2026 Official Selection: Drama – Feature

A passionate swim coach and dedicated father navigates the turbulent reality of invisible homelessness when he is forced to live out of his van.

Program: What We Dreamed of Then · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 5:40 PM

• Director(s): Taylor Olson
• Writer(s): Taylor Olson
• Producer(s): Sandy Hunter, Steve Foster, Britt Kerr
• Key Cast: Taylor Olson, Christie Burke, Parveen Kaur, River Price-Maenpaa, Hugh Thompson
• Editor(s): Shawn Beckwith
• Cinematographer(s): Kevin A. Fraser

Language: English

Runtime: 1h 44m

Country: Canada

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: Then, Gideon was a vibrant young father and husband. Now, he is invisibly houseless, trying to hold onto his relationship with his estranged daughter. Told through a non-linear narrative, What We Dreamed of Then weaves between past and present, revealing the fragility of hope and the resilience needed to survive isolation.

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Source: FILA

2026 Official Selection: Series Episode – TV/Streaming/Web Series

A surreal, offbeat, sketch-infused anti-talk show hosted by two local nobodies with massive delusions of grandeur.

Program: Shorts Block 13 · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 2:15 PM

• Director(s): Taylor Olson, Adam DeViller
• Writer(s): Taylor Olson, Adam DeViller, Bob Mann
• Producer(s): Taylor Olson
• Key Cast: Taylor Olson, Bob Mann

Language: English

Runtime: 11m

Country: Canada

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: Hey Halifax, Hello Today! is a surreal, offbeat, sketch-infused anti-talk show hosted by two local nobodies with massive delusions of grandeur. Mick McDonald (Taylor Olson) and Robbie Buck (Bob Mann) helm their own chaotic Halifax cable access show, awkwardly interviewing "Halifamous" guests and spiraling into wild, absurdist green screen sketches.

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2026 Official Selection: Documentary – Featurette

Log Line: Part documentary and part cinematic
art, this beautiful film searches for America
through real story, music and spoken word.

Program: Where Is America The Beautiful? · Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 2:00 PM

• Director(s): Fr3deR1cK
• Writer(s): Frederick Taylor
• Producer(s): Ellen Barnard
• Key Cast: Victoria Fahimmanesh
• Editor(s): Zayan Said / Lola Jett
• Cinematographer(s): Freddie Taylor
• Production Designer(s): Fr3deR1cK
• Sound Designer(s): Zayan Said
• Composer(s): Billy Livsey

Language: English

Runtime: 30m

Country: United States

Synopsis: “It is the past that tells
us who we are, without it we have no identity,”
Stephen Hawkins.
America has lost the identity that once made it great. Greatness has passed America by because history is repeating itself. This film is in search of what America was.
The interviews traffic through cultural groups from liberal to conservative. The focus is
diverse from Asian, Latin, Black and LGBTQ.
Everyone is given equal time from a Trump rally to Black Lives Matter marches.

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