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Reflecting on Truth: Vivid Stories about Memory and Reconstructing the Past
June 16
June 16 at 3:30 PM
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Cumha
DIRECTOR: Elena Horgan • Ireland • 6 minutes
In this moving experimental documentary, a young Irish filmmaker contemplates her Gaelic roots, and their intersection with language, land, and identity.
A Fish Story
DIRECTOR: Yasmine Majchrzak, Michael Peers • NL • 6 minutes
An eccentric old man in a local pub tells tales too tall to be true.
Hebron Relocation
DIRECTOR: Holly Andersen • NL • 13 minutes
In 1959, residents of the community of Hebron were told that hey would be divided up and relocated to more southerly communities across Labrador. Weaving together intimate stories from her community with rare footage that gives us a glimpse of community life during this upheaval, director Holly Andersen of Makkovik gives a heartfelt look at a difficult past that has changed the lives of Labrador Inuit forever.
Memorable Night
DIRECTOR: Romain Fleury • France • 8 minutes
At a retirement home, Robert, who has Alzheimer’s, and Marcelle prepare for a rare night out at a discotheque.
Neighbour Abdi
DIRECTOR: Douwe Dijkstra • Netherlands • 29 minutes
Somali-born Abdi, now a furniture designer and support-worker in the Netherlands, teams up with his filmmaker and special effects expert neighbor to reenact a tumultuous past marked by war and crime. Using special effects and playful reconstructions, they explore Abdi’s painful history in a playful and revealing way.
Slow Light
DIRECTOR: Kijek / Adamski • Poland • 10 minutes
Born blind, the hero of this film turns seven before he begins to see images from the past that soon follow him like a curse. Like the stars in the night sky, what he sees has often long since passed away and gone out. A tragic story told beautifully
Summer 96
DIRECTOR: Mathilde Bédouet • France • 12 minutes
Every summer, Paul’s family has a picnic on a small French island reached only by causeway at low-tide. When the tide takes them by surprise this year, they’re forced to spend the night on the beach. In this beautiful hand-drawn tale, a young boy wrestles with the eternal between the world of adults and that of children, and becomes aware of his individuality.