Shorts from: Brazil, Canada, Japan, Norway, USA.
Oct 5 & 6: Q&A
This short film program includes the following films:
Resistance Meditation
Sara Wylie, Canada (5 min)
Wylie posits disability as ’crip time’: a site of resistance to capitalism.
A Very Straight Neck
Neo Sora, Japan (11 min)
After waking from a haunting dream with horrible neck pain, a woman struggles to maintain her routine in a crumbling world.
Not Enough for the Love Inside
Marcelo Matos de Oliveira & Wallace Nogueira, Brazil (18 min)
For Cássio and Otto, the challenge of losing their sight is also a challenge to stay together.
The Sphinx
Jesse Padveen, Canada/USA (17 min)
A man without a nose goes on a date.
Confluence
Charlene R Moore & Oliver Darrius Merrick King, Canada (11 min)
Made for the Winnipeg Film Group’s 50th anniversary, Indigenous members of the collective meditate on the future of filmmaking.
In My Hand
Marja Helander & Liselotte Wajstedt, Norway (24 min)
The historical struggles of the Sámi people can be seen through the extraordinary life of Indigenous activist Niillas Somby.
Cocotte Coulombe, Filmmaker
Charles-François Asselin, Canada (11 min)
Upon discovering a family archive of Super 8 reels taken by his late great-aunt, Asselin reflects on her practice, and his own.
We Were the Scenery
Christopher Radcliff, USA (15 min)
Hoa Thị Lê and Huệ Nguyên Chế recall their experience of working as extras on Apocalypse Now after fleeing Vietnam in 1975.
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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?