Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
The Toronto Arthouse Film Festival welcomes filmmakers who explore and develop new filmmaking conventions in their quest to realise their visions effectively on a limited budget. The festival is dedicated to showcasing innovative and exciting work by risk-taking filmmakers from around the world.
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The "Madman" and His Ruins (China) by Xiaolong Zhu
A middle-aged man lives in ruins, and his home has been burned down twice. After suffering from a stroke, he even refused government relief, and his neighbors called him a madman and did not want to interact with him. He lives alone, cultivates alone, eats alone, walks around alone... everything ...
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Descension (United States) by Sean Ryan
In an adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno, when an ex-soldier goes rogue, he is killed and descends into Hell. Will he seek vengeance against his betrayers or atone for his sins to reach the shores of Purgatory?
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Higher Grounds (United States) by Joe Kramer
On the fateful day intelligent life arrives to destroy Earth, one slacker alien gets sidetracked when he’s smitten with a bitter barista. Suddenly, our survival depends on whether this space-schmuck can get her number, before his plucky partner blows us sky high.
Running time: 00:16:59