Post Secondary
Short Film Finalists
A curated selection of standout films from Ontario-based post-secondary students, with awards recognizing top entries.
Anatomy
Ljubisa Terzic began his career as a young medical graduate in the former Yugoslavia, teaching anatomy and practicing neurosurgery. As his country descended into war, he was forced to confront this brutality as a war medic. The things he witnessed shaped him in ways that no medical training could prepare him for. Ljubisa fled from his country, ultimately finding a new life in Canada. He rebuilt his career as an educator, and now he uses his experience to teach laboratory anatomy to a new generation and find life despite a past where there was only death.
Toronto Metropolitan University
Dusk
A young vampire enters the home of a woman whom he plans to prey on, but she turns out to be an obsessed fan of Vampire movies and holds him hostage.
Sheridan College
For Every Apricot is a short animated documentary that follows a story told by the filmmaker’s grandmother. As a young girl on Christmas Eve, she boards her first-ever plane alone, travelling in search of a rumoured “miracle drug” that could cure her father’s cancer. Blending live-action interviews, archival 16mm and 8mm family footage, and a range of animation techniques—stop motion, collage, and 2D—the film explores themes of aging, memory, and the circular patterns of life. As her grandmother reflects on her father’s illness alongside her own, Apricots becomes both a deeply personal family portrait and a universal meditation on resilience.
OCAD UniversityFor Every Apricot
Toronto Metropolitan UniversityForeverland
Eight-year-old Josh (Bradley Belanger) faces the grief of losing his grandfather while learning the secrets of his mother's (Mary Rupert) dreadful childhood.
(HEAD!) Over Heels
A witch is late for the date she is hosting at her messy, magic-filled apartment. To make matters worse, her "normal" date arrives in the middle of her cleaning. The witch must quell the growing magical chaos in her kitchen while also maintaining her magical secrecy from her date!
Sheridan CollegeLUX
A lazy space janitor that hates her job unknowingly invites an alien aboard the ship.
Sheridan CollegeSheridan CollegeOnce Upon A Choice
An unexpected friendship blooms between a fox and a bird when they face a common enemy. What choice will the fox make when it really matters?
Sheridan CollegeThe Stargift
"The Stargift" is a Sheridan College thesis film that follows the tale of Obi, a lovestruck beetle on a mission to capture a star from the sky as a gift for his loved one before their date. Through trial and error, Obi learns that his effort is more valuable than the star he desired.