Little Trips 2
This wonderful program of experimental, documentary and dramatic shorts resurrects a VIFF 2009 name and theme: that a film should take the viewer on a journey or trip to another world or reality, whether physical, intellectual or emotional, or a combination thereof. Buckle up again—it’s another wild ride!
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Films in Program
Thought dead, a soldier returns to his wife from a Serb prison. The tension is palpable, as he wasn’t the only one to suffer during their four-year separation.
A serious but cheeky voiceover narrates, as a man is thrown into a series of three life-threatening situations. Can he survive?
In this delightful linear collage of 1950’s film images, an old man on a train reflects on his life. How quickly it all goes by.
A poetic vignette that follows a day in the life of a Muslim man and his innovative begging, as he squeezes out a living on the fringes of a modern Indian metropolis.
After a take is wrapped, a film cameraman keeps shooting while going for a poetic, voyeuristic and strangely sentimental walk.
Acclaimed ad-guru Alex Bogusky collects signs made by the homeless, but trying to understand this surprisingly sophisticated communication turns into a lesson about generosity.
This could have been just a documentary about a house being transported to a new location, but stunning visuals give life to an engaging character’s dangerous journey.
Burdened by the constant impositions of a sleazy couple he let crash in his apartment, Henry is driven to the point of madness…
Abed Farhadi has just been gunned down by police. As time reverses, his final moments of flight across an urban landscape reveal the events that led to this tragedy.
After being racially profiled by police, a young father and son of Arabic origin board the subway—unaware that the most inexplicable happenings are yet to come…