Cinéma
Shorts (Program 3)
Saturday, August 10 - 4 pm
Cinéma du Musée
Seven shorts (70 minutes total)
At Roanhorse Camp
Directed by Keli Mashburn
USA
Experimental
No dialogue
2 min 51 s
Synopsis
An intimate and meditative journey through the Osage territory on which is located Roanhorse Camp. A feast for the ears!
Circles
Directed by Sarah Houle
Canada
Experimental, Animation
English
4 min 25 s
Synopsis
Circles is an exploration of my matriarchal relationships and the intersecting, overlapping stories that shape us. Circles is grounded in the Cree teaching of closing circles after opening them and using this concept as a practical and spiritual practice for balance and peace; reflecting on universal questions of where we come from and where we will go after this life.
Notre père (Our Father)
Directed by Clément Lagouarde
France
Fiction
French with English subtitles
4 min
Synopsis
A brother and his neuroatypical sister reconnect with their roots.
The Bull of Cold
Directed by Alexander Moruo
Kazakhstan
Animation
Yakut with English subtitles
8 min 31 s
Synopsis
A Sakha kid learns ice scupture from his grumpy grandpa.
I am the Queen
Directed by Roberto Salvador
Mexico
Documentary, Animation
15 min 50 s
Spanish with English subtitles
(this short includes violent testimonies, please be advised)
Synopsis
A journey through the words of soprano María Reyna, traveling from a childhood scarred by domestic violence and the ultraconservative Mixe community she grew up in, in Southern Mexico.
Kiri and The Girl
Directed by Grace Dove
Canada
Fiction
English
21 min 38 s
Synopsis
We follow young Kiri as she navigates losing her mother and is guided to becoming her true self.
Ancestral Threads
Directed by Sean Stiller
Canada
Documentary
11 min 46 s
Synopsis
Portrait of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week founder Joleen Mitton.
