ACTRA Toronto members are in the spotlight again at the 23rd Annual Reelworld Film Festival+Summit!
From November 1 to 7, Reelworld will showcase three ACTRA Toronto feature films and three short films across various genres.
Below you’ll find a round-up of ACTRA Toronto productions at this year’s festival and the talented casts of ACTRA Toronto Members who bring these stories to life.
BOAT PEOPLE
As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour. Boat People is an animated documentary that uses a striking metaphor to trace one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.
Part of Shorts Program: Hope is in the Air. Premieres Friday, November 3, 2023, at 12 p.m.
DESYNC
Ana, a young Filipina filmmaker, shoots a re-enactment of a fight she once had with her mother. Embodying cultural pressure from her mother to work beyond her limits for the sake of perfection, Ana rewrites every painful exchange into a perfect one.
Featuring: Angelica Alejandro, Jennifer Villaverde.
Part of Shorts Program: Theory of Soul. Premieres Friday, November 3, 2023, at 8:30 p.m.
THE FUTURE ABOVE US
After a cosmic disaster leaves Earth virtually empty, a hopeful yet sombre woman experiencing pareidolia who yearns to find connection must decide what lengths she will go to for companionship.
Featuring: Adrian Walters, Hannan Younis.
Part of Shorts Program: Altered Realities. Premieres Friday, November 3, 2023, at 6 p.m.
HEIGHT MARKERS
Height Markers follows Neva and her son Aaron, on Aaron’s last two days before leaving home, as Aaron seeks closure after a bad break up, and Neva contemplates a life without her son at home. They are both haunted by memories of Aaron’s late father, Ted. The film is an examination of the ever-present role of memory in shaping our perceptions of love and loss and tries to capture a sense of being unable to fully understand those you love the most.
Featuring: Maev Beaty, Adrian Harasowsky, Jesse LaVercombe, Gabe Meacher.
Premieres Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
ORAH
Orah Madukaku (Star Trek: Discovery’s Oyin Oladejo), a Nigerian immigrant taxi driver in Toronto, agrees to launder dirty money for her boss in exchange for bringing her son over from Nigeria. When the plan goes horribly wrong, Orah takes matters into her own hands to settle the score.
Featuring: Morgan Bedard, Lucky Onyekachi Ejim, Somkele Iyamah Idhalama, Femi Lawson, Oyin Oladejo, Christopher Seivright, OC Ukeje and Susie Bianco (stunt coordinator).
Premieres Sunday, November 5, 2023, at 7 p.m.
STRANGERS IN A ROOM
Jae Kim, a second-generation Korean actor, encounters a demonic vision on the day of a big commercial audition. After a microaggression during the audition, Jae is plunged into a state of shock and depression.
Featuring: Foad H.P., Jonathan Kim, Shreya Patel.
Premieres Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 8 p.m.
Photos and captions courtesy of Reelworld.
ACTRA Toronto is a proud partner of the 2023 Reelworld Festival+Summit
