Short and Medium Length Films

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Adam (Teri Warner, British Columbia, 7 min.) An alienated teen takes a drastic--and comically misunderstood--step to be noticed.

Adrian's Hole (Ross Ferguson, British Columbia, 15 min.) A surreal comic short about an alienated man and the hole in his floor that won't stop growing.

The Adventures of A.D.D. Girl (Lauren Mainland, Terra Poirier, British Columbia, 4min.) An outspoken young woman alternately rejects and embraces her diagnosis.

After (Byron Lamarque, British Columbia, 12 min.) This suspenseful dramatic short unravels the traumatic consequences of an impetuous reaction to a contemptuous gesture.

Among the Adolescent Male (David Evans, Ontario, 19 min.) In a very funny send-up of anthropological films, passionate researcher Jan Goodwin takes us into the tumultuous world of the adolescent male.

AndSheWasn’t (Taiwan, 2000, 33 minutes) Director: Asio Liu, Awei Liu Cast: Asio Liu, Hsiao Ho, Mary Chen, Hsiao Ben-Hsiung Producers: Huang Ming-chuan, Albert Huang Screenplay: Asio Liu Cinematographer: Awei Liu Editors: Liu Brothers Music: XB, Jim, Fish, Tunevolt Production Company: saltie.com Print Source: HMC Film Productions Sales Agent: Saltie Films Format: Mini DV Video
   The debut film by the Liu Brothers sets high standards for weirdness. It’s a riff on relationships which have one element lacking—or one partner missing. (T.R.)

Aria (Pjotr Sapegin, Quebec, 10 min.) A gorgeous, heartbreaking re-imagining of Madame Butterfly.

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A Bit Transcendental (Patrick Lowe, Manitoba, 5 min.) A goofball expedition into the universal consciousness--or something...

Black Soul (Martine Chartrand, Quebec, 10 min.) An exhilarating immersion into the heart of Black culture and history. Winner of Berlin 2001's Golden Bear for short films.

Boilt Pixels 1 (Oliver Hockenhull, British Columbia, 5 min.) Quantum fluctuations, astrological filters and backwards Bach. Utterly beautiful.

The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (Paul Driessen, Quebec, 9 min.) This playful and poignant animated short tells the story of a young boy with an overactive imagination. Winner, FIPRESCI Award, Special Jury Award, International Animated Film Festival (Annecy).

Buenos Aires Souvenir (Sean Garrity, Manitoba, 5 min.) A kaleidoscopic, elegiac take on love gone wrong.

Butterfly (ƒloïse Corbeil, Quebec, 11 min.) Reality and fiction intertwine in this playful short on the manipulations of the audition process.

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[cameRa] (Japan, 2000, 33 minutes) Director: Tokunaga Tomihiko Cast: Takagi Nobuyoshi Print Source: Image Forum Format: Mini DV Video
Tokunaga’s remarkable tape (a prizewinner at this year’s Image Forum Festival) appears to document the author’s relationship with his violent and unpredictable friend Takagi, a self-styled anti-bourgeois rebel. But when Tokunaga lends his camera to Takagi, what he gets back confuses him. What does it mean when a man sends his friend images of himself naked in bed? (T.R.)

Ceiling Requiem (Jeremy Peter Allen, Quebec, 30 min.) When a music lover decides to commit suicide, the perfection of his last moments is disturbed by the mangled squawking of his upstairs neighbour, who has recently taken up the cello.

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The Diamond Nose (David Bezmozgis, Ontario/USA, 15 min.) A teenager discovers the long-kept secret of his ancestor’s shady deal with God.

Dual Citizen (Christy Garland, Ontario, 12 min.) A reminder that peer pressure doesn't just end in adolescence and an ingenious comment on the age-old Canada versus America debate.

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Embodied Lines (Oana Suteu, Quebec, 8 min.) An experiment in the pregnant female form as sculpture--and Mendhi canvas.

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Fade into White #2 (Japan, 2000, 11 minutes) Director: Goshima Kazuhiro Music: Yoshimatsu Takashi Print Source: Image Forum Format: BetaSP Video
A hospital interior explored through computer animation. Grand Prix, Image Forum Festival 2001. (T.R.)

