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Best Short Films
from around the world today.
Yonge-Dundas
Square’s (YDS) annual outdoor movie series City Cinema is moving
online this summer for the brand-new Virtual City Cinema, featuring
short films from WILDsound Festival!
Virtual City
Cinema presented by YDS in association with WILDsound Festival will
begin on June 30 and last 10 weeks. Throughout the summer, the series
will feature roughly 10 independent short films each week.
These films
have been curated by WILDsound Festival, an international film
festival that showcases the best of short films from around the world
and has previously had weekly screenings at Carlton Cinemas here in
Toronto.
Here is the
lineup of films:
TUESDAY,
JULY 14, 2020 | 8PM | FEMALE DIRECTED FILMS
HERE IS THE
PROGRAM of film:
SUPER
SPECIAL, 12min., New Zealand, Drama
Directed by
Ashley Williams
In the midst
of her first period, a quiet resilient young girl must choose between
a surprise for her beloved little brother or buying pads for herself.
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BARE IT ALL,
7min., Documentary/Experimental
Directed by
Iyin Landre
After
experiencing a shocking tragedy, Lynette struggled for more than 10
years with an addiction, self-doubt, and debilitating negative
thoughts, until she finally learned to love herself again.
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OMA, 9min.,
Latvia, Comedy Drama
Directed by
Monika Ivonne
A Latvian
grandmother visits her daughter in America, where she encounters
surreal scenes of life in Los Angeles.
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1814 FROST
FAIR, 4min., UK, Drama
Directed by
Julia Fullerton-Batten
In 1814,
thousands flocked onto the thick ice to witness and enjoy an
impromptu mix of festival, circus, and street show. Tents were
erected and makeshift markets quickly emerged as innkeepers and
tradespeople eagerly made the most of this temporary frozen wonder.
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YOUR MILEAGE
MAY VARY, 7min., Canada, Drama
Directed by
Hollie Olenik
A
middle-aged woman makes a last-ditch effort to sell her eye-sore car
to an optimistic teenage rocker. This goes smoothly until they find a
time capsule of forgotten items from her youth. Bonding over
discovered similar interests, they try to grapple the generational
gap, nostalgia, and envy of each other's lives. During the encounter,
the woman begins to second guess her decision to sell the car.
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LILI, 8min.,
USA, Drama
Directed by
Yfke van Berckelaer
Lili (Lisa
Smit – Netflix’s Ares) knows she has to nail this audition. The Man
(Derek de Lint – Soldier of Orange/The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
she auditions for, knows this too. Thus starts an uncomfortable cat
and mouse game in this single-shot #metoo horror, about power, the
misuse of power and female empowerment.
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LAUNDRY,
3min., Canada, Experimental
Directed by
Emily DeBackere
Laundry is a
meditative short that speaks of the battle between innocence and
corruption. Set against a rural backdrop, the film brings into focus
the destructive impact sexual assault can have on the mental capacity
of a human being. Paralleling the event with mundane activities, the
short aims to articulate the fact that this type of trauma seeps into
everything one does, and will continue to negatively impact her being
on a existential level.
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CHICKEN,
5min., UK, Drama
Directed by
PAULA C. FRIAS
Every day is
the same. Or is it?
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AILIN ON THE
MOON, 5min., Argentina, Animation
Directed by
Claudia Ruiz
Work, do the
shopping, cooking, cleaning, ironing, taking care of Ailín: that is
the routine of Vilma, mother of 40 years, overwhelmed by fatigue and
skin intolerance. Ailín (4), just looking to play and demand the
attention of a restless girl, one day causes the emotional outbreak
of the mother. The routine that led them away must be broken to meet
again.
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A BLOODY
MESS, 10min., Canada, Drama/Family
Directed by
Asis Sethi
Varsha is a
young South Asian girl who battles against her family’s traditional
beliefs surrounding menstruation, which comes with rules prohibiting
her from having an open dialogue with her father about periods. Since
she was a child, Varsha has been told that while periods are normal,
there are certain things she cannot do while menstruating, which
manifests in Varsha’s mental suffocation. This film depicts Varsha’s
internal struggle as she tries to strike a balance between respecting
her family and her own individual autonomy.
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GLAD YOU'RE
HERE, 10min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by
Lisa Kannakko
Engaging
themes of love and betrayal, hope, belonging and place, Glad You’re
Here documents my nineteen--year journey through building a family life,
seeing it suffer the damage of mental illness, grief and separation,
and then rebuilding with empathy. A story about an extreme moment of
crisis has turned into a documentary that deals not just with the
subjective but with the important issue of spousal abuse.
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LIT, 5min.,
USA, Romance/Comedy
Directed by
Sarah Schuessler
Two
childhood friends agree to “get lit” and sleep together on New Year’s
Eve.
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NEW YEAR'S
EVE DINNER, 22min., China, Thriller/Fantasy
Directed by
Xinwen Zhang
Human treatment of livestock is only food to be eaten.
No matter what animals feel, they will have emotions, emotions, and
desires for the world, from birth to death without any freedom.
Nowadays, the appetite of the society is greater than the demand for
nutrition. Every time the human race passes the festival, it is the
end of the livestock. The earth is still evolving. It is full of
possibilities. In the future, it is possible that animals become
masters, and humans eat for them. Now we will do this to livestock
and future animals, and all animal instincts will survive. Despair
and hope alternate, look upside down in the world our situation and
destiny.
We hope you can
make it!
Cheers,
WILDsound
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