Birch and Jay

Decades after the collapse of civilization due to the effects of climate change, Jay and Birch are young residents of a utopian community based in what remains of a small city in Northern Ontario. Jay is sent on his first mission down Highway 11 to collect useful artefacts. Along the way, he meets Elm, a town elder who has stayed on the road for most of her life. Together they brave many natural dangers, but the greatest threat of all remains: other humans.

Birch is more restless than the scholarly Jay and wants to see the world too. She leaves their community in his wake on an adventure of her own to find him but encounters perils that could take her life. Birch and Jay will reunite in a place where they confront a terrible reminder of humanity's perennial flaw: repeating the tragic mistakes of the past.