NFB 70th Anniversary Program
Canadian Images
Program Running Time is 81 min
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The Man Who Slept
Directed By: Ines Sedan Canada , France, 2009, 12 min Sofia's husband sleeps all the time. The living, busy world outside calls to her, but she's stuck in her apartment with her husband's snores. How can she free herself...?
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Peggy Baker Four Phrases
Directed By: Howie Shia Canada, 2009, 5 min Built around a selection of intimate interview excerpts, this short travels through a variety of animation techniques to celebrate a dancer's work and legacy.
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Runaway
Directed By: Cordell Barker Canada, 2009, 9 min What would happen if the world were a driverless train thundering recklessly over bumpy tracks?
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Spare Change
Directed By: Ryan Larkin, Laurie Gordon Canada, 2009, 8 min A street beggar (voiced by filmmaker Larkin) takes us from wintry Montreal sidewalks to the gates of heaven and hell and back.
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The Spine
Directed By: Chris Landreth Canada, 2009, 11 min This is a poignant and hilarious story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction.
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Vive la rose
Directed By: Bruce Alcock Canada, 2009, 7 min Based on a traditional song by Emile Benoit, this is the moving tale of a tragic Newfoundland love story, in which a simple man raises his voice in melancholy farewell to his beloved.
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Deadman
Directed By: Chelsea McMullan Canada, 2009, 29 min A Wild West-obsessed dreamer quixotically pursues his plan to construct a replica of an Old-West town, complete with a saloon and villainous gunfighters.
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SCREENING SCHEDULE
Fri, Oct 9th 6:45pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
Sun, Oct 11th 1:15pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
Fri, Oct 16th 4:00pm
Vancity Theatre