The Short Forum kicks off with an all-Canadian program.
Sept 27 & 28: Q&A with filmmakers
This short film program includes the following films:
Zoé
Rémi St-Michel, QC (16 min)
Zoé is a captive zombie, whose vague memories of the past motivate her desire for freedom.
Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist
Kerr Holden, BC (15 min)
Vancouver-based wrestler Judas Icarus embarks on an arduous road to recovery. Featuring a cast of active Pacific Northwest wrestlers and musicians.
The Sweater
Maziyar Khatam, ON (9 min)
A young man regrets throwing out his favourite sweater after his girlfriend insists that he should thin out his wardrobe.
One Day This Kid
Alexander Farah, BC (18 min)
Inspired by David Wojnarowicz’s text, this story of the same name follows the quiet struggle for acceptance between Afghan-Canadian Hamed and his father.
Organza’s Revenge
Walter Scott, ON (21 min)
Organza, a broke artist living in deep space, must travel across the galaxy to seek revenge on her ex in order to cure her mysterious illness.
Like a Spiral
Lamia Chraibi, QC (28 min)
Five women share their experiences working as migrant domestic workers under the Kafala system in Beirut.
Supported by
Community Partner
Various
Canada
2024
Various with English subtitles
Graphic violence, drug & alcohol abuse
Book Tickets
Indigenous & Community Access
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NAZA
NAZA is a codeword euphemistically used by Israeli intelligence to indicate the number of civilians it expects will be killed in an airstrike. This chilling documentary exposes the policy and process of state-sanctioned mass killings.
You Had to Be There
In a strange quirk of fate, the legendary Toronto '72 production of the musical comedy Jesus hit Godspell launched a constellation of comedy stars, all unknown at the time but now known to us as Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Victor Garber, et al
Shot in Vancouver: The Changeling, introduced by Sam Wiebe
To mark the publication of Sam Wiebe's new book about BC film, Shot in Vancouver, we're pleased to welcome Sam to introduce Severin Film's new 4K restoration of Peter Medak's 1980 haunted house classic — with Vancity standing in for Seattle.
House of Hope
"House of Hope" is the name of a Waldorf elementary school near Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, founded by Manar and her husband Milad. This documentary follows their efforts to go about their lives before, during, and after the events of October 7.
Day of Wrath
Anna, the young second wife of a well-respected but much older pastor, falls in love with her stepson when he returns to their small seventeenth-century village. Stepping outside the bounds of the village's harsh moral code has disastrous results.
Atonement
A former Marine suffering from PTSD seeks a meeting with the Iraqi family to which he did great wrong ten years earlier in the Gulf War. Atonement navigates challenging, politically-charged psychological territory with diligence and sensitivity.