Emily Hubley's film The Toe Tactic is a story of a person's attempt to come to terms with her past and the inevitable decisions that the present forces on her. And it does so by adding animation with live action to present a parallel reality.

The Toe Tactic revolves around Mona peek who is in her mid twenties. The news that her mother has sold her childhood home upsets her as she has some beautiful memories of her late father in that house. It was also here in this house where her father's ashes were scattered and his bone, which Mona found, had been buried in the garden. Mona lands up in her old house and her action sets off a card game by four animated cannies that dwell in an alternative reality. The card game resembles the game of Tic-Tac- Toe. It is also the game that Mona played with her late father.

She is mistaken for a burglar by her neighbour  and when asked for identification, she realizes her wallet is suddenly gone .The wallet is not lost, Instead it is stolen by one of the animated canines. As the dogs continue to play the game, Mona carries on with her life. At times, the dogs take control of her life, which sparks of different encounters with the Elevator Man and her employer,Victoria Hadaway.

For Emily Hubley, directing her first feature film was a big high. "My original concept was to make a live action film with  a few animated "reveries" or intermissions. The final combination again come about after may revisions. My short films often combine live photography with animated elements in an effort to convey the layered experience of living. The Toe Tactic is an extension of that in a more playful and hopefully entertaining way. The idea is that the dogs exist in a parallel world that is wedged somewhere between our molecules. They're not of our reality,"says Hubley.