i am a good person/ i am a bad person
i am a good person/ i am a bad person dir – Ingrid Veninger, Canada World Premiere A mother and daughter duo, suddenly without each other as guides for their good or bad…
Doppelgänger Paul
Doppelgänger Paul dir – Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand, Canada World Premiere Following a near-death experience, Karl comes to believe that Paul is his doppelgänger. When Karl finally reveals himself to Paul,…
Acqua
Acqua dir- Raha Shirazi A celebration of traditions, Acqua presents the quest for water partly as a necessity, partly as a solemn pilgrimage. Director’s Bio Raha Shirazi was born in Tehran and immigrated to…
If I Can Fly
If I Can Fly dir – Yoakim Bélanger, QC, 10’ International Premiere A huddled man awakens, animates and deploys himself in this dance piece. It’s a trip to the center of oneself; an…
Hope
Hope dir – Pedro Pires, QC, 10’ World Premiere Fragmented violence of war seen through the eyes of a general on his deathbed. His mind, accustomed to a life on the battlefield, surrenders…
Heart of Rhyme
Heart of Rhyme dir – Cory Bowles, NS, 16’ World Premiere When Saxton received a heart transplant, he knew there would be side effects until his recovery was complete. What he didn’t expect…
Doubles with Slight Pepper
Doubles with Slight Pepper dir – Ian Harnarine, ON, 16’ World Premiere In rural Trinidad, Dhani struggles to support himself and his mother by selling doubles (Trinidad’s quintessential street food). When his estranged…
A Yodeling Farmer
A Yodeling Farmer dir – Mike Maryniuk and John Scoles, MB, 6’ World Premiere In a wooden folk-art universe, a crude internet search takes the viewer on a ride down the information super-railroad,…
Spirit of the Bluebird
Spirit of the Bluebird dir – Xstine Cook and Jesse Gouchey, AB, 6’ Canadian Premiere Using spray paint on a garage where Aboriginal woman Gloria Black Plume was brutally murdered in 1999, Cree…
Surviving Progress
Surviving Progress dir – Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, Canada World Premiere Ronald Wright’s bestseller A Short History Of Progress inspired this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired….
