Short Forum 6: Archive Lives! VIFF Short Forum Image: These Voices Are Real
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Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.
This short film program includes the following films:
Endless Sunlight
Tyson Houseman, Canada (9 min)
A conversation between kokum Penny Roan and Jennifer Houseman reveals the story of how Penny’s great uncle burned down a residential school.
Content Considerations: Residential schools
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Collectors
Andrew Cividino, Canada (15 min)
Chloe discovers the object of her desire at an antique shop.
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Shards
Luciana Decker, Bolivia (15 min)
Museological objects are approached as temporal fragments through Decker’s magical editing.
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Letters From Tibet
Kunsang Kyirong, Canada (17 min)
How does one think of Tibet? Kyirong investigates the construction of its identity through colonial and cinematic history.
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These Voices Are Real
Baran Nikrah, Iran (11 min)
A mother and her daughter spend the day together while waiting for the results of a medical test.
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Lovely Butterfly
Fairouz Hasan, Palestine (22 min)
Through faded letters and Google maps, Hasan reconstructs the memory of her father, detained for years in Israeli prisons.
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Chuuraa
Evgenia Arbugaeva, UK (18 min)
In the wilderness of the Siberian Arctic, an Indigenous palaeontologist descends into the depths of the melting permafrost in search of an ancient creature.
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This short film program includes the following films:
Endless Sunlight
Tyson Houseman, Canada (9 min)
A conversation between kokum Penny Roan and Jennifer Houseman reveals the story of how Penny’s great uncle burned down a residential school.
Content Considerations: Residential schools
Learn More
Collectors
Andrew Cividino, Canada (15 min)
Chloe discovers the object of her desire at an antique shop.
Learn More
Shards
Luciana Decker, Bolivia (15 min)
Museological objects are approached as temporal fragments through Decker’s magical editing.
Learn More
Letters From Tibet
Kunsang Kyirong, Canada (17 min)
How does one think of Tibet? Kyirong investigates the construction of its identity through colonial and cinematic history.
Learn More
These Voices Are Real
Baran Nikrah, Iran (11 min)
A mother and her daughter spend the day together while waiting for the results of a medical test.
Learn More
Lovely Butterfly
Fairouz Hasan, Palestine (22 min)
Through faded letters and Google maps, Hasan reconstructs the memory of her father, detained for years in Israeli prisons.
Learn More
Chuuraa
Evgenia Arbugaeva, UK (18 min)
In the wilderness of the Siberian Arctic, an Indigenous palaeontologist descends into the depths of the melting permafrost in search of an ancient creature.
Learn More