Fanny's Wedding (Oliver Brunet, , 18 min.) Fragments of memory, grief and longing coupled with mesmerizing sequences of dream-like imagery make this a film that not only breaks new ground but a film that touches profoundly at the heart of human experience.

Film(dzama) (deco dawson, Manitoba, 23) A dazzlingly original, entirely fictional surrealist biography of artist Marcel Dzama.

A Fresh Start (Jason Buxton, Nova Scotia, 15 min.) This expressive, melancholy, intimately textured short explores the different personal reactions of members of a fractured family to their impending relocation.

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Graveyard (Sean Corbett, British Columbia, 5 min.) Alex and Craig muse over the intricacies of approaching a beautiful woman at a late-night diner.

Goat’s Lover (South Korea, 2001, 18 minutes) Director: Shin Han-Sol Cast: Lee In-Chul, Lee Dal-Young, Kim Jin-Gu Screenplay: Shin Han-Sol Cinematographer: Lim Jae-Su Production Company: Mr. Shin Han Sol Print Source: Indiestory Format: 16mm
   After the lonely goatherd, the lonely Buddhist monk. (T.R.)

The Green (Paul Carrière, Ontario, 15 min.) A lyrical and hilariously odd look at class warfare on a golf course.

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I'm So Sorry But Sometimes I Feel a Little Broken (Hal Haberman, Ontario/British Columbia/USA, 12 min) A beautifully cracked, funny and haunting short about love and other drugs.

If Canadian History Was Airports (David Weir, British Columbia, 3 min.) Written by novelist Douglas Coupland, this playful short reimagines national history as the three-letter acronyms of the world’s airports.

In Memoriam (Aubrey Nealon, Ontario, 22 min.) A bright young accountant’s world begins to unravel when he's assigned to a peculiar multimillion dollar trust fund.

Inseparable (Normand Bergeron, Quebec, 10 min.) No matter how hard Alexandre tries--and he tries really hard--he cannot seem to determine why his perfect mate would leave him.

Insight (Michelle Porter, British Columbia, 10 min.) Point-of-view identification is used to convey a powerful statement on trans-generational understanding.

Instant Soup (Bridget Hill, British Columbia, 19 min.) Clair sets up a dinner date with her unsuspecting neighbour Sam in this darkly funny romance about loneliness, lust and an ill-fated soufflé.

Interviews with My Next Girlfriend (Cassandra Nicolaou, Ontario, 13 min.) A sly take on lesbian stereotypes and the search for an ideal new partner.

Into My Arms (Scot Thiessen Gregory, Quebec, 14 min.) A sumptuous dive into the dream-life of romantic loss.

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Japanese Initiation Wajyapani Initiation (Japan, 2000, 20 minutes) Director: Tano Keita Print Source: Image Forum Format: Mini DV Video
The perfect curtain-raiser: a detailed study of the links between food (curry, gyoza dumplings) and sex (masturbation). With a bit of fratricide thrown in. Or is it all a metaphor? (T.R.)

Jean Laliberté: A Man, His Vision and a Whole Lot of Concrete (Philippe Falardeau, Quebec, 8 min.) An eccentric entrepreneur dreams of building the world's largest parking lot.

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Lollipops (Graham Tallman, Ontario, 8 min.) Sugary treats and veiled belittlement reveal the awkward truths of divorce to a confused girl.

Lonesome Monsieur Turgeon (Jeanne Crépeau, Quebec, 14 min.) A lonely bachelor turns to relentless consumerism to fill the void in his life.

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Magic Carpet Ride (Phillip MJ Bacon , British Columbia, 4 min.) A Chaplinesque stop-motion animation short about an unconventional mode of transportation.

Maximum Capacity (James Hyslop, Ontario, 19 min.) As the jury breaks for deliberation, the father of the murdered girl finds himself stuck on an elevator ride with the last person he’d ever want to see--the father of the accused murderer.

Mon amour mon parapluie (Giada Dobrzenska, British Columbia, 10 min.) Inspired by the rain and a collection of old black and white postcards, this timeless visual poem relates the tale of a young woman who loses her umbrella in a café, altering her perception of the world forever.

