Acadiana Dir. Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, and Yannick Nolin 2019 10 minutes Keywords: Festival; Norms; Gender; Sensory; America https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/07/09/acadiana/ Acadiana; Another Day in America “May 2017. The city of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, is the theatre of the mythic Crawfish Festival. It’s just another day, in America.” This brief synopsis, provided outside of the filmContinue reading “Anonymous – Acadiana Review”
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Isabella Haley – One Leg In, One Leg Out Review: The Beginnings of a Personal Metamorphic Experience
Title: One Leg In, One Leg Out Director: Lisa Rideout Year: 2018 Duration: 14 min Keywords: documentary; LGBTQ; sex-work; empowerment; acceptance; toronto Link to watch the film: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/short-docs/season-1/episode-53/38e815a-00db2484a44 Student name: Isabella Haley “Never say never…cause you never know where you’re going to end up.” This popular aphorism is embodied in Lisa Rideout’s award-winning short documentary,Continue reading “Isabella Haley – One Leg In, One Leg Out Review: The Beginnings of a Personal Metamorphic Experience”
Elli Bookhalter “Hearing Madge” Film Review
Title of Documentary: Hearing Madge Director: Andrea Lewis Year of Production: 2016 Length: 10 minutes Keywords: documentary; sound; music; life; death Link to the film: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/06/13/hearing-madge/ And Vinyly Website: https://www.andvinyly.com/ Hearing Madge is a 2016 documentary short film directed by Andrea Lewis that explores the work of Jason Leach; a Scarborough, UK musician who pressesContinue reading “Elli Bookhalter “Hearing Madge” Film Review”
Riley Donovan – Da Hillsook Wedeen: A Review
Da Hillsook Wedeen: A Review General Information: Da Hillsook Wedeen Director: Hope Strickland Year: 2019 Duration: 16:26 Keywords: Shetland ; Scotland ; Folklore ; Invisible author ; Scottish Films Watch: https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/2795/2768 Directed by Hope Strickland in 2019, Da Hillsook Wedeen tells the story of an old Shetland folk tale of a tragic loss ofContinue reading “Riley Donovan – Da Hillsook Wedeen: A Review”
Tomas Cepeda “Inhale” : Weaving in This Mortal Life
Title of documentary: Inhale Director(s): Sean Mullan Year of production: 2017 Length (duration): 16 minutes Keywords: grief; life; existentialism; experimental; abstract; philosophy Link: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/09/04/inhale/ By: Tomas Cepeda Inhale (2017): Weaving in This Mortal Life Love and Tragedy Dealing with the pain brought by the death of someone we love is one of the human experience’sContinue reading “Tomas Cepeda “Inhale” : Weaving in This Mortal Life”
Marvin Board “Colonialism in Canada: What is happening at Unist’ot’en?” Review
Title: Colonialism in Canada: What is happening at Unist’ot’en? Director: Kolin Sutherland-Wilson Duration: 15:30 Year: 2020 Keywords: Pipeline; Unist’ot’en; Wet’suwet’en; Transmountain; Indigenous-Rights Link to the Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Ifk8Rh-S8 Reviewer: Marvin Board The film covers the Transmountain pipeline construction that was set to go through the native lands of the Unist’ot’en people. It tells the tragic storyContinue reading “Marvin Board “Colonialism in Canada: What is happening at Unist’ot’en?” Review”
Jessi Rowse-Mercier “The Depth Beneath, The Height Above” – A Film of Juxtaposition
Director: Andrea Bordoli Year of Production: 2020 Length: 18min Keywords: Nature; Machines; Farming; Sensory; Relationships; Link to watch the film: https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/3040 Jessi Rowse-Mercier Deep within the Swiss Alps lies the Robiei Power Plant. Home to not only a massive hydroelectric system but also a cheese farm consisting of a few dozen goats, cows and oneContinue reading “Jessi Rowse-Mercier “The Depth Beneath, The Height Above” – A Film of Juxtaposition”
Erika Jraij “A Camp is a Wall in a Forest” Review
Title of documentary: A CAMP IS A WALL IN A FOREST Director(s): Anna Knappe & Amir Jan Year of production: 2019 Length (duration): 18 minutes, 30 seconds Keywords: (refugees, migration, reception centre, Afghanistan, asylum seekers, mohajers, social suffering, ethnographic film, anthropological film, identity, isolation, belonging). Link to watch the film: https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v3i02.2697 Reviewed byErika Jraij FilmContinue reading “Erika Jraij “A Camp is a Wall in a Forest” Review”
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