Hopes, Dreams + Schemes

Hopes, Dreams + Schemes

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Short Film Screenings with Talkback

HIP HOP MOM | 5:02 mins
2011, Canada, directed by Mina Shum
When two alpha supermoms dispute over a parking spot, they quickly reveal their secret identities and it's a hip hop mom dance battle royal! An irreverent ode to moms everywhere.

MOVE OUT CLEAN | 12:08 mins
2010, Canada, directed by Kelly-Ruth Mercier
A modern-day fable where Jake -- a blocked artist who's undertaken the Herculean task of the 'move out clean' after his break-up with his girlfriend -- comes to learn of the error or his ways and about the responsibility he has to live his life the best way he can. In cleaning out the crevices of the past he shared with Laura, Jake is driven to a fantastical showdown with is former self, and ultimately rejects his old ways in favour of walking into a new, better life.

FITTING | 14:02 mins
2011, USA, directed by Larry Ziegelman
It has been eight years since Hope Fairfield and Ally Spencer have seen each other, and now they have been accidentally put into the same bridal fitting room. Ally has been dating her guy for the last 10 years, and is in yet another ugly bridesmaid dress. Hope, the ever free spirit, who was never going to get married, is now wearing white, and becomes determined to help Ally get into a white dress of her own. Hilarity ensues.

DANCE OF THE LITTLE OLD MEN; THE HEIST | 5:00 mins
2011, Canada, directed by Kulchera Matson
Under the guise of a traditional Mexican folk dance, a border town cowboy is secretly robbed of his treasure.

THE SOLDIER GAME | 14:55 mins
(LE JEU DES SOLDATS)
2010, Canada/France/USA, directed by Lorne Hiltser
Antoine, a boy living in Northern France at the outbreak of World War II, takes on the challenge of defending the family home after his father is drafted and sent to the Maginot Line. With the aid of his accomplices, war veteran Grandpa and imaginary friend Napoleon, Antoine digs trenches and stands guard by an old cannon in the front yard. Tensions mount just as the Nazis break through the Maginot Line, and the invading troops pass in front of the family home.

THE PERFECT VACUUM | 6:05 mins
2010, Canada, directed by Alana Cymerman
Mona fled from a glamourous lifein a war torn country.Now all she wants is a clean home.With the help of new neighbours,she seeks out peace in the perfectvacuum...An off-the-wall dance expos� ofwhat it means to be sucked up...!

A WORLD APART | 7:53 mins
2011, Ireland, directed by Kitty Leung
Does age matter? Heart broken Vivienne believes it does. And life is full of surprises with twists and turns. Love finds its way back to Vivienne. When Justin, the man who truly loves her, proposals and Nathan, the heart breaker wants her back, Vivienne must decide if she’ll listen to what her heart is telling her she wants, or what her head is telling her she needs.

KIYUMI'S POETRY AND SAYURU'S EMBROIDERY | 30:00 mins
(LA POÉSIE DE KIYUMI, LA BRODERIE DE SAYURU)
2010, Japan, directed by Satoru Sugita
Kiyumi says that for her, writing poems is like placing fallen leaves on withered branches. She says she places words as if gently returning the leaves to their original place without ever watering them and expecting them to bloom. Every time Kiyumi writes one poem, her friend Sayuru embroiders one leaf on a book cover that she will use to cover Kiyumi's rainbow colored book of poetry.

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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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