Cinequest 2017

Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.

Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.

In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.

It's a story that spans 200 years of colorful history and that will take the duo eastward from Montreal to Westport, Ireland and finally Glasgow, where Jay will fulfill a lifelong dream.

A Comedy about the only two guys left in Silicon Valley who have nothing to do with technology.

As a B grade erotic theater group is about to close down, affected by the economic recession, they decide to perform a proper theater play for their last show as they have always been dreaming of. Their choice of play is the classic theater play, 'Hamlet'. However, once the theater play has started running, their performance goes to an unexpected direction due to the mistakes and ad lib they never thought were going to happen on the stage. Will their curtain call occur happily as they hoped in the beginning?

Connor Ryan, out of a job and dumped by his girlfriend, returns to Atlantic City to try to rebuild his life with the last source of income that he has -- a few apartments in a low-rise condo complex that sits in the shadows of AC's newest and most expensive casino. Unfortunately, Connor's tenants don't want to pay him. In order to get his money, Connor has to take on a pair of Chechen animal trainers with underworld ties, a rap star who parties so hard the neighbors can't sleep, and a struggling single mother who steals his heart...

When a mild-mannered IT specialist discovers that a man with the same name as his is missing, he goes looking for him in the Toronto ravines. But instead of finding him, he finds the missing man's identical twin brother.

Allan is a married father of three whose sex life takes another hit when his wife can no longer take the pill. He soon finds himself with an appointment for a vasectomy and a nagging identity crisis. Although he is by all reasonable accounts a good, responsible man, the thought of getting "fixed" drives him to lose himself to an action-packed midlife crisis along with his best friends. Allan will refuse to grow up anymore.

Laura, an unemployed writer in New York City, tries to juggle an unexciting boyfriend, an affair with a performance artist, and a vivid imaginary life.

Desperate to return home from a state visit to Istanbul when his country suffers its worst-ever political crisis, but unable to fly due to a solar storm, the King of the Belgians finds himself on a tumultuous road trip across the Balkans.

Ben, a wannabe stand up comedian in Melbourne, doesn't live for the weekend like the O'Jays hit song, in fact he finds that philosophy kinda depressing. Spending most of his life on the stage, in his Uber and hanging out with his friends, he floats through life wondering - is there more to this?

Joe King (Jordan Ray Fox) has a problem. He can't kill himself. Worse, at a moment of supposed death, he sees his future (not his past) flash before his eyes, a future driven by an adventure with the outrageous Tallulah (Alyson Stoner). Jaw-droppingly funny, this movie's ratcheting tension has you eagerly anticipating what lies around the next corner.

A group of awful idiots fail at throwing a party over and over.

Family To-Do-List: Throw perfect eight-year-old's birthday party, find wandering grandpa, and deal with cancer in the left boob.

Marie and Elodie think that the lack of affordable housing for the young can be resolved by reducing the number of retired pensioners in their apartment block, Le Lignon. As they scheme, they learn about the elderly and themselves.

Anthony retreats to his parents' vacation rental, where an estranged family friend-an alcoholic theology professor-has also taken refuge. Forced to share the space, the two clash over everything from religion to coaster etiquette.

The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

Based on true events. "This is Meg" is a sneak peak into the Los Angeles lifestyle of a working but not famous female actress/comedienne's point of view that is forced to shift with the social media wave.

Indigenous detective Jay Swan arrives in the town of Goldstone to search for a missing person, and his simple duty becomes complicated when he uncovers a web of crime and corruption.

A comedy about two estranged sisters brought back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.

When he's sentenced to 90 days of house arrest, Bo meets Elliot, the awkward kid who lives across the street. While bonding over football, these unlikely friends teach each other a little bit about growing up and what it means to be a man.

After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.

During a weekend with her pop star boyfriend and his annoying friends, a young woman is witness to a series of strange events. Nightmares materialize and paintball games turn deadly. revealing the delicate threads that bind imagination.

A shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.