PARADISE follows an iconic mountain man, Joe Hollis, who has lived off the grid for fifty years at the foot of the highest mountains in the East. Creating what he calls a “paradise garden”, his land boasts over a thousand different species including many that can’t be found anywhere else in the country. As health problems arise, Joe struggles to ensure his land and legacy survive into the future.

A small yellow bird (Prothonotary Warbler) runs afoul of human impacts on its environment.

A seasoned mercenary escapes with the child that holds his people’s future when a mythical warrior gets in the way.

Two robbers break into a man’s house while he is on a video call with his girlfriend, actively finding out she is cheating on him. When he confronts the two robbers, all hell, or something like it, breaks loose.

When Jimmy gets stood up on a first date, to his surprise, the dating app sets him up with a substitute date who fills in for his no-show and saves his night.

Free-spirited Simone gets a surprise knock at her door one evening. Turns out she has run afoul of the F.L.A.G. Act, a new (fictional … really) law that prohibits the flying of “provocative” flags. Simone coolly defends her right to free speech, including the flying of a rainbow flag. The porch-side conflict escalates beyond annoyance to absurdity, with Simone’s sass remaining intact to the end.

Eleven-year-old Katie and her dad reconnect after many years apart, with the help of a mermaid they meet in the San Marcos River. A Texas Mermaid Movie is a look at processing loss and change through creative play.

Terry Wilson is a 70-year-old lifelong resident of Meadowvale Village, Ontario’s first heritage district. As development looms and begins to destroy Terry’s favourite place in the world, he recreates pieces of history in his backyard, crafting an oasis where it feels like nothing has changed. A beautiful tribute to his childhood, his mother, and his town, Terry passionately fights to preserve history in a world that’s too anxious for change.

How does one define home? There lies in everyone a deeply rooted connection to home that is interwoven into the fiber of our being and can never be severed. For Chef Adé, who was adopted from her homeland of Bénin at the tender age of ten, home is an irrevocable condition. Home is a place she is continually being directed toward. In this beautiful, and at times, painful story, Adé travels back home to understand her African heritage and reclaim her identity through food and the Béninese women who mean so much to her. She learns that food is not solely about sustenance, but it is very much embedded in our identity. It represents culture, history and most importantly it nourishes the soul. Not only is it empowering to represent heritage and identity through food, it also has the power to heal generational trauma.