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BLOOD IS THICKE R
THAN WATE R
10AM | ASPIRE THEATRE
SAT, JULY 28 | 75 M
Short stories that bring families together and also tear them apart. Relying on humour and
sensitivity these films explore the ties that bind. Thanks to Johnston Group, ACTRA Manitoba & the
Directors Guild of Canada for sponsoring this collection of local and Canadian shorts!
FIDDLING NEURON
LESLEY NAKONECHNY | MANITOBA | 2017 | 2 M
How can a loved one with Alzheimers occasionally come alive again when playing music? This
question fuelled the director’s desire to understand how the illness manifests itself and what stories
it represents.
MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES
CHARLIE TYRELL | ONTARIO | 2017 | 14 M
Trying to better understand his late father, Charlie Tyrell decides to go through his belongings—
including a collection of porno tapes—in this moving exploration of difficult family relationships.
CRÈME DE MENTH
JEAN-MARC E. ROY / PHILIPPE DAVID GAGNÉ | QU BEC | 2017 | 23 M
A young woman returns to her hometown after the death of her hoarder father and must empty his
house. She tries to find out what her specific place is among this multitude of memories.
DEAR HATETTS
KERRY BARBER | YUKON | 2017 | 6 M
Dear Hatetts is a personal account of a relationship torn apart by a suspected lie. Told in the form of
a letter to a family, it is accompanied by documentary images of the filmmaker’s life.
AS WE ARE
JULIE EPP | MANITOBA | 2017 | 4 M
A story about family secrets and the courage to be who we truly are. As We Are explores gender roles
and gender identity.
VIK A
CHRISTIAN BORYS / MARTA IWANEK | ONTARIO | 2017 | 26 M
Vika is left conflicted when her sister moves from Ukraine to Canada—both overjoyed by her sister’s
new life and deeply saddened to be separated from the only family she has left.