To Sonny

Set in the American South just before the 2016 presidential elections, the film follows a vending machine loader on his daily, lonely route. Second place runner up for Best Short FIlm 2021 at Pendance.

Emma

A young woman arrives at a hotel escaping from something, but everything about this hideaway intensifies her paranoia.

Samuel David

A Pendance Library Exclusive, Samuel David returns from a four-year tour in Iraq after his base is attacked. As he struggles to piece his life together, he finds the life he left behind is no longer one that he belongs to.

The Woodkin

After ten years of absence, Krzysiek takes his son for a hunting trip where he does everything to win the boy back. While two men are getting closer some lines get crossed. The Woodkin wakes up.

Piggy and Carlota Pereda Talk

Pendance Library Alumni Screenings (Free)

Explosions, PTSD & Ukraine with Sasha K Gordon

A live chat with Ukrainian actress Sasha K. Gordon on an explosion that changed her life and how it brought her closer to understanding the war in Ukraine.

Rebels with a Cause Workshop 

Scott Monahan and Dakota Loesch are actors and friends. They’re also outside-of-the-box thinkers who pulled off one of the most interesting films of the year, Anchorage.

Working with Cinema Editors Panel with Erin Vassilopoulos and Chris Mutton

Experienced filmmakers and Editors Erin Vassilopoulos and Chris Mutton offer their perspective on how to work with a cinema editor from A to Z, even when that cinema editor is you.

DECONSTRUCTING CERDITA - Carlota Pereda talks short film adaptation, Sundance, and storytelling

Carlota Pereda joins Pendance to deconstruct the process behind adapting her award-winning short film into one of the most critically acclaimed feature films of 2022. Cerdita (PIGGY) world premiered in competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Now You See Me- Ethan Eng deconstructs Therapy Dogs

A step-by-step deconstruction and workshop/chat hybrid with Ethan Eng on how he wrote, directed, edited, acted in a low-budget feature film which was selected to the Slamdance Film Festival, making him the youngest filmmaker to ever premiere his film in the narrative features competition.

Isbael and Jock on Directing Actors

Farias LeHoux and Jock MacDonald join Pendance for a special workshop aimed at helping directors to better understand the actors’ process.

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The Pendance Film Festival's fifth edition features 60 of the best films from around the world. From gritty thrillers and terrifying horror films to arthouse documentaries and comedies. #StoryOverEverything means just that. March 10-13, 2022, geo-blocked to Ontario, Canada.

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