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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 & Suspense Art, Music & Photography Award Winners BC Spotlight Cinemas of Asia Comedy Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Horror & Sci-Fi Indigenous Cinema LGBTQIA2S+ Q&As at VIFF Shorts Women Directors

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