Event Details
Date
May 8 - 9, 2013
Time
7:00 PM
Location
506 Bloor Street W
May 8 - 9, 2013
7:00 PM
506 Bloor Street W
The Ryerson University Film Festival (RUFF) showcases the thesis films of the School of Image Arts’ film students. RUFF celebrates emerging filmmakers, giving them an opportunity to network and screen their work in a public and professional setting. This year, RUFF will be presenting 20 short films.
The 16th annual festival will be held over two nights on Wednesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 9th. It will be taking place at the renowned and newly renovated, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.
Purchase your tickets at the door.
Can't make it both nights? Click here to purchase a ticket for either Wednesday, May 8th or Thursday, May 9th.
Big film buff, are you? Then join us on both May 8th and 9th and support the Ryerson grads.
Featuring the best in student filmmaking.
When Catherine Sumner, a 55-year-old telemarketer, is forced to move into her sister’s basement, her coworker Noah offers to help out. After spending the day with her, he decides to surprise her with an extraordinary birthday gift.
In this darkly comedic fable, a middle-aged farmer suspects his eccentric wife of the wandering eye when a mysterious stranger purchases land across the road. His unfounded jealousy brings to life their ominous scarecrow, its presence an eerie reminder of forgotten dreams and a broken promise.
Connected by blood, but separated by culture, Barrier is a story about a boy’s last chance to establish a relationship with his dying grandfather.
How much would you endure for someone you love? Michael Linstrum must ask himself this question after a terrible accident leaves his wife in a paralyzed state. Can he continue to care for his wife, or will he be brought to the breaking point by someone who seems to no longer love him?
A single father searches for his runaway son while trying to uncover the reasons he left.
Lou and Chantal are gonna blow up. One day. Somehow. But girls don't get out of Coberge, Ontario by playing nice. All they've ever wanted, was to feel what it's like to be free.
Following the death of a distant relative, the dysfunctional Cooter family embarks on a low-budget road trip. Confined to a station wagon and already bored, the Cooter's are forced to connect and collide. Growing Up Cooter is not a film about perfect memories, but about the imperfect moments in which those memories are created.
A 15-year-old introvert utilizes futuristic and controversial means to live out a promise his father made him as a child.
After years of neglect, a desperate father struggles to reconnect with his resentful son.
Eight year-old hard rocker Jake is convinced he should have grown up in the 1980s. He doesn't fit into his generation: big brother Steve is the only one he can share his passion with—that is, until, he meets his new substitute music teacher, Ms. Loraine.
After the death of his lover, Marcus chooses to wear a face that is not his own.
I have an incredible mom. This is a story about the time she taught me once and for all that nice is cool.
In a story told not with cameras but rather contained within the world of a teenager's computer screen, we explore the unspoken mannerisms of digital behaviour in a moment of crisis for someone raised in a world where every aspect of your social life is public fodder for the internet.
Darling, a passionate and modern artist trapped in a male-dominant society, recounts the beginning of her passionate yet contentious marriage. As she reminisces, she attempts to purge herself of the patriarchal expectations and damaging effects of traditional domestic life.
Set in modern urban Toronto, Rats follows a day in the life of two petty teenagers, Kev and Benz.
Tar is a documentary short which weighs the benefits against the economic and ecological costs of Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project. Using cinematic photography, Tar reveals the beautiful natural landscapes of Western Canada that will be directly affected by this project.
Oliver and Denise live in a world where their imaginations serve as the warmest form of comfort. Neighbours and best friends, they meet after nightfall in secret to delve into their favourite comic.
Two boys apprehend a mansion and take it for the ride of a lifetime.
A terrorist boards a train with the intent to commit an act of violence against the recently established totalitarian state. While on board, he experiences the world through a different perspective - a young boy named Jacob.
The coming-of-age story of Jane, an adventurous 9-year-old, dealing with her new, hardened reality as she finds herself caught in the middle of her parents' separation.
