FAMILY Film Festival – Thursday July 12, 2018 (Toronto)
The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2018.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm.
Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice a month in Toronto in 2018!
Tickets for 2018 are PAY WHAT YOU LIKE.
If you like to obtain seats in advance and pick them up on the day of the event (come for FREE, or make a donation), please email us at tickets@wildsound.ca and we’ll reserve seats for you.
You can pick up the tickets on the day of the event at the cinema. Tickets are first come, first serve. This festival has sold out 76 out of its last 78 events!
You will be able to buy alcohol (beer, wine, liquor), popcorn, candy, and refreshments before the show.
Here is the full program of films. Festival starts at 7pm sharp!
FIRST ACT PROGRAM
HIGH CALORIE, 17min., Turkey, Family/Drama
Directed by Mehmet Tigli
High Calorie is a tale about a very fat boy ‘Meftun’ who lives with his grandmom in Istanbul. Due to his obesity, some people have prejudices towards him. However, he is happy and at peace with himself.
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SWEETER, 13min., USA, Family/Drama
Directed by Emily Eaglin
A precocious six-year-old switches places with her young mother for a day to discover the true meaning of working twice as hard for half as much.
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PRIEST TO PRIEST, 9min., USA, Family/Drama
Directed by Diana Losen
A nine-year-old priest seeks a mentor to help him defeat the antichrist, a devious middle-school bully.
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SECOND ACT PROGRAM
THE LEGEND OF RAPUTIN, 13min., Canada, Family/Animation
Directed by Jamie Shannon
Mystic, prophet, healer, love-god – Grigori Rasputin’s unique talents bring him to St. Petersburg’s luxurious Winter Palace to heal the dying Prince Alexei, heir to the throne, in the waning days of Tsarist rule. When Rasputin succeeds, he becomes spiritual aid to the royal family, and infamous national celebrity to a public that is becoming increasingly critical of its rulers.
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JOYA MIA, 5min., USA, Family/Drama
Directed by Ella Warner
The prompt for this film was “ever since that day, things will never be the same”. The story of a girl, Julia, and her grandfather. Julia grows up with a fierce bond with her grandfather, and as she gets older, so does he – and his memory is disappearing. One day he sees Julia as a complete stranger, and that devastates her, and must learn how to cope the best way she can.
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SWEET YOYO, 18min., Canada, Family/Drama
Directed by Mark Cira
Nine-year-old Yoyo must confront the reality of being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes with her single mother Hannah.
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The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm on Thursday July 12, 2018
FOR A GOOD LIFE – Feature Screenplay
SAM THE HAM, 1min., USA, Animation/Comedy
WHEN COMES THE RAIN, 2min., USA, Animation/Comedy
ROSIE, OH, 8min, USA, Experimental/Family
THE PAPER PRINCESS – ANIMATION 1st Scene Screenplay
A KIND OF MARRIAGE – SHORT STORY Reading
WHO’S AT THE DOOR – SHORT STORY Reading
AVALEIGH’S AMAZING ADVENTURES – SHORT STORY Reading
FESTIVAL for FAMILY 