• Parental Control

There are few spaces richer for mining stories than in between parents and their children - whether they span oceans or let in no light.

Short Films

THE EIGHTH DAY

Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When their parents arrive expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, the couple is forced to reveal they had something very different in mind: no circumcision.

FAVOURITES

Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip goes terribly wrong.

IMOGENE

Imogene is a single, free-spirited New Yorker in her forties. Unprompted, her absurdly traditional family thrusts a pregnancy on her. But all that can be expected from Imogene is the unexpected.

LEMON TREE

At a Halloween carnival, a young father steals a magician's rabbit to impress his ten year old son. The thrill quickly dissolves when the young boy is tasked with getting himself, his father and his new pet home safe.

MAR MAMA

Haunted by her mother’s passing and the attacks on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. Fantasy and imagination cross paths as her father tries to distract her with stop-motion filmmaking.

PEEPING MOM

At the age of 50, Éli’s daily life consists of caring for his bawdy, outrageous wheelchair-using mother. Intrusive when it comes to her son’s sex life, she would like him to make the intimate acquaintance of her neighbor.

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