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Until now, Lev Lewis has been best known as an accomplished composer but with his debut feature The Intestine, he also proves to have some considerable talent as a writer/director.

On the surface, The Intestine is a weird little dramatic thriller starring Melanie J. Scheiner as Maya, a young woman barely eking out an existence in a big city. She works a crummy job, lives in a dumpy apartment with her drug addicted mother and is generally miserable.

While out one night she picks up a man and spends the night at his well appointed house in the suburbs. She wakes up alone in the big house and spends the day snooping around. When he doesn't come home that night, rather than going home, she spends the night in the big house, imagining that she belongs there.

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The Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) has today announced 22 additional Canadian feature films in two series, Canadian Images and Future//Present. These films join 10 British Columbia-produced features announced previously to create one of the largest annual showcases of Canadian cinema in the world. Standouts include Nathan Morlando’s Cannes premiere “Mean Dreams,” Johnny Ma’s “Old Stone” and Bruce McDonald’s “Weirdos.”

The longstanding Canadian Images series will once again feature some of the country’s best narrative films and documentaries, while the new Future//Present series highlights the work of emerging independent filmmakers from across the country. Future//Present promises to “bring together the most talented, bold and distinct voices in Canadian film.”

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