For the shopper in James Rathbone and Mike Feswick’s sly and subversive comedy, an old-school shoe store becomes an irresistibly potent zone of erotic possibilities.

Featuring: Garrett Hnatiuk

Short Cuts 2024 Programme 05; Premieres Thursday, September 5 at 8:30 a.m. (Press & Industry) / Tuesday, September 10 at 6:45 p.m. (general admission)

Kaniehtiio Horn wrote, directed, and stars in Seeds, a tense thriller that weaves Kanienʼkehá꞉ka connections to the land with a cat-and-mouse game.

Featuring: Dylan Cook, Meegwun Fairbrother, Patrick Garrow, Graham Greene.

Premieres Thursday, September 5 at 8:35 a.m. (Press & Industry) / Friday, September 6 at 12 p.m. (general admission)

Still grieving the loss of his wife, a technological entrepreneur finds what’s left of his world collapsing into a nightmare of sex, paranoia, and grief in David Cronenberg’s most personal film.

Featuring: Jennifer Dale, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders

Premieres Thursday, September 5 at 9 a.m. (Press & Industry) / Wednesday, September 11 at 9:30 p.m. (general admission)

A cultural snapshot of turn-of-the-millennium Toronto with subtle comic energy and a great cast, Sook-Yin Lee’s adaptation of Chester Brown’s autobiographical 2011 graphic novel is a movie only Lee could make… because it’s her story, too.

Featuring: Dan Beirne, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Stephen Kalyn, Chris Sandiford, Kris Siddiqi, Scott Thompson.

Premieres Thursday, September 5 at 1:30 p.m. (Press & Industry) / Friday, September 6 at 9:30 p.m. (general admission)

Inspired by the popular 1770s novella The Sorrows of Young Werther, this modernization stars Douglas Booth and Alison Pill in a fast-paced and bright romantic comedy, set in Toronto.

Featuring: Patrick J. Adams, Amrit Kaur, Alison Pill, Scott Thompson. Stunt Coordinators: Daniel Lavigne, Angelica Lisk-Hann.

Premieres Friday, September 6 at 9:15 a.m. (Press & Industry) / Monday, September 9 at 9 p.m. (general admission)

Renowned cinematographer Rachel Morrison makes her feature directorial debut with this film about boxer Claressa Shields’ true-life ascent to the Olympics. It’s a unique sports story that goes beyond the triumph of the underdog to ask what comes after.

Featuring: Olunike Adeliyi, Sarah Allen, Jazmn Headley, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Idrissa Sanogo, Lanette Ware. Stunt Coordinator: Darren Marsman.

Premieres Saturday, September 7 at 2:30 p.m.

After a massive loss, an overwhelmed Toronto mother discovers a very unusual way to process her grief.

Featuring: Olunike Adeliyi, Zahra Bentham, Micah Mensah-Jatoe.

Premieres Saturday, September 7 at 3:40 p.m. (Press & Industry) / Wednesday, September 11 at 7 p.m. (general admission)

ACTRA Toronto is proud to share Village Keeper was supported by the Permit Access Fund, an initiative between ACTRA Toronto and Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada.

Struggling writer Ashish is thrown for several loops when he falls for barista Claire and learns his estranged father has just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, in Amar Wala’s first dramatic feature.

Featuring: Faizan Khan, Sharjil Rasool. Stunt Coordinator: Tommy Chang.

Premieres Saturday, September 7 at 5:15 p.m.

Outside dangers and family fears cause tensions to rise for a young woman leaving wartime Lebanon for Montreal, in Arshile Egoyan’s terse and affecting drama.

Featuring: Linda Gizirian-Karam, Setta Keshishian, Arsinee Khanjian, Shant Srabian

Short Cuts 2024 Programme 06; Premieres Sunday, September 8 at 8:35 a.m. (Press & Industry) / Wednesday, September 11 at 9:15 p.m. (general admission)

A rising musical-theatre star before his transition, Z has to figure out how to sing in his new register in order to return to the thing he loves most — and, in the process, integrate his past and present selves.

Featuring: Lauren Beatty, Aisha Evelyna, Alexandra Garrison, Katharine King So, Xavier Lopez, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah.

Premieres Sunday, September 8 at 9:45 p.m.

Powerful waves of grief threaten to shatter the confidence of a South Asian bodybuilder in this bold and insightful character study by director Ian Bawa.

Featuring: Ash Banga, Shanaya Birmhan, Alex Clay, Shelly Findlay, Melanie Lachman, M.E. Lewis, Ahmed Mokdad, Isabella Shibuta, Sylvan Valladares

Short Cuts 2024 Programme 04; Premieres Monday, September 9 at 6:45 p.m.