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
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Missing VIFF? Check out what's playing at the VIFF Centre
Short Cuts
Altman's adaptation of Raymond Carver short stories, Short Cuts weaves between 8 or 9 overlapping storylines and 22 characters. it's a teeming, caustic and compassionate human comedy; a singularly astringent, often cynical view of America and Americana.
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
A bona fide classic and arguably the greatest Canadian film of the 90s, Girard's dazzling deconstruction of the biopic gives us the mercurial pianist Glenn Gould as Picasso might have rendered him, a cubist portrait combining multimedia vignettes.
Schindler's List
One of the most acclaimed films of the 90s, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark is the story of a German industrialist whose conscience is stirred to save his Jewish workers from the camps.
Free event.
Dazed and Confused
The last day of high school in May, 1976: seniors debate party politics while next term's freshmen run the gauntlet of brutal initiation rites, barely comforted by the knowledge that they'll wield the stick one day.
Whispers in the Woods
A luxuriant, healing immersion in nature with ravishing wildlife photography, this is the cinematic equivalent of "forest bathing," a trip deep into the Vosges, France, with photographer Vincent Munier (The Velvet Queen), his father and his son.