This national competition of short student films is open to university cinema departments across Canada. For four days, students and representatives from participating schools have the opportunity to get together and exchange ideas through workshops, conferences and networking, in addition to the screening of their film. This year, twenty Canadian schools including INIS, the host of the event, and one international university are participating.In collaboration with L'INIS
It’s his bachelor party but Steven doesn’t want to go out. He’s staying at home. Not taking no for an answer, his friends come up with a plan to get him out of the house.
Short film
CANADA | 17 minutes | 2019
Isaac fantasizes over Emma, his neighbor. One night, during events of a strange nature, a man in black enters Emma’s apartment. Isaac must act.
QUéBEC, Canada | 12 minutes | 2019
Ulrik suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome. To free himself, he seeks refuge in poetry.
QUéBEC, France, Canada | 10 minutes | 2019
Sammy Gadbois uses snippets of life in Kuujjuaq to reflect about his own purpose on earth. Maybe it is for creating memories?
CANADA | 3 minutes | 2018
Three friends get together to swap their wildest work stories. But how far is each person willing to go to win the title of craziest story?
CANADA | 12 minutes | 2019
Hervé, newly diagnosed as a “lunatic” is trying to hide his forbidden relationship with Mathilde. Based on the life of Hervé Bertrand.
QUéBEC, Canada | 6 minutes | 2019
The loss of a beloved patriarch in the isolating winter of rural Canada puts the cultural, religious, and collective identity of a family of newcomers at odds.
CANADA | 10 minutes | 2019
A cat receives an interview at Corp Corp, the most coveted company in the city.
Eighty-two-year-old Jeanne Hébert tells us about her first television. The arrival of this funny box changes her relationship with the family lounge.
QUéBEC, Canada | 2 minutes | 2019
One fearless and the other reluctant, dragged in the game despite her best judgement, Éliane and Mel challenge each other with dares. Over the course of the night, the tension rises.
QUéBEC, Canada | 11 minutes | 2019
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