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4: Um, womanhood

VIFF Short Forum

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Shorts from: Canada, Columbia, France, Netherlands, Sweden.

 

Oct 6 & 7: Q&A

 

This short film program includes the following films:

Pidikwe (Rumble)
Caroline Monnet, Canada (11 min)

Indigenous women of various generations deconstruct the western gaze through traditional and contemporary dance.

 


Healer
Chelsea McMullan, Canada (17 min)

A young woman attends a healer’s book-signing event with her sick mom.

 


Origin
Marion Chuniaud-Lacau, Canada/Colombia (18 min)

Loosely inspired by dancer and choreographer Yesenia Fuentes’ work, Memory of a Body Through Time, the body is explored as a site for creation, process, and vulnerability.

 


Our Pantheons
Rosalie Charrier, France (11 min)

A growing number of onlookers disrupt an archeologist as she tries to work.

 


Nine Times Better
Lorenzo Follari & Emma Dock, Sweden/Italy (9 min)

Costume design drives this story about one woman’s thirst for romance.

 


ripe
Solara Thanh Bình Đặng, Canada (20 min)

Lệ must decide if she will enter an arranged marriage in order to support her family of struggling durian farmers.

 


Extra Life (And Decay)
Stéphanie Lagarde, Netherlands/France (22 min)

In an ode to the multitude, a polyphonic cast of animals, minerals, and vegetables declare their collective resistance against labour exploitation.

 

Supported by

Community Partner

         

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2024 & 2025

Language

Various

18+
108 min
Art, Music & Photography BC Spotlight Documentary Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Indigenous Cinema Romance Shorts Talent to Watch Women Directors

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