Experimental May 3 @ 1:00pm

  • And If you Hear Me

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve (Quebec ) 16:33 minutes

    Two young women weave ephemeral bonds. Sorry for the loss of her love, a woman finds the trace in the grass, flowers, the hills, the sky, the songs of birds of a revisited landscape non-stop.

  • Charcoal

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Ethan Wingrove (Coquitlam, BC) 9:52 minutes

    When Ethan starts having hallucinations, his girlfriend Gabi stays for the night only to realize they may have not been hallucinations.

  • Cinching Saddles

    Experiemental Progam 1 - May 3 @ 12:30pm

    Kevin Sengara, Aman Pannu (Van Isle BC) 7:40 minutes

    In the mockumentary "Cinching Saddles," we follow the wild journey of Calvinder, aka Cinch, who adopts a fake Texas accent and genuinely believes he's a cowboy, despite lacking any authentic cowboy skills.

  • February Sixteen Nineteen Forty-Seven

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Jessica ᒦᖒᐊᖅᑏ Miinguuaqtii (Gabriola Is.) 6:39 minutes

    Inuk Elder Levinia Brown tells how she was born while her family was travelling by dog team across the open tundra. Hand-stitched cutout stop motion animation in the style of her own artwork illustrates her oral history.

  • Gentleman Bandit

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    John Ledingham (Victoria, BC) 6:39 minutes

    Recounting the BC career of train robber Billy Miner, for whose non-violent temperament and targeting government gold and railroad bonds became a kind of Robin Hood folk hero in the media. Landscapes and locations are shown in present day. Music by Liam McCarrell.

  • Groove, Slam, Work It Back

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Amélia Simard (Victoria, BC) 11:01 minutes

    Groove, Slam, Work It Back gives a glimpse into Sayla and Ishi's grief, as they meet at Sayla's mother's for the new year. When talking about Sayla's late sister, simultaneously Ishi's late girlfriend, they clash: as Sayla withholds information, Ishi prods to know more.

  • Heirloom

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Marilyne Lamontagne (Victoria, BC) 10:29 minutes

    Etienne confronts the crushing pressure of generational expectations and masculinity of their inheritance home as they seek emancipation in the wilderness. Etienne's trans identity is an experiential audible journey amidst chaos and spontaneity.

  • Pinwheel Horizon

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Ian Ebright (United States) 14:00 minutes

    On a barren planet, three elite warriors learn their final confrontation- a gang of 40- is waiting for them nearby.

  • This Bitter Earth

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Diana Ali Chire (United States). 7:11 minutes

    April, a celestial special agent for the Heavens is tasked with convincing Raff, a disgruntled guardian angel, to give up Earthly delights and return to his duties.

  • The Fox

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Martin Garde Abildgaard (Denmark) 4:30 minutes

    Every Friday night a woman is dreaming the exact same dream, where she is followed by a fox. She is desperate and must find deep courage to make it stop.

  • Trees, Birds, Rocks

    Experimental Program 1 - May 3 @ 1:00pm

    Lorne R. Kraft (Gabriola Island, B.C) 4:32 minutes

    The truth might be out there.The film is a story told by GAIL to her friend JILL while they share drinks. Jill tells a tale of BILLY SPARKS.
    Billy has a close encounter of the third kind with a pair of confused aliens TALL and SHORT.
    However the story may or may not be true.