CIFF 2024

SHORTS: TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR WORDS

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10 films in package
TEEN GIRL FANTASY
An examination of the fantasies held by teen girls and the fantasies projected onto them.
RESONANCIA
A visual meditation on awareness.
BAIGAL NUUR - LAKE BAIKAL
Hand-made animation reimagines the history of Lake Baikal in Siberia.
ASMR DECONSTRUCTION
A non-scripted, performative ASMR piece, looking at the (non)sense of a regular self-exposure to overstimulation. Making sense is optional.
ENTROPIC MEMORY
This photographic exploration of family photo albums ravaged by water evokes hazy and indistinct memories, poignant witnesses of a fragile past.
GRENFELL ADRIFT ON AN ICEBERG
Doctor Wilfred Grenfell and his sled dogs struggle for survival lost at sea on an iceberg.
EVEN TIDE
In an unspecified future, in unspecified woods, some solar-powered camera devices left by documentary filmmakers are activated with motion sensors.
CONCRETE WHISPER
A medieval saga and surrealistic play in a chat group gradually gives shape to a creature that makes its tracks through the big city.
CORPUS AND THE WANDERING
An experimental self-portrait of a woman reclaiming her mind in a time of technological mass control.
ODEON
Two people are left in a post-apocalyptic arena where they push to start over.
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A selection of experimental short films that push boundaries on form and style. Embrace getting out of your comfort zone.

An ahistorical retelling of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell's adventure lost at sea on an iceberg. 


Retold through an expressionistic blend of live-action photography and avant-garde animation, Wilfred Grenfell's thrilling autobiographical account of his adventures adrift on the ice with a team of sled dogs becomes a phantasmagoric nightmare as he confronts his heroic legacy and his faith in what he fears may be his final moments.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Alberta
  • Director
    John Hollands
  • Screenwriter
    John Hollands
  • Producer
    Kenji Yukinaga-Paradis
  • Cast
    Andrew Massil Massil, John Hollands
  • Cinematographer
    Nic Peerson
  • Editor
    John Hollands
  • Music
    Karl Gottschalk
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