PREVIEW: SHORT CUTS 2

0 Comments POSTED: August 17, 2007 12:52 | By: Jay Dart

SHORT CUTS 2:
Profound portraits, challenging
circumstances & fantastical foraging

BOAR ATTACK
Dir. Jay White | English | 4 mins.
From the Far North comes this animated tale of a young man who fears the worst while awaiting his father?s safe return from a walk in the woods. Jay White presents his cautious protagonist through charming hand-drawn sketches and contrasting watercolour backgrounds of northern landscapes.

CAN YOU WAVE BYE-BYE?
Dir. Sarah Galea-Davis | English | 18 mins.
An alienated single mother finds she is unable to assume a maternal role. When her life begins to unravel, she puts her daughter up for adoption before causing any harm to the unwitting infant. Sarah Galea-Davis?s brave film employs a stunning realism to examine a profoundly challenging array of emotions.

DADA DUM
Dir. Britt Randle | No dialogue | 8 mins.
In this compelling short film, a woman seeks release from a magnificent mansion labyrinth through an entranced dance. Displaying a striking sense of set design and an eye for the surreal, Britt Randle leads his audience through a floating world, employing a visual style that stirs the senses.

DUSTBOWL HA! HA!
Dir. Sebastien Pilote | French | 14 mins.
In this heartfelt tribute to the working class, a man struggles to keep his dignity in front of his wife and kids after losing his job. We?re ?talkin? icy snowbank blues? in Sébastien Pilote?s delicate cinematic portrait of a salary man collapsing under the weight of the world.

FOUR WALLS
Dir. Raha Shirazi | Farsi | 12 mins.
One fateful evening, three Iranian women from different social groups are brought together within the four walls of a prison cell. This thoughtful parable conveys a sense of despair about a continuing cycle of gender oppression, but also offers hope when self-expression and small personal revolutions emerge through the fissures of restrictive circumstances.

GENE BOY CAME HOME
Dir. Alanis Obomsawin | English | 25 mins.
Eugene left the Odanak Reserve at fifteen for work in New York. At seventeen, he found himself enlisted in the United States Marines and on his way to Vietnam. Alanis Obomsawin commemorates the harrowing story of this forgotten veteran?s long journey home, while candidly confronting governmental responsibility and the discourse of war.

MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
Dir. Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | No dialogue | 17 mins.
Carrying her emotional baggage onto a midnight train, Madame Tutli-Putli encounters a stunning array of spooks, both seen and unseen. Critically lauded for their flawless blend of classic and digitally assisted animation, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski masterfully manipulate this fantastical journey, which was inspired by travel on Canada?s railways.

Film briefs written by the Short Cuts Canada programming team: Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo, Alex Rogalski and Jay Dart.