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Shorts Presentation: LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!

Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, U.K., USA2018–202560 minVarious languages with English SubtitlesAvailable Online

Through animation’s unique ability to push boundaries and reimagine narratives, this programme reflects the formative dreams that continue to shape Inside Out and Reel Asian. Step into this chaotic but tender journey with us.

For: time travellers; plane counters; animation lovers; dancers; weirdo blobs; fans of Lu and Kelly

*Directors in attendance starred.

Lu Linares
Co-Curator

Lu Linares is a Peruvian Canadian festival programmer and arts administrator whose work is shaped by their experiences as a queer immigrant. They are currently the programming and industry manager at the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival.

I AM A FLOWER

Ariel Victor Arthanto Profile Image

Germany202413 minEnglishAnimation, Available Online, Non-binary, Queer, Transgender

Sam, a deviant artist and proud flower person, is spending one last day in a flower spa with his mother before his final performance act.

Open Captioned icon IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

ONLINE: This film is fully captioned in closed captions (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

Director Bio

Ariel Victor Arthanto

Ariel Victor Arthanto is an Indonesian-born animation filmmaker and illustrator based in Berlin, crafting vibrant 2D worlds that mix playful compositions, bold figures, and character-driven storytelling across film and illustration.

MISERY LOVES COMPANY
운석이 떨어졌으면 좋겠어

Sasha Lee Profile Image

South Korea20203 minKorean with English subtitlesAnimation, Available Online, Music, Queer

One night, while Seolgi is lying on a grass field with friends, a shooting star falls and dark intrusive thoughts hit her, bursting with movement and blooming bright colours.

 IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film is being presented with English subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated).

 

 

Director Bio

Sasha Lee

Sasha Lee is an animator who likes plants and animals.

HEY DAD
嗨爸

WeiFan Wang Profile Image

Taiwan, U.K.20246 minMandarin with English subtitles2slgbtq+, Animation, Available Online, Gay

I’ve practised these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea. I’m starting my countdown again — another 20 years. Maybe it will be the right time by then.

 IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film is being presented with English subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated).

 

 

Director Bio

WeiFan Wang

WeiFan Wang is an animation director based in Taipei and London. His practice consists of self-reflective animations that explore intimate and unspoken emotions.

ACID GREEN
嗨爸

Exyl Profile Image

Singapore, USA20238 minNo dialogue2slgbtq+, Animation, Available Online, Experimental, Non-binary, Queer

One night, a person brushes a dog's teeth and turns into a bus.

No Captions icon IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film has no dialogue (no audio + visual descriptions).

 

Director Bio

Exyl

Exyl is a filmmaker working under the umbrella of experimental animation. They love work that is cheap. They care about being honest. They hate thinking about being marketable.

ADORABLE
可愛

Cheng-Hsu Chung Profile Image

Taiwan, UK2018 6:00No dialogue2slgbtq+, Animation, Available Online, Experimental, Gay, LGBTQ+ Filmmakers, Non-binary, Queer, Transgender

Comprising over 2,000 hand-painted frames, Adorable presents a journey of a queer person, illustrating modern queer society, where discrimination, freedom, and love coexist.

Open Captioned icon IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

ONLINE: This film is fully captioned in closed captions (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

 

Director Bio

Cheng-Hsu Chung

Cheng-Hsu Chung is a Taiwanese animation artist and director based in Berlin. Chung’s artistic practice focuses on surreal images and character performances in animation to articulate the changing nature of emotion, modern love, and the experiences queer bodies encounter.

REVIVING THE ROOST

Vivek Shraya Profile Image

Canada20196 minEnglishAvailable Online

With pulsating neon-light animation, Reviving the Roost is about community complexity and longing — an elegy to a lost space as much as it is director Vivek Shraya’s ode to a now-closed iconic Edmonton gay bar.

Open Captioned icon IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

ONLINE: This film is fully captioned in closed captions (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

 

Director Bio

Vivek Shraya

A three-time Canadian Screen Award winner, Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion.

WELL WISHES MY LOVE, YOUR LOVE

Gabriel Gabriel Garble Profile Image

Malaysia, Sweden20229 minNo dialogue2slgbtq+, Animation, Available Online, Environment, Family-friendly, Queer, Romance

Newly orphaned and freshly wounded from a loss, a boy lends his companion a prosthetic arm for the day. This is a slow and meditative film about everyday gestures of love, communicated through our universal understanding of body language.

No Captions icon IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film has no dialogue (no audio + visual descriptions).

Director Bio

Gabriel Gabriel Garble

Gabriel Gabriel Garble works across animation, film, and geology, exploring how imagery and material ecologies intertwine.

PASSING BY
지나가는 것

Hanna Kang Profile Image

South Korea20259 minKorean with English subtitlesAnimation, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama

A girl unexpectedly bumps into her childhood best friend and finds herself torn between rekindling their lost connection or letting the moment slip away forever.

Open Captioned icon IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

ONLINE: This film is fully captioned in closed captions (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated).

Director Bio

Hanna Kang

Hanna Kang is a graduate of the Korea National University of Arts.

6 Nov, 2025 8:30 pm

TIFF Lightbox C4

Rating

PG

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All short films are available digitally through our Digital Shorts Pass

CONTENT ADVISORY
Flashing strobe lights; depictions of violence

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LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!

