2019 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Program DCISFF_2019_program_web | Page 26

saturday, April 20, 9:30 pm
down river
Borscht & Fresh Bread
Sarah Gignac, NS, Animation, 2m
Filmmaker Lulu Keating recounts an evening when she
received an unexpected visitor in Dawson City, Yukon.
Silla
Howard Adler, ON, Documentary, 22m
Silla is a short documentary about Silla and Rise; it follows
the band members behind the scenes as they prepare for
and play numerous live shows; it delves into the historical
suppression of Inuit traditions, and how their music is
reviving and reclaiming the beautiful art form of Inuit throat
singing.
The Flats
Ian Campbell, MB, Animation, 5m
Three lone individuals try to coexist in cramped housing
conditions. How will their unique quirks get in the way of
just surviving? A stylized short film that mixes live action and
animation to examine the human condition.
Run As One – The Journey of
the Front Runners
Erica Daniels, MB, Documentary, 19m
In 1967, 10 Indigenous boys ran the Pan Am torch 800 km,
from Minneapolis to the opening ceremonies in Winnipeg.
Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous
Mélanie Charbonneau, QC, Narrative, 16m
A woman-tampon joins a man-astronaut on a road trip to
the moon. Daniel is on a mission to scatter his mother’s
ashes and Claude is hoping for her period to make a
miraculous return. A modern tale that captures the fever
dream of a first voyage to the moon.
Biidaaban (the dawn comes)
Amanda Strong, Coast Salish Territory, Animation 18m
Young, gender non-binary Anishinaabeg collects sap
ceremonially with 10,000-year-old shapeshifting Sasquatch
in urban Ontario.
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