Atlantic Auteurs #1
Shorts
Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7pm
Experimentation takes many forms in this manic showcase of new short works from Atlantic Canada. NSCAD professor Solomon Nagler premieres skin of the cit-y, a hand-manipulated 16mm work, while his student Yalitsa Riden exploits digital tools to make her HIFF debut with the split-screen sensory experience Death Flame. Danny Boos returns to HIFF with the realist drama Bound – a sharp departure from his earlier experimental work – and Seth Smith’s Wind Through a Tree offers a series of peephole vignettes that evoke a long lost America’s Funniest Home Videos episode no one was ever, ever supposed to see.
SKIN OF THE CIT-Y | Solomon Nagler | 5 minutes
WIND THROUGH A TREE | Seth Smith | 10 minutes
BOUND | Danny Boos | 11 minutes
DEATH FLAME | Yalitsa Riden | 3 minutes
CLIPPED WINGS: on the Fringes of China's Boom | Urs Frei | 22 minutes
SEAN + DEVIN HANGING OUT | Todd Fraser | 2 minutes
A SUICIDE AT THE GUN RANGE | Stephanie Clattenburg | 10 minutes
MAZE | James MacSwain | 9 minutes
A Q+A with the directors will follow the screening.