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6 Nov, 2025 8:30 pm

TIFF Lightbox C4

Rating

GA

WAShhh

Ireland, Malaysia202423 minMalay, English, MandarinDirected By Women, Drama, Horror

Set in Malaysia's National Service training camp, Jia Hui, a female ethnic-Chinese trainee, is commanded by her teacher to lead her multiracial female comrades in washing stained sanitary pads in the middle of the night.

This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

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Directors Bio

Mickey Lai

Born in Malaysia, Mickey Lai is a filmmaker who graduated with a master of film and TV production at MetFilm School in London. Lai is interested in telling stories about diverse cultural values, mortality, and self-identity.

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Shorts Presentation: PUSH BACK

Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, USA2023-2024TRT: 86 minVarious languages

Trivial or not, these short films push and push ... and push. Is it provocation, retaliation, or sheer determination? Regardless of the answer, how far might you be willing to go?

For: non-believers; genre buffs; task achievers

THE SWEATER

*Maziyar Khatam Profile Image

Canada20249 minEnglishAvailable Online, Comedy, Drama

Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.

This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

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*Maziyar Khatam

Maziyar Khatam is an Iranian Canadian director and writer who is passionate about telling offbeat and revealing stories. He is also the co-owner of Funny Bone Pictures, a production company in Toronto.

WAShhh

Mickey Lai Profile Image

Ireland, Malaysia202423 minMalay, English, MandarinDirected By Women, Drama, Horror

Set in Malaysia's National Service training camp, Jia Hui, a female ethnic-Chinese trainee, is commanded by her teacher to lead her multiracial female comrades in washing stained sanitary pads in the middle of the night.

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LITTLE

*Noah Nicholson Profile Image

Canada20237 minEnglish, CantoneseAvailable Online, Drama

Left home alone, 10-year-old Alex watches his older brother, Quinn, play video games. When his efforts for attention are neglected, Alex sparks a fight that takes a serious turn.

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ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

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*Noah Nicholson

Noah Nicholson is a Chinese Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto. Focused on stories about youth and family, Nicholson aims to explore complicated familial relationships through a realist lens.

MY WONDERFUL LIFE
早安健康

Calleen Koh Profile Image

Singapore202410 minMandarin, English Animation, Available Online, Comedy, Directed By Women, Drama

Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital, where she finds newfound freedom as a patient.

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Calleen Koh

Calleen Koh is a Singaporean BAFTA-nominated animation filmmaker, currently at CalArts for the experimental animation MFA programme. Enamoured by dark comedy, her films are known for their subversively irreverent energy.

A FERMENTING WOMAN

*Priscilla Galvez Profile Image

Canada202424 minEnglishAvailable Online, Directed By Women, Horror

On the brink of getting fired from her restaurant by its new owners, Marielle Lau, a visionary chef and master fermenter, develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she’s convinced will save her career.

 IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

 ONLINE This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

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*Priscilla Galvez

Priscilla Galvez is a Toronto-based director and producer. Her films have premiered at international film festivals including TIFF, DOC NYC, Fantastic Fest, and SXSW.

im in love with edgar allen poe

Andrea A. Walter Profile Image

USA202413 minEnglish, Tagalog2slgbtq+, Available Online, Directed By Women, Drama

Yaya and Louie, two baby goths, prepare to summon the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe, but a series of unexpected obstacles jeopardize the entire spooky spectacle — and maybe even their friendship.

IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)

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Andrea A. Walter

Andrea A. Walter is a British Filipino filmmaker whose work premiered at SXSW and Inside Out. They are a 2024 Women in Film Cinematography fellow and mentored by Lilly Wachowski.

16 Nov, 2024 7:30 pm

TIFF Lightbox C3

Rating

AA

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CONTENT ADVISORY
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Malaysia2023 95 minMalay with English subtitlesToronto PremiereHorror

Free-spirited 12-year-old Zaffan is the first of her friends to get her period and experience the body-changing horrors that come with puberty and menstruation. Set in a kampong, or a Malaysian village, structured around patriarchy and religious expectations, she tries to conceal her pubescent traits out of fear of ostracization. Panic spreads in the village when a monster or demonic spirit is rumored to be roaming the surrounding jungle. Exposed by her peers, Zaffan eventually learns to embrace herself in the face of exclusion and cultural condemnation. A coming-of-age body horror that playfully weaves elements of Southeast Asian folklore, Tiger Stripes is a roaring celebration of embracing monstrosity and otherness.

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Deena Ezral

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Cannes Film Festival, Critic’s Week, 2023

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AWARDS

Cannes Film Festival, Critics’ Week Grand Prize, 2023

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Amanda Nell Eu is a Malaysian-born director who explores the female body and identity within the sociocultural context of Southeast Asia. She graduated from London Film School and is an alumni of the Berlinale Talent Campus and Locarno Filmmakers Academy. Tiger Stripes is her debut feature film, and is the first Malaysian film to win an award at Cannes.

Rating

14A

Content Warning: Blood, bullying, physical violence

11 Nov, 2023 7:30 pm

TIFF Bell Lightbox C3
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Mickey Lai Profile Image

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Pei Szi Wong Profile Image

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From learning how to shoot to archiving a film, Wong Pei Szi is a Malaysian student who studies abroad in Taiwan.

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PG

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Primetime Mother

Sonny Calvento Profile Image

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Nushi Sharma Profile Image

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Eun-uk Jeong is studying film at Myongji University.

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PG

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