crocodile eyes

Synopsis

(75 min. 2025)

Content Note: This film contains real death and birth

With this 8th feature film, Ingrid Veninger, presents a collection of raw, unfiltered vignettes that delve into the heart of human intimacy and weaves an intricate tapestry of a family spanning four generations. This profoundly personal and immersive work serves a dual purpose: it offers a contemplative journey through the rhythms of life, and simultaneously explores the process of making a film, guided by intuition.

Veninger stitches together a film that feels so fiercely alive it threatens to almost combust right off the screen – Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail

Profoundly personal and immersive, Crocodile Eyes, explores the process of filmmaking, guided by intuition – Ashleigh Rains, Canadian Film Festival

Toronto’s reigning queen of the indies proves she hasn’t lost her mojo as she explores new terrain in deeply personal filmmaking. – Pat Mullen, POV

“There is real death and real birth in this film” which is another way of saying it’s a film about life – Liam Lacey, Original-Cin