Student Film Showcase 2008

The fifth annual Student Film Showcase was help on May 21st, 2008 and presented an exciting programme of short films from across the country and represent the finest talent in Canadian student filmmaking. Curated by Toronto International Film Festival Group programmers (Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo, Steve Gravestock and Magali Simard), 13 films were selected for this year’s Showcase from hundreds of praiseworthy student film productions.

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The Films

  • DEATH OF THE OBSOLETE

    Nick Genova
    Ontario College of Art & Design

    A clever comedy about an accordion’s worst nightmare as it starts to feel dated and irrelevant.

  • HELLO GOODBYE

    Antoine Bourges
    University of British Columbia

    This skillfully crafted narrative film depicts the first and final days of school for a foreign student in Vancouver, and the difficulty of bonding with others when the end is already in sight.

  • PLAY

    Eva Cvijanovic
    Concordia University

    This clever stop-motion animated film inspires existential musings as it shows Frank, the endearing main character, attempting to control how each of his days will play out.

  • FOR WENDY

    Concordia University
    Jacquelyn Mills

    Three children contemplate the death of their mother and tender and elegantly crafted drama, which is inspired by a true story.

  • NAPPY HEADS

    Sabrina Moella
    University of Toronto

    In the spirit of reclaiming terminology, this ebullient black-and-white experimental documentary celebrates glorious Afro hair.

  • MORNING WILL COME

    Pouyan Jafarizadeh Dezfoulian
    York University

    This sophisticated and surreal visionary film combines archival footage and powerful original imagery as it takes us on an intricate journey into one man’s identity.

  • SEISHI

    Jemma Gilboy
    University of Regina

    This beautiful and touching parable about depression, trauma and loss is told through a clever and affecting combination of hand-drawn and stop-motion animation.

  • THE TENANT

    Isil Degirmencioglu
    Humber College

    A smart comedy about prejudice and misconception focusing on a WASPish young woman whose complacent life is disrupted when a young Muslim woman moves into her apartment below her.

  • THE SPIDER IS THE WEB

    David Pym
    Queen’s University

    Based on artwork by Lynette Shelley, this startling and radiant black-and-white animated film explores the psychosexual implications of spiders and flies.

  • PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD.

    Kazik Radwanski
    Ryerson University

    The frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on an elderly woman’s daily life are subtly explored in this affecting film.

  • ‘KEY TUMI?’

    Kunal Sen
    Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design

    Caramel custard, ping pong and potty all play an important role in this charming animation about a young Indian boy exploring where he came from as he prepares for the performance of a lifetime.

  • BROKEN TULIPS

    Brandon Cronenberg
    Ryerson University

    This unsettling, dystopic science fiction piece is a chilling critique of our seemingly bottomless obsession with celebrity.

  • C-BLOCK

    Vladimir Kooperman
    Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

    This exquisitely made, futuristic animated piece, which consciously evokes classic Warner Bros. cartoons, follows a lanky canine desperate to be reunited with his favourite chew toy.