CAN/GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN
88 min | Partial Subtitles
Supported by Art Not Shame
This series of short docs explores the power of artistic expression.
Bill Reid Remembers
Alanis Obomsawin | CANADA
24 min
Despite spending his early life away from his nation’s culture, renowned Haida artist Bill Reid always kept Haida Gwaii close to his heart. Alanis Obomsawin offers a beautiful tribute to her friend’s remarkable life and rich legacy. Decades after his passing, Bill Reid remains an enduring force and one of Canada’s greatest artists.
The Sunny Side
Samuel Kilpatrick | GUELPH
12 min
Alfred Engerer, a Toronto native and legendary glass- blower, lives a slow, nostalgia-filled life. After having his studio demolished for yet another condo, the experimental glass artist reminisces about his past and the future of his art.
Violet Gave Willingly
Claire Sanford | CANADA
23 min
Nestled in a cluttered studio by the sea, we are immersed in the colourful world of textile artist Deborah Dumka. A study of the nature of memory and how it can both harm and protect. This story reveals the continuum of gender-based discrimination, sexism, and violence through an intimate conversation between mother and daughter.
Out There
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand | CANADA
13 min
Maryam Tsegaye, a young woman from Fort McMurray, Alberta, enters a global competition for highschool students meant to inspire creative communication in science, and unexpectedly wins—defying the odds. Tsegaye reflects on her family, community and sense of self, before leaving home to start a new life far from home.
Vibrations – Inner Music
Cadenza Zhao | GERMANY/ AFGHANISTAN
16 min
Kassandra Wedel, dancer, actress and artist, roams the city picking up inspiration from her surroundings to compose her own music and dance, challenging perceptions and understandings of sound and music. Her advantage? Her deafness.
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Guelph Civic Museum
Tickets: $12/PWYC
DIRECTOR BIOS
Alanis Obomsawin
A member of the Abenaki Nation and one of Canada’s most distinguished filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin is a director and producer at the National Film Board of Canada, where she has worked since 1967.
Samuel Kilpatrick
Sam Kilpatrick is an independent filmmaker from Guelph, Ontario. Being brought up by artist parents, and a grandfather who was a jazz musician, Sam is incredibly passionate about sharing stories about the arts. Sam currently holds 4 years of experience in various departments in the film industry, primarily in the camera and electrical department.
Claire Sanford
Claire Sanford is a Canadian filmmaker, cinematographer and video artist working in two- and three- dimensional documentary storytelling. Her practice focuses on sensorial stories exploring the natural world, human identity, and how they overlap. Originally from Texada Island, British Columbia, Claire grew up immersed in nature and became versed in the quiet art of observation.
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand is a Caribbean/Australian filmmaker based in Vancouver BC. Through his international upbringing he has learnt that there is power in diversity, as well as an importance of having intersectionality portrayed on screen. He believes filmmaking has the potential to showcase heroic role models, which is exactly what the world needs right now.
Cadenza Zhao
Cadenza Zhao is a Swiss-born writer-director of Chinese heritage, studying at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam, Germany. After obtaining her Bilingual International Baccalaureate, she pursued film studies in Beijing and then Berlin, where she is currently based. Her interests lie in the human condition and how each of us perceive our shared constructs.
