Examining the cyclical nature of workplace trauma and the relentlessness of health care work, the daily grind of a bedside nurse is embodied through movement, rhythm, and dance.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Chloe Van Landschoot, Avery Konrad
Canada
2022
English
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 3
The camera eye knows no bounds in these stories that push the limits of gravity and grace.
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A Magnificent Life
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Nika & Madison
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Gabriel Figueroa & Alex Phillips: Painting It Black
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The Things You Kill
Thirty-something professor Ali leads an apparently stable life. But when his ailing mother dies under ambiguous circumstances, he starts to unravel, resulting in an act that shatters our understanding of his person.
Credits
Producer
Chloe Van Landschoot, Nicholas Nyhof
Screenwriter
Chloe Van Landschoot
Cinematography
Charlie Benoit
Editor
Mike Reisacher
Original Music
Charles Spearin
Directors
Chloe Van Landschoot
Chloe Van Landschoot is a registered nurse, actor, dancer, and filmmaker. She finds that the nursing profession has been the greatest storytelling education she has come upon. It is these lived experiences as a healthcare worker that inspire many of her impulses as an artist. She is the writer, co-director, and co-producer of her debut short Tidal, and is currently a series regular on Epix’s From. She is also the co-founder of Collective H’arts, an initiative that unites healthcare workers and creative expression.
Niamh Wilson
Niamh Wilson is a Canadian actor, dancer, and filmmaker born and raised in the suburbs of Toronto. They began their career as an actor at only four years old and have been privileged to make filmmaking their lifelong passion over the past 20 years. Their desire to direct came after taking an elective cinema course during their anthropology degree at the University of Toronto. Tidal is their directorial debut.