In Tell Me Where It Hurts, written and directed by Brittany Fagan-Steele, Sawyer Dodick finds comfort in isolation, with books as his only companions. Blending into the background has been his routine all throughout high school and he figured it would be the rest of his life. When he is forced into interacting with a group of the schools misfits he is perplexed at their boisterous and outgoing attitudes. Never before has he experienced this type of interaction so different yet so alike to those of his beloved book characters. Will he be able to handle the complications and disputes that come with trying to belong? Or will he retreat back to the security and contentment of solitude?
Written by Ronald Labelle and directed by Ken Chisholm, The Time of the Lone Wolf sees a man arriving in Ottawa for a meeting regarding a translation contract, and staying at a bed and breakfast run by a woman engaged in social struggles. As they learn more of each other’s lives, a connection is made. Can defences come down on both sides for a more lasting relationship?