imagineNATIVE Film Festival

Into the Looking Glass
Into the Looking Glass
Experimental Shorts Program

Thursday, Oct 16 2008, 5:00PM
Al Green Theatre

Co-presented by Liason of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto


Name that Movie
Name that Movie
2007, Australia, 10 min, Digital Beta, World Premiere
Director: Jenny Fraser

Based on cues and excerpts from popular films, this interactive trivia game invites the audience to “name that movie”, while deconstructing nine colonization techniques through the lens of mainstream cinema.


Rider...or driving in cars with my father while looking for old trains and lost indians
Rider...or driving in cars with my father while looking for old trains and lost indians
2008, Canada, 3 min 30 sec, Beta SP, World Premiere
Director: Bear Witness

Stylized Hollywood images of the mainstream world refract and reflect


Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Pt. 1
Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Pt. 1
We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left in Our Care

2006, USA, 4 min 30 sec, Digital Beta
Director: Nicholas Galanin

As old and new intermingle, an enthralling dancer’s fluid movements emanate impressions of timelessness.


Hunger
2007, Canada, 5 min, Digital Beta, Canada Premiere
Director: Shelley Niro

Images of agriculture and nature are juxtaposed with urban landscapes to create a collage charting the evolution of physical and spiritual hunger within our world.


Shelley
Shelley
2008, Canada, 4 min, 16mm
Director: Jerry Thevenet

A creative and poignant tribute to filmmaker Shelley Niro.


Postscript
2008, Canada, 6 min, Beta SP, World Premiere
Director: Shannon Letandre

A young woman contemplates her childhood as she writes a heartfelt letter reflecting on her relationship with someone estranged, but close to her heart.


eu•tha•na•sia
2008, Canada, 6 min, Beta SP, World Premiere
Director: Jani Lauzon

The cycle of life is revealed in this poignant film that examines choice and responsibility, step by step.


Fairies and Indians
Fairies and Indians
2008, Canada, 5 min, Digital Beta, World Premiere
Director: Christiana Latham

Cultural contrasts are explored in this richly textured film that uses myth and music to create a poetic landscape reminiscent of an ancient childhood storybook.


Geeka
Geeka
Water's Edge

2008, Canada, 6 min 30 sec, Digital Beta, World Premiere
Director: Leena Minifie

Dancer Melina Laboucan-Massimo emanates eloquence as a water steward who moves between worlds – one with water and one without.


Coda in G Minor
Coda in G Minor
2007, Canada, 3 min, Beta SP, Ontario Premiere
Director: Cara Mumford

A woman wakes up on a bathroom floor, disoriented and confused, with no recollection of how she got there


Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Pt. 2
Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Pt. 2
We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left in Our Care

2006, USA, 4 min, Digital Beta
Director: Nicholas Galanin

A convergence of two dynamic forces meet as electro-beats pound to the steps of a traditional dance.


The Art of Self Destruction
2008, Canada, 5 min 30 sec, Beta SP, Ontario Premiere
Director: Chris Bose

Discordant images of landscapes and urban environments capture how the insatiable energy of creation intermingles with destruction.


Saviour Complex
2007, Canada, 5 min, Beta SP
Director: Ariel Smith

Set against a childlike backdrop of cardboard cars and homemade costumes, this smartly satirical portrayal of girls within the sex trade industry creatively parodies stereotypes in this unique and edgy experimental film.


Madness in Four Actions
Madness in Four Actions
2008, Canada, 8 min, Ontario Premiere
Director: Thirza Cuthand

Inspired by her own experience, rebel auteur Thirza Cuthand powerfully deconstructs the harsh assumptions of psychiatry with its own weapons.


Alice Eaton
Alice Eaton
2008, Canada , 12 min, Beta SP, World Premiere
Director: Amanda Strong

On a quest to restore her broken spirit, Alice Eaton finds herself caught in a mysterious and revealing underworld.