Saturday, 9:30-11pm
Day for Nights
Best Attempt
Elisabeth Belliveau, Quebec, 2008, animation, 3m
Inspired by time spent in Sackville, New Brunswick
during an artist residency at Struts Gallery.
Down and Derby
Sarah Bothroyd, Ontario, 2008, documentary, 5m
Fishnet stockings, tattoos and rollerskates.
Short profile of Ottawa’s roller derby queen.
Ghosts and Gravel Roads
Mike Rollo, Quebec, 2008, experimental, 16m
An inventory of lost memories and places, the sun bleached landscape of Saskatchewan serves as a metaphor for displacement,
a framing of emptiness and absence.
The Windfisherman
Anna McRoberts, Alberta, 2007, comedy, 9m
When the Windfisherman leaves Gust Town, the windiest place on earth, he discovers that sometimes you have to go away to know you were already home.
City of Cranes
Eva Weber, United Kingdom, 2008, documentary, 9m
A journey high up in the sky to look at the world through the eyes and words of crane drivers. A visual and poetic insight into the drivers’ lives.
Warrior
Terry Haines, BC, 2008, experimental, 7m
A meditative search for balance between ancient and modern worlds with reference to man’s role as warrior.
DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE
Gilles
Constant Mentzas, Québec, 2008, drama, 14m
An old dying lady and her mentally deficient son go to their lake house. Facing her shortcoming, the lady tries to explain to her son that he needs to move to a foster home but he has a hard time accepting it.
The Last Moment
Deco Dawson, Manitoba, 2008, drama, 29m
A multi-fractured, multi-genre narrative which uses five styles of film history to explore the final moments of man’s life and the ill-fated relationship woes that have lead up to his death.
DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE
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