Moynan King

Mars Brito, a trans bike courier, is killed by an SUV. Is he the victim of an accidental 'door prize', or is this murder? His case becomes a city-wide obsession, with hourly true crime updates and rewards for clues. While this murder mystery unfolds, a Toronto trans activist (also named Mars) works with his friends on an operatic memorial, creating arias for each of the 375 trans murders that were committed around the world that year. Door Prize weaves together documentary, drama, and opera scenes into a hybrid film that explores issues of media spectacle, solidarity violence, trans visibility, and anti-trans violence.

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This all-female comedy satirizes modern life's everyday concerns, from the pretentiousness of ordering a fancy coffee to office and sexual politics.

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Aspiring novelist Jane Black suddenly winds up unemployed. Hoping for a more conventional lifestyle, she goes in search of a job, hoping to find something with a 40-hour work week and maybe even dental insurance. Her adventures in the corporate world are not so ordinary, however, and she learns that a normal life may not be so normal after all.

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Red Velvet Girls is a darkly sensual coming of age story about love and rebellion. Julia is in love with the human she has grown up with and this has greatly influenced the way she feels about her own kind - Andalusian Vampires.

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In celebration of their friend Susan’s birthday, a group of women with scandalous, intertwining pasts take off for a weekend retreat in the hills, unaware of the chaos and danger ahead.

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In a desperate bid to take the guesswork out of finding a girlfriend, a faceless, voiceless, but obviously intrepid interviewer decides to make a job of it.

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Karen and Phil's first child is stolen by someone impersonating a nurse on Christmas Eve. A determined policewoman follows all clues in order to find the baby before it's too late.

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The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

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A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

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A noir melodrama about a librarian's struggle as she encounters the capricious behaviour of a would-be kennel owner who is searching for a reference. Intrigue, romance, crime and punishment . . . For lesbian librarian Jane Putnam, it all happens in the stacks of the city's oldest public library.

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A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

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Did you ever have a crush on Anne Murray, singing her greatest hits with your dress tucked into your pantyhose? And what about Anne of Green Gables? These questions and oh so much more are autobiographically answered by performance artist Dayna McLeod in this mash-up that mixes Anne Murray's, “You Needed Me” with the made-for-television Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Originally commissioned as a performance piece for Anne Made Me Gay, curated by Moynan King and Rosemary Rowe, Buddies in Bad Times.

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