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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Kindergarten
In this charming Quebecois documentary, we are invited to look closely at the interactions of children between the ages of 1 and 5, a period in which they are just beginning to learn about social interactions. And yet how much they resemble ourselves!
How to Divorce During the War
Screenwriter Vytus is left reeling when on successive days his wife demands a divorce and Russia invades Ukraine. Blazevicius' masterful feature emerges as an engrossing satire about virtue signaling, nationalism, good intentions, and survival modes.
Chronovisor
A device so sensitive it can pick up emanations from history, the Chronovisor caused a ripple in scientific circles in the latter half of the 20th century, although most dismissed it as a hoax. But why would anyone want to suppress a hoax?
A Sad and Beautiful World
This Lebanese love story chronicles the romance between a level-headed businesswoman and a romantic restauranteur across several decades in wartorn Beirut. It's funny, charming, melancholy and you'll feel it all.
Tokyo Taxi
An overworked taxi driver takes 85-year-old Madame Sumire on a final journey through Tokyo, revisiting the places that shaped her life. Yoji Yamada’s 91st film is a moving, heartwarming love letter to Tokyo, nominated for nine Japanese Academy Awards.
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.