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Official Selection 12: BOYS WILL BE BOYS
Some men love dolls, some need their mommies, others are true heroes, and a few are just plain rotten. This motley boy's club of shorts features testosterone-driven dramas, comedies and real life tales of modern masculinity.
| Spin |
| A multitude of toy soldiers deploy into stunning patterns of line and choreography, replicating and marching to the beat of Hollywood dance routines. A kaleidoscope of animation blurs theatre and war. |
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| Pretty Little Bits |
| The owner of a junk shop in The Junction neighbourhood of Toronto shares his favourite bits, bobs and philosophies. A charming documentary about a man and his passion. |
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| The April Chill (Aprilis Suskhi) |
| Following the violent Soviet suppression of a peaceful demonstration in Tbilsi, Georgia on April 9th, 1989, a military serviceman makes a surprising human connection. |
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| The Collector |
| Meet Beauregard Houston Montgomery - an aging Warhol-era bohemian and world-class authority on everything to do with dollhouses. A comically candid documentary of a "tell-it-like-it-was" New York City phenom. |
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| Birthday (L'Anniversaire) |
| Two boys and their single mom anxiously await the afternoon's family birthday party. But a moment of passion for one ignites a moment of irrevocable change for another. |
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| The Black Pines (Les Épinettes Noires) |
| A playful brother who went missing in the forest visits his sister in her dreams. Lined and graph paper are used as backgrounds, lending an innocence to this animated portrait of childhood melancholia and late night calls. |
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| Sores & Sîrîn |
| Siblings Sores and Sîrîn survived the Iraq war in Kurdistan as children and began a new life in Germany. But what feels like home to one feels alien to the other in this touching story of changing traditions. |
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