My Country (Goran Radovanovic, , 24 min.) Serbia, 1999: extreme poverty, corruption, authoritarian rule, ethnic problems, NATO aggression, manipulation of the people through state-controlled mass media and... a hunger for democracy . . . Goran Radovanovic's short has captured a dozen awards already on the festival circuit.

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19 Peel Street (Stephan Kozak, Ontario, 4 min.) A charming look at a child’s first forays into the wonders of the imagination.

Natalie of Wood (Shawn Chappelle, British Columbia, 3 min.) Razor-sharp wit is used to savage the 50s-era rhetoric found on the set of The Searchers.

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Olivia's Puzzle (Jason DaSilva, British Columbia, 12 min.) Olivia and Reshma are both seven-year-old Goanese girls with one major difference between them--one was born in Canada, one in India. A charming and evocative examination of culture and place.

One Brick (Daren Sasges, Allison McColl, Mia Wood, Angus McTavish, Tyler Hagen, Robyn Winsor, British Columbia, 4 min.) A rhythmic image system builds this playful philosophical inquiry.

Organ Music (James Dunnison, British Columbia, 11 min.) After a kidney transplant, a man’s life is disrupted by the unfinished business of the organ’s previous owner.

Other Eyes: Looking Both Ways in the Artist's Studio (Denise Kenney, British Columbia, 24 min.) Artist Doug Jamha paints nude portraits of women’s bodies. His subjects range from highly politicized women examining their relationships with their bodies, to sexy creatures thrilled to be the focus of a nude portrait, to those who are in it purely as a business transaction. This thought-provoking, rigorously formal documentary juxtaposes explorations of the female subjects with Jahma’s creative process and stunning, sensual paintings.

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Praise! Praise!! Praise!!! Homeyo Hometataeyo (Japan, 2000, 25 minutes) Director: Akihama Mizuki Cast: Akihama Mizuki, Omichi Yuko, Ishihara Akane Print Source: Image Forum Format: BetaSP Video
Over images which ripple as if printed on water, a woman narrates her history of cat-ownership—or is it a sexual autobiography? And is this really a woman’s story, or a man’s account of the trajectory that brought him to the gay ghetto of Shinjuku 2-chome? (T.R.)

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R (Japan, 2000, 6 minutes) Director: Saito Masakazu, Teshima Rintaro Cast: Soma Kazuo, Kitagawa Shinji, Sakai Mika, Hasegawa Ai Print Source: Image Forum Format: Mini DV Video
If time is the 4th dimension, then this virtuoso short is a vision of 4D filmmaking. (T.R.)

Remembrance (Stephanie Morgenstern, Ontario, 18 min.) In this intriguing short, a man cursed with perfect recollection lives a cautious life – until he meets an attractive stranger who makes a serious proposition.

Reunion (Paul Fox, Ontario, 19 min.) In this sad, but strangely hopeful tale of strained relationships, Jack and Sara attend a family reunion with their young son.

Reveries and Rocketships (Howie Woo, British Columbia, 18 min.) Following an accident, John emerges into a strange reality where a trip to the moon costs a sandwich and bakeries appear out of nowhere.

Rice/Buddha’s Bones Kome/Shirira Sharira (Japan, 2000, 8 min.) Director: Kashio Kazunao Print Source: Image Forum Format: BetaSP Video
Kashio’s film moves from an orthodox statement of phallic sexuality to a startling vision of male masochism . . . by way of a zen rock garden. Could this have Buddhist or nationalist implications? (T.R.)

Riding the Bus (Ori Kowarsky, British Columbia, 6 min.) This stylish romantic comedy follows the flirtations between a motorist and a bus driver, both caught in traffic.

Romain et Juliette (Frederic Lapierre, Quebec, 26 min.) A 50-year marriage is put to the test when an old admirer unexpectedly knocks on the door.

Room (Cameron Labine, British Columbia, 10 min.) A nuanced and stylish exploration of the tangled relationships between two disintegrating couples.

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Scenes from Childhood (Lara Fitzgerald, Ontario, 11 min.) An accident leaves an injured woman slipping into recollections of childhood--loosely structured on Schumann’s Scènes d’enfants piano composition--in this evocative short about the fluidity of memory.

