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at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver, BC Click here to buy tickets
From Her to There
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Saturday, March 10th, 2012 Film Screenings with Talkback
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FROM HER TO ETERNITY | 15:00 mins 2011, Japan, directed by Kondo Reiko An in-temporal and immaterial love story. |
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PARKDALE | 14:45 mins 2011, Canada, directed by Lisa Jackson Over the course of a night, two sisters roam the inner-city streets of their neighbourhood as they try to escape another stint in the foster care system. |
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BLOODLAND | 4:10 mins 2011, Canada, directed by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers Bloodland is a social statement on the irreversible and detrimental impact of gas and oil exploration on our planet; and in particular the impact that hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' will have on Kainaiwa, or the Blood Reserve in Canada. This film was shot with a completely Indigenous cast and crew. |
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TO THE SEA | 9:20 mins 2011, Canada, directed by Catharine Parke A young teen girl struggles to stay true to herself when an older boy she's trying to impress comes to visit her island home. |
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RUN DRY | 9:14 mins 2011, Canada, Directed by Sarah Crauder / Lindsay George In a future Vancouver running out of water, a young woman must decide what price is too high for the black market papers that will let her escape the growing environmental crisis with her privileged boyfriend. |
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RENDEZ-VOUS | 5:58 mins 2010, Canada, directed by Annie Bénichou Macdonald At lunch hour, in a little square in the middle of bustling downtown, a restless businesswoman waits for someone that will not come; and yet .... |
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RUN | 4:34 mins 2011, Canada, directed by Daryl-Lynn Ramsay A young girl desperately flees for her life from abuse and the many monstrous forms that it takes. |
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FIREWORKS | 13:00 mins (COHETES) 2010, USA, directed by Mary Gillen On the Fourth of July in a small town in America, a young Mexican woman seeks connection, only to discover the complexity of her new found independence. |
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CHOKE | 6:00 mins 2011, Canada, directed by Michelle Latimer After leaving his northern community, a young man experiences the ominous and foreign landscape of city life. Terril Calder’s breathtaking animation captures Michelle Latimer’s heartbreakingly beautiful story of lost souls and the power of home. Inspired by the short life of teenager Kyle Morrisseau, grandson of the painter Norval Morrisseau. |
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ISOLDA | 17:10 mins 2011, Ukraine, directed by Kateryna Kucher Once upon a time there was a woman. She was an old-fashioned, quiet woman who loved the warm, wide embrace of a cozy room - perhaps it allowed for a private solitude...But one day she met a girl and her desolate life took an unexpected turn. |
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Established in 1989, Women In Film + Television Vancouver Society (WIFTV) is an internationally-affiliated non-profit society committed to advancing and celebrating women in screen-based media. We are the Vancouver chapter of Women in Film + Television International (WIFTI), which counts more than 10,000 members world-wide.
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