Firecracker Film Fest

In partnership with GEMFest

Firecracker Film Festival screening is on March 7th!

And we’re officially sold out! Can’t wait to see you there!

FIRECRACKER FILM FEST

FIRECRACKER FILM FEST

Announcing our

2026 Screening Selections

  • What's Killing Lilith?

    Set Shuter

    A young woman who believes she is dying finally receives a diagnosis. (5.5min)

  • Skely Finds a Brain

    Tatiana Alexeeva

    Skely the Skeleton leads a simple life until he discovers a brain. (3min)

  • Room for the Rest

    Angelika

    Leo’s struggle to function with a shy bladder in a public washroom is  exacerbated by multiple interruptions until Raphael appears and reveals his strategy for navigating  a world not built for either of them. (8min)

  • Sweet Tooth

    Laine Longton‍

    When Emma and Derek move in together, their toothbrushes begin their own  relationship.  (5min)

  • Jeez, Louise

    Ana Jimenez

    Mary Louise, a devout catholic, has a steamy confession that unbeknownst to  her is heard by Eden, the school's sex maniac. (4min)

  • Asphodel Fields Forever

    Rebeca Spiegel

    Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a poet dreams a muse into  existence and must follow her into the Underworld when she disappears. (4.5min)

  • Kate and Jack are Just Friends

    Aubrey Arnason

    Kate has just signed her divorce papers, and her best friend Jack has come  by to question the nature of their friendship. (12min)

  • Wait…WHAT?

    Sandy Hoekstra

    A surprise engagement goes wrong. (4min)

  • bff has cancer :(

    Veronika Gribanova

    Two friends master the art of making any problem about themselves. (6min)

  • Bumbershoot

     Melanie Kaklamanis

    Bumbershoot is a silent comedy about a hapless man desperate to find an  umbrella strong enough to make his life whole. (13min)

  • The Office Party

    Kristyn Green

    Things are not "business as usual" in this office - weren't you at the Christmas  party? (4.5min)

  • Love Train

    Tiegan Monaghan

    Chronic daydreamer Jess, spies her dream girl from across the train aisle. Will  she find love or maybe something else? (4min)

  • Signs

    Dani Kind

    A woman attends an appointment and finds that the receptionist has turned  the office into an authoritarian state, wielding her power to repress and control - but, the rules only  apply to some people, so the woman decides to fight back. (6min)


  • The Magnificent Gyno

    Adeel Shamsi

    A woman gets her first pap smear and her doctor practices a new hobby. (6.5min)

Meet the Team

  • Liesl Lafferty

    FIRECRACKER FILM FEST CURATOR

  • Jody Quine

    FIRECRACKER FILM FEST COORDINATOR

  • Ellie Harvie

    FIRECRACKER FILM FEST COORDINATOR

Firecracker Film Fest is made possible by

  • Firecracker Department is a hit podcast and a vibrant international community of women and nonbinary artists empowering each other to take creative action by building platforms for our voices and stories. Working together to go further and change the world.

  • Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver (GEMS) is a member-based organization committed to furthering gender equity in film and television. By addressing systemic barriers, GEMS works towards supporting more inclusive, representative media.

  • UBCP/ACTRA’s more than 8,500 members are an integral part of the approximately 28,000  performers who have come together to build ACTRA, the strongest Union of cultural workers in Canada. UBCP/ACTRA has some of the most robust collective agreements for performers globally, ensuring performers are paid a fair wage and are protected on set.  

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