‘Heavy Hitters’ Shorts

October 1934. The workers’ revolt in Asturias is dying. Aida Lafuente, a young revolutionary, decides to resist entrenched in a machine gun nest, to protect the retreat of her companions. Challenging the conventions of the time, Aida will rebel against her destiny until she consumes her last breath.

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse
The film HAPPY END NOW follows a single mother under critical pressure caused by her inner conflict. She desperately tries to get a job to provide for her two little children. A glimmer of hope appears when a manager from previous job interview calls her back. However, instead of a final decision about her acceptance, he makes a strange proposal.

Henry– a Black man grieving the unexpected loss of his father, Charles, finds himself regretting all the conversations they never had, when an opportunity arises for them to talk one final time

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse

While hooking up at a party, two high schoolers unearth a dark secret leading to an unexpected catharsis.

Feeling uprooted and looking for a purpose, Ousmane, a newly arrived immigrant living in Montreal, has his life take a turn when he meets and elderly, disoriented lady, Edith, at the end of a long workday. After learning about Edith’s terrible living conditions, but not fully understanding what the task entails, he naively decides to take on the role of her caregiver as if she was his own mother.