2014 Dawson City International Short Film Festival

8 PM SUNDAY APRIL 20 ~ THE BIG FINISH Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam What Was a Wild Night Blotto 649 Portraits from Varangerfjord Fur Harvesters NWT Mila Mohawk Midnight Runners Ordinary Gold Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam 8 min, animation Jeff Chiba Stearns For the first time in Canadian history, 15 of Canada’s most celebJrated independent animators have come together to create a collaborative animated film using only 4x6 inch yellow sticky notes, a black pen and animation meditation. Fur Harvesters NWT, 8 min, documentary Pablo Saravanja/Jay Bulckaert,, NWT Based just outside of Hay River, Andrew Stanley runs his trapline where he harvests lynx, wolverine, marten, wolf, coyote and other fur bearing animals that fetch top price at the Fur Harvesters Auction. What Was a Wild Night, 5 min, animation Sarah Pupo, Québec What Was a Wild Night was made collaboratively by artist Sarah Pupo (Montreal, Quebec) and musician Nina Nielsen (Oslo, Norway). Using paint and paper cutouts on glass, characters were created and scenes improvised in direct response to the soundtrack. The result is reminiscent of a live drawing populated by meandering psychedelia and dark forms that transform, vanish and rise again. Mila, 17 min, comedy Kristina Wagenbauer, Canada/Switzerland Mila, a 10 year old girl, is working day and night on a very special gift featuring her unknowing family. Blotto 649, 3 min, experimental Mike Maryniuk, Manitoba A fantastic journey of colour using 6490 photographs of spin art micro paintings. 2014 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Mohawk Midnight Runners, 17 min, drama Zoe Hopkins, Ontario This is a comedic story about camaraderie and release that shows Grant finding freedom from his darkness and love for life... by running naked on the highway. Portraits from Varangerfjord 13 min, documentary Egil Pederson, Norway A feel-good documentary filmed in Nesseby, Finnmark, in Northern Norway. The film portrays several people that have a strong connection to nature, to old Sámi traditions, and to the small community they live in. Ordinary Gold, 9 min, comedy Brian Lye, BC A quiet, narrated, black and white, slow and funny film about fictional residents of Dawson City, Yukon. 21

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