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SWIPE LEFT 
Saturday, November 2, 3:15PM, Spadina Theatre @ Alliance Francaise Toronto

Romance is hard to find and even harder to hold onto once you do. From the initial search of that perfect one to life together as a couple, the journey can be awkward, anxious, and even outright creepy.
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NOTE: Films are not listed in screening order
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A Very Sick Man - Drama
Directed by Bronwen Spolsky
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A woman accuses her husband of faking cancer over their anniversary dinner.
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Between Hands - Drama
Directed by Eddy Yang
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Young August finds solace and comfort in a new friendship with older man George while struggling with relationships in both his personal and professional life.
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BUS - Comedy
Directed by Julia Hogg
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Jackie is an anxious people-pleaser who attempts to tell her eager date that she's not interested but her guilt takes over after witnessing him getting hit by a bus.
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Extremity - Drama
Directed by Trudy Flashford
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Sylvia receives a severed finger in the mail and struggles to figure out who it belongs to.
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Forever Mine - Drama
Directed by Jasmine Axolu-Simmons
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Consumed by the love that she has for her boyfriend, a teenage girl prepares for a special evening out with him.
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How to Eat Cake - Experimental
Directed by Andy Atzema and Linc Guo
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On her picture perfect prom night, Eris is faced with a murderous boyfriend, rejection from her peers, the death of her father— and most terrifying, the imperfections of life.
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My Digital Boyfriend - Drama
Directed by Lauren Eden
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A lonely college student downloads a dating simulator app only to find her pixelated partner may be more real than she thought.
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Orchestrate - Drama
Directed by Cindy Miao and V Riczker
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After witnessing a loving couple out her window, Stevie arranges for her own romantic story to unfold.
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Pretend - Drama
Directed by Lucian E Austin
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Two Gen Z teens use their date as an attempt to escape reality.
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