Sook-Yin Lee

When an introverted cartoonist’s girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process. An adaptation of the Graphic Novel by Chester Brown.Read More »

Synopsis:
Tyler tries to discover the father she never got the chance to meet in this stirring psycho-sexual ghost story, exploring themes of gender and sexual identity.Read More »

Sammy Smalls is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective, catching shoplifters for her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. She is head over heels for scruffy musician Eugene Zaslavsky. He’s perfect for her, but doesn’t want to be in a relationship.

After a disastrous one-night stand, Eugene suggests they play the field to get more experience. Following his advice, Sammy hatches a plan catapulting her on a quest that takes her through her neighbours’ bedroom, the public swimming pool, and finally to blackmailing shoplifters into giving her sex lessons in the woods behind the supermarket.Read More »

AMG: A taciturn young boy slips off a plane at Pearson and glides by customs agents, effectively forming the connective tissue for this journey through the city of Toronto as he makes his way through a city that still seems decidedly uncertain of its own identity. Aaron Woodley’s “Shoelaces” gets things off to a poetic start by telling the tale of two kids who are emboldened to take a late night tour of the Don Valley after dodging a local bully. The second tale, an anti-romance directed by Sook-Yin Lee and entitled “The Brazilian,” paints Toronto as a city where it’s difficult to make connections, and nearly impossible to sustain them. Read More »