GIRAF

Shorts Program

7:00 PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7

@ the Plaza Theatre (1133 Kensington Road N.W.)

$10.00 / $8.00 Quickdraw Members

PG

Many aspects of nature are fleeting; the brief duration of short films ideally emphasizes the ephemeral quality of our mental, emotional, and physical landscapes. Eleven artists from four different contents employ the limitless potential of animation to illustrate the connection between place, people, and memory, the interconnectivity of the global environment, and the moralizing tale of if you are a snowman in a snowball fight, you should not use yourself as ammunition.

Running Time: 71 minutes

Lebensader
DIRECTOR: Angela Steffen, Germany, 2009, 6 MIN
Patterns are repeated throughout nature to illustrate the interconnectivity of all living
things.
Albertan Premiere

Des Corbeaux Dans L’Ombre (Crows in the Shadows)
DIRECTOR: Olivia Faliph, France, 2008, 15:26 MIN
Pastel on paper hand drawings tell the mythical and surreal story of a house haunted by memories, a lost brother, and crows.
North American Premiere

For a Fistful of Snow
DIRECTOR: Julien Ezri, Switzerland, 2009, 5:42 MIN
A snowman duel to the melt refereed by a good natured walrus. Albertan Premiere

The Birth
DIRECTOR: Edson Oda, Brazil, 2009, 2:56 MIN
In a self-claimed democratic city a fingernail rained down from the sky. What they initially find dirty and repugnant can in fact teach them something. World Premiere

Evolution
DIRECTOR: Emily Hann, Canada, 2009, 2:33 MIN
In a world of super-cute aliens, one social outcast finds an innovative way to use a new friend.

World Premiere

Margaret’s Mountain
DIRECTOR: Elisabeth Belliveau, Canada, 2009, 13 MIN
Poetic and surreal, four characters named Margaret congregate to conjure memories of love, longing, and loss through the imagery of mountain and forest landscapes and domestic interiors.
World Premiere

All Part of the Big Plan
DIRECTOR: Jordan Rule, Canada, 2009, 45 SEC
Created in under 48hours, the beauty of destruction is revealed through transient animation techniques.

Petting Zoo I & II
DIRECTOR: Stephan Gruber, USA, 2008, 7:34 MIN
The fantastic wanderings of a traveler through the ever-changing whimsical world of imagination – an incredibly psychedelic journey to the zoo.
Canadian Premiere

Yawnstar Episode III
DIRECTOR: Stuart Hughes, Canada, 2009, 4:22 MIN
In worlds were time is rebellious, people are trans-dimensional, and cuteness rules, one boy’s future depends on his imagination, his courage, his friends, and above all else – Destiny!
World Premiere

Evergreen
DIRECTOR: Ching-Yu Yang, Taiwan, 2008, 1:30 MIN
When the only green left is plastic bags, one bag and a boy’s life intertwine.
North American Premiere

The Orange
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Fox-Gieg, Canada, 2009, 2:15 MIN
The story of our society forever changed by the orange that ruled the world.
Canadian Premiere