Block 11 - Mixed Shorts 3

About This Program

This program presents a mixed group of short films, from animations and music videos to narratives and a short documentary.

Indigos

Director: Ian Pozzebon

Narrative Short, Canada, 2018, 46 min, Color

Heidi is searching for her friends who disappeared hitchhiking along the Canadian Highway.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in three Canadian cities in the Great Lakes region: Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and North Bay, Ontario.

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Wisp

Director: Jimmie Chiverelli

Narrative Short, Canada, 2018, 11 min, Color

A couple returns home to find a curious item that wasn't there when they left.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and all of the actors and crew are from the Sault.

The Last Wish

Director: Vladimir Sokolskyy

Narrative Short, Canada, 2018, 9 min, Color, Student Project (Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada)

An old man asks the Grim Reaper, who has come to take him, for a last wish.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

They Come in Light

Director: Vladimir Sokolskyy

Narrative Short, Canada, 2018, 5 min, Color, Student Project (Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada)

The conversation between a couple is interrupted by a mysterious event.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

With My Own Two Hands

Director: Michaël Barocas

Narrative Short, France, 2018, 4 min, Color

The life of a man through his hands and the ones around him…

A Fine Confusion

Director: Michael Sugrue

Narrative Short, United States, 2011, 3 min, Color

A man questions his life's choices, revisiting the past while looking toward the future through the eyes of his child.

Great Lakes Connection: The director was born and raised in Troy, Michigan. The lead actor, Steven Wiig, was born in Ishpeming, raised in Negaunee, Michigan, and is a member of the Soo Film Festival Advisory Board.

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Bigman Businessman

Director: Clarisse Chua

Animation, United States, 2018, 3 min, Color, Student Project (California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, US)

Businessman Mr. Bigman doesn't seem to be able to find the joy in his work life.

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Resurge

Director: Ying Ling Chen

Animation, Taiwan, 2018, 2 min, Color, Student Project (School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY, US)

A little girl travels in the afterworld with a guardian rabbit.

Great Lakes Connection: The filmmaker is a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Synapse

Director: Lauren Kerr

Animation, United States, 2018, 2 min, Black & White and Color

This animation was created using instinctual processes in an effort to glean something of the subconscious. It depicts an existence that is valuable not because it lacks distress, but because pain and joy only exist meaningfully together, each heightening the beauty of the other.

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After Ashes

Director: Jesse McAnally

Narrative Short, United States, 2018, 15 min, Color, Student Project (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, US)

After a plague turns most humans into mindless creatures, the Grim Reaper struggles with boredom and the lone human survivor struggles to maintain her sanity.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot entirely in Romulus, Michigan (metro Detroit).

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Unlawful

Director: Thomas Butcher

Narrative Short, United States, 2017, 15 min, Black & White

When one man fears that he isn't providing enough for his wife, he's willing to do anything to prove his love for her. In this 1940s neo-noir musical, it can be hard to tell the difference between good and evil when you're being kept in the dark.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Michigan with a 100% Michigan cast & crew. 

This is Thomas Butcher's fourth Soo Film Festival as a director. In 2017 he won the festival's Audience Choice - Best Student Narrative award for Eat Me. In 2016 he won the Audience Choice Award - Best Narrative Short Under 15 Minutes for Breaking Circles.

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Pencil Mark

Director: Trevor Norkey

Animation, United States, 2018, 9 min, Color, Student Project (Compass College of Cinematic Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, US)

An outdated cellphone falls in love with a pencil with a bad past.

Great Lakes Connection: The film was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the entire cast is from the Great Lakes region.

Ready for a Baby

Director: Anastasia Dyakova

Animation, Australia, 2017, 5 min, Color, Student Project (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia)

A young woman in her thirties feels very happy and excited. She has a partner and everything in her life is under control, so now is the perfect time to have a baby. It should be easy and natural, with love and fun and everything else, right?

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Bang Bang!

Director: Jackie Droujko

Animation, Canada, 2018, 1 min, Color, Student Project (Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Canada)

Two girls sick of the daily grind thieve their way to riches. They strike it big, but will they bite off more than they can chew?

Great Lakes Connection: The film was made by students of Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.

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