We have a great mix of films at the festival this year. Some of these films have been around the film festival circuit, some are new to it, some are very well deserved award winners, and those who haven’t won something yet are sure to as they make their way around the globe. We hope that you will come out to support independent film makers and see these films in Vancouver this summer because they are not to be missed. You can get your tickets now on FilmFreeway
1. HEARTLESS
Run time: 12 min 24 sec
Country of Origin: United States
Director: Kevin Sluder
Starring: Stacy Snyder, Joanna Sotomura, Matt Mercer, Blaine Vedros, Ron Morehouse
Synopsis: Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. An overlooked associate struggles to complete a corporate presentation as a horrific secret gnaws at her conscience.
Trailer: Coming Soon!
Website: https://www.heartlessmovie.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeartlessMovie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartlessHorrorMovie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartless_movie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6977666
2. HOPE IN A BOX
Run time: 6 min 52 sec
Country of Origin: UK
Director: Mick Dow
Starring: Becky Black, Richard Gittins
Synopsis: On Sunday morning the council offices were empty apart from two employees. At 9.20am they were abducted and taken to an unknown location. Kidnapped, tied up and locked in a box, unlikely heroes Ally and Mark have to make a decision. Do they stay or get out? A darkly comic film noir in a box.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShortFilmHopeinaBox
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MickDowDirector
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6187142/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
3. LIVING WITH A MONSTER
Run time: 3 min 59 sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Joffrey Saintrapt
Starring: Tyler Lionel Parr, Kyle McDonald
Synopsis: After losing his wife and son, John became a recluse alcoholic haunted by his past. One night, a Monster pays him a visit.
Website: https://www.lwamseries.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LWAMseries/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LWAMseries
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lwamseries/?hl=fr
4. MARÍA FERNANDA IN TIME
Run time: 9 min 20 sec
Country of Origin: Spain
Director: Xavier Pijuan
Starring: Pere Costa, Mercè Carrió
Synopsis: An overprotective mother produces an accident with terrible consequences in the space-time continuum in the scientific laboratory where her son works.
Website: https://laboinaproduccions.com/2015/03/02/corto-maria-fernanda-in-time-2015-03/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Laboina-Produccions-319674751732791/?ref=bookmarks
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6356498/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
5. NTA (NUKE THEM ALL) 
Run time: 13 min 34 sec
Country of Origin: France
Director: Olivier Nelli
Starring: Shelly D’inferno, Héléna Mogelan, Céline Berti, Nikita Klosewood, Dame Elixir, Cédric Alamargot, Nayan Chauveau
Synopsis: After the apocalypse, within the confederacy “NEW-ROPE”, the mutants worship an atom bomb. Three héroïnes were recruited to defuse it smoothly.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projet.NTA
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7169836/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
6. PAINT THE TOWN RED
Run time: 5 min 15 sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Directors: Ariel Hansen, Christopher Graham
Starring: Alison Klause, Ariel Hansen, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Jesse Inocalla
Synopsis: After receiving a pair of tickets in the mail, Andie and Josephine visit a mysterious new club, only to find things a little unusual…
Website: http://www.badcookiepictures.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BadCookiePictures/https://www.facebook.com/BadCookiePictures/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/badcookiepics?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BadCookiePictures/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6749924/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
7. POPSY
Run time: 18 min 00 sec
Country of Origin: France
Director: Julien Homsy
Starring: Patrick Haudecoeur, Vincent Grass, Gilles Detroit, Kate Homsy, Jane Landrey
Synopsis: In this adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, Weber’s addiction to poker leads him into deep trouble. Forced to cover his debt to Mr. Rudy, he takes a highly risky way out.
Website: https://popsymovie.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Popsy-132448137223368/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6632782/
8. STUDDED NIGHTMARE (CAUCHEMAR CAPITONNÉ)
Run time: 9 min 20 sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Jean-Claude Leblanc
Starring: Sébastien Huberdeau, Maude St-Pierre
Synopsis: When J.-F. is inexplicably drawn to the chair in which a man committed suicide, style isn’t the only thing the leather antique brings to his home. Suddenly overcome by fantasies both nightmarish and erotic, he gets rid of the chair immediately, only to have it claimed by his friend Aly, who soon finds herself spellbound by shocking visions of her own violent death. As the horror escalates, it’s up to J.-F. to save his friend before she is driven to a very gruesome fate.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cauchemarcapitonne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5846580/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
9. THIRD WHEEL
Run time: 4 min 09 sec
Country of Origin: United States
Director: Daniel DelPurgatorio
Starring: Kristen Magee, Andrew Goetten
Synopsis: Susan has more than just skeletons in her closet.
Website: http://www.wecantallbeperfect.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThirdWheelMovie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6744226/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
10. THOSE WHO CAN DIE (CEUX QUI PEUVENT MOURIR)
Run time: 18 min 33 sec
Country of Origin: France
Director: Charlotte Cayeux
Starring: Zoé Garcia, Lilas Richard
Synopsis: Zoé, 15 years old, enters a strict boarding school. Around her, pupils are playing and attending classes with faded eyes. Through their obsequious facade, the supervisors’ violence lurks. One day Zoé meets Marie and understands what they are destined for.
Website: http://athalieproductions.org/?p=937
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ceux-qui-peuvent-mourir-803423413142637/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthalieProd
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6585272/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
11. TIME HEALS NO WOUNDS
Run time: 11 min 15 sec
Country of Origin: Canada
Director: Jordan Barnes-Crouse
Starring: Kallie Jean Sorensen, Gabriel Carter
Synopsis: Toiling away in a makeshift lab, Dr. Barry Slater has finally made a breakthrough: THE CHRONOSPHERIC RE-OSCILLATOR, a device able to transmit artifacts across time. But when he materializes a recording from his future self, he decides to become his next test subject, despite the cautioning of his young wife Georgina. When the experiment goes awry, Georgina suddenly finds herself transported to another time, and the man resembling her husband may no longer be who, or what, he seems.
Website: https://www.offworldpictures.com/time-heals-no-wounds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/offworldpictures
Twitter: https://twitter.com/offworldpics
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/offworldpictures/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8071680/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
12. WHAT METAL GIRLS ARE INTO
Run time: 15 min 30 sec
Country of Origin: United States
Director: Laurel Vail
Starring: Matt Mercer, Laurel Vail, Chelsea Blechman, Kari Assad, Torrey Drake, Aaron Leddick
Synopsis: Three women going to a three day metal festival in the desert find something disturbing in the freezer of their isolated vacation rental.
Website: http://www.outofspiteproductions.com/WMGAI/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatMetalGirlsAreInto
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WMGAI_film
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt7204704
Women in Film & Television Vancouver is excited to announce the lineup for the 13th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWIFF). Head over to Vancity Theatres from March 6th – 11th for an extraordinary collection of contemporary cinema created by women from around the world including free events all day long on International Women’s Day (March 8th). For information on screenings and festival events visit 
