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VIFF Short Forum 8

VIFF Short Forum

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Shorts from Canada, Hong Kong, Estonia, India, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.

 

Oct 4 & 5: Q&A with filmmakers

 

This short film program includes the following films:

Discoteque
Masashi Yamamoto, USA (5 min)

Two friends embark on a galactic journey towards the disco ball moon.

 


Sauna Day
Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash, Estonia (13 min)

An intimate portrait of Southern Estonian men enjoying a smoke sauna together after a hard day of work.

 


The Widow’s Son Turns Storyteller
Shikher Pal, India (11 min)

In the city of Kanpur, fables emanate from an ancient mound.

 


Save My Soul
Kam Fai Leung, Hong Kong (15 min)

What transpires when a mute and a blind man cross paths…

 


Almost the Dust
Léa Soler, Mexico (22 min)

From the upper branches of a tree, a land defender on a hunger strike is visited by people from his village.

 


The Moving Garden
Inês Lima, Portugal (19 min)

A group of hikers embark on a guided tour of the Arrábida Natural Park but observe a disturbing transformation.

 


Retracing Their Steps
Manuel Orhy Piron, Canada (21 min)

Boxes from the Montreal Archive Center reveal forgotten tales from the queer community.

 

Supported by

    

Community Partner

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2023-2024

Language

Various with English subtitles

Content Warning

Self harm

18+
106 min
Animation Cinemas of Asia Human Rights & Social Justice LGBTQIA2S+ Q&As at VIFF Romance Shorts Women Directors

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Our Lady of the Nile

Dir. Atiq Rahimi
106 min

Veronica and Virginia are inseparable friends at an elite Catholic boarding school, Our Lady of the Nile, but what binds them together is the very thing that separates them forever. We are in Rwanda, 1973, and tribal tensions are simmering ominously.

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Night Moves: Street Photography, Poetry and Music with Rodney DeCroo
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Night Moves: Street Photography, Poetry and Music with Rodney DeCroo

120 min

To mark the publication of Night Moves, his first book of street photography (shot in and around Commercial Drive), singer-songwriter, poet and playwright Rodney DeCroo shares his images, stories and music, along with his band The Wise Blood.

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Secret Mall Apartment

Dir. Jeremy Workman
91 min

The stranger-than-fiction true story of a group of artists who built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a mall, remaining undetected for years. This is an absurdly fun and surprisingly profound film about gentrification and art.

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The Teacher

Dir. Farah Nabulsi
118 min

In this potent thriller, English teacher Basem witnesses the murder of a teenager by a Israeli settler. While the subsequent investigation rolls slowly towards a foregone conclusion, the teacher is caught up in a parallel kidnapping case...

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Bob Trevino Likes It

Dir. Tracie Laymon
102 min

When her toxic, narcissistic dad cuts her out of his life, Lily Trevino looks him up on Facebook and happens across his namesake, Bob (John Leguizamo), a gentle, genial contractor who lives nearby, and who proves an altogether better dad...

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The Encampments

Dir. Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker
82 min

When pro-Palestine protests took hold of Columbia last year, the filmmakers were there from the beginning. This documentary charts the mounting tensions between students and the administration, as the protests were picked up across North America.

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