Besides all of the great feature films at Toronto After Dark, hundreds of short films are also submitted for contention to be screened in the coveted opening shorts that screen just before the feature films or the two hour long shorts program that took place yesterday. Because I’m already a bit behind with posts and still want to get out and check out the city, I don’t have time to review all of the fantastic shorts that appear.

But short film programming manager Peter Kuplowsky and others take hours and hours of their time to slog through the hundreds of submissions to uncover little gems that deserve to be taken notice of. Hence we get The Flower. Imagine a packed theater of half-drunk, leather clad cinemaniacs about to hopefully enjoy a screening of Repo! The Genetic Opera, when this 2-minute piece of cinema hits the screen. Needless to say, joy ensued…