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VIFF Short Forum: Program 1

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What kind of alchemy occurs to transform hardship into fortune? Here, the extraordinary burn brightly.

 

Q&A Oct 1 & Oct 3

 

This short film program includes the following films:

Municipal Relaxation Module
Matthew Rankin, QC (6 min)

Ken has a perfect spot for a city bench, and is calling the city to share his idea.

 


The Runner
Amar Chebib, BC (17 min)

Darius Sam, a young man from the Lower Nicola First Nation, attempts to run a 100-mile ultramarathon in subzero temperatures to raise awareness for addiction and mental health in his community.

 


Coin Slot
Scott Jones, NS (17 min)

Nearing the anniversary of a traumatic attack, a paraplegic writer navigates the many shades of trauma and healing.

 


Nanitic
Carol Nguyen, QC (15 min)

Using the metaphor of nanitic—a descriptor of the first worker ants produced by the queen using only the reserved nutrition of her body—this story follows a day in the life of two young girls Mai and Trang, their Aunt Útty, and Trang’s ailing grandmother.

 


Mariposa
John Greyson, Bongani Ndodana-Breen, ON (6 min)

An operatic cine-poem weaving together the stories of African-Canadian singer Portia White, South African chef Phelokazi Ndlwana, and the Free Gender activist group—a Black lesbian organization based in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town.

 


From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories
Sarah Shamash, Sonia Medel, BC (17 min)

Through feminist solidarities on unceded Coast Salish land, the contributions of Latinx women reveal an intergenerational network of media art genealogies.

 


I Thought the World of You
Kurt Walker, BC (17 min)

An enigmatic mosaic built on the lore existing around Canadian musician Lewis and his 1983 album, L’Amour.

 


Rumination
Ashleigh Vaillancourt, BC (4 min)

At night, a woman’s mind wanders as she chops firewood.

 


Mother’s Skin
Leah Johnston, NS (20 min)

Six-year-old Molly copes with her father’s alcoholic rage and mother’s worsening depression. One day, Molly and her mother discover a secret hidden underneath the floor grate.

 

Supported by

Community Broadcast Partner

Community Partner

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2021-2022

Language

Various with English subtitles

Content Warning

Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence

Open to youth!

119 min
Shorts

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Capernaum

Dir. Nadine Labaki
120 min

Nadine Labaki's Oscar-nominated heart-tugger tells the story of a 12 year old boy who has grown up in the slums of Beirut, and who decides to sue his parents for bringing him into such a world. "An absolute heartbreaker." Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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Silence

Dir. Martin Scorsese
141 min

This sober, probing examination of faith, ego, cruelty and compassion is the most underrated film from the often under-valued latter half of Martin Scorsese's brilliant career; a passion project, about Catholic missionaries in 17th Century Japan.

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Last Breath

Dir. Costa-Gavras
100 min

At the age of 91 the revered filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z) has made a gentle, curious, hopeful film about life on a palliative ward.

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Souleymane's Story

Dir. Boris Lojkine
92 min

Exhausted by the grueling grind of the Parisian gig economy and hopping between homeless shelters, Guinean immigrant Souleymane races against time to prepare for his asylum interview. An angry, tender film which is as gripping as any thriller.

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Hard Eight

Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
101 min

Anderson's debut is a deceptively modest character piece about a veteran gambler (Philip Baker Hall) who takes a much younger man under his wing and teaches him how to play the system and win. Until things take a darker turn...

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Boogie Nights

Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
155 min

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