Ryerson Graduating Class 2013
Growing Up Cooter, Director & Writer
Firecrackers, 1st Assistant Director
Devotion, 1st Assistant Director
Loraine, Sound Recordist
Vive Les Jours, Producer
Tar, Director of Photography
Lost in the Sky
, Production Manager
Barrier, 1st Assistant Camera
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Director & Writer
Volition, Co-Writer & Production Manager
Lucas & Jack, Dolly & Jib Operator
Ruff Spot "Portraits", Co-Writer & Director of Photography
Driftwood, Director & Writer
Rats, Producer
The One That Stares Back, Production Manager
56 Pink Flamingos, 1st Assistant Camera
Radiant Hours, Producer
Devotion, Production Designer
Volition, Director & Co-Writer
The One That Stares Back, Sound Recordist & Designer
Lucas & Jack, Sound Recordist & Designer
Devotion, Sound Recordist & Designer
Barrier, Sound Designer
Vive Les Jours, Sound Recordist
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Sound Designer & Recordist
56 Pink Flamingos, Director
Nice is Cool, Co-Production Designer
Vive Les Jours, Co-Production Designer
The One That Stares Back, Props Master
Rats, Production Designer
Where Did You Go?, Production Designer
Radiant Hours, Co-Production Designer & Costumes
Volition, Wardrobe
Firecrackers, Stills Photographer
56 Pink Flamingos, Stills Photographer
56 Pink Flamingos, Director of Photography & Colorist
Firecrackers, Director of Photography
The One That Stares Back, Director of Photography
Lucas & Jack, 1st Assistant Camera
Growing Up Cooter, Gaffer
Growing Up Cooter, Co-Producer
To Look Away, Production Manager
Devotion, Production Manager
Lucas & Jack, Editor
Volition, Producing Consultant
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Producer
Loraine, Sound Designer; Assistant Director & Gaffer
RUFF Spot "Vintage", Grip & Casting
Noah, Producer
The One That Stares Back, Editor
Tar, Animator
Volition, Sound Recordist
The One That Stares Back, Co-Producer & Production Designer
Lost in the Sky, Production Designer
Noah, Production Designer
Volition, Production Designer
Devotion, Art Direction
56 Pink Flamingos, Art Assistant
Radiant Hours, Art Assistant
Lucas & Jack, Art Assistant
Rats, Director & Writer
Tar, Editor
Lost in the Sky, Producer
To Look Away, Gaffer
Lucas & Jack, Key Grip
Devotion, Key Grip
Tar, Colorist
Barrier, Director; Producer & Writer
Lucas & Jack, Co-Producer
Nice is Cool, Production Manager
Vive Les Jours, Production Manager
56 Pink Flamingos, Sound Designer
Lost in the Sky
, Sound Designer
The One That Stares Back, DMT
Where Did You Go?, Grip
Growing Up Cooter, Grip
Driftwood, Grip
To Look Away, Grip
Rats, Gaffer
RUFF Spot "Portraits", Producer and Sound Recorder
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Producer
RUFF Spot “Vintage", Production Manager and Sound Recorder
RUFF Spot “The Resistance”, Production Manager and Sound Recorder
RUFF Spot "Portraits", Director; Writer & Editor
A Place Like This, 2nd Assistant Camera
Radiant Hours, Prop Designer
Devotion, Script Editor & Casting Assistant
Vive Les Jours, Director & Writer
Lost in the Sky, Director of Photography
Nice is Cool, Director of Photography
Tar, Director
Volition, Sound Designer
Where Did You Go?, Gaffer
To Look Away, 1st Assistant Camera
Nice is Cool, 1st Assistant Camera
Firecrackers, 1st Assistant Camera
Vive Les Jours, Sound Recordist
Radiant Hours, Editor & Gaffer
The One That Stares Back, Production Manager; Craft & Gaffer
Rats, Coordinator
RUFF Spot "The Resistance", Producer; 1st Assistant Director & Editor
RUFF Spot "Vintage", Director; Producer & Art Director
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Script Supervisor
Volition, Camera Operator
Growing Up Cooter, Gaffer
To Look Away, Steadicam Operator
Volition, Colorist
Growing Up Cooter, Colorist
Where Did You Go?, Colorist
Growing Up Cooter, Producer
Where Did You Go?, Production Manager
Driftwood, 1st Assistant Director
Nice is Cool, Script Supervisor
Vive Les Jours, Script Supervisor
Lucas & Jack, Assistant Editor
Firecrackers, Producer
A Place Like This, 1st Assistant Director
Lucas & Jack, Director of Photography
Volition, Director of Photography
Driftwood, Director of Photography
To Look Away, Director of Photography
Vive Les Jours, Gaffer
Devotion, Gaffer
56 Pink Flamingos, Editor
Nice is Cool, Editor
Where Did You Go?, Editor
A Place Like This, 1st Assistant Camera
Radiant Hours, 1st Assistant Camera
Noah, 1st Assistant Director
Vive Les Jours, Production Manager
Volition, 1st Assistant Director
A Place Like This, Editor & DMT
Volition, Co-Editor & DMT
Where Did You Go?, Assistant Editor
Devotion, 1st Assistant Camera
