Shorts from: Belgium, Canada, China, India, Myanmar, UK.
Oct 11 & 12: Q&A
This short film program includes the following films:
Good Luck to You All
Cordell Barker, Canada (8 min)
Audio interviews with AI experts form the basis of this animated envisioning of what the future may bring.
The Glass Essays
River Yuhao Cao, UK/China (17 min)
Unable to sleep, a young man follows a mysterious sound across the river and through the forest.
My Comrade
Tathagata Ghosh, India (25 min)
A romantic spark between a villager and a wounded Naxalite insurgent emboldens their solidarity and threatens their safety.
A Metamorphosis
Lin Htet Aung, Myanmar (17 min)
Repurposed government propaganda footage and haunting folk lullabies are used to deconstruct Myanmar’s dictatorship and examine the suffering and resilience of the Burmese people.
Thanks to Meet You!
Richard Hunter, UK (14 min)
Five business people walk into a room…
Loynes
Dorian Jespers, Belgium (25 min)
Set in 19th-century Liverpool, a corpse with neither name nor past is on trial.
The 12 Inch Pianist
Lucas Ansel, USA (8 min)
Just a typical night at a NYC bar, where a genie with a hearing problem is granting wishes in the bathroom.
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Everybody to Kenmure Street
This rousing documentary (100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) never puts a foot wrong as it recreates a tense, prolonged stand-off between the police and the citizens of Glasgow when an Immigration Enforcement squad attempt to arrest two men from their homes.
Namesake
Powell River... named for Israel Wood Powell, a 19th century politician and a man of his time, an advocate for residential schools and the Indian Act. The Tla'amin Nation asks the city to consider changing its name, a request which sparks intense debate.
Julio Avila Cuban Band Live + The Mambo Kings Film Screening
Feel the heat! Shake your booty as we combine a live set of exhilarating Cuban music followed by a rediscovered 90s barnstormer of a movie starring Latin heartthrobs Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas alongside the likes of Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) gives FBI serial killer hunter Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) pointers from his maximum security cell. But is he trying to aid the investigation, or just messing with her head?