Toronto
Indie 2026

Shorts Block 1

Opening shorts programme

• Becoming the Butterfly · Olivia-Autumn Rennie · Short
• Janna Watson – Undercurrent · Mike William Bernard · Short
• Midnight Murungai · Ramiya Pushparajah · Short
• Sunday · Rosanne Kang · Short
• The Curtain Call · Ruben Harjono · Short
• Tiny Dancer · Paige Foskett · Short
• Tough Shit · Kristin Booth · Short

Shorts Block 2

Late-evening shorts programme

• Dance Cops · Dennis Logan · Short
• Dark Parade · Edemilson Morais · Short
• Lunar Day · Ariana Marquis · Short
• North of Harbord · Mateusz Garbulinski · Short
• O-1: Alien of Extraordinary Ability · Colin Taylor, Louie Visone · Short
• Path · Ryan Kilbourne · Short
• The Don · Chris Williams, HJ Moberly · Short
• Voetry · Affrica Spence · Short

Jingleman

Feature film by Jeff Robinson

• Jingleman · Jeff Robinson · Feature

Shorts Block 3

Thursday early shorts

• A Small Service · Allegra Fulton · Short
• Co-Parenting · CJ Byrd-Vassell, Violet Grace · Short
• For The Other Side · Duncan Glancy · Short
• Guys You're Friends With · Sofia Baron · Short
• Just Another F*cking Short Film · Sacha Mitchell · Short
• Kensington Blues · Rudy Cimic · Short
• Stewards of the North · Diego Rojas Garcia · Short

Shorts Block 4

Thursday late shorts

• Buck and Burrow · Maya Oster · Short
• Coffee Run · Prajj · Short
• Half-Naked · Ande Brown · Short
• How To Bury A Dog · Magdalena Barys · Short
• I Heard a Buzz · Mathew Ouzounis · Short
• Somewhere, Someone · Amber Ye · Short
• This May Be A Huge Mistake · Adam Labadie · Short

Backpay

Feature film by Mike David Allan Gallant

• Backpay · Mike David Allan Gallant · Feature

Shorts Block 5

Friday early shorts

• A Deal in Liberty · Palmer Wells · Short
• Moments · Mazahir Rahim · Short
• Out of Season · Wanfei Carmen Chen · Short
• Suicidal Tendencies · Timothy Jacob Lopers · Short
• The Tunnel · Pariwash Sundrani · Short

Shorts Block 6

Friday late shorts

• Evocation · Ryan Alexander Stella · Short
• Free Speech · Steve Koven, David Fleishman · Short
• Save The Date · Spencer Litzinger · Short
• SURPRISE! · Gabe Golin · Short
• The Border at Tolstoi · Bob Kotyk · Short

Skeleton Park

Feature film by Dan Sacco and Max Boer

• Skeleton Park · Dan Sacco and Max Boer · Feature

Shorts Block 7

Saturday afternoon shorts

• Apple Blossom · Daniel Yekymov · Short
• Becky and the 4th Wall · Jack Clifford Parnell · Short
• Elevator Pitch · Raghav Kumar · Short
• Hockey Mom · Mikaela Lily Davies · Short
• Mic Drop Magic · Arnav Naraharisetti, Ashish Prudhvi · Short
• Mr. Oak · Callum McKean · Short
• Next Friday: Magical Meow Meow · Jen Nguyen, Mary Ramos · Short

Shorts Block 8

Saturday afternoon shorts

• Aftercare · Mya Ross · Short
• Men Who Fish · Rachel Siegel · Short
• I Love Space · Kirsten Johnson · Short
• No Rest for Her bones · Maria-Crystal Melo · Short
• Sinking · Matt Sturrock · Short
• The Second Assignment · Dwij Patel · Short
• The Session · Idalina Leandro · Short
• The Weight of His Silence · Andreena Hofferden · Short
• When the Observer Becomes the Patient · Grainne R Heaney, Dr. Mike Lang · Short

Shorts Block 9

Saturday evening shorts

• A Fortnight Away · Chelsey Grewar · Short
• Before They Bloom · Emad Jafari · Short
• Born to Shine · Olly Azeez, Akilah Walcott · Short
• C.U.P.I.D. · Ravi Rekhi · Short
• Darling Angel · Blay Armah · Short
• Pink Cuffs · Denzel Watson · Short
• Free Speech · Steve Koven, David Fleishman · Short
• Murder, She Toked · Eric Michael McKenzie · Short
• Revel · Mishki Vaccaro · Short

Shorts Block 10

Saturday late-night shorts

• Consumption · Conrad Kuhlmann · Short
• Hemorrhage · Esteban Powell · Short
• Super Normal Crew · Rae Harder, Skye Deluz · Short
• The Altar · Jhene Erwin, Andrew Kenneth Martin · Short
• The Butchers · Chad Andrews · Short
• The Litterbox · Ross Jr Mendigorin · Short

Ding, Dong, Die!

Feature film by Rui Martins

• Ding, Dong, Die! · Rui Martins · Feature