Edha Dadhech l Moosehide Slide, Dan Sokolowski
Friday July 12, 9:30 – 10:45pm > Corinna Ghaznavi, Screening, McGowan Pavilion, Durham Conservation Area
From Dawson City Yukon
Programmed by Corinna Ghaznavi
This program is selected from the Dawson City International Short Film Festival which took place in Aril 2024. The films showcase a series of interests and concerns including indigenous stories, the climate crisis, personal narratives, reflections on the natural world, and some witty and surreal encounters.
Douglas Joe, Yukon
DATRIN (RAVEN) 5 min
Narrative
Datrin is a fictional story that imagines a world where there is only on least fluent speaker of the Gwitch’n language. The short depicts a morning in her life, and the speaker’s language reality and her hope for the future
Made in the Yukon Professional Award
Jake Armstrong, Yukon
Ungulatide 4 min
Narrative
Getting the proper footwear is essential
Yukon 48 Hour Film Challenge
Made in the Yukon Emerging Artist Award
Alexandra Myotte, Jean Sebastien Hamel, Quebec
A CRAB IN THE POOL 11 min
Animation
In a run-down neighbourhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other
Craig Hunter, Yukon
Re-Routing 4 min
Narrative
New talking cars can keep you informed on local gossip too
KJ Edwards, BC
FUTURE READY: CUSP 7 min
Non-narrative
A temporal observation of nature, reflecting on the relational: the tethering of animal, earthly and human energies through moments of connection, both calm and chaotic, moving toward a shared future shrouded in uncertainty as the planet warms
Raquel Sancinetti, Quebec
MADELEINE 15 min
Narrative
Every week two friends, born 67 years apart, share their life stories in a senior home’s living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year old woman to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea
Dan Sokolowski, Yukon
Edha Dadhech l Moosehide Slide 4:18 min
4:18
The Dawson City landslide is a dominant feature of Dawson City, Yukon’s city-scape. It is a pre-historic rock-slope failure at the northern edge of town. It is known by the local Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in as Ëdhä Dädhëcha¸ or Moosehide Slide. This film examines the scientific reasons for the occurrence of the slide versus the legend that the local Indigenous people say was the actual creation event.
Dylan Michael & James Klemen-Hurrell, Alberta
CUP OF JOE 2 min
Animation
A bean-shaped man takes a sip of coffee which catapults him into a state of absolute terror
Arcane Perry, Yukon
NATURE NURTURE 5 min
Non-narrative
Embodying the undertones that are provoked and married through existing in a racial form, this short film depicts our current relationship with the Climate crisis. Morphing between different levels of power and control, the delusion that we are superior to nature fuels our demise; this is a call to action
Terril Calder, Ontario
A BEAR CALLED JESUS 7 min
Animation
At Aunt Gladys’s funeral, Archer Pechawis’ mom is abducted by rabid bears and converted to fundamentalist Christianity. That night, Archer hears a tap on the window – it’s a bear named Jesus, who has come to apologize for the actions of the rabid bears. ‘A Bear Named Jesus’ is an allegory for religious interference, with an aching yet humorous look at estrangement and mourning for the loss of someone still living
Darcy Tara McDiarmid, Chantal Rousseau, Yukon
EVENING ESCAPADES 4 min
Animation
An adventurous rabbit undertakes an enchanted evening escapade through a mysterious forest trail. The rabbit encounters dreaming wolves and other mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden
A Denakar Zho Film Lab Project
Corinna Ghaznavi is an independent curator and freelance writer. In 2011 she completed her PhD, which focused on the question of the animal in contemporary art. In addition to curating and writing, Corinna has directed the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, coordinated the Public Art program for the City of Markham, and taught art history, theory, and curatorial practices.
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