VIFF Short Forum: Programme 4
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Programme 4 explores the ideas of of family, heritage and home, finding drama in everyday trials and sharing experiences both deeply personal and undeniably universal. Featured shorts: Bad Omen (dir. Salar Pashtoonyar) + Benny's Best Birthday (dir. Benjamin Scheutze) + Boredom (dir. Mashie Alam) + Cosmic (dir. Meredith Hama-Brown) + êmîcêtôcêt-Many Bloodlines (dir. Theola Ross) + Every Day's Like This (dir. Lev Lewis) + The Fake Calendar (dir. Meky Ottawa) + Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird (dir. Qiuli Wu) + The Trip (dir. Mikizi Migona Papatie)
Includes an interview with Directors: Meredith Hama-Brown (Cosmic), Lev Lewis (Every Day's Like This), Salar Pashtoonyar (Bad Omen), Theola Ross (êmîcêtôcêt-Many Bloodlines), Benjamin Schuetze (Benny's Best Birthday), Qiuli Wu (Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird)
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Benny's Best Birthday
Director: Benjamin Schuetze / BC, 2020, 18 min.
A man returns to his childhood home after a nervous breakdown to be taken care of by his younger brother. more...
êmîcêtôcêt-Many Bloodlines
Director: Theola Ross / ON, 2020, 11 min.
Two women in a bi-racial, queer relationship decide that the white partner will carry her partner’s Indigenous child. more...
Every Day's Like This
Director: Lev Lewis / ON, 2020, 11 min.
A delicate portrait of a family coping with the ongoing health decline of a loved one. more...
The Fake Calendar
Director: Meky Ottawa / QC, 2019, 1 min.
A neon glimpse into a personal journey from FOMO to JOMO as social functions are forsaken in favour of private space. more...
Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird
Director: Qiuli Wu / BC, 2020, 11 min.
Out of boredom, two siblings decide to steal a fish from a zoo’s artificial lake. Wandering about, they gradually realize that their surroundings are a mysterious echo of another place. more...
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Please note that VIFF 2020 online films can be viewed in British Columbia only.
