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7PM FRIDAY APRIL 18 ~ YUKON AND BEYOND
Cent-Free Nation
Self Portrait with Migraine
Drifting Home
Caravan 9
Wedding on Mussell Island
How Salt Found Pepper
A Question
My Friend Anne
Pieces
Seaforth’s Legacy: Return to Agira
Life at the River
Subconscious Password
Cent-free Nation, 3 min, documentary
Meg Walker, Yukon
A short history of the coin that kept Canada centsible. A tribute to a common treasure once loved
and now lost.
Wedding On Mussel Island, 4 min, experimental
Lulu Keating, Yukon
Getting married used to mean giving up your
freedom. This wedding is about something else.
Pieces, 3 min, Experimental
Kerry Barber, Yukon
silence patience freedom
Self Portrait with Migraine, 2 min, animation
Kathryn Hepburn, Yukon
Imagery of the searing pain of a migraine plays
out on screen.
How Salt Found Pepper, 3 min, animation
Arlin McFarlane, Yukon
Too lonely Salt ventures into the world to find
Pepper and true happiness.
Seaforth’s Legacy: Return to Agira
13 min, documentary, Max Fraser, Yukon
The inspirational story of Canadian baby-boomers
who walk 300km over 20 days under scorching
Sicilian sun to commemorate the lost history of
Canadian soldiers in WW2; Operation Husky 2013
through the lens of the Seaforth Highlanders of
Vancouver.
Drifting Home, 5 min, drama
Karen MacKay, Yukon
Spring arrives and a young woman decides it’s
time to head for the place she loves. She travels
by raft revealing the many things she sees along
the way.
A Question, 10 min, documentary
Chris Mc Nutt, Yukon
People are asked to answer and elaborate on a
simple question. The challenge... they aren’t told
what it is in advance.
My Friend Anne, 3 min, animation
Arlin McFarlane, Yukon
Anne thought moving to her daughter’s house
would be a good idea. Now she’s not too sure.
Subconcious Password, 11 mn, animation
Chris Landreth, ON, Music by Daniel Janke
In this short animation, Oscar®-winning director
Chris Landreth (Ryan, 2004) uses a common
social gaffe—forgetting somebody’s name—as the
starting point for a mind-bending romp through
the unconscious.
Life At The River, 23 min, documentary
Werner Walcher, Yukon
Far off the grid, Carmen and Robert Perren have
chosen a life at the river with their three children,
2 cats, a few dogs and a sheep.
Caravan 9, 15min, drama
Leanne Savill, UK, written by Dianne Savill
Caravan 9 tells the story of 9 year old Lucy,
a curious introverted girl who loves to solve
mysteries. The arrival next door of a suspicious
man and a lonely boy lead her down a path of
discovery that uncovers some dark home truths.
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