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Jesse Zubot in Concert

+ Inedia Film Screening

VIFF Live

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Jesse Zubot is one of those unique musicians whose praxis spans multiple genres and transcends contextualization. Known mainly as a violinist, Zubot is also a multi-instrumentalist and tends to incorporate electronic manipulation and studio gadgetry within his work. For this performance Zubot will perform solo using a violin, viola and miscellaneous electronics. Zubot’s performance will stem from a place of improvisation and will incorporate multiple sounds and techniques that relate to his work as a film composer for award-winning films such as Bones of Crows, Indian Horse, Resident Orca, Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again, Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines, Monkey Beach, Inedia and many others.

This 60-minute solo performance will be complemented by a preview screening of Inedia (107 mins). Liz Cairns’ mesmerizing debut — filmed on Salt Spring island — tells the disturbing story of a young woman suffering from mysterious food allergies. When all else fails, she joins a remote island community practicing a lifestyle rooted in the theory of nourishment by light. Initially seduced by its charismatic leader (Susanne Wuest) and other members’ peaceful disposition, she soon realizes that not everything is as it seems when hidden tensions emerge and food deprivation becomes its own distraction. Zubot’s score — composed with his brother Josh — incorporates a large palette of sounds including gongs, strings, wood blocks, metallaphones, synthesizers, Arabic flutes, drums and software instruments. They were able to create a very unique and haunting score that supports and helps drive the intensity of the film as it follows the dark psychological journey of lead character. The two composers were able to bring each others’ talents to a higher level by complimenting and challenging each other’s creative output

About Jesse Zubot:
Zubot is a multiple JUNO award-winning and Canadian Screen Awards nominated artist. He is also the recipient of a SOCAN Award, Leo Award and Canadian Screen Music Award for his work as a film composer. Throughout the years Zubot has collaborated with an extremely diverse range of artists and groups such as Darius Jones, Tanya Tagaq, Gord Grdina’s Haram, Steve Reich, FYEAR, Pura Fé, Dan Mangan, Mats Gustafsson, Peggy Lee, Destroyer, François Houle, Saul Williams, Stars, Hawksley Workman, Fond of Tigers, Marc Ribot, Sandro Perri, Kenton Loewen, Josh Zubot Strings and many others.

 

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Riveting… anchored by a powerful performance from Amy Forsyth.

Stephen Saito, Moveable Feast

Intriguing… Inedia takes the folk horror genre and grounds it by leaning into the subject matter of food allergies.

Ethan Padgett, Film Threat

 

Co-Presented with

Guest

Jesse Zubot

Date

Jun 28

Time

3:30 pm

Venue

VIFF Centre, VIFF Cinema

19+
180 min
Experimental Forest Films, Amino Acid Technology

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Credits

Executive Producer

Daniel Bekerman, Chris Yurkovich

Producer

Tyler Hagan, Jennifer Chiu

Screenwriter

Liz Cairns

Cinematography

Jeremy Cox

Editor

Lisa Pham Flowers

Original Music

Jesse Zubot, Josh Zubot

Production Design

Louisa Birkin

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