Short Film Pleasure

Canadian Short Films

The Technician
The Technician
A cable guy is called in to repair an old mans TV set. Once inside the clients home, the repairman realizes theres nothing wrong with the TV. Rather its the images broadcasted on the screen: wars, famine, illness and kidnappings, that are broken. Moved by ...
Mon Oeil!
Mon Oeil!
Une histoire d'amour oculaire, pour les yeux seulement... Elegantly shot and constructed, Mon Oeil (My Eye) combines delusion and daydreams; its main character, a film student, obsesses over an eye peeping through a peephole. Won 2005 Cannes Short Film Corner "Silence, on court!" online competition. Directed by Anh Minh ...
Nuit Blanche
Nuit Blanche
Explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy. "Many things are working in concert to make this terrific film work. Sound design with original score is accentuating each point the director is trying to make. The ...
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan
Who Wants To Be An Amerikan
The film is a retro look at a fantasy Soviet-era game show where contestants compete to see who really deserves to get the big prize – a lifetime vacation in the land that begat Mark Twain, Thomas Edison and Britney Spears. Despite it’s short length, ...
The Heart of the World
The Heart of the World
Maddin pulls out all the stops in this dreamlike, hyperkinetic tribute to silent films. 'The Heart of the World" could easily have been a throwaway film, given the circumstance of its origin. The Toronto Film Festival commissioned Maddin to make a brief film to fill a ...
Paradise
Paradise
Paradise tells the story of a man whose actions are controlled by fate, who is forced to follow a predetermined path. Lacking free will, John Small looks to a better tomorrow, but fails to find fulfillment in the present. We are inside a machine. Cogs spin ...
When the Day Breaks
When the Day Breaks
After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, Ruby seeks affirmation in the city around her, and finds it in surprising places. With deft humor and finely rendered detail, When the Day Breaks illuminates the links which connect our urban lives, while evoking the promise ...