Clean Break

Program Running Time 90 min.

Individuality takes centre stage as our protagonists march to the beat of their own dreams.

Films in Program

Directed By: Kevan Funk
(Canada, Norway, 2012, 23 mins, HDCAM)

A reserved and sensitive boy sees the world through the eyes of his mischievous imaginary friend. As adolescence approaches, a foreboding shadow is cast on their friendship.

(Chef de meute)
Directed By: Chloé Robichaud
(Canada, 2012, 13 mins, HDCAM)

Clara is the reluctant new owner of her deceased aunt’s dog. Little does she know, they will form an unlikely but empowering friendship.

Directed By: Bojan Bodruzic
(Canada, 2012, 12 mins, HDCAM)

Once a star in his youth, a Bosnian actor tells of his solitary new life in Canada.

(Canada, 2012, 10 mins, HDCAM)

When the justice system fails the survivor of a racially motivated sexual assault, she becomes a motorcycle-riding, ass-kicking vigilante.

Directed By: Nadia Litz
(Canada, 2012, 5 mins, HDCAM)

The adored and enigmatic former Governor-General of Canada recalls how art and stories influenced her aspirations to succeed as a new immigrant.

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Directed By: Nobu Adilman
(Canada, 2012, 6 mins, HDCAM)

A daily planner contains an obsessive tabulation of words and numbers: its keeper’s greatest love.

Directed By: Ken Tsui
(Canada, 2012, 7 mins, HDCAM)

A champion scale modeler takes us into the idiosyncratic world of scale-model building.

Directed By: Andrea Dorfman
(Canada, 2012, 9 mins, HDCAM)

Trudy, a bright-minded, quick-witted child, comes to understand how our differences make us unique.

Directed By: Jenn Strom
(Canada, 2012, 5 mins, HDCAM)

Set against the rhythms of a Steenbeck, a tribute to women who dared to be heard.