Local Programme

Thursday, May 10

Local Artists

6:30 pm

All works in this program were created by women while living in Alberta.

Worldmart
Director: Katie Herrington
2007 – 2 minutes
Distributor: Quickdraw Animation Society

A whimsical but hard hitting take on modern spending habits.

2
Director: Kim Anderson
2006 – 2:40 minutes
Distributor: Kim Anderson

An animated montage dedicated to visually creating and deconstructing the idea and fun of Two.

Altar (ed)
Director: Sharon Stevens
2007 – 4 minutes
Distributor: Sharon Stevens

The modern vision of marriage is sometimes cemented in our psyche. This film challenges us to break apart that vision.

Weight of Thy Cross
Director: Marnie Andersen
2006 – 25 minutes
Distributor: Marnie Andersen

A local couple, on the eve of their wedding, tells their story about coming to the realization of their sexuality. Along with this it brings them to a crossroads with their long held religious beliefs. They share the journey the have taken.

Emerging From the Shadow of Manu
Director: Melissa Ilona Saic
2006 – 8 minutes
Distributor: Melissa Ilona Saic

Emerging From the Shadow of Manu is about an NGO in Calcutta helping women to break free from life in the caste system in India.

A Good Knight Story
Director: Patricia Harris Seeley
2005 - 6:35 minutes
Distributor: Sonic Films Inc.

Knights in the 1400s learn from The Book of Chivalry and Knighthood what makes a good knight, while mediaeval women clean their armor. But since this 15th century book explains why only men can be knights, a woman disguised as Justice decides to rewrite its pages.

Hand Sum
Director: Eva Colmers
2007 – 8:03 minutes
Distributor: Eva Colmers

A visually compelling journey through our modern lives, this film takes us through a day in our lives. We see what we sometimes feel and experience in the course of any given day.

Don’t Look Back
Director: Sarah Empey
2005 – 5 minutes
Distributor: Video Pool

This film is about a young woman in her prime whose life was changed at the sudden loss of the majority of her vision. Although parts of her life became challenging, she describes what she went though and will continue to go through with optimism and a sense of humour. "Don't Look Back" is a positive and inspiring film, and is good for anyone who has gone through a personal tragedy and is unsure about their future.

Singleitis
Director: Karen Marachuk
2005 – 9:08 minutes
Distributor: Video Pool

Singleitis is a short documentary that takes a light-hearted approach to examining why seemingly great women are chronically single. By sharing her personal story and interviewing other single women, the filmmaker examines why some women repeatedly sabotage opportunities despite wanting to change their status. Can her Singleitis be cured?

It Came From Somewhere
Director: Barb Maier
7 minutes
Distributor: Barb Maier
Artist in attendance

The Artistic Taxidermist
Director: Sandi Somers
2006 – 5:30 minutes
Distributor: Sandi Somers

This film tells the story of an idiosyncratic taxidermist’s drive to introduce creativity to his craft. After seeing Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for the first time, the taxidermist and his wife decide to stretch the limits of his bizarre line of work.

Finale

36 Socially Constructed Feminist Identities
Director: (.... )kette Collective
2005 - 24 minutes
Distributor: Loralee Edwards
Artists in attendance