Lucas & Jack, DMT
Lucas & Jack, Co-Producer
Rats, Production Manager
Lost in the Sky, Director & Writer
A Place Like This, Director of Photography
Vive Les Jours, 1st Assistant Director
56 Pink Flamingos, 1st Assistant Director
A Place Like This, Director & Writer
To Look Away, Co-Writer
A Place Like This, Composer
Lost in the Sky, Composer
To Look Away, Composer
Rats, Editor
Noah, Editor
56 Pink Flamingos, Assistant Editor
Radiant Hours, Grip
RUFF Spot "Vintage", Editor
Radiant Hours, Director of Photography
Loraine, Director of Photography
Growing Up Cooter, 1st Assistant Camera
A Place Like This, Gaffer & Transportation
A Place Like This, Producer
Firecrackers, Production Designer
The One That Stares Back, Art Director
Radiant Hours, Art Assistant
Volition, VFX Supervisor
Lost in the Sky, VFX
Radiant Hours, VFX
RUFF Spot "The Resistance", Writer; Director; Producer Assistant & VFX
RUFF Spot "Vintage", DMT & VFX
RUFF Spot "Portraits", VFX & Animation
Where Did You Go?, Director & Writer
56 Pink Flamingos, Art Director
Nice is Cool, 1st Assistant Director
Radiant Hours, Director; Writer & Co-Production Designer
To Look Away, Production Designer
A Place Like This, Production Designer
To Look Away, Director & Co-Writer
56 Pink Flamingos, Production Manager
Growing Up Cooter, Production Designer
A Place Like This, Casting Director
The One That Stares Back, Director & Writer
Lost in the Sky, Editor
Barrier, Editor
56 Pink Flamingos, Gaffer
Firecrackers, 1st Assistant Camera
Lucas & Jack, Director & Writer
Devotion, Director of Photography
Barrier, Production Designer
To Look Away, Sound Recordist & Designer
Nice is Cool, Sound Recordist
To Look Away, Producer
Driftwood, Production Manager
Barrier, Casting Director
Volition, Script Supervisor
Firecrackers, Director & Writer
Driftwood, 1st Assistant Director
Rats, Wardrobe & Art Assistant
Growing Up Cooter, Script Supervisor & Stills
Driftwood, Producer
Growing Up Cooter, 1st Assistant Director
Firecrackers, Script Supervisor
Lost in the Sky, Art Director
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Co-Production Designer & Makeup
Volition, Art Director & Makeup
Growing Up Cooter, Props Master
A Place Like This, Art Assistant & Makeup
Driftwood, Art Assistant & Makeup
Firecrackers, Makeup
Growing Up Cooter, Director of Photography
Rats, Director of Photography
Where Did You Go?, Director of Photography
Firecrackers, Gaffer
Volition, Gaffer
Nice is Cool, Gaffer
Tar, Producer
Lucas & Jack, 1st Assistant Director
To Look Away, Editor
Vive Les Jours, Post Production Supervisor
To Look Away, DMT
Nice is Cool, Director & Writer
Driftwood, Editor
Barrier, Production Manager
Lost in the Sky, 1st Assistant Director
Where Did You Go?, 1st Assistant Director
Loraine, Co-Producer
Devotion, Director & Writer
Lucas & Jack, Production Designer
Loraine, Director; Co-Producer; Writer; Art Director & Co-Editor
Volition, Producer; Co-Writer; Co-Editor & Co-Visual Effects
Devotion, Editor & Visual Effects
Lost in the Sky, Visual Effects
The One that Stares Back, Sound Recordist
Firecrackers, Visual Effects
Lucas & Jack, Visual Effects
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Editor & Visual Effects
Firecrackers, Editor
Growing Up Cooter, Editor
Radiant Hours, Production Manager
To Look Away, Script Supervisor
56 Pink Flamingos, DMT
A Place Like This, Colorist
Devotion, Producer & DMT
To Look Away, Assistant Sound Designer
Driftwood, DMT
Driftwood, Production Designer
56 Pink Flamingos, Production Designer
To Look Away, Art Direction
Lucas & Jack, Art Assistant
Nice is Cool, Producer
Radiant Hours, 1st Assistant Director
Devotion, 2nd Assistant Director
Lost in the Sky, Art Assistant
RUFF Spot "Portraits", Casting Director
56 Pink Flamingos, Producer & Writer
A Place Like This, Art Director
Where Did You Go?, Producer
Nice is Cool, Co-Production Designer
Vive Les Jours, Co-Production Designer
Firecrackers, Wardrobe
RUFF Spot "Children Film Centre", Co-Production Designer
RUFF Spot "The Resistance", Production Designer
Radiant Hours, Makeup
Noah, Director & Writer
Noah, Sound Recordist & Designer
Firecrackers, Sound Recordist & Designer
Where Did You Go?, Sound Recordist & Designer
A Place Like This, Sound Recordist
Rats, Sound Recordist & Designer
7:00PM
Vive Les Jours
56 Pink Flamingos
Loraine
Volition
Tar
8:30PM
Intermission
Noah
Rats
Lucas & Jack
A Place Like This
Firecrackers
7:00PM
Growing Up Cooter
Devotion
Where Did You Go?
Barrier
To Look Away
8:20PM
Intermission
The One That Stares Back
Radiant Hours
Lost in the Sky
Driftwood
Nice is Cool
Feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions.
