Presented by Directors Guild of Canada

Septentrion Shadows

Perilous Ports: Tours of Northern Terrors 2024

116 mins 12 films USA, Canada
Mon July 29, 2024
4:25 PM

Salle J.A. De Sève

If there has been one constant throughout the long and varied history of Canadian short films, it is that there’s nothing quite like them! This is why PERILOUS PORTS is BACK for a second run of groundbreaking Canadian short films! Sleep paralysis demons, vampires, ghosts, and questionable bath bombs, we have something for everyone to enjoy! With an absolutely KILLER past couple of years offering the likes of Kyle Edward Ball's SKINAMARINK, Avalon Fast's HONEYCOMB, Brandon Cronenberg's INFINITY POOL, and Chris Nash's IN A VIOLENT NATURE, Canadian genre filmmakers have reasserted themselves at the forefront of the cutting edge in this scene! PERILOUS PORTS aims to showcase this ingenuity through the filmmakers following in their footsteps with shorts that are personal, unique, and totally BONKERS! – Vincenzo Nappi

The Shitty Ride

Cole Doran

Hoping to impress the girl of his dreams, Cole buys a used car but gets more than he bargained for with his shitty ride.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 9 mins

Art Baby

Pony Nicole Herauf

Art Baby is an absurdist short, exploring the relationship between fiction and reality, and creative expression and privacy.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 6 mins

Thank You

Summer Lynn Gillespie, Carlo Quicho

In a unique fusion of narrative and experimental dance, innovators Josie and Kristen grapple with the realities of their employers, a male-dominated sex toy company.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 11 mins

You Have Reached Your Destination

Ryan Couldrey

With the Google Maps app leading him in circles, a man suspects his phone is purposely lying to him.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 4 mins

Bath Bomb

Colin G Cooper

Jordan is a refined, calculated doctor with high standards. His boyfriend, Grant, is a pathological narcissist with loose morals. Jordan prepares what seems like a romantic bath for Grant, but shatters t...

Jul 29 16:25
Canada, USA 10 mins

Can't Sleep

Liam O'Connor-Savaria

While investigating a strange sound coming from a hole in his wall, an insomniac in his underwear makes a discovery that will change his life forever.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 6 mins

How To Stay Awake

Vanessa Magic

As a woman clings to consciousness, a desperate struggle unfolds. Can she escape the clutches of her sleep paralysis, or will her nocturnal tormentor finally get what it wants?

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 6 mins

Shiva

Josh Saltzman

When a recently widowed woman defies the traditions of shiva by trying to contact her recently deceased husband, she discovers the horrifying reasons behind this long-held ritual.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 13 mins

Dealer

Alfio Foti

Dealer centres an unnamed protagonist falling deeper into his addictions is offered one last chance at getting sober with the aid of his uncle

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 12 mins

Dirty Bad Wrong

Erica Orofino

Desperate to keep her promise to host the best superhero party for her 6 year old, young mother Sid, a sex worker, takes extreme measures and books a last-minute client with a dark fetish.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 14 mins

Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area

Solmund MacPherson

In response to rising costs of living the citizens of Toronto begin renouncing their “personhood” en masse to legally become animals.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 12 mins

My Son Went Quiet

Ian Bawa

After the death of his wife, a South Asian father and his son begin seeing a shadow around the walls of their home, who the son believes to be his mother.

Jul 29 16:25
Canada 14 mins

Showings

Mon July 29, 2024
4:25 PM

Salle J.A. De Sève