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Uncommon Ground

VIFF Short Forum

Canadian Premiere

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.

 

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Director
Cast

Leenah Robinson, Malcolm Sparrow-Crawford, Quelemia Sparrow

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2024

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
20 min
Action BC Spotlight Family Relations Horror & Thriller Indigenous Cinema Shorts Women Directors
Imoto Productions, Halo Halo Productions

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Stephanie Rennie, Amanda J Strachan

Producer

Mik Narciso, Makenna Jow, Phil Planta, Nightingale

Screenwriter

Faith Sparrow-Crawford, Bruce Crawford

Cinematography

Kaayla Whachell

Editor

Kevin Ang

Production Design

Jane Li

Original Music

Justin Delorme

Faith Sparrow-Crawford headshot; Uncommon Ground director

Faith Sparrow-Crawford

Faith Sparrow-Crawford is an early-career writer, director, and producer from the Musqueam Nation in Vancouver, BC. She was raised in her community by generations of storytellers and artists and has always had a love for sharing the stories of her people. She has devoted herself to creating meaningful work that creates space for Indigenous peoples and people of colour in film. In 2024, Faith completed her first short film, Uncommon Ground.

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