Each year, we choose a different region in Canada and invite local film-makers there to submit shorts for our special "FOCUS: on..." event. In past years we've focused on Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton. For our 5th Anniversary year we're now excited to FOCUS: on Edmonton and invite you to join us for these shorts on Saturday, March 30th at 2pm at the Arts Station. Just $5 at the door or included in your Festival Pass.
Part 1 (31 minutes)
Billington Prep (2013):
Even the most exclusive school has to do a little advertising now and then. Relax and enjoy this one-minute promotional video for Billington Prep.
DIRECTED BY: CLAIRE SERINGHAUS
LENGTH: 1.5 mins
Stomping Grounds (2012):
Memories come alive from the land that nourished them in this short documentary animation about the stories that preserve one woman's sense of home.
DIRECTED BY: DAVE RON
LENGTH: 4 mins
In the Round (2012):
Relationships move bodies in rounds, in time, and into performance. This video interprets a navigation of social space, using documents of body in action.
DIRECTED BY: ANNIE ONVI CHEUNG
LENGTH: 3 mins
WORLD PREMIERE:
Seeking Netukulimk (2012)
Kerry is teaching his grandkids to exercise their treaty rights by fishing eels, but rights come with sacred responsibilities. Seeking Netukulimk is a lyrical exploration of the traditional laws that govern fishing for the Mi'kmaq.
DIRECTED BY: MARTH STIEGMAN with KERRY PROSPER
LENGTH: 21 mins
Conkers (2013):
Conkers (n.) is a stop action reflection on the win or bust chestnut game played by schoolboys of Britain and Ireland. We often idolize those sweet fleeting moments of childhood.
DIRECTED BY: JOHN HOAR
LENGTH: 1.5 mins
Salty (2011):
A sea of words leads to an unlikely romantic encounter in this charmingly animated short.
DIRECTED BY: SARAH BURWASH
LENGTH: 4.5 mins
Part 2 (49 minutes)
Fire, Ice and Sky (2013)
A cinematic journey into questions of time and memory; landscape and meaning; science and art. Along the way we meet artists, iconoclasts and writers including Canadian Charles Wilkins and acclaimed Irish writer Colm Toibin.
DIRECTED BY: DARRELL VARGA
LENGTH: 49 mins |
