ReelHeART International Film Festival

Theater 222,  Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)

Ryan and Stacie want a simple life. They would like nothing more than to settle into a home and start a family. Unfortunately, at their age, their friends and family expect them to put things off and go to school. As an evening of dinner and a movie draws to a close, a series of unusual events launch the pair onto a strange path that may just lead to exactly what they are looking for.

In this award-winning 26-minute drama, the repercussions are immediate when activist/history professor Arthur Collins – out of frustration from the apathy of his students – assigns his class to plan the assassination of the President of the United States. Life becomes particularly tough for the professor’s teaching assistant T.K., a timid young man whose reluctance to both choose a side and stand his ground plants him right in the middle.

In this hilarious, coming-of-age film, the drama and disappointments of pre-teen life are magnified through the lens of a 5th grade theater production. The kids in the play are “us”, including the chubby kid, the class clown, the stutterer and the overachiever. As curtains up approaches, moments become taut with magic and mania. In the end, this award winning film is about more than putting on a play. It’s about fighting to discover who we are.