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VIFF Short Forum 9

VIFF Short Forum

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Shorts from Australia, Canada, France, and South Korea.

 

Oct 5 & 6: Q&A with filmmakers

 

This short film program includes the following films:

On Plains of Larger River & Woodlands
Miguel de Jesus, Australia/Portugal (13 min)

Living in the rural suburbia of Sandy Bay, two Tasmanian teenagers find ways to articulate their isolation and boredom.

 


Uncommon Ground
Faith Sparrow-Crawford, Canada (20 min)

In the year 2171, Tawni and her aunt live in the Shadowlands. While on a journey to the capital for medicine, Tawni discovers a plane crash survivor and risks her own safety to treat him.

 


Julian and the Wind
Connor Jessup, Canada (15 min)

Two boarding school roommates share a strange sleepwalking experience.

 


The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil
Marie-Lola Terver & Paul Jousselin, France (24 min)

An ornithologist experiences a case of mistaken identity via social media.

 


Get Thee on the Dance Floor
Hyun Hahn, South Korea (27 min)

A middle-aged man, his ailing father, and his father’s caregiver take a day trip together to the bathhouse.

 


Time Space Love
Marie-Louise Gariépy, Canada (15 min)

A probe equipped with artificial intelligence is launched towards the star Rigel on a thousand-year journey to establish contact with an unknown extraterrestrial consciousness.

 

Supported by

    

Community Partner

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2023-2024

Language

Various with English subtitles

18+
114 min
Action Art, Music & Photography Award Winners BC Spotlight Cinemas of Asia Comedy Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Horror & Thriller Indigenous Cinema LGBTQIA2S+ Q&As at VIFF Shorts Women Directors

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The Voice of Hind Rajab

Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
89 min

Mixing documentary and reenactment, this film powerfully evokes the desperate attempts of the Red Crescent to rescue a six year old child trapped in a car under Israeli military fire. Oscar nominee: Best International Film

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Victims of Sin

Dir. Emilio Fernández
84 min

This movie is a hot scramble of piety and passion, sentimentality and sleaze. Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a rumba sensation who oversteps when she rescues a newborn from the trash. This gets her fired and wins the enmity of the pimp who fathered the kid.

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A Magnificent Life

Dir. Sylvain Chomet
91 min

Animator Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville; The Illusionist) crafts a loving biopic of the revered French writer, playwright and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol (Jean de Florette; My Father's Glory)

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Sensualidad
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Sensualidad

Dir. Alberto Gout
90 min

Prostitute Aurora (Cuban-born dance queen Ninón Sevilla) gets out of prison and exacts her vengeance by seducing the very married and respectable judge who put her behind bars (Fernando Soler). Eros makes a mockery of rectitude and righteousness.

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Take Me In Your Arms

Dir. Julio Bracho
91 min

In this boldly stylized musical melodrama mixing reformist politics with outrageous musical numbers, the incomparable Ninón Sevilla is the poor fisherman's daughter navigating a success of dodgy men on her way to true love.

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The Things You Kill

Dir. Alireza Khatami
113 min

Thirty-something professor Ali leads an apparently stable life. But when his ailing mother dies under ambiguous circumstances, he starts to unravel, resulting in an act that shatters our understanding of his person.

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