2019 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Program DCISFF_2019_program_web | Page 24

saturday, April 20, 7 pm Blanket’s Ode to Woman Lulu Keating, Yukon, Animation, 2m Blanket’s undying devotion to Woman’s comfort is sabotaged by an unseen foe. Heartburn Franie-Éléonore Bernier, QC, Narrative, 11m Ghislain is shocked to find his heart beating by his coccyx. He seeks the help of his brother, who concludes he must learn to laugh again. Power Grid Clara Bodén, Sweden, Documentary, 5m A boy is standing near a power station in the inlands of Norrland, Sweden, by a waterfall that no longer exists. The Power Grid is a personal film abo­­ut growing up surrounded by rich natural resources; about power production, colonialism, and an awareness that grows from seeing, seeing again and questioning what surrounds you. Homecoming Song Daniel Janke, Yukon, Documentary, 21m This poetic documentary tells the parallel stories of two men who came home. Many years ago Kaax’achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of Southeast Alaska disappeared at sea, and was thought lost by his family and people. Three years later he returned with a song telling of his experiences. When Pete Sidney came back after being away for six years fighting in the second world war, his mother Angela Sidney sang this ancient song for him. Conversations with a Landscape Kathleen Hearn, ON, Experimental, 2m Playing with the idea of miming the northern lights, Conversation with a Landscape, records a hermetic like dialogue between a single male and his surroundings. 22