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SJIWFF27 Presents: Late Shorts
October 20, 2016
October 20th, 9.30pm-11pm – LSPU Hall –
The Goodnight Kiss
DIRECTOR: Laura Adkin
WRITERS: Laura Adkin, David Lewis
PRODUCER: Victoria Angell
RUNTIME: 10min
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS:Amy and Brandon have just ended what appears to be a very good first date. As they kiss we flash through their entire relationship. Which begs the question: if you knew how a relationship would end, would you start it in the first place?
Remembering Claire
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Evelyn Pollock
RUNTIME: 4min18sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: A man fights to hold onto his identity as his mind is ravaged by disease. From the tumble of recalled images forming his reality, a love story emerges.
Ida Here and There
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Melanie Oates
PRODUCERS: Jess Anderson, Melanie Oates
RUNTIME: 20min 28sec
COUNTRY: Canada/NL
SYNOPSIS: Ida Here & There is an inside-out fairytale which follows a scraggly foster kid, Ida, as she becomes entangled with her three new strange and beautiful sisters.
Dollface
DIRECTOR: Kristen Johnson
RUNTIME: 4min55sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: A woman wakes up covered in toys. Is she hungover? Depressed? Can she get up? Live action and stop-motion animation fuse together in this mad ride exploring self-doubt, delusion, misplaced inner voices and embroidery floss.
The Woman Who Saw the Bear
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joannie Lafrenière
RUNTIME: 17min 01 sec
COUNTRY: CANADA
SYNOPSIS: Since 1980, Lucille Côté has lived in Laterrière, surrounded by more than 250 animals. With a silver mane and a candid demeanor, Lucille practices a craft that has long been the exclusive domain of men: taxidermy. Through various contemplative and country-flavoured tableaux, we meet a particular breed of taxidermist, living outside of the digital age, with enough skills to get by in the woods without a compass or a frying pan.
Tipping Point
DIRECTOR: Megan Flynn
WRITER: Amber Rapp
PRODUCERS: Megan Flynn, Amber Rapp
RUNTIME: 5min 4sec
COUNTRY: USA
SYNOPSIS: On the scales of justice where is the tipping point? A short drama about what happens after the streets and in the system.
Rien sur les mocassins
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Eden Mallina Awashish
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Wapikoni Mobile Team
RUNTIME: 3min 42sec
Grandma learns to Drive
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dominique Keller
RUNTIME: 12min09sec
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: 86 year-old Thérèse wants to get her driver’s license. But is she too old to learn how to drive? And will her husband let her?