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Shi-shi-etko (11:52 mins)
BC, Canada - Director: Kate Kroll
Based on the characters by Nicola Campbell (Shi-shi-etko), this twelve minute short entices us with its beautiful story of a young Aboriginal girl’s last four days before residential school. Each day she spends with a family member, who remind her of the importance of remembering who she is.
 
One Night (15:39 mins)
Ontario, Canada - Director: Shelagh Carter
Painful truths emerge when a woman, Evelyn, is attacked in her home and her husband, Jack, fails to intervene. After shooting the intruder, Evelyn forces Jack to answer for his cowardice and in so doing, realizes exactly what has robbed her life of meaning and love.
 
White as the driven snow (Blanc comme neige) (17:52)
Québec, Canada - Director: Geneviève Poulette
A father, a son. A snowy retreat, once appreciated, in deep woods. A tête-à-tête which will change their life forever.
 
Ashes to Dust (Des cendres à la poussière ) (13 mins)
France & BC, Canada - Director: Frederique Remy
Four siblings take a road trip to scatter their father’s ashes in a lake.
 
Easy Made Hard (12:21 mins)
USA - Director: Delphine Suter
An inner city kid meets his fate at the hand of his father.
 
The Shoemaker (Al-Gondorji) (16 mins)
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, USA - Director: Ahd Kamel
After wrongfully being detained by occupation forces for two years, Saber, an Iraqi shoemaker, reunites with his family.
 
Savage (6 mins)
BC, Canada - Director:  Lisa Jackson
On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation. In a place like this, there aren’t many chances to be a kid. But, when no one’s watching... A residential school musical.