2018 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Program DCISFF_2018_PROGRAM_web

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 4 PM At the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Front and York Streets Program curated by Michelle Latimer 2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com Thirza Cuthand, Plains Cree/Scottish, 4 m, Drama A sultry, butch NDN woman seduces the Two- Spirit audience into signing up for a specialized dating website. A funny and insightful follow-up to her video 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99. I Like Girls Diane Obomsawin, Abenaki, 8 m, animation First love is an intoxicating experience, but with it can come excruciating awkwardness, unrequited emotions and confusing issues of identity. In her trademark playful style, cartoonist and animator Diane Obomsawin adapts her graphic novel for the screen, using endearing anthropomorphic gestures to tell poignant real-life stories of love. Rae Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Mohawk 12 m, drama Seven-year-old Rae looks forward to the birthday party her mother promised, but as the day continues, Rae watches as the voices in her mother’s head begin to overtake her and Rae must confront her mother’s mental illness as the responsibilities of parenting get reversed. Creetura Dada Caroline Monnet, Algonquin, 4 m, experimental Six powerful Native women gather to celebrate a new beginning and the end of the world as we know it. Keewaydah (Let’s Go Home) Terril Calder, Métis, 9 min. animation The moth’s powerful transformational gifts can bring us from one world to the next. In this stunning work, the moth brings home 12-year-old Chanie Wenjack and serves for metaphor and call for change in the often fraught relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canada. 18

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