The Border at Tolstoi

Production Country: Canada
Running Time: 16mins
Year: 2025

A border guard falls victim to the effects of a strange weapon that separates her mind from her body. With her consciousness set adrift, she finds herself witness to a crime that, in her disconnected state, she’s powerless to stop.

FILM CREW:
Director: Bob Kotyk
Producer: Bob Kotyk, Shane Murphy, Fiona Wan
Exec Producer: Andrew Moreau, Brent Skagford, Lorna Wright
Writer: Bob Kotyk
DOP: Rico Moran
Editor: Duff Smith
Sound Design: Jeremy Fong
Composer: Elizabeth Leslie
Production Design: Hayley Imerman
Costume Design: Jenna Wright

Cast: Lorna Wright, Brent Skagford, Matt Phelps, Bob Kotyk, Edward Gohl, Andrew Moreau, Jord Samolesky, Robert Cannon-Brown


FESTIVALS:
The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival: Thriller Picture Show October 2026
Abilene Frontier Film Festival October 2026
Festival Court Métrange September 2026
The New York Science Fiction and Horror Film Festival September 2026
Eagan Film Festival September 2026
Legendary Fest September 2026
Red Cedar Film FestivalSeptember 2026
Phantasmagoria Film FestivalSeptember 2026
ІІ MYTH: Social Impact Film AwardSeptember 2026
Toronto Independent Film FestivalSeptember 2026
PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVALSeptember 2026
Toronto Shorts International Film FestivalSeptember 2026
Kitchener-Waterloo International Film Festival (KWIFF)September 2026
COLOFILM FestAugust 2026
The Asheville Film FestivalAugust 2026
West Sound Film FestivalAugust 2026
Ottawa ShortFestJuly 2026
RUSH After Dark Film FestivalJuly 2026
Snake Alley Festival of FilmJuly 2026
Georgia Shorts Film FestivalJune 2026
The International Horror Hotel Film FestivalJune 2026
Chattanooga Film FestivalJune 2026
Canadian Independent Film Festival (CIFF)May 2026
Toronto Ukrainian Film FestivalApril 2026
Bainbridge Island Film FestivalNovember 2025