Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.

Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project

A crew of acclaimed documentarians follow a young budding filmmaker as he attempts to create the world's greatest found footage horror film.

Every Dog Has Its Day

After getting fired from his teaching job and dumped by his girlfriend, Jack, a painter, embarks on a soul searching road trip with his dog, Scout. However, bad weather and bumps in the road quickly cause more problems than he can handle. An impulsive decision to take from a bag full of unknown pills leads him on a drug-fueled journey with no destination in sight, and he soon finds himself making both friends and foes along the way.

The Dead King

Chasing down wretched souls who leave no trace is the curse of Detective Bosworth. He really just wanted to call it a night, but a dubious phone call just before midnight lures him back into the game. Cornered by his nemesis, Bosworth finds himself the target of a bizarre power play. A black-humored parable of human hubris. A precisely timed finale in which the opponent's vanity becomes the most unpredictable downfall.

Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena

Michaela tries her best to be a good person.

Bunny!!

A host of a relationship advice television programme starts to see cracks in her own marriage after the appearance of a mysterious guest.

and Life for All

In a world where suicide requires a permit, a man seeking to end his life meets "Soulbound." To regain his permit, he must spend a day with this enigmatic figure, whose presence stirs forgotten memories, pulling him back toward the fragile echoes of a life he thought he was ready to abandon.

Dinner Is served

A random encounter with a lost beauty leads a dashing Driver to a party where he meets a duo of alluring friends. Little does he know that their seductive game holds a shocking twist, as their night together takes a thrilling and life-altering turn. "Dinner is Served" is a satirical short film that combines elements of horror, thriller, action, and dark comedy to explore the susceptibilities of men to female manipulation. Through a playful twist on stereotypes, the film probes the moral boundaries molded by established social norms, including an often-exaggerated ethos of veganism.

Old Dog

College age sisters return home for the holidays to deal unexpectedly with the family pet. This exquisitely dark comedy examines life in transition: children not yet adults, parents not yet empty-nesters and grandma and family dog in the sunset...

QRT

Blah Airlines Flight 101

A five hour and forty-five minute film set on board a BLAH Airlines flight - the boring, beige and dull antithesis of the innovative and stylish experience when flying Virgin America. The film, which will be screened on April 10 as part of the official DIFF Festival Line-Up, is a surrealistic and humorous work of cinema vérité that exposes the grim reality of commercial air travel - characterized by cramped seats, harsh lighting and a lack of entertainment and meal options.

Redacted

Clocking in at a gripping one hour, this dark-comedy horror experience throws audiences headfirst into chaos, following Detective Leslie Morose as he investigates six chilling unsolved cases completely oblivious to the terrifying presence stalking him within his own office. As the mysteries spiral from ritualistic cults to alien parasites to sinister folklore creatures, one thing becomes clear: the real horror is not just in the files… it is already inside the room.

All My Friends Are Dead

A group of friends at a New Year’s Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts — and leads to a shocking outcome.

The Denigration of Carl Skiln

Up against a deadline, a narcissistic screenwriter forces two of his worst critics to delete their reviews of his work at gunpoint.

The Perilous Tale of Pirouetta

A has-been clown must regain her fame by performing a final, sinister act.

Reverted

Young democracy activist is being chased by police in a very funny way.

Bald Future

Peter believes his baldness is the root cause of his colleague's distain towards him. His struggle for acceptance leads to an unintended tragedy. With his job hanging by a thread, Peter devises a hair-raising, high-stakes plan to regrow his standing in the office and save his dwindling career.

An American Principle

After preventing a middle school student from carrying out a shooting, Principal McMack meets with the student's parents to discuss what to do next.

Mimesis

An argumentative film crew attempts to recreate an on set accident.

Death to Smoochy

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

CQ

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Almost Friends

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.

The Middle Man

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

Somewhere in Queens

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.

Daddy Longlegs

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.

SubUrbia

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

Family Weekend

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

Juniper

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

Carnage

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

Better Living Through Chemistry

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

The House of Tomorrow

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

Uncorked

Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.

The Joneses

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors.

Code 3

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

Landline

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

Fatherhood

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

Wildflower

The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.

Nothing in Common

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Panic

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.

Duplex

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!