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Grief Answers the Phone in "May I Put You On Hold?"
"Tradwife" Stages a Reckoning With Domestic Perfection
"Intervention!" Turns the Tables on Growing Up
"Pool Guy" Finds Grace in the Deep End
"Fuck Your Policy" Brings Nonbinary Voices Into the Light
"Couch" Turns Petty Revenge Into a Love Letter to Female Friendship
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Interviews
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"Brave Wilderness" Host Mark Vins Talks his TIFF Debut
The YouTube star makes his feature debut at the inaugural Variety x YouTube Creator Festival at TIFF
Editors’ Picks
Queer Representation On Screen
Two of the best films featuring queer characters this year.
Time Crunch: What I Learned From Participating in Two Timed Film Challenges
A race against the clock to see who can make the best movie.
How To Land a Needle Drop
Music can elevate a sad moment to a devastating one. It can perfectly illustrate the turmoil inside a character's head. It can give a fight scene the certain zing it needs to stand out.
TRC Shorts Fest
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Grief Answers the Phone in "May I Put You On Hold?"
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Ash Blodgett's "May I Put You On Hold?" strands a woman in the Afterlife on eternal hold, using the absurdity of customer service to ask what actually matters before the line goes dead.
"Tradwife" Stages a Reckoning With Domestic Perfection
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Jacob Combs's "Tradwife" turns a livestreamed dinner into a high-wire act of survival, asking how far a woman will go to keep her picture-perfect performance alive, and who she's really performing for.
"Intervention!" Turns the Tables on Growing Up
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Zoe Albano-Oritt's "Intervention!" flips a sisterly showdown into a sharp comedy of arrested development, where sobriety, popularity, and the fear of living your life all end up in the hot seat.
"Pool Guy" Finds Grace in the Deep End
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Nancy Friedrich's "Pool Guy" turns a heartbroken man's poolside afternoon into a warm comedy of connection, where the deep end becomes a place to be seen rather than a thing to fear.
