Hamilton Film Fest Drama Shorts 2

The Boxing Ring
23m / Emily Gutierrez
After deciding to do a Muay Thai competition, a timid, mid-20s Filipino-Canadian woman must train in secret and go against her strict parents, while also falling in love with her coach, who is also a woman.


Coeur/Azon
40m / Calvin Keo
A young couple struggles to piece together what remains of their
relationship after a recent diagnosis. As they both come to terms with the eventual outcome, fate intervenes and causes worlds to collide.

Bardo
16m / Mishki Vaccaro
Bardo - noun - In Tibetan Buddhism, the transitory state of existence between life and rebirth.
Bardo takes place over the three days after Steph's mother's death when she returns home to find a surprise visitor and wrestles with guilt over not being more present when her mother was alive.

The Light Before The Sun
33m / Michael Greyeyes
Struggling to find his footing after coming off an international book tour, celebrated self-help guru Daniel Wolf returns home to an empty house. With his family snowed in hundreds of miles away and without his support systems in place, he does everything he can to keep himself from calling the one person who could relieve his anxieties, but also lead him down a rabbit hole. When estranged friend Freddie arrives on the scene, Daniel succumbs to the desperate need for reassurance, liberation and intimacy. As the two friends spiral into a drug-induced contemplation of the human condition, Daniel attempts to reconcile his body of work, the demand of his followers, and his unrelenting quest for enlightenment. Set within the world of the human potential movement, Daniel’s descent reveals the intricate web of mental health, addiction and celebrity culture. In this journey of self-discovery, Daniel must decide if he’s willing to lose everything and finally step into his most authentic self.

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