Premier Contact
Sunday, August 7 2016 - 3:00 pm
Synopsis
On the island now called Newfoundland, Beothuks met strangers who travelled from Greenland. Lively drawings depict this possible first contact between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans. The story is told from the view points of two women, one from each side.
* FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
** Free screening, animation programme
ProductionProducer(s) : G. Scott MacLeod
Production house or group : MacLeod 9 Productions
DistributionCompany or organization : MacLeod 9 Productions
G. Scott MacLeod
Company or organization :
MacLeod 9 Productions
2016
Canada
French OV
Animation / 27 minutes
G. Scott MacLeod
Collaboration
Cast : French Version: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (Bobodish) & Anik Matern (Gudrid)
English version: Heather White as Bobodish & Anik Matern as Gudrid
Scriptwriter : Samantha Rideout
Image : Duncan de Young
Sound recording : Stacy Le Gallee
Editing : Rebecca Arsenault offline & Yannick Carrier online
Original Music : Stína Ágústsdóttir, Samantha Rideout, Alison Carpenter, Pemma Muzumdar, Mahtab Ghamsari & Robert Seven-Crows Bourdon