VIFF Short Forum: Programme 3
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Programme 3 investigates the limits of our ability to not just change but transform ourselves completely with the results running the gamut from absurd to extraordinary. Featured shorts: As Spring Comes (dir. Marie-Ève Juste) + The Great Malaise (dir. Catherine Lepage) + Moon (dir. Zoé Pelchat) + A New Leash on Life (dir. Daniel Jeffery) + Nuxalk Radio (dir. Banchi Hanuse) + Rag Doll (dir. Leon Lee) + Strong Son (dir. Ian Bawa) + Succor (dir. Hannah Cheesman) + Uu?uu~tah (dir. Chad Charlie)
Includes an interview with Directors: Ian Bawa (Strong Son), Chad Charlie (Uu?uu~tah), Hannah Cheesman (Succor), Daniel Jeffery (A New Leash on Life), Marie-Ève Juste (As Spring Comes), Catherine Lepage (The Great Malaise), Producer: Jessica Hallenbeck (Nuxalk Radio)
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As Spring Comes
Director: Marie-Ève Juste / QC, 2020, 14 min.
Suffering from a strange disease that transforms her into plants, a woman inhabit her lover’s ice fishing cabin. more...
The Great Malaise
Director: Catherine Lepage / QC, 2019, 6 min.
An initially favourable self-portrait slowly reveals the burden of anxiety carried by a competitive overachiever striving for happiness. more...
A New Leash on Life
Director: Daniel Jeffery / BC, 2020, 12 min.
After one too many rage-filled outbursts, a magical talking dog named Basketball must talk his owner, Frank, out of having him put down. more...
Nuxalk Radio
Director: Banchi Hanuse / BC, 2019, 4 min.
A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and waters. more...
Strong Son
Director: Ian Bawa / MB, 2020, 4 min.
Watching carefully (and offering occasional coaching) as his musclebound son pursues physical perfection, an elderly father worries about what his boy might be missing out on. more...
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Please note that VIFF 2020 online films can be viewed in British Columbia only.
