Growing up is hard to do, often harder as we get older.
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This short film program includes the following films:
Reste
Ginger Le Pêcheur, QC (8 min)
Alone in a messy home, a young girl spends the day playing by herself.
Pro Pool
Alec Pronovost, QC (8 min)
Charles-Olivier, a recent graduate who had majored in Viking history, begins a new job at a pool shop.
Agony
Arnaud Beaudoux, QC (13 min)
Over the course of 15 days on a commercial trawler, a hyper-intimate portrayal of life and death on the high seas is documented.
The Faraway Place
Kenny Welsh, BC (14 min)
A young woman and her father, both of whom have horns, flee from a violent cult on a mission to eradicate their kind.
I Empower as a Mother
Inder Nirwan, Dani Barker, BC (11 min)
Patricia Massy, the founder and director of Massy Arts Society and co-founder of Indigenous Brilliance collective, shares aspects of her life, work, and business, Massy Books.
Brasier
Amélia Raposo, Tiago Freire Brosseau, QC (19 min)
After joining a high school soccer team made up of older girls, 11-year-old Pierre-Amelia is exposed to teenager sex talk. This precipitates her sexual awakening, and she develops an unexpected, taboo crush.
The Passing
Jackson Harvey, QC (6 min)
A dairy farmer searches for one of his cows that has wandered off in a blizzard.
Rocket Fuel
Jessie Posthumus, ON (12 min)
Three siblings decide to collect the cans and bottles left over from they backyard party their parents hosted the previous night. On their journey to the bottling depot, obstacles arise.
Heartbeat of a Nation
Eric Janvier, AB (21 min)
Honouring the Dene Drum, this documentary celebrates the healing of a community and nation through the reclamation and passing down of traditional teachings within a Dene family.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Various
Canada
2021-2022
Various with English subtitles
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Open to youth!
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The Secret Agent
Having run afoul of an influential bureaucrat in Brazil’s military dictatorship circa 1977, Marcelo decamps to Recife to live under an assumed name — but he’ll soon come to understand precisely how rampant the country’s corruption has become.
The Ice Tower
In Lucile Hadžihalilović's spellbinding fantasy drama, an orphan (Clara Pacini) becomes enthralled by a movie star (Marion Cotillard) playing the Snow Queen in a fairy tale film adaptation. Winner of the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
Where to Land
Hal Hartley's first new film in a decade is a melancholy farce about mortality and what we'll call "late middle-age". Bill Sage is a semi-retired filmmaker who isn't dying faster than the rest of us but who behaves like he might be.
La Grazia
A contemplative, mournful but richly imagined movie about a retiring Italian President (Toni Servillo from The Great Beauty) facing two thorny ethical decisions that may define his legacy.
Image: © Andrea Pirrello
The Blue Star
In crisis, a popular singer quits Spain to backpack in Argentina. There he comes under the spell of a veteran musician, who teaches him the art of chacareras, zambas and vidalas. It's a journey of musical kinship and spiritual reawakening.
The Mother and the Bear
Johnny Ma’s film stars Kim Ho-jung as a Korean woman who flies to Winnipeg when her immigrant daughter is hospitalized there. This crowd-pleaser plays up cultural differences to hilarious effect and offers a touching take on mother-daughter tension.