LAKESHORTs 2019

May 3 & 4th

at the

The Assembly Hall(map)

Scotiabank Loved and Local

Friday May 3rd

Walk the Blue Carpet & mingle with guests and filmmakers at our Loved & Local reception featuring refreshments from Steam Whistle, Redstone Winery and Trail Estate Winery, and Local Fine Food Establishments
6:30 pm - Doors open
8:00 pm - The screening begins
Location - The Assembly Hall (1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr)
Suggested dress - Casual Chic

AGF Gala Screening

Saturday May 4th

Join us on the Gala Blue Carpet & reception featuring refreshments from Steam Whistle, Redstone Winery and Trail Estate Winery, and Local Fine Food Establishments
6:30 pm - Doors open
7:45 PM - The screening begins.
Location - The Assembly Hall (1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr)
Suggested dress - Dressy Chic

TD Bank family screening

NOTE TO PARENTS (Click To Read)

Saturday May 4th

Recommended for ages 8 and up. Must be accompanied by an adult.
11:30 am - Doors open
12:15 pm - The screening begins.
Location - The Assembly Hall (1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr)

2019 Awards

Steamwhistle Homegrown Award - EFFORTS WERE MADE

Scotiabank Best Foreign FilM - MAYDAY

William F White Jurors Choice - Touch

Agency 71 Blue Wave Award - Every other weekend

Cinespace Best Comedy Award - The godmother

Dazmo Camera Canada First Award - stuck

Post City Picture & Sound Filmmaker Award - Mi Madre, My Father

The Assembly Hall Community Award - if the poet

The LSA Performance Award - keala settle in every other weekend

2019 Selections

LOVED AND LOCAL SCREENING

FRIDAY, MAY 3RD, 2019

Efforts Were Made – Canada – 14 min – James Allodi
May Day – Belgium – 21 min – Olivier Magis & Fedrik DeBeul
The Desecrated – USA – 7 min – John Gray
IF the Poet – Canada – 19 min – Kim Saltarski
Dave vs Death – Canada – 11 min – Patrick Hagarty
Stuck – Canada – 14 min – Corey Surge
Mi Madre, My Father – Canada – 16 min – Michelle Morgan
I Will Not Write Unless I am Swaddled I Furs - New Zealand – 6 min – Wade Shotter

GALA SCREENING

SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, 2019

Lunch Time – Iran - 16 min – Alireza Ghasemi
Every Other Weekend – USA – 18 min – Josh Victor Rothstein
Storm In a Teacup – India – 9 min – Shreyas Thathacari
Sparring Partners – Belgium – 20 min – Thomas VanZuylen
Touch – Canada – 10 min – Bryan Kowalski
Are You Volleyball?! – Iran – 15 min – Mohammed Bakhshi
The Godmother – USA – 8 min - Allana Harkin
Diane’s New Boyfriend – United Kingdom – 7 min – Dan Clark

TD Family screening

SATURDAY, MAY 4RD, 2019

Water Path For A Fish - Colombia - 8 min - Felipe Morell
The Vow - Canada - 7 min - Lina Roessler
The Metamorphosis of a Bottle Cap - Canada - 7 min - Kathryn Jankowski
Time Child - Canada - 13 min - Jordan Davies
Little Questions - Canada - 12 min - Virginia Abramovich
The Dolls - Canada - 3 min - Merik Williams
Dead Engine - Canada - 4 min - Scott Fiander

Efforts Were Made

Nine Toronto actors audition for plum roles in an American film. The competition is fierce. But when the LA producer suddenly changes the rules, an iconic truth is revealed about Canadians playing the Hollywood game.

The Desecrated

A young morgue attendant working the night shift encounters an unwelcome visitor…

May Day

In Thierry's living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job... and quickly. But we're in Brussels, so nothing goes quite as planned.

IF the Poet

A moving, irreverent and inspiring story of Ian French, aka “IF”, beginning with his ‘terrifying’ slam debut at age of 50 and culminating in his obsessed quest to be the oldest person to ever win Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship in Vancouver.

Dave vs. Death

From his deathbed, David Kane challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess. If Dave wins, his life is spared. For every piece lost, someone he cares about will die. Hilarity ensues.

Stuck

A sex toy mishap leads to a night in the emergency room where a just broken-up couple are forced to confront their issues on love and relationships.

Mi Madre, My Father

Based on a true story, Mi Madre, My Father presents a day in the life of six-year- old Valentina Nelson.

I Will Not Write Unless I Am A Swaddled in Furs

We follow a writers’ meticulous morning routine that grows more demanding and ridiculous, exposing the battle between his large ego and high expectations to create a work of art. Eventually paralyzed by fear of failure, he sabotages his own demands, only to be rewarded with a freak moment of inspiration…

Lunch Time

A 16 year old girl has come to the hospital to identify the body of her mother. The people in charge at the hospital - due to her young age - won't let her into the morgue and ask to bring her elder family members but the girl insist on seeing the body herself.

Every Other Weekend

A day-in-the-life story about the volatile relationship between a strong willed 10 year old girl and her misguided alcoholic mother.

Storm in a Teacup

The film is about a newly-married couple's drama-filled argument which starts with an innocuous request of making tea. The tea-making process acts as a window to the wife's changing forms of anger which morphs from the silent treatment, passive aggression, simmering anger to the eventual fit of fury.

Sparring Partners

While Yohan and Julie want to buy a new apartment, they are divided on the proportionate share. Julie earns more than her companion, a former MMA champion. To answer a need of equality, Yohan comes back to competition even to put the equilibrium of their family in danger.

Touch

Jeff, a young man in his 20's, hires Ian, a professional cuddler in his 60's, to help him through a recent loss. 'Touch' explores toxic masculinity and the taboo of male affection.

Are You Volleyball?!

A group of Arabian spoken asylum seekers arrive to an English spoken country border and can't keep going. They conflict with border soldiers everyday till a deaf-mute baby becomes a catalyst for better communication between two groups.

The Godmother

A godmother’s promise is to spiritually guide and support her godchild…even after she’s spent the night in her car after a blowout at the bar.

Diane’s New Boyfriend

A couple is in for a shock when they go for dinner with their friend Diane and her new boyfriend.

Water Path For A Fish

In a town deep in Latin America, Oscar tries to save a fish in need of water. After Oscar's difficult adventure to find water, the fish has a very special surprise hidden in his mouth…

The Vow

Best friends Alice and Kristi work together to trap the mystical drop of sun they need to free Alice from her harmful home life.

The Metamorphosis of a Bottle Cap

A seemingly complacent crab is suddenly called to action by mysterious intentions and a chance encounter with an elusive bottle cap.

Little Questions

Using the simple questions of a child as a powerful lens, Little Questions follows the journey of a young girl as she sets out on a quest to understand what war is.

The Dolls

What happens when you treat others unkindly? Jordan is about to find out. . .