Community Shorts Screening
Presented by Digital Arts Resource Centre
Friday December 15, 2023 at 6:00 PM, OAG Alma Duncan Salon
Explore community voices through experimental, abstract and documentary storytelling / Explorer les voix de la communauté à travers des narrations expérimentaux, abstraits et documentaires.
Camille Lafrance et Mathis Rodier - Finissante (2:00 mins) Cinépoésie
Seule, et engloutie par la pression, cette finissante de l'école secondaire ne se reconnaît plus. Est-ce que c’est une option de ne pas savoir quel chemin prendre?
en français sous-titré en anglais
Cheryl Pagurek - Being and Becoming (6:04 mins) Video Art, Dance
Dancer Shara Weaver explores states of being and becoming in Cheryl Pagurek’s interactive installation. Weaver’s sensitive translation of imagery, music, and mood into evocative movement embodies our potential for transformation, while bridging the divide between real and digital realms. We witness the process by which the constituent, separate elements - the space, screen, video, sound, coding, and her body in motion - coalesce to produce something more than the sum of their parts: the creation of a new artwork.
Music by Jesse Stewart.
Nicole Blundell - Transmission (2:00 mins) Expérimental
Transmission explore l’espace entre la transmission d’un message, la réception et la perception de celui-ci. Film en 16mm soigneusement développée et teint à la main.
Charlandjuna Gracieuse - Time, Fate & Life (3:11 mins) Cinepoem
Spoken Word by Charlandjuna
I've been writing poetry and spoken word for about two decades now and I've always had trouble either presenting them or reading my work out loud for others to hear. I have battled with mental health my whole life. This piece loosely pays homage to my struggles as an individual but also sheds light to a brighter future. This piece is very dear to me and has given me the chance to share my vulnerability in a raw and honest way.
Juliette Oger - Mamie en Tunisie (4:16 mins) Documentaire
À l'âge de 16 ans, ma grand-mère a quitté la Tunisie avec sa famille, entamant ainsi une nouvelle vie en France. Soixante-deux ans plus tard, elle fait son retour en Tunisie, en compagnie de sa fille et de ses deux petites-filles. Mamie en Tunisie nous plonge dans les retrouvailles de ma grand-mère, riches en moments imprévisibles, tendres, comiques et parfois émouvants.
en français sous-titré en anglais
Orima Bendisse - Sequenza No. 1 (7:57 mins) Abstract, Animation
First of a series of abstract animation video conceptualized to be intricated with a solo instrument, in this case an english horn.
Marina Men - Une autre histoire d'amour (6:11 mins) Cinépoésie
Parfois, nous restons dans une relation alors que nous savons au fond de nous que nous devons la quitter.
en français sous-titré en anglais
Maeve Delia - Spiderweb (2:48 mins) Music Video
“Thought I’d be the one to catch you / Predator becomes the prey”
Are you catching feelings, or are your feelings catching you? In Maeve Delia’s playful and spooky music video for ‘Spiderweb’, she illustrates how the complexity of affection can feel like being tangled in a web. In her frantic attempts to crush the insect that keeps outrunning her, she discovers that — like trying to stomp out emotions — her attempts are futile.
Directed and edited by Maeve Delia. Filmed and colour graded by Rory Creelman.
Mario Desbiens - d’un seul coup (2:31 mins) Cinépoésie
A 2 minutes poetic film
en français sous-titré en anglais
Chadi Makrach - Put on something dance-y (13:33 mins) Narrative Short, Queer Cinema
Mia wakes up one morning discovering that she is gay, so she decides to tell her boyfriend, close friends, and family about her sexual orientation through a coming-out party that she throws at her home.
Presented By
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