Sunday September 7, 3pm
ODD Box, 2 Daly Ave. (2nd floor)
Pay-what-you-can
Suggested admission $10
Meet the people making the world a more interesting place in this collection of short documentaries. Co-presented by Carleton University Art Gallery.
MEMORY
Riyadh Haque, UK, 2024, 3.5 min.
Ontario festival premiere
An experimental documentary reimagining the childhood recollections of a Jersey inhabitant, Margaret, through the intimate lens of the director’s British South Asian background by channelling his own family’s generational diasporic experience and sisterhood. The cast is comprised of the director’s own family, reconstructing Margaret’s memories on 16mm Kodak film.
BASIC TRAINING
Lucy Cameron, Canada, 2023, 12.5 min.
Ottawa festival premiere
Brandon, a shy, idealistic teenager, enlists in the Canadian Armed Forces, but soon after arriving at basic training, he begins to lose his grip on reality.
MICHIF LAND-BASED KNOWLEDGE
Robyn Adams, Canada, 2024, 3 min.
Weaving shots of historical and contemporary Métis beadwork with intricate flashes of prairie landscape and native plants, this film explores relationships to the land through a place-based tactile knowledge. Featuring beadwork from Lor Brand and Jennine Krauchi, this knowledge is shared throughout the film.
DESPITE
Kate Raney, USA, 2024, 11 min.
Canadian festival premiere
A short experimental animation exploring the tension between the wonder of motherhood and the anxiety of illness. Through collage and fragmentation, this film reflects upon the habitats that sustain life and harbour disease.
MY INTERNSHIP REPORT
Ulana Drashchenko, Canada / Germany, 2024, 12 min.
North American festival premiere
An essay film about the discovery of Montreal from the perspective of a film and art student.
NINANATUAPATEN NITAPUEIELITAMUN (WHAT I WANT TO BELIEVE IN)
Audrey-Lise Rock-Hervieux, Canada, 2024, 5 min.
Ontario festival premiere
An intimate emotional journey, NINANATUAPATEN NITAPUEIELITAMUN explores Audrey-Lise Rock-Hervieux’s personal quest within the complex context of religion and spirituality. It revolves around self-questioning, seeking oneself and personal reconciliation with deep-rooted beliefs.
ÕMBLUSMASIN (SEWING MACHINE)
Ülo Pikkov, Estonia, 2024, 16.5 min.
ÕMBLUSMASIN is a film about the town of Pechory (Petseri) and its people, told through the life story of the director’s great-grandmother, and her newborn baby who had to be hidden in a sewing machine box.