The Art of the Short Documentary
Friday May 22
7:30 PM   Inside Hana’s Suitcase  
Saturday May 23
12:00 PM   A Dream for Kabul  
12:30 PM   Shooting Women  
1:30 PM   Forum: Women Behind the Camera  
2:00 PM   Shots in the Dark  
4:30 PM   Robinsons of Mantsinsaari  
4:30 PM   Hair India  
6:30 PM   The Queen and I  
7:00 PM   Milking the Rhino  
9:00 PM   Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love  
9:00 PM   Nobody’s Perfect  
Sunday May 24
12:00 PM   …and music  
12:30 PM   Ex-voto for Three Souls  
2:00 PM   The Art of the Short Documentary  
2:00 PM   Eternal Mash  
4:00 PM   Shining Stars / Maytal  
4:30 PM   The Meaning of Life  
6:30 PM   Yodok Stories  
7:00 PM   Soneros: The Sound of the River  
8:30 PM   Forgetting Dad  
9:00 PM   7915 km  
Monday May 25
1:00 PM   Inside Hana’s Suitcase  
3:30 PM   Tulku  
6:00 PM   Seeking Refuge  
7:00 PM   Who The Jew Are You?  
8:30 PM   Transit Dubai  
9:00 PM   Pulling John  
Tuesday May 26
1:00 PM   Chasing Wild Horses  
3:30 PM   The Memories of Angels  
6:30 PM   Waterlife  
7:00 PM   Word Within the Word  
9:00 PM   I Want to Grow Old in China  
9:00 PM   The Dungeon Masters  
Wednesday May 27
1:00 PM   To The Tar Sands  
3:00 PM   Here Are The News  
6:30 PM   Mirage of El Dorado  
7:00 PM   Necrobusiness  
8:30 PM   The Sixties  
9:00 PM   The One Percent  
Thursday May 28
1:00 PM   Afghan Girls Can Kick  
3:30 PM   The Sweetest Embrace  
6:30 PM   Devil’s Bargain  
7:00 PM   In a Dream  
9:00 PM   Say My Name  
9:00 PM   American Swing  
Friday May 29
1:00 PM   Land of Oil and Water  
3:30 PM   Forum: Where is the Line?  
6:30 PM   Rough Aunties  
7:00 PM   The Tree Lover  
9:00 PM   The Garden  
9:00 PM   Carmen Meets Borat  
Saturday May 30
12:00 PM   Jehad In Motion  
12:30 PM   Upstream Battle  
2:00 PM   Forum: The Ecology of Films  
2:30 PM   Welfare  
4:00 PM   My Mother’s Farm  
7:30 PM   Act of God  
Sunday May 31
12:00 PM   The Garden  
12:00 PM   The One Percent  
2:00 PM   Who The Jew Are You?  
2:00 PM   The Queen and I  
4:00 PM   Afghan Girls Can Kick  
4:00 PM   Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love  
       

 

 

The Art of the Short Documentary

Sunday May 24 | 2:00PM | Vancity Theatre

Filmmakers in attendance

Virtuoso
Terry Stone, Canada, 2007, 9 minutes
Explores the mastery of the Theremin through Kamil Nasr, a young Vancouver musician reviving the first electronic instrument.

Presidio Modelo
Pablo Alvarez-Mesa, Canada, 2008, 15 minutes
The walls in the prison crumble, revealing a past that has been covered by layers of thick yellow paint.

Le Parkour
Eric Morrison, Canada, 2008, 8 minutes
Four young men demonstrate the excitement and danger in the exhilarating discipline of Parkour.

Innocence on Ice
Astra Burka, Canada, 2004, 3 minutes
A tribute to the movement and talent of world champion figure skater Petra Burka, using 1960s footage and original music inspired by the performance.

Dexilsic   World Premiere
Daniel Plante, Canada, 2009, 5 minutes
An artist with dyslexia explores life through her bold paintings.

The World According to Traudl
Véronique Glorieux & Muriel Beasse, Canada, 2008, 14 minutes
In a small district of Munich a sparky woman runs a small store from another era.

The Real Place
Cam Christiansen, Canada, 2008, 5 minutes
Animator Cam Christiansen gives playwright John Murrell’s imagination free rein, suspending the laws of time and space, to create a visual accompaniment to Murrell’s flights of fancy. 

Succo Pomodori
Astra Burka, Canada, 2006, 3 minutes
An operatic homage to the Italian ladies who came to Canada and still perform the tradition of making tomato sauce in the laneways of Little Italy in Toronto.

Followed by a discussion on the art of the short documentary, facilitated by Simon Fraser University film professor Colin Browne.

 

 

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Capilano Performing Arts Theatre

 
 

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