Friday , April 15 , 6pm
PREMONITION : ON THE EVE OF SIGNING TREATY 6
Barry Bilinsky , Quebec , 4m , Animation Premonition acknowledges the major shifts that happened when European traders and settlers began to come into the territory . The birth of the Metis Nation , a unique and storied people who stem from the First Nations ’ and Fur Traders ’ early interactions , are shown to integrate beliefs from both the Church and traditional Indigenous teachings .
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT # THEVACCINE
Adrian Patterson , Ontario , 7m , Narrative A content creator tiptoes between political lines creating viral videos to engage and enrage his audience .
WHALEFALL
Lily Gontard , Yukon , 10m , Documentary When a whale dies of natural causes , their body slowing decomposes as it sinks to the ocean floor . This is “ whalefall ”. The film follows artist Joyce Majiski as she carves an exact replica of a juvenile humpback drowned in 2006 when her tail was caught in fishing gear . Bone by bone , Joyce uses garbage collected from the ocean to recreate the whale .
LICHEN
Lisa Jackson , Ontario , 10m Documentary Lichen offers us a look at this remarkable life form and asks what we might learn from it . Ancient and diverse , both an individual and a community , lichens can live in the most extreme environments , including outer space . This meditative film bridges science and philosophy , and the words of lichenologist Trevor Goward illuminate the terrain in poetic and thoughtprovoking ways .
JUNG & RESTLESS
Joanna Priestley , USA , 6m , Animation Jung & Restless explores the mysterious mythopoetic realm via dream imagery and animated mandalas . “ The soul knows bigger stories .” - C . G . Jung
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