2014 Dawson City International Short Film Festival | Page 12

4 PM SATURDAY APRIL 19 ~ FIRST EYES

I Can’t Remember

The Orphan and the Polar Bear

Traditional Healing

Handing Over

Treaty Number Three

Dance, Dance

Coyote X

Marée II

Spring

Kuekuatsheu Mak Muak (Wolverine and Loon)

Percy Henry

Abe and Alfred

I Can’t Remember, 4 min, experimental
Michelle Latimer, Ontario
One woman’s haunted past leads her to embark
upon a metamorphic journey towards freedom
and acceptance.
Treaty Number Three, 4 min, documentary
Danielle Sturk, Manitoba
A unique video portrait of visual and performance
artist Rebecca Belmore, 2013 Laureate of the
Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media
Arts. The work is inspired by the spoken words
of chief Mawe-do-pe-nais from an 1873 treaty
negotiation recording of Belmore’s ancestral land.
Spring, 2 min, experimental
Brenna George, Manitoba
“Spring” evokes the emotion of spring, where the
bleakness of winter cracks open to the fragile but
unstoppable bounty of springtime hope. The basic
narrative structure of first comes love and then
comes babies with the metaphor of the tree of
life, the family tree.
The Orphan and the Polar Bear, 9 min,
animation, Neil Christopher, Nunavut
According to Inuit oral history, long ago animals
had the power of speech, could shift their
appearances, and could even assume human
form. A neglected orphan is adopted by a polar
bear elder. Under the bear’s guidance, the little
orphan learns the skills he will need to survive
and provide for himself.

Dance, Dance, 3 min, animation
Pasquale LaMontagna
A sequence of imagery and dancing paying
tribute to First Nation culture.
Kuekuatsheu Mak Muak (Wolverine and Loon)
Docu-drama, 15 min
Navarana Igloliorte , Newfoundland and Labrador
In this mesmerizing film, Innu elder Mani Katnen
Nuna shares an ancient legend of the wolverine
and the loon to a few Sheshatshiu community
members in a wood stove heated labrador tent. As
the story begins, the youth begin to take on the
roles of animals whose story is being told.
Traditional Healing, 2 min, animation
Raymond Caplin, Québec
A young woman dances in a devastated forest.
Then a miracle occurs.
Coyote X, 13 min, experimental
Terry Haines/Aaron Rice
Coyote X is an video that evokes nuances of land
ownership issues and cultural survival through
the presence of the Coyote acting as a metaphor
and bearer of this sober message.

Handing Over, 4 min documentary
France Benoit, NWT
Thursday nights in N’dilo have taken on new
meaning since a group of young adults decided to
resurrect an age-old Dene tradition. Starting with
just six youth, their hand-game lessons quickly
tripled in size as kids realized that drumming,
culture and fun at the gym beat television hands
down. This short film explores how giving of one’s
time strengthens community.
Marée II, 2 min, experimental
Elisa Moar, Québec
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