Feature films showcased at MIFF

Celebrating homegrown films and a true “indie” spirit, the Mississauga Independent Film Festival running tomorrow through Sunday will showcase four features, four documentaries and several shorts.
Here's a brief look at the features that will be screened. They're titled: Acuity, The Limits, Bolly Double and Who Loves the Sun.
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Who Loves the Sun — They say you can never go home again. Directed by Matt Bissonnette, Who Loves the Sun unfolds those challenges you may experience when you suddenly leave, let some years pass and decide to return home.
It stars Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R.H. Thomson and Wendy Crewson. The characters must all deal with the departure of Will Morrison, who comes back after five years to find his relationships with his best friend Daniel Bloom and wife, Maggie Claire, completely changed.
The entire cast delivers fresh and honest performances, with an excellent soundtrack by Portastastic.
An absolute delight to watch, you can catch Who Loves the Sun as the opening night film on Friday at 8 p.m.
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Bolly Double — Dreams can come true when you believe — and in some cases, when you’re kidnapped and deemed a diva’s double. In Arun Bharali’s Bolly Double, a reserved video store clerk, Kavita, aspires to be an actress much like her Bollywood idol, Kohinoor, the quintessential diva.
Upon the kidnapping of Kohinoor, Kavita is finally living her dream; all the while, the series of events plays out like a real Bollywood film.
With a stellar cast consisting of Koel Purie, Raahul Singh, Sitara Hewitt, Jazz Mann and Chris Rossel, Bolly Double features choreographed dancing, a great story line and lavish costumes.
Check out the screening of Bolly Double on Saturday at 6 p.m.  
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Acuity — Written, directed, produced and edited by Michael Mercy, Acuity demonstrates the significance of taking care of your mental health by appreciating the moment.
“Notice the little things,” serves as both the tagline and main theme of the film, as the lead role of Eddie McWaters flirts with his own mortality, only to re-evaluate his entire life.
The film begins with a conflict between Eddie and his boss in an office setting. Eddie decides to write after he leaves his job, and is determined to live a life of beauty and simplicity. Filled with symbolic language and inspirational quotations, the screenplay fosters excellent writing, delving into a widely shared human quest: to find your own genuine happiness.
Themes, characters and plotlines make this film highly relatable. Once in a while, a piece of art such as a song or film makes you question, think and examine your life and its direction: Acuity is that piece of art.
Catch Acuity on Sunday at 6 p.m.
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The Limits — There are some things in life we’d rather avoid exploring. We dance around the limits, afraid of what we might find. In Ben Mazzotta’s The Limits, several plotlines and stories somehow merge in the same Toronto motel.
The film begins in the night, with a shot of one of the characters striding towards the motel. Within the first two minutes, audiences can expect racism and a lack of trust between humans, setting a dismal tone for the rest of the film.
Mazzotta’s courage to not only explore human limits, but his daring decision to break them, displays the contradictions humans employ with each other. For example, a motel owner experiences racism in the opening of the film, and later on exemplifies racism by denying a room to a troubled youth based on the colour of his skin.
The Limits, dark and gloomy, is professionally shot with great lighting and sound, increasing its production value.
The Limits will be shown on Saturday at 8 p.m.
Film screenings take place at the new CineStarz Theatre at 377 Burnhamthorpe Rd. E.
For more information, visit www.miff.ca.