A series of short films played on a loop for the duration of the Guelph Film Festival in small, unique venues.
DATE: NOV 7-15
FREE
Little Orange Bandages
Kile M. George | CANADA
Supported by Guelph Youth Music Centre
4 min
A not-quite-narrative, not-quite-documentary offering raw words spoken that manifest the frustrations of truths still widely withheld and a lack of meaningful reconciliation.
Time: During business hours
Venue: Guelph Youth Music Centre
DIRECTOR BIO:
Kile M. George
Kile M. George (they/them) is an emerging Ojibwe filmmaker from Nipissing First Nation (ON). After studying Political Science, Kile switched to the Digital Cinematography Program at Canadore College, where they wrote and directed four student short films, the last of which was Little Orange Bandages. Kile understands that film can be used as a creative medium to generate social change and aspires to educate and advocate for First Nations sovereignty through their art and storytelling.
Becoming Air
Alisi Telengut & Diego Galafassi | CANADA
Supported by 10C
6 min
Breath takes flight in a poetic exploration of our molecular impacts. In about three years, molecules that are inside you at this moment will be found across the planet.
DIRECTOR BIOS:
Alisi Telengut
Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian origin, living between Berlin and Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Her work received multiple awards and has been screened and exhibited internationally, including at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Whitney Museum, Annecy, Sundance, TIFF, Videonale, among many others. Her films were nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards and for the German film critique awards.
Diego Galafassi
Diego Galafassi is a director, writer and producer of documentaries, experimental film, new media and participatory performance. Diego is a transdisciplinary artist from Brazil with a practice grounded at the interface of art, sciences and co-creative processes. Galafassi’s ‘Breathe’ is an awarded mixed-reality experience that premiered at the New Frontier Program at Sundance Film Festival 2020.
