

    Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from a transgender man float to the surface as fleeting memories go on....

    to boyhood, i never knew him
  • 2019
    Fish Out Of Water

    Fish Out Of Water (2019)

    Fish Out Of Water

    02019HD

    Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears....

    Fish Out Of Water
  • 2024
    Lavenza

    Lavenza (2024)

    Lavenza

    102024HD

    When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires....

    Lavenza
  • 2021
    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night (2021)

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    02021HD

    Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a shapeshifting, faceless figure....

    When Shadows Dance at Night
  • 2020
    I Must Be Going

    I Must Be Going (2020)

    I Must Be Going

    02020HD

    A young finger puppet retrieves a lost letter written by her deceased brother while her parents struggle to cope with their grief....

    I Must Be Going
  • 2024
    Sludge

    Sludge (2024)

    Sludge

    102024HD

    A young woman must confront her inner demons personified as a swamp monster in a battle for self- acceptance....

    Sludge
  • 2008
    Broken Tulips

    Broken Tulips (2008)

    Broken Tulips

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    Edward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes....

    Broken Tulips
  • 2019
    Midnight Marathon

    Midnight Marathon (2019)

    Midnight Marathon

    72019HD

    When the whole world is hypnotized by an unexplained celestial event, a young boy must face his fear of the unknown in order to keep his brother and best friend from turning to the other side....

    Midnight Marathon
  • 2012
    For Dorian

    For Dorian (2012)

    For Dorian

    6.22012HD

    A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up....

    For Dorian
  • 2012
    Hunting Season

    Hunting Season (2012)

    Hunting Season

    62012HD

    Five friends must fight for survival, salvation and sanity when a local hunter mistakenly kills one of them in barren Canadian wilderness....

    Hunting Season
  • 2020
    heroes

    heroes (2020)

    heroes

    102020HD

    Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgen...

    heroes
  • 2020
    Heart Attack Man

    Heart Attack Man (2020)

    Heart Attack Man

    02020HD

    Roommates Nick and Dave are attacked by a masked, hulking figure that has broken into their house. You'd think that'd be the worst of their problems, right? Yeah. You'd think....

    Heart Attack Man
  • 2022
    Involuntary Wingman

    Involuntary Wingman (2022)

    Involuntary Wingman

    02022HD

    Faced with the threat of blackmail, sixteen-year-old David is forced by Owen the incel to get him a date with his crush Sierra. But when the relationship proves impossible, David teams up with Sierra to take him down....

    Involuntary Wingman
  • 2018
    Guion

    Guion (2018)

    Guion

    02018HD

    a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man in space....

    Guion
  • 2012
    Life Doesn't Frighten Me

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012)

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me

    5.62012HD

    Insecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman with her well-meaning grandpa and his pet pug....

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me
  • 2007
    Assault

    Assault (2007)

    Assault

    02007HD

    A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime....

    Assault