Nightfall: A Space to Connect, Celebrate, and Support Local Short Films

Discover the magic of Canadian short films at Nightfall, a curated screening series highlighting works by local artists. It's more than just a film night—it's a place to connect, share stories, and celebrate diverse creative voices in our community.

Nightfall - Autumn 2025

Produced by MillO Dance Projects, this screening series presents exceptional short films while offering a space for local film professionals, dance filmmakers, and audience members to forge meaningful connections. Curated by Mio Sakamoto, Geanderson Mello, and Toronto-based guest curators, the theme for Nightfall 2025 is "Home," with a special focus on "Chosen Family."

Call for submissions now open! More info HERE.

Nightfall - Spring 2022

Featured Films:

To My Past, Present, and Future... by Nickeshia Garrick (guest artist)

Siwat Piedra by Irma Villafuerte (guest artist)

TERRACOTA by Collective of Scenic Exchange (Fernando Camacho) and Puntos de partida

Nepenthe by Audrianna Martin Del Campo

PRAIRIE GIRL by Galpal Productions (Corynne Bisson)

Meeting at R9 by Kaitlyn Seibold

Artist on Standby by Sadie Cahill

Lucid Space by MillO Dance Projects

To My Past, Present, and Future... by Nickeshia Garrick

To My Past, Present, and Future… is a filmed exploration of my blackness, spirituality, queerness and ancestry. This piece is a deconstruction and reconstruction of self, where you will see the vulnerability and intimacy of my truths, through the evolving relationship between the Black body and nature.

Director: Uche Ama

Performer & Writer: Nickeshia Garrick

Voice Over: Uche Ama, Abena McKenzie

D.O.P: Alejandra Higuera

Collaborator/Mentor: Kevin Jones, Irma

Special Thanks: Dree Hudon, Karen

Kaeja, Aluna Theatre, OAC

Siwat Piedra by Irma Villafuerte

The body as land, holder of memory, nurturer…. mother. This work is a rooted in Nahuat territory in Kuskatan; reclaiming my relationship to homeland, my matriarchs … my ancestors. I dive into the environmental, and personal narratives of El Salvador, by exploring the body as motherland and landscape.

Concept: Irma Villafuerte

Director: Irma Villafuerte

Choreographyer: Irma Villafuerte

Performer: Irma Villafuerte, Margarita

Soria, Victoria Mata, Jessica Zepera

Videographer: Alejandra Higuera

Editor: Irma Villafuerte

Animation: Irma Villafuerte

Mentor: Santee Smith

Support by Ontario Arts Council and

Aluna Theatre

TERRACOTA by Collective of Scenic Exchange and Puntos de partida

TERRACOTA , Is a film produced in 2018 in Toronto Canada, this film approaches the difficulties of migration and the lack of identity of many of us migrants humans.

Directors: Umor Coskun, Ares Adamis

Choreographers & Performers:

Fernando Camacho and Jose David

Cerda

Editors: Umor Coskun, Ares Adamis

Music: Juan Carlos Hernandez Cuen

Poetry: Bala Fria "hoy tengo una cardel

en el cuerpo ¿quieres entrar?"

Nepenthe by Audrianna Martin Del Campo

An exploration of the power of water as a vessel for fluidity and transformation in the body. A delicate force, guided by the continual ebb and flow of the tides is what inspired this piece to manifest through movement on film.

Created by Audrianna Martin Del Campo

“I filmed this piece myself with a tripod

and motion gimbal, with the exception

of the ending shot (help from a friend

to hold the camera aerial for me).” -

Audrianna Martin Del Campo

Artist on Standby by Sadie Cahill

An exploration of the power of water as a vessel for fluidity

‘Artist on Standby’ is a reminder to reflect on the reason you create, and what makes you an artist. It is an invitation to allow yourself patience, and empathy. It is a celebration of vulnerability, and an encouragement to continue. Emerging artists: I see you, and you are valid.

Created by Sadie Cahill

“This was a completely solo project! All

aspects done by me.” - Sadie Cahill

and transformation in the body. A

delicate force, guided by the continual

ebb and flow of the tides is what

inspired this piece to manifest through

movement on film.

Meeting at R9 by Kaitlyn Seibold

When we witness another person experiencing an emotion, how do we simulate or represent that emotion in ourselves? Surrounding the theme of tension states, Meeting at R9 demonstrates the possibilities of tension that can be felt, lived and experienced in the body. Movement takes form using impulse and gesture as a guiding force.

Choreographer: Kaitlyn Seibold

Music: Kye Marshall

Performers: Rakeem Hardy, Heidi

Lorenz, Maria Riano, Evan Webb

Videographer: Kaitlyn Seibold

Film Assistant: Giulia Battistella

Lucid Space by MillO Dance Projects

Lucid Space explores the power of dreams to free us from the confines imposed on us by society. The film follows a woman as she encounters misogyny and mundanity in her day-to-day life. In the mirror she sees only distortions of her true self - reflected back at her are all the labels that have been thrust upon her by others. One day, she visits a strange place in her dreams and begin to regain control of her life.

Concept, Direction, Choreography:

Geanderson Mello, Mio Sakamoto

Performer: Mio Sakamoto

Mentors: Kristian Fourier, Beata

Rasitsan

Cinematographer & Editor: Justin Kielly

Assistant Camera: Deep Patel,

Countless365

Music: Edgardo Moreno, Andreas

Dahlback

Music Editor: Mathias Auffray

PRAIRIE GIRL by Galpal Productions

Prairie Girl explores the emotional connections we associate with nostalgia, physical places, and home. The film emits a longing for the youthful innocence of days gone by while urging us to reflect on how physical spaces remain embodied in us.

Director: Corynne Bisson

Cinematographer: Andrei Ionescu,

Steve Langston Choreographer:

Corynne Bisson, Raine Madison Kearns

Performers: Ava Acevedo, Jhoaney

Canales, Eilidh Crawford, Kendra

Crawford, Mhairi Crawford, Larissa

Dupuis, Sannelle Engelbrecht, Ashley

Giesbrecht, Amelia Hebert, Arden

Hebert, Lillianne Hiller, Isabella

Howland, Raine Madison Kearns,

Abigail Melnyk, Emma Osbourne,