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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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Nika & Madison

Dir. Eva Thomas
87 min

Two young Indigenous women become fugitives following an act of self-defence and are forced to flee into the wilderness. Inspired by Thelma and Louise, this compelling story of unbreakable friendship sheds light on systemic injustices.

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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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Rising Through the Fray

88 min

Uniting from across continents to bring representation to the sport they love, Indigenous Rising laces up their skates to claim their space on the roller derby track.

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Miroirs No. 3

Dir. Christian Petzold
86 min

Following a car crash that kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is physically unhurt but emotionally distraught. A local woman takes her in, but she gradually realizes she's in the midst of an eerie, mysterious family situation.

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The Night Falls
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The Night Falls

Dir. Roberto Gavaldón
89 min

An arrogant, womanizing sports star eventually gets his comeuppance in this jet-black crime drama from director Roberto Gavaldón.

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A Tribe Called Love

Dir. Mohamed Ahmed
95 min

Set in a Somali neighbourhood in Toronto, Mohamed Ahmed's film follows teenagers Farah and Halima as they fall in love despite warnings to stay apart because they're from different tribes

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