LIFT’s 7th annual National Salon des Refuses, an annual venue for films rejected by the Toronto International Film Festival, this year takes place Sept. 6 – the eve of tiff – at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto.

The roster includes: Smack (Steven Sanguedolce, Toronto), Exteriors (Jason Britski, Regina), The Gift (Dave Tebby, Toronto), Lez Be Friends (Lisa Hayes, Toronto), When I Was Seven (Jessica Bradford, Vancouver), Dissonance (Mitchell Kezin, Vancouver), Makeup (Robert DeLeskie, Toronto), Perversion (Virtue Bajurny, Toronto) and Vulgar…Incomplete ‘N Yet Whole (Dylan Cree, Vancouver). * Samantha Yaffe