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Browse 71 movies from Vancouver Film School
In a robot factory, two defective robots fight over who gets the last loose hand. Naamani was a student at the Vancouver Film School while making Defective.
Jan 2004
During a blizzard on Thanksgiving, a ticket agent with a troubled past is stranded at his small town train station with four strangers, a racist security guard, and his bitter ex-girlfriend.
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Prim and proper mother, Lesley fights hard to resist her addiction to technology whilst battling motherhood and keeping with in the social norms.
Oct 2016
Teenage years, the best and worst years of our lives. Jeremy is an ordinary teenager, living an ordinary teenage life. Because of his shyness, he fantasizes conversations with his crush, Sean. But what happens when he loses control of something completely in his mind?
Mar 2009
Jane, a formerly suicidal Los Angeles waitress, decides her life does have meaning after all when she finds a gun that was thrown away after a convenience store robbery, starting a life of crime.
Feb 2001
Set in medieval Norway, a young Viking woman named Sigrid must fight to survive when violent raiders invade her homeland.
Jun 2017
This short film is a part of Compendium Volume 1: H.P. Lovecraft, a digital publication including films, games, and text into a groundbreaking interactive experience.
Oct 2010
While fleeing from an apocalyptic mist, Ana and Adam are forced to confront an eternal dilemma: to keep running or to cherish what's left.
Barb, an emotionally unstable mother, attempts to leave her family after she accuses her husband Ken of cooking their pet turtle and feeding it to her and their infant. However, Barb is coerced to stay when Ken reminds her she has no where left to turn.
Jul 2022
Harvey and Janet Stevens are living the perfect life in the perfect house or so it seems. Janet has been secretly having an affair with Harvey's best friend Frank. What they don't know is Harvey may not be as in the dark as they suspect.
Mar 2012
Through a series of strange events, Henry and Bertie discover that Ritchie Grenedine has been undergoing a sinister biological change. After consoling Ritchie's distraught daughter, The men set out on an errand to uncover the grizzly truth of Ritchie's transformation and eventually learn what's behind the disappearance of two local girls.
Jan 2010
An urban fantasy short of a meek man, his new demonic girlfriend and his vigilante angelic best friend.
After losing their childhood best friend, Bet, a young queer person, is forced to go back to their hometown to attend the funeral services alone.
Dec 2023
Oct 2021
A mentally unstable young woman escapes into a fantasy of domestic bliss inside a secluded cabin, but when her imaginary husband urges her to confront reality, she must decide between healing and the safety of her delusion.
After their student documentary project falls apart, the two directors proceed to make a documentary about their failure.
Jan 1992
Sandy retreats to the cabin for solitude but is confronted by Jordan, their emotionally complicated ex. What begins as banter quickly reveals unresolved feelings and clashing desires. Jordan longs for connection, while Sandy struggles to maintain the boundaries they desperately need. The tension between longing and letting go reaches a quiet boiling point. Their final conversation may be closure or the start of something new.
Deep in a barren, fantastical wasteland lays a dilapidated circus tent. Inside, an ominous ringmaster forces his prized act, a real live mermaid to perform for a group of grimy, working class spectators. The mermaid, though frightening, is but a lovesick, caged animal praying for release from her endless torture. Unwilling to surrender his meal ticket, the ringmaster rejects her pleas for compassion and continues to confine the mermaid to her stagnant holding tank. With nowhere to escape to, the mermaid must make the choice between holding on to the hope of freedom and putting an end to her abuse. Produced by Samantha Jewell, Lindsey Mann, Justin Simon and Aliya Tarmo through the VFS Compendium series and Directed by Nicholas Humphries (Riese: Kingdom Falling), The Little Mermaid is a twisted re-imagining of the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale.
Oct 2011
A planned proposal goes wrong for Derek to his love, Stacey, but will he be his worst obstacle?
The memories of a man and a woman come to life through photography and animation.