2014 Dawson City International Short Film Festival | Page 9
11:30 PM FRIDAY APRIL 18 ~ STRANGE THINGS DONE
Racing Robots, Brawling Buddhas
Sticky Ends
Star Struck
Le Toasteur
Gnashing
Sinceridad
No Eclipse
Ealli guoddá joavkkus (Leaving the Herd)
The Turtle
Gum
Racing Robots, Brawling Buddhas
3 min, animation, Greg Michaelson, UK
It’s the day of the robot races. But those brawling
‘Buddhas’ just can’t stop meddling.
Gnashing, 13 min, comedy
Eric Fisher/ Robbie Bourland, USA
Guy struggles to keep his life together as he
inexplicably grows monstrous fangs.
The Turtle, 3 min, experimental
Matt Gibson, USA
The Turtle is a journey of the body and the mind,
in dialog with nature, art, fashion, and music.
The Turtle seeks to capture that element most
fundamental to the human soul. The Turtle’s
journey is simultaneously death and rebirth; the
void that is that moment between existence and
nonexistence. The Turtle invites us to share a part
of ourselves, and if we do, it shares back with us a
new part we may not have previously known. The
Turtle’s pain is our pain, but The Turtle’s victory is
our victory. The Turtle, simply put, is life.
Sticky Ends, 7 min, animation
Osman Cerfon, France
Jinx is a man with the head of a fish. Misfortune
bubbles escape from his mouth. When one of
them follows somebody, he becomes dogged by
bad luck, and comes to a sticky end...
Sinceridad, 3 min, comedy
Andrea Casaseca. Spain
After lunch, David must confess the news to his
parents. What he still doesn’t know is the impact
it will have on them.
Gum, 2 min, animation
Noam Sussman, Ontario
Your mother warned you about swallowing your
gum.
Star Struck, 22 min, comedy
Charles Ward, Australia
Kevin Welliger is 14 years old and has a meteorite
stuck in his head. A lovable outsider, processing
the death of his father and the burden of being
unusual (see above re: meteorite in head) Kevin
catches the attention of a budding photographer
named Leila. From here evolves an inspiring, at
times ridiculous and convincingly heartfelt story
about life, love and the pursuit of happiness.
Le Toasteur, 9 min, comedy
Michaël Lalancette, Québec
Despite an exceptional temperature this beautiful
winter day in 1992, Claude decided to end his
story with a toaster and a bathtub. Alain, his little
brother, returns from jogging when he discovers
that the device has been stolen!
Ealli guoddá joavkkus (Leaving the Herd)
5 min, comedy
Egil Pederson, Norway
A man breaks out of his group of friends to follow
his own calling. His old friends will not accept this
and bring him back home for punishment and
subduing. The story takes place in a twisted and
absurd Sámi universe.
No Eclipse, 5 min, experimental
Jay Bulckaert, Pablo Saravanja, NWT
A thoughtful music driven exploration of one
man’s turbulent sub-reality; his thoughts
and meditations projected through mask. No
Eclipse is an artless and hyper-visual dance-like
representation of the quiet struggle within.
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