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MANITOBA SHORTS
IN COMPE TITION
12:30PM | GIMLI THE ATRE
SAT, JULY 28 | 80 M
Please remember to stay and vote for Manitoba Film & Music Audience Choice Manitoba Short
Film Award. Also *new* this year will be an Audience Choice Award for Best Actor and Best Actress,
courtesy of ACTRA Manitoba!
And a very special thanks to Johnston Group, our dedicated long-time sponsor of Manitoba &
Canadian Short Films!
PIECE OF MIND
ERIN HEMBRADOR | MANITOBA | 2018 | 8 M
An elderly man living with dementia invites an unexpected guest over for lunch.
DYING LIGHT
LUKE WHITMORE | MANITOBA | 2018 | 16 M
A reclusive man dying from terminal cancer tries to save a light bulb with the same expiration date
as him in hopes that it will prolong his life.
BIRDWATCHER, THE
RYAN STEEL | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M
A Birdwatcher becomes infatuated with a traveler seeking shelter in the cabin he shares with his wife.
SURFACING
TREVOR KRISTJANSON | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M
A woman deals with trauma during a guided meditation session with her therapist.
RUN AS ONE - THE JOURNEY OF THE FRONT RUNNERS
ERICA DANIELS | MANITOBA | 2018 | 19 M
Ten young Indigenous athletes from First Nations across Manitoba were selected to run the Pan
Am torch from Minneapolis to Winnipeg in 1967. But just before the athletes arrived at the opening
ceremonies, the torch was taken from them and handed to a non-Indigenous athlete, who carried
the torch into the stadium. Fifty years later the runners reunite to share their memories.
ZAASAAKWE
MADISON THOMAS | MANITOBA | 2017 | 5 M
In this uplifting celebration of life, a young woman calls upon Indigenous people to embrace their
history while coming together to strengthen their ties within the community.
FROM THE DIRT
TYLER FUNK & CARMEN PONTO | MANITOBA | 2018 | 22 M
A moving documentary set in rural Manitoba witnesses a couple navigate the seasons of their
garden and their marriage.