UWPG Film Festival - Shorts 1: October 19th 8:30pm


AIDE

Dir. Jessie J Willard
Synposis: A young nurses aide struggles with the routine of life and death.
Runtime: 9min 46sec
Winnipeg, MB

BIRTHED

Dir. Gabriela Pua
Synposis: She decided to leave the womb 3 weeks, 3 hours, and 6 minutes too early... and 17 years later it still remained her biggest regret. This is a story about the turbulence of the adolescent struggle and the search for an answer to the ultimate question in an over-saturated world: Is there really a purpose to all of this?
Runtime: 5min 12sec
Montreal, QC

FISHBOWL

Dir. Emilie MIchalik
Synposis: Jenny streams her life online for the world to enjoy. A viewer decides to reach out, upsetting the balance of her currated existence.
Runtime: 6min 6sec
Winnipeg, MB

LYME

Dir. Ben Allan Boyko
Synopsis: A man with a weak immune system retreats to an isolated cabin and recalls what should have kept him back.
Runtime: 3min 36sec
Winnipeg, MB

KIMCHI

Dir. Tommy Lee
Synopsis: A young Korean boy comes of age following the tumultuous time of his mother's death. Years later, after stumbling across an old roll of film that holds memories of his childhood, he attempts to reconnect to his father and his cultural heritage.
Runtime: 10min 11sec
Toronto, ON

MORT

Dir. Weiwei Wu
Synopsis: A moss covered lint creature escapes from the familiar space of a dingy abandoned laundry room into the foreign outside, looking for a safe home.
Runtime: 4min 34sec
Vancouver, British Columbia

SOLSTICE

Dir. Michelle Chen, Lou Ali, Tal Castillo, Jomark Bermudez, Angie He, Juliana Belmonte, Nico Jiang, Yuxiao Chen
Synopsis: A family of celestial circus performers is fractured behind curtains. Chaos strikes when strife follows them on stage, and their curtains threaten to close forever...
Runtime: 5min 48sec
Mississauga, ON

TALKING BEN

Dir. Jacob Markham
Synopsis: David rediscovers an app he used when he was in grade six and decides to download it again. He lets the app make decisions for his life, unknowing of it's true motives...
Runtime: 5min 33sec
Winnipeg, MB

TWO MEN AND A CANOE

Dir. Caden Nikkel
Synopsis: A tale of two men and a canoe.
Runtime: 4min 20sec
Winnipeg, MB

WHY DO ANTS GO BACK TO THEIR NESTS

Dir. Alex Lo
Synopsis: A personal experimental film about identity and place.
Runtime: 12min 16sec
Toronto, ON

 
 

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