FILMS

PLAY THE PART

Student Productions

00:07:15

D: Amelia Leslie Mitchell

P: Amelia Leslie Mitchell

After witnessing a potential crime, an aspiring actor seeks her friend in a paranoid frenzy.

POLKAROO READS! (LETTER I)

Children’s/Youth Productions

00:03:30

D: Matt West

P: Hoda Elatawi

In these approximately one to three minute live-action segments, Polkaroo takes us on a romp through the city, the suburbs and the countryside to discovering the alphabet and some simple words. After receiving a call to action from of our young narrator: “What letter are we looking for today, Polkaroo?”, we find all kinds of amazing items, people and places that allow us to explore the alphabet, the city and everyday treasures that begin with the letter featured in each episode!

POTHEAD, YOUR LOCAL SUPERHERO: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Series

00:29:08

D: Curtis Lyle McGillivray

P: Curtis Lyle McGillivray

He may not be superman but this PotHead does his best! Take a trip into the JustPlainUniverse’s first original web series PotHead, Your Local Super Hero as we follow the adventures of a self- proclaimed hero who wears a pot on his head and his whacky friends as they look to clean up the city they love and become real life super heroes! Unfortunately though being a hero is not always what it is mad out to be!

PRAIRIE PRIDE

Community Television Productions

00:29:30

D: Spencer Mackenzie Burridge

P: Spencer Mackenzie Burridge, Michele Tyndall

Your fabulous guide to all things queer in the Queen City and throughout Saskatchewan!

PURPLE CRAB

Documentary Social/Political

00:21:31

D: Jeromy Desjarlais

P: Jeromy Desjarlais

Purple Crab is a short documentary about a group of selfless individuals that have been through addiction homelessness and turned their lives around and get together to feed the less fortunate once a week.

QUIET MINDS SILENT STREETS

Short Subject - Non-fiction

00:17:00

D: Karen Chapman

P: Sara Basso

A community plagued by gun violence turns to an unlikely solution: mindfulness and meditation.

RESIDUAL SPLENDOUR

Documentary POV (Point of View)

00:24:12

D: C. Hudson Hwang

P: C Hudson Hwang

The comfortable lifestyle of a whimsical Calgary couple is shattered when Sarah’s breast cancer unexpectedly returns and begins spreading to her brain.

RESTING POTENTIAL

Series

1:00:00

D: Mark Wihak

P: Mark Wihak

Resting Potential is a dramatic series of nine chapters, designed for online release, chapter by chapter. Resting Potential tells the story of a woman named Lucy Oser, who experiences a profound change in her understanding of existence. Resting Potential is an inquiry into the nature of belief: How do our beliefs shape our actions?

REZX FEATURING POW WOW SINGER

ANDY BELLEGARDE

Community Television Productions

00:28:30

D: Chris Tyrone Ross

P: Chris Tyrone Ross

An Indigenous lifestyle show for everyone, featuring Oskapewis (helper) for Grey Wolf Lodge and Pow Wow Singer, Andy Bellegarde.

ROUTINE SEASONS

Documentary POV (Point of View)

00:15:58

D: Paul Ballerini

P: Paul Ballerini

Routine Seasons explores the impact of caregiving on first and second generation immigrants through the home of Gabriella. Gabriella’s mother suffered a stroke that left her half-paralyzed and unable to care for herself. For the last ten years, Gabriella has been mostly unable to leave her home. Routine Seasons explores how the love and sacrifice we offer others and impose onto ourselves can evolve into guilt and resentment.

RUN JUMP PLAY - CELEBRATING NEURODIVERSITY

Children’s/Youth Productions

00:12:00

D: Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan

P: Tara Hungerford, Eric Hogan, Tracey Mack

Run Jump Play is an animated series about children on the autism spectrum who find courage, friendship and fun playing sports — five heroes and five inspiring stories that bust myths, smash stereotypes and celebrate the autism spectrum.

SARAH'S MOUNTAIN ESCAPE

Lifestyle & Reality

00:44:25

D: Grant Greschuck

P: Erin Brock

Sarah Richardson and her husband purchase a run-down Bavarian-inspired B&B in Whistler, B.C. and attempt to turn it into a luxury vacation rental.

Saskatchewan Group Home Assault

Short Subject - Non-fiction

00:07:15

D: Kimberly Ivany

P: Kimberly Ivany

The families of a number of non verbal severely disabled men who were residents in a Saskatoon group home are calling on the RCMP to expand its investigation into a former careworker at the home who is charged with raping five residents over the 14 years he worked there. He's currently out on bail awaiting trial. The brother, and now caregiver to one of the named victims, is speaking out to tell his brother's story. In a stunning moment on-screen, the care worker acknowledges his crimes to the reporter in a phone call. Following CBC's investigation, the RCMP conducted an extensive interview with the main victim featured in the piece, and launched a formal investigation into two more cases of possible victims.

SAVJ Animation 00:06:55

D: Tank Standing Buffalo

P: Xstine Cook

Tank the eldest of eight siblings, grapples with the memory of the moment his family was torn apart. Foraging for survival alone in a forest, the children fear a dangerous force. But what lurks in the darkness is true evil. Narrated by Corey Feldman.

SEE YOU THERE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ( SOYEZ-Y MESDAMES, MESSIEURS )

Documentary History & Biography 00:11:30

D: Jean-Paul Botelho

P: Jean-Paul Botelho

Marc Blondin was a long time ring announcer, interviewer and commentator for famous wrestling federations such as the WWF, WCW, TNA IMPACT and TOW. After several years of absence as a promoter, he explains to us why he disappeared for so long and the motivations behind his comeback in the landscape of Quebec wrestling.

SEND THE RAIN

Short Subject – Fiction 00:13:03

D: Hayley Gray

P: Elad Tzadok, Kristoff Duxbury, Geoff Manton

With wildfires threatening her family farm, Alice must decide if she will stay and risk her life, or leave everything she has ever known.