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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Rear Window
James Stewart is the man who sees too much. "Jeff" Jeffries is a sports photographer waylaid by a broken leg, doomed to spend the summer in a wheelchair in his New York apartment. That's how he comes to witness a murder in the dead of night (or does he?).
Vivaldi and Me
Venice, 1716. Composer Antonio Vivaldi teaches at an orphanage for abandoned girls, and establishes a deep rapport with violinist Cecelia — but their collaboration is threatened by her impending arranged marriage.
Whispers in the Woods
A luxuriant, healing immersion in nature with ravishing wildlife photography, this is the cinematic equivalent of "forest bathing," a trip deep into the Vosges, France, with photographer Vincent Munier (The Velvet Queen), his father and his son.
Three Colours: Red
Irène Jacob plays Valentine, a runway model living in Geneva, who crosses paths with a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who's a bit of an eavesdropper. Initially repelled, she becomes intrigued by this man, as do we... Kieslowski's sublime adieu.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings begins with an onslaught of fucks. It's the first signal that this rom-com will break from tradition, despite the ritualized structural conceit described in the title. The witty screenplay is by Richard Curtis — it's still his best.
Camp
Reeling from two devastating tragedies, Emily (Zola Grimmer) takes refuge at a summer camp for troubled youth, where she has been offered a position as counsellor. She finds friendship, but also something more unexpected, something truly troubling...