DICHROME is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Alberta Short Film Award. A young man escaping his toxic family crosses paths with a person who can see things others can't. At first he is unsure of the stranger and labels him a freak, but he soon finds out why he is different and that changes his perspective. Made in Rosebud, Alberta, DICHROME comes from 15-year-old Weston Snider, cast member, writer, director, and producer.

DICHROME

15 year-old filmmaker Weston Snider makes his CIFF debut with this Alberta-made, coming-of-age short.

CHEN CHEN is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Student Short Film Award. While taking care of his home-ridden brother with cerebral palsy, Chen is made aware that, despite being disabled, his brother has the same sexual urges and desires as everyone else, something that no one had ever considered. Heart-wrenched and empathetic, Chen decides to take his brother out of their home to let him experience what life is like in the real world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.

CHEN CHEN

Chen attempts to help his house-ridden brother with cerebral palsy explore the outside world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.

MY FATHER THE MOVER is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Documentary Short Film Award. Alatha is bound by the loss of her mother and seems unable to break free from her pain. With the help of her father The Mover, she slowly begins to join his dance classes and starts to heal her broken heart. Using a unique type of African electronic "Gqom" dance, Altha's father helps kids in the township of Khayelitsha, South Africa, to transcend the grips of poverty, drugs, and abuse and realize that if they work and dance hard they can be whoever they want to be. MY FATHER THE MOVER invites you on an exploration of Gqom dance and movement to ignite your own sense of freedom while introducing you to the crucial work of Stoan Move Galela and his United Township Dancers.

MY FATHER THE MOVER

Using a unique type of African electronic "Gqom" dance, The Mover is helping kids in South Africa transcend the grips of poverty and...

FREYA is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Live Action Short Film Award. Jade considers FREYA (her Federally Regulated Enquiry and Yield Assistant) a friend. But when a one-night stand doesn’t go as planned, Jade is forced to question FREYA and the system she represents. Set in the not-too-distant future, FREYA will make you second guess your relationship with technology, social media, and The State.

FREYA

After discovering she's pregnant via her smart toilet, Jade begins to question FREYA (her Federally Regulated Enquiry and Yield Assistant) and the government...

THE GREAT MALAISE is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Best Animated Short Film Award. A young woman describes herself, offering a self-portrait in the most favourable light possible, giving us what we want to hear. The visual narrative tells an entirely different story; with heartbreaking power, it reveals the burden of anxiety she bears as a competitive overachiever striving for happiness. Funny and touching, THE GREAT MALAISE is above all a deeply human film.

THE GREAT MALAISE

An animated short that shows that what people tell us about themselves, isn't always what's true.

THE SILENCE OF THE RIVER is the winner of the 2020 CIFF Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short (Live-Action or Animated). Juan is a 9-year-old kid who lives with his dad in a floating house on the Amazon river. He spends most of his day exploring alone while his dad sleeps since he works as a fisherman at night. Through a dream-like journey into the Amazon rainforest, Juan follows his dad one night and discovers the truth about him in this beautifully shot Peruvian film.

THE SILENCE OF THE RIVER

On the Amazon river, Juan follows his father fishing one night but soon discovers the truth about his dad in this dream-like Peruvian...

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