The adaptive behaviours of the Canadian geese are examined as city co-habitants affected by human intervention and climate change.
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Credits
Executive Producer
David Christensen
Producer
Alicia Smith
Screenwriter
Karsten Wall
Cinematography
Karsten Wall, Trevor Gill
Director
Karsten Wall
Karsten Wall is a Winnipeg-based editor who began filming his own nature documentaries only a few years ago. The first project he directed, The Seven Wonders of Manitoba, won a Golden Sheaf Award at the 2020 Yorkton Film Festival. Recent editing credits include Kingdom of the Polar Bears on CBC’s The Nature of Things and Great Lakes Untamed on TVO. Modern Goose is his second self-directed production.
VIFF Short Forum
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1: Call your mother
Shorts from: Canada, China, UK.
2: Memory & mediation
Shorts from: Canada, France, Lebanon, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Syria, USA.
3: The peripheral core
Shorts from: Brazil, Canada, Japan, Norway, USA.
4: Um, womanhood
Shorts from: Canada, Columbia, France, Netherlands, Sweden.
5: The absurd & spiritual
Shorts from: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Portugal.
6: City slickin’
Shorts from: Canada, France, Jordan, Spain, USA.
7: All day I dream about
Shorts from: Canada, India, Spain, Taiwan, USA.
8: Love and despair
Shorts from: China, France, Germany, Portugal, USA.
9: The scary one
Shorts from: Canada, Korea, Romania, USA.
10: The new socialism; ceasefire now!
Shorts from: Belgium, Canada, China, India, Myanmar, UK.
Short Fuse
An eye-opening collection of shorts exploring memories, experiences and relationships between friends, family, and across generations. From powwows in North America, to the rivers of Ethiopia and beyond, these shorts offer memorable stories on screen.