Filmi 23!
Filmi Toronto’s South Asian Film Festival – 23 Years!
December 6th – 7th, 2025
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SILENT BUT DEADLY
A ninja comes home to find several people waiting for him in his dark apartment.
BIO
Maninder Chana is a critically acclaimed, award-winning writer and director. His action heist film Scratch won 30 international awards, including 11 for Best Film and 4 for Best Director. Maninder’s four-language feature Little Terrors, starring Bollywood legend Om Puri (Gandhi, The Hundred-Foot Journey) was released theatrically to rave reviews and won Best Film and Best Director awards at festivals. His supernatural thriller Cell 213, also had a theatrical release. That film stars Eric Balfour (Skyline), Michael Rooker (Walking Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek). Additionally, he’s produced two features: the sci-fi thriller Mystic and a horror yarn Carbon Copy. Maninder is also a published author with a short story collection, Gunga Din Lite & Other Delights (of Lust and Comedy).
Maninder Chana is a critically acclaimed, award-winning writer and director. His action heist film Scratch won 30 international awards, including 11 for Best Film and 4 for Best Director. Maninder’s four-language feature Little Terrors, starring Bollywood legend Om Puri (Gandhi, The Hundred-Foot Journey) was released theatrically to rave reviews and won Best Film and Best Director awards at festivals. His supernatural thriller Cell 213, also had a theatrical release. That film stars Eric Balfour (Skyline), Michael Rooker (Walking Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek). Additionally, he’s produced two features: the sci-fi thriller Mystic and a horror yarn Carbon Copy. Maninder is also a published author with a short story collection, Gunga Din Lite & Other Delights (of Lust and Comedy).
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SILENTIUM
An audio file is emailed which contains a strange & terrifying message that unleashes a demonic presence
Julian Bate-Vergette is an Ottawa-Canadian director known for The Silencer which as has been accepted in numerous festivals & won a few awards including Best Director. He is an up and coming film maker who has been expanding his strengths by working in the local Ottawa film community and curating genre films with his company, Zero Theory Media.
SILENTIUM is the second film where horror and technology is explored. We first tackled this combination with the film NEUROtonin about a man who has trouble sleeping and has a chip in bedded into his brain to aid him that causes horrific effects.
This film uses Sound Files as a method of unleashing terror with the use of file sharing. Taking a cue from The Ring, we used the method of digital files and how we nonchalantly transfer them peer to peer to bring about horrific effects to the individual unknowingly.
Filmed primarily in Ottawa and in a coffee shop located in the Byward Market, we want to highlight the talent in genre filmmaking which Ottawa has.
Our company, Zero Theory Media, is fully committed to exploit the creatives in the Ottawa region that want to make genre films and let everyone know about the talent that is located here.
This film uses a Giallo type of lighting primarily to give a surreal feel when things ramp up.
We want to explore more ways horror can be infused with modern technology and hope you enjoy this entry.
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Rishta
Rishta explores the conflicting romantic ideals of Eastern and Western cultures. The short film is set over the course of one evening after Saba has reluctantly agreed to meet a potential suitor identified by her parents. The experience forces Saba to reconcile her own views with the expectations of her traditional Pakistani family.
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Director
Silvet Ali is a Montreal-based journalist and filmmaker who graduated from Ryerson University’s Chang School Film Program in 2018. She completed her BA in Journalism with a Minor in Film Studies at Concordia University and joined the CBC Montreal team as a journalist and producer in both radio and television in 2009. After nearly a decade of working at CBC, she decided to explore her love for film and now divides her time between Montreal and Toronto, working in both broadcast journalism and film. Ali was inspired to tell the story of Rishta based on her personal experience growing up as the daughter of Pakistani immigrants in Montreal and navigating societal pressures.
Rishta is a personal story that I feel will resonate with many first-generation South Asians. It delves into the debate of love vs. arranged marriage, and a Pakistani woman feeling pressure to go the traditional route. The protagonist, Saba, is obsessed with Hollywood’s depiction of romance, and I wanted to depict the story of an arranged marriage using traditional rom-com tropes, with references to When Harry Met Sally, Romeo + Juliet and My Fair Lady. It’s a story I’ve wanted to share for a long time, to give others insight into the societal pressures women from traditional backgrounds can face.
23rd Filmi: Toronto's South Asian Film Festival Dec 6-7 2025 