Point of View
Shorts Package
Babatoura
2021, NR, Canada, Short, 11 minutes
Florida Premiere
French with English Subtitles
Director: Guillaume Collin
Producers: Jonathan Coria, Bryan Dimas
Writer: Tania Gagné
Cast: David Strasbourg, Catherine Paquin-Béchard, Diane Lavallée, Roger La Rue, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Léanne Désilets, Jean-Moïse Martin
Benoit and Catherine, a couple in their late 20s, go to his parents’ house for dinner. It is with great surprise and apprehension that they learn that the whole family has been invited for supper, and the evening may not go as planned!
The Status Quo
2021, NR, Canada, Short, 19 minutes
US Premiere
Director: Marie-Pier Diamond
Producers: Marie-Pier Diamond, Frank Romeo
Writer: Frank Romeo
Cast: Frank Romeo, Kevin Desroc, Madeleine Dawn, Mike Belhumeur, Patty Keach
In the near future, humanity does not challenge the status quo anymore — until a man opposes it and seeks the truth behind an apathetic society. But the truth will endanger his life. Will you defy the status quo?
Hamleyed
2022, PG-13, US, Short, 8 minutes
Florida Film
Spanish with English Subtitles
Director: Pedro Blanco-Uribe
Producer: Blanca Sanoja
Writer: Pedro Blanco-Uribe
Cast: Wilderman García
Through Willliam Shakespeare’s Hamlet monologue, we find a young man with a desire to take revenge on the world in a terrorist attack. His own reflection rebukes him to be or not to be.
Bendix: Site Unseen
2021, NR, US, Documentary, 26 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: Anthony Scalia
Producers: Anthony Scalia, Erin DuBee
Surrounded by highway traffic sits the unassuming Bendix Diner, owned and operated by John Diakakis. As the blind, single father of three young children who also work at the diner, John attempts to address and overcome his obstacles in order to provide a better life for his family.
Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat
2021, G, UK, Animation, 13 minutes
Florida Premiere
Director: William Joyce
Producers: David Prescott, Shelley Smith
Writer: William Joyce
A man with a head full of dreams is beaten down by the foremen in the factory where he works... until a woman in a polka-dot dress brings meaning, love and dreams back into his life.