Friday , April 15 , 11pm
EVENTS IN THE TUNNEL
Penny McCann & Eric Walker , Ontario , 10m , Experimental Drawn from Super 8 films in the artists ’ personal archives as well as found amateur 8mm footage , Events in the Tunnel presents an absurdist abbreviated retelling of Canada ’ s colonial history as defined by that great colonial trope , the cross-country train trip . In the transitional void of a train tunnel , we witness familiar 19th and 20th century paradigms of white middle-class conformity as represented by images of travel , amusement , and domesticity , with Canadian culture embodied by a chimeric portrayal of the early 20th century painter Tom Thomson .
HIAMA ,
Matasila Freshwater , Solomom Island , 13m , horror Hiama is an amazing reclamation of the horror genre through a Solomon Islands lens . When a teenage girl encounters racism and microaggressions at her high school , her Hiama ( shamanic guardian spirit ) teaches her to invoke her inner power into a new reality . Content Warnings : Violence , bloodletting , torture , mutilation or criminal activity , triggering historical trauma
WHEN LAND AND BODY MERGE
Jaime Black and Lindsay Delaronde , Manitoba , 9m , Experimental Jaime Black and Lindsay Delaronde live in territories that are far apart . These territories look vastly different . The caregivers of these lands speak different languages , ceremonies and traditions differ . The territories they live on , the Lekwungen Territory and Treaty One Territory are the third collaborators in the project . Content warning : Nudity
INDIGENOUS POLICE
Egil Pederson , Norway , 15m , Narrative Three Sámi men travel to the capital of Norway . One of them is wearing a gákti , the Sami traditional costume , to attract Norwegian women . Koftepolitiet is a Sámi short film told with humour and political sting .
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