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3: The peripheral core

VIFF Short Forum

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Shorts from: Brazil, Canada, Japan, Norway, USA.

 

Oct 5 & 6: Q&A

 

This short film program includes the following films:

Resistance Meditation
Sara Wylie, Canada (5 min)

Wylie posits disability as ’crip time’: a site of resistance to capitalism.

 


A Very Straight Neck
Neo Sora, Japan (11 min)

After waking from a haunting dream with horrible neck pain, a woman struggles to maintain her routine in a crumbling world.

 


Not Enough for the Love Inside
Marcelo Matos de Oliveira & Wallace Nogueira, Brazil (18 min)

For Cássio and Otto, the challenge of losing their sight is also a challenge to stay together.

 


The Sphinx
Jesse Padveen, Canada/USA (17 min)

A man without a nose goes on a date.

 


Confluence
Charlene R Moore & Oliver Darrius Merrick King, Canada (11 min)

Made for the Winnipeg Film Group’s 50th anniversary, Indigenous members of the collective meditate on the future of filmmaking.

 


In My Hand
Marja Helander & Liselotte Wajstedt, Norway (24 min)

The historical struggles of the Sámi people can be seen through the extraordinary life of Indigenous activist Niillas Somby.

 


Cocotte Coulombe, Filmmaker
Charles-François Asselin, Canada (11 min)

Upon discovering a family archive of Super 8 reels taken by his late great-aunt, Asselin reflects on her practice, and his own.

 


We Were the Scenery
Christopher Radcliff, USA (15 min)

Hoa Thị Lê and Huệ Nguyên Chế recall their experience of working as extras on Apocalypse Now after fleeing Vietnam in 1975.

 

Supported by

Community Partner

         

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2024 & 2025

Language

Various

18+
112 min
Art, Music & Photography Award Winners BC Spotlight Cinemas of Asia Comedy Documentary Drama Experimental & Avant Garde Family Relations Human Rights & Social Justice Indigenous Cinema Legendary Filmmakers LGBTQIA2S+ Romance Shorts Talent to Watch Women Directors

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