“The TorontoMet Film Fest (formerly known as The Image Arts Film Festival & RUFF) showcases the thesis films of the graduating film students at the Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Image Arts. TorontoMet Film Fest celebrates emerging filmmakers giving them an opportunity to network and screen their work in a public and professional setting.”

DAYTIME EVENTS

THESIS FILMS

IN YOUR WAKE

In Your Wake follows emotionally shut-down Des on her journey through grief after experiencing a great loss.

INTO THE BLUE

A Chinese couple breaks up after one needs to leave Canada, but a night together due to a winter storm changes things up.

NOWHERE, HERE

A housing scam leads an international student through a challenging journey in an unfamiliar country, finding solace in an unexpected stranger.

SLUDGE

A young woman must confront her inner demons personified as a swamp monster in a battle for self-acceptance.

WET NOODLE

The story follows a 13-year-old named Evelyn, determined to get her class crush Justin’s attention. The film follows her attempts to approach him as she struggles with her self-esteem and body image, believing bigger boobs to be the key to his heart.

O HOLY NIGHT

June comes home for Christmas for the first time since her evil stepmother moved in.

LITTLE TIGER’S LANTERN

Twenty-three year old Xiaoyu, hides her shameful pregnancy from her mother until she returns home on the night of the Lantern Festival. Terrified of her mother’s response, she begins to experience visions of a spirit hell bent on exposing the truth, attempting to mend her relationship with her mother.

BUS

Jackie, an anxious people-pleaser, attempts to tell her eager date that she’s not interested, but after witnessing him getting hit by a bus, her guilt takes over and now she’s stuck to take care of him.

MOONBREAK

Rage artist Calvin Moon shocks audiences with his aggressive, alternative approach to rap. But behind the scenes, parental disapproval and industry bias keep him from fully unleashing.

CEREMONY

Ceremony (formerly known as "On Our Way") is a story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations.

OUTCASTED

A self affirming black actress must face the challenge of auditioning for a breakout role that she is considered too dark for. With her agency on her back and feeling like she isn’t good enough, she must decide whether to challenge the biases of the industry, or lose the spot she has rightfully earned.

Rebellious and insecure, Charlie has revelations about their gender after their introduction to the Toronto music scene.

PART OF THE BAND

GALE

When her village is inadvertently destroyed by an ever-earnest gentle giant, Gran, the lonesome town matriarch, will have to let her guard down if she ever hopes to befriend the hulking construct and rebuild what has been lost.