SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 7pm
CONFLUENCE
Haiku 4: STILL, Lyle Pisio, AB, 6m, Animation
In his kitchen, overgrown with plants and vines, Teagran
keeps his dead father. Tormented by dreams, he tries several
rituals to bring him back to life. From weaving a beard out of
vines, to hunting down a wolf, Teagran tries everything to
resurrect his dead father.
Very Good Dirt, Catharine Parke, BC, 13m, Doc
Very Good Dirt explores the empty spaces of the once
thriving town of McConnell, Manitoba. Much of the town
site is now buried under a sea of purple flowers of an alfalfa
crop, planted by the farmer who now owns the land. The
rhythms of his practical life contrast with the sentimental
attachment to the land by former residents of the town. The
result is a poetic meditation on the meaning of place.
Astray, Mary Cox, NWT, 5m, Experimental
An Introspective Journey though the eyes of a young woman
coming to terms with her isolation and loneliness in the
Canadian Arctic.
THE undergound
Michelle Latimer, Ontario, 9m, Drama
A young Iranian man struggles to fit into a new culture, his
poverty and isolation leading him to imagine himself as an
insect, absorbing the world through its senses. Inspired by
Rawi Hage’s bestselling novel Cockroach, this visceral tale of
alienation and delirium creates a magical-realist aesthetic that
is both gritty and poetic.
Mother Kuskokwim, Tim Guthrie, USA, 21m, Doc
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