Tara Thorne, 2024, Canada, 100 min

When a queer friend group unites for a girls’ weekend celebrating a divorce, their old feelings, new relationships, and shifting dynamics crash into each other in the shadow of summer’s dying light. Darcy (Lesley Smith) is finally divorced, to the relief of her friends, but they are bringing their own drama to this celebration weekend: The Julies (Kat McCormack and Stephanie Clarke) announce their pregnancy while Lucy (Jessica Marie Brown) drinks her way through a post-breakup haze. Lauren (Nicole Steeves) brings along her much-younger girlfriend Phoebe (Faly Mevamanana) to the party and reveals some new relationship boundaries. And finally there’s Dax (Hilary Adams), who’s ready to ruin the entire event by declaring her long-gestating love for Darcy. Lakeview is a celebration of the power (and damage) of familiarity, what happens when lessons learned don’t lead to patterns broken, and how one song can change everything you know.

Preceded By:

Rose Colored
Ruby Wright, USA, 10 min

Like the Very Gods
Lazarus Lazarides, USA, 12 min

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