2016 Dawson City International Short Film Festival | Page 10

FRIDAY MARCH 25
YUKON and Beyond

7PM

Freeze Up MELTDown
Chris Clarke, David Curtis,
Francis Bouffard
YT, 5m, com

A post-apocalyptic epic unravels into a
driveling mess when an isolated family
makes a horrifying discovery.

KwÄday DÄn Kenji
(Long ago peoples place)
Traolach Ó Murchú, YT
5m, doc

Harold Johnson and Meta Williams share
a  strong connection with their past and
with their peoples. Under the  guidance
of  their elders, they created Kwäday
Dän Kenji (Long Ago Peoples’ Place), a
cultural interpretive centre that sits on
the  traditional land of the  Champagne
and Aishihik First Nations. Harold and
Meta reveal a poignant insight into what
it means to them to share their culture
with others.

WheN Water Covered the
Earth
Mary Code, YT, 14m, ani

Take a 14-minute trip into the distant past,
about 12,000 years ago, when animals
worked together to save the world.
This Sayisi Dene Legend was recorded in
1974 and was told by John Clipping, Mary
Code’s late father.

THE Klondike Viking
Lulu Keating, YT, 20m, doc

The story of Bill Hakonson is one of
ambition and adventure. Bill’s family
immigrated from Norway to the
Canadian Prairies. His adventurous spirit
took him north to the Yukon. He settled
in Dawson City in 1943. The gold mining
town provided him the opportunity to
start many successful businesses, and to
finally find the secure family life he didn’t
have as a child.

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