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Browse 110 movies from Toronto Metropolitan University
A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.
Jun 2012
A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother.
May 2017
When the whole world is hypnotized by an unexplained celestial event, a young boy must face his fear of the unknown in order to keep his brother and best friend from turning to the other side.
May 2019
A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.
Apr 2007
It’s the 1980s, and Jay is thirteen years old. She’s managed to get her hands on a Playgirl magazine. She’s absolutely positive that it holds the key to unlocking womanhood for herself and her friends – if only they can muster the courage to open it.
May 2016
Edward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes.
May 2008
21 year old Bobby Mayhill struggles to find guidance as his older brother Tommy serves a six year sentence for an assault on a police officer.
May 2015
Five friends must fight for survival, salvation and sanity when a local hunter mistakenly kills one of them in barren Canadian wilderness.
Apr 2012
In a city notorious for being cold to strangers, several lives intersect one night, oblivious to the loneliness that connects them all.
Sep 2013
The trans-national fencing team arrives to practice to find their studio destroyed. They must fix the studio, go to competition, and process their trauma - all while trying to make space for themselves in the sport of fencing.
A documentary portrait of Peter Mettler’s best childhood friend, who had left home to lead a lavish lifestyle.
Jan 1980
After years of being routinely drugged, Sugar Baby finds herself sex trafficked and must try to piece her memory back together in a desperate bid to stay alive and escape the only person she trusts and loves.
May 2022
When his parents announce their divorce, ten-year-old Neil believes he's stuck in a dream and sets out on a mission to wake up.
A struggling, up-and-coming punk band rents a cabin in the woods to write and record an album in seclusion, only to find out the cabin is being haunted by a malevolent spirit.
Jul 2021
A space captain struggles with his robot crew during an intergalactic mission.
Jan 2009
Taraji, overcome with grief after a significant loss, attempts to recreate a recipe in an effort to heal and reconnect with her culture.
A stop-motion short film about a seahorse that is swept away from its coral reef and must survive the journey home.
Bogo, a self-deprecating stand-up comedian, struggles to find happiness in a life where his only value seems to be making other people laugh.
Jan 2017
A timid puppeteer working on Mayor Bobby, a popular puppet tv-show for adults, finds out she's been excluded from being apart of the new spin-off series and struggles to cope with the loss of her tv "family".
In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behavior (and romance) in the digital age.