Telefilm Canada Announces 11 Canadian Short Films Selected for Sundance & Slamdance 2011
Montréal, December 20, 2010 – Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that the 2011 Sundance Film Festival will present eight Canadian shorts along with the six feature-length productions, as previously announced. In addition, three Canadian short films have been selected to screen at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival, from January 21 to 27, 2011.
“This year’s selection of 14 Canadian productions at Sundance confirms our industry’s recognition on the international stage,” said Sheila de La Varende, Director, International and National Business Development at Telefilm. “Sundance is one of the most prestigious vehicles for independent cinema, and provides incredible visibility for our Canadian filmmakers. We are proud to support them on this international launch.”
Screening in various categories, including the new Indigenous Shorts Showcase, the eight Canadian short films chosen to screen at Sundance were among 6,467 submissions from around the world. The 2011 edition of the Sundance Film Festival will screen 81 short films in total, 38 of which from international filmmakers.
The Slamdance Film Festival, which runs parallel to Sundance, selected the Canadian shorts from among over 5,000 submissions.
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 20 to 30, 2011.
Canadian short films screening at Sundance 2011:
International Narrative Shorts | |||||||
Title | Director | Province | Description | ||||
The Legend of Beaver Dam | Jerome Sable
| Quebec | When a ghost story around the campfire awakens an evil monster, it’s up to nerdy Danny Zigwitz to be the hero and save his fellow campers from a bloody massacre. | ||||
International Documentary Shorts | |||||||
Title | Director | Province | Description | ||||
The High Level Bridge | Trevor Anderson | Alberta | Trevor drops his camera from Edmonton’s High Level Bridge in memory of those who have jumped. | ||||
Negativipeg | Matthew Rankin | Manitoba | Rory Lepine gives a personal account of his fateful and infamous encounter with The Guess Who’s legendary lead singer, Burton Cummings, in a Winnipeg 7-Eleven in 1985. | ||||
New Frontier Shorts | |||||||
Title | Director | Province | Description | ||||
ALL FLOWERS IN TIME | Jonathan Caouette | Quebec
| The director of Tarnation takes us on a guided tour through the shattered remains of memory and identity. Cast: Chloë Sevigny. | ||||
On the Way to the Sea | Tao Gu | Quebec | A poetic vision that weaves together fictional elements, documentary fragments and visual abstraction, investigating the dreams, memories and sensory perceptions of two earthquake survivors. | ||||
Indigenous Shorts Showcase | |||||||
Title | Director | Province | Description | ||||
?E?anx (The Cave) | Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot’in) | British Columbia | A hunter on horseback accidentally discovers a portal to the afterlife in this fantastical version of a true Tsilhqot’in story. | ||||
Choke | Michelle Latimer (Métis) | Ontario | Upon leaving his First Nations reserve, Jimmy encounters the lost souls of the city and is reminded that no matter how far you travel, you cannot escape who you are. | ||||
Wapawekka | Danis Goulet (Métis) | Ontario | A final visit to their isolated cabin in northern Canada reveals the inter-generational rift between Josh and his traditional Cree father. | ||||
Canadian short films screening at Slamdance 2011:
Narrative Shorts | |||
Title | Director | Province | Description |
Hangnail | Cavan Campbell | Ontario | Filmed entirely in one shot, Hangnail pulls back the skin of parched love. |
Les Chiens jappent (Barking Dogs) | Arthur C. Joron | Quebec | Two teenaged metal heads feel that they are the bad-asses of their French-Canadian suburb. |
Make me Stronger | Sarah Hudson | British Columbia | When a flash of a blue sweater triggers visions of a perished childhood friend, an alienated young woman is forced to face the event that continues to haunt her. |
About Telefilm Canada
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