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Minus Twenty

World Premiere

A day in the life of a cold storage facility worker.

 

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Community Broadcast Partner

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Director
Cast

Evan Macdonald

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

No Dialogue

Film Contact
G
7 min

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VIFF Short Forum: Program 2

Fear, doubt, and loneliness give way to pleasure, empowerment, and reclamation—or, is it the other way around?

 

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Love

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Dreams

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Credits

Producer

Jack Parker

Screenwriter

Jack Parker

Cinematography

Adam Karczmarczyk

Editor

Jack Parker

Production Design

Mave Ky

Original Music

Ariel Ulysses

Director

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Jack Parker

Jack Parker is an emerging filmmaker from Calgary, Alberta. He is interested in mundanity and routine, often blanketed with black comedy and absurdity. He makes fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid films. Parker makes his films with the Calgary film collective Sunhouse Cinema.