Juliette Leach

For Hannah, a broke, colourblind street photographer, spying on Vancouver strangers is a free escape—until mystical encounters and her own obsession shatter her already fractured reality.

A frivolous group of teenagers are slowly picked off by a crude forest entity.

A young musician navigates his days as they become increasingly contorted by the recent passing of his grandfather.

Three basketball players step onto the court, each with a rhythm of their own. As their movements are studied and reimagined, their game is then recontextualized into jazz, revealing the artistry within sport and the music hidden in motion.

When Barry, a repressed, 30-something year old man, returns home to find his dementiating Mother sick and covered in spew, he is forced to cancel his evening date and take care of her. As resentment builds and his alcoholic tendencies are used to cope, the two get in a drunk and confused fight.

A surprise visit by her mother-in-law and her friends prompts proud people-pleaser Karthika to inadvertently conform to old prejudices and stereotypes during a botched cooking attempt. Think Shiva Baby meets Gordon Ramsay.

Rae has a deep connection to their garden of puppets, so much so that when Rae flourishes, so do their flowers. When Rae becomes overwhelmed by the demands of adult life - working, cleaning, keeping up with their loved ones - a neglected sprout of bindweed overwhelms their flowers too. Rae has to slow down and make time for their garden and for themself before losing their puppet plants forever. Bindweed is a story about the value of playfulness and of mindfulness.

Two young boys make the most of their time together in a hospital room.