Vancouver Short Film Festival 2024

After Dark Double Block - Virtual Screening

Expired June 12, 2023 6:45 AM
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13 films in package
ADHD - Säye Skye
The official music video for the song "ADHD" by Iranian-Canadian artist SÄYE SKYE, a chaotic experience that simulates what it's like to live with ADHD through a lens of science fiction and comedy.
Mom vs. Machine
When Kamal’s adult son introduces a 3D food-printing appliance into their home, it shatters her maternal identity and forces her to go on a journey to heal old wounds, rediscover herself, and literally battle the machine.
Closed captions available
Damned Supper
On Halloween a group of wannabe witches wishing to learn of their future romantic prospects conjure up more than they bargained for during their dumb supper ritual.
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Not For Us
Three Somali sisters embark on their first camping trip against their parent’s wishes. Unprepared and ill-equipped, they have no idea what awaits them deep in the forest.
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White Lady
WHITE LADY follows a young man, who is haunted by the ghost of their fiancé, in their place of employment.
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When Will This Story End
Jacob, a horror loving teenager, is tasked with telling his little sisters a bedtime story despite their constant interruptions and narrative alterations.
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Omukama
Milkman Daryl Ismet navigates loneliness on a surreal stage.
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Gnaw
A pesky hangnail sends Cote into an obsessive state while creating a disconnect in her relationship with her girlfriend resulting in an unsettling terror.
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Shallots & Garlic
Tensions rise as Karina blames Nur for her allergic reaction to garlic.
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Venus Revolution
By abstracting and absurding historical paintings, we free them from time constraints, expanding their role of being a comment, description or a call to immediate action to hope for the universally green future that can be shared, shifted and changed over time.
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Weeds Are Flowers, Too
How far will this newly wed young woman go to satiate her jealousy and desires to have the best garden on the block?
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Holly
Olga is a recent immigrant to Canada. Her life is turned upside down when her beloved dog, Holly, passes away. Thankfully her new age therapist seems to have a solution.
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Maceration
Maceration is a winemaking process where the phenolic materials of the grape—tannins, colouring agents, and flavour compounds—are leached from the grape skin. It is also the name of a fancy bar in Vancouver that serves wine made from human skin.
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Welcome to After Dark Double Block - Virtual Screening! This event is a virtual-only screening, taking place online via Eventive Virtual.

This Program includes:


First Block:


ADHD - SÄYE SKYE Directed by Sina Dolati

Mom vs. Machine Directed by Tesh Guttikonda

Damned Supper Directed by Ariel Hansen

Not For Us Directed by Praneet Akilla

White Lady Directed by Marc Yungco

When Will This Story End Directed by Jack Bailey

Omukama Directed by Zane Klassen

Gnaw Directed by Rosalee Yagihara


Second Block:


Shallots & Garlic Directed by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto

Venus Revolution Directed by Daria Mikhaylyuk

Weeds are Flowers, Too Directed by Kay Shioma Metchie

Holly Directed by Sean Brennan

Maceration Directed by Clayton Holmes


This Program can be viewed with purchase of a Virtual Screening Ticket or by claiming a ticket with any Festival Ticket Pack. Once purchased, please follow the prompts in your Order Confirmation Email from Eventive, and click Watch Now to be taken to the online screening. Click “Unlock” on the screening to view the content. 


From “Unlock”, you have until the end of the Programme’s availability window to view the content (the availability window is 10 days from the Programme’s premiere date and time). 

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Enjoy the show!


All Virtual Programs are geo-locked and are available Canada-wide.


Closing Captioning will be available for all virtual screenings.

When Kamal’s adult son introduces a 3D food-printing appliance into their home, it shatters her maternal identity and forces her to go on a journey to heal old wounds, rediscover herself, and literally battle the machine.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    15:10
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Tesh Guttikonda
  • Screenwriter
    Tesh Guttikonda
  • Producer
    Shyam Valera, Kashif Pasta, Praneet Akilla
  • Executive Producer
    Paul Armstrong, Erin Mussolum
  • Cast
    Nimet Kanji, Praneet Akilla, Balinder Johal, Rhona Rees, Ess Hödlmoser, Requell Jodeah, Denise Jones, Madeleine Kelders, Sharon Crandall, Natalie Gibson and Janet Walmsley
  • Cinematographer
    Jaryl Lim
  • Editor
    Josh Aries
  • Production Design
    Farsina Kabir Prithwi
  • Composer
    Skinny Local and Kevin Watson
  • Sound Design
    Rob Phaneuf
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