Sea in the Blood (Richard Fung, Ontario, 26 min.) Richard Fung’s intensely personal documentary about living with illness explores the relationship of the artist to thalassemia in his sister Nan and AIDS in his partner Tim. An eloquent and lyrical meditation on migration, race, sexuality and disease.

Self:[Portrait/Fulfillment] A Film by The Blob Thing (Brian Stockton, Ontario, 4 min.) The existential ruminations of a blob of clay. Hysterical.

A Sense of History (Mike Leigh, , 25 min.) Mike Leigh's cutting mock documentary about a dark past, class and entitlement in a pompous old England. The fictional third Earl of Leete (Jim Broadbent) takes us on what at first seems like an innocuous journey into his past that soon turns into a rather sordid confession. Leigh’s complex portrait evokes a strange sadness and even sympathy for a monster who is a victim of his lineage and his own twisted delusions. (P.L)

Serious Battle (South Korea, 2001, 17 minutes) Director: Boo Sung-Chul Cast: Hwang Chun-Ha, Kim Su-Deok Screenplay: Boo Sung-Chul Cinematographer: Choi Chan-Min Production Company: Korean Academy Of Film Arts Print Source: Indiestory Format: 16mm.
   North Korean spies are at large in South Korea. A kid doing military service is in sick bay with a twisted ankle. (T.R.)

Sex Drive (Jennifer Calvert, British Columbia, 21) Nothing is quite what it seems when a man picks up a young female hitchhiker.

A Short Lesson (Donigan Cumming, Quebec, 1 min.) A searingly ironic treatise.

The Song Catcher (Philippe Vaucher, Quebec, 11 min.) A lonely widower’s reality and fantasy collide with haunting results.

Storyblind (South Korea, 2001, 16 minutes) Director: Byun Seung-Hyun Cast: Ahn Nae-Sang Screenplay: Byun Seung-Hyun Cinematographer: Woogie Goh Editor: Byun Seung-Hyun Production Company: Korean Academy of Film Arts Print Source: Indiestory Format: 16mm
A witty and disturbing formalist film chronicling three-and-a-bit days in the routine of a photographer. Byun himself calls it a film about “living on borders.” (T.R.)

Stowaway (Abi Feij—, Quebec, 8 min.) A gorgeously animated short about a clandestine arrival to a new country.

Strange Invaders (Cordell Barker, Manitoba, 9 min.) In Cordell Barker’s (The Cat Came Back) irrepressible animated short, a childless couple receives a visit from an unearthly havoc-wreaking baby.

Sugar Hill (South Korea, 2000, 23 minutes) Director: Lee-Sung Hee-Il Cast: Park Jae-Hyun, Jin Kying, Byun Jung-Joo Screenplay/Editor/Music: Lee Sung Hee-Il Cinematographer: Son Hee-Chang Production Company: Julmeun Film, for Korean Gay Men’s Human Rights Coalition Print Source: Indiestory Format: 16mm 
This ground-breaking short establishes Lee-Sung Hee-Il as an important new talent in Korean indie filmmaking; see also his Good Romance, playing with Mirror Image. This is based on the true story of a Korean boy who encouraged his boyfriend to marry his sister so that they could remain together. But he didn’t tell his sister that he and her new husband were lovers. (T.R.)

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Thirst (Jessica Joy Wise, Ontario, 15 min.) A provocative and visually compelling short about a girl addicted to perfection.

Three Sisters on Moon Lake (Julia Kwan, Ontario, 22) Caught up in their rich, interior world, three young Chinese-Canadian sisters discover the beauty and tragedy of the imagination.

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(Winter)time (Dan Sokolowski, Ontario, 5 min.) This eye-popping delight channels 1960s NFB animation through a joyful Gershwin score.

Wonderful (Bruce Spangler, Ontario, 18 min.) A drunken, suicidal chef dressed as Santa, meets his guardian angel and finds that even she can’t save him.

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You Are Glad To Be Sleeping (Heather Frise, British Columbia, 5 min.) A poetic meditation on friendship, memory and loss.

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