Sat Oct 4 | 9 PM
Rachel Browne Theatre
211 Bannatyne Ave, 2nd floor
In the same building as the Across the Board Game Cafe
Program duration: 68 mins
Followed by a filmmaker Q&A
Open Call 4: Notes on Rememory
Notes on Rememory explores the act of remembering as a dynamic and complex process, one where repressed moments resurface. Each of the films in this program delves into how the act of remembering, where each of the filmmakers are able to retrace their individual and or shared histories. These moments that ask what do our memories feel, sound and look like? What autonomy does one have to their own shared memories with themselves, loved ones, the land and to the non human? Notes on Rememory brings to the surface the intricacies of who gets to remember, what is allowed to be remembered, and the possibility of rewriting and reshaping of new narratives.
Semi-precious
Kara Hansen | BC
15:00 mins mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
Semi-precious is a portrait of the filmmaker’s mother, a retired holistic practitioner, framed through her crystals, supplements, jewelry, healing instruments, and household adornments. Handwritten labels on these objects serve as a vital remedy to combat her memory loss.
LESPRI
Jard Lerebours | USA
4:46 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
LESPRI is a trial through the cyclical nature of addiction. An unnamed narrator uses found footage from his childhood in an attempt to paint a portrait of his father and their painful relationship. The film takes place at the International African Arts Festival in Brooklyn, NY.
The Story about Black Love
Miriam Temesghen | Manitoba
3:23 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ WORLD PREMIERE
Black Love is a beautiful thing, showcased through parenting, friendships and romance.
Waters Flow with No Sorrow
Marie-Frédérique Lemieux | Quebec
10:04 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
Waters Flow With No Sorrow explores the complex and contradictory relationships that women from the same family have with the sea. By sharing their memories, they attempt to make peace with traumatic events that have marked several generations.
Mediterranean Sea
Abdoul-Ganiou Dermani | Germany
2:30 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
This video work is a tribute to the victims of dangerous crossings of the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
La Colle Falls
Mike Rollo | Saskatchewan
10:40 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
At the turn of the 20th century, a hydroelectric dam was partially built on the North Saskatchewan River, its unfinished concrete form now framing the surrounding river and forest. La Colle Falls reflects on the lasting impact of this industrial folly and the ways it has marked and reshaped the natural landscape.
A Robin in the Room
Nicolás Martín Pintos | Argentina
8:37 mins, digital file, 2025
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
An essay film starring an off-screen narrator, who one sleepless night finds himself facing the nostalgia of an old love. A bird, a copy of a famous painting and the memories of that bond will intertwine in a continuously awake mind.
African American Express
Sydnie Baynes | Ontario
2:41 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ REGIONAL PREMIERE
African American Express is an abstract animation exploring the impact of consumerism in the Black community. Told in the style of Soviet Propaganda, this animated short dissects the pattern of excessive materialism and consumption prevalent within the Black population.
Troscurpos: From the Crowd to the Wind
Arnaldo Drés González | Venezuela
4:48 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
Spectral human forms, in perpetual metamorphosis, embody the tension between light and shadow, enslavement and freedom. These figures transform into a dreamlike portal, leading to the contemplation of an enigmatic oil drilling machine, frozen in time, echoing worlds of the past and future.
Worry-Walls
Mariana Lishchynska | Ukraine
5:37 mins, digital file, 2024
⇥ CANADIAN PREMIERE
Worry-walls is an attempt to recollect a physical place of trauma and its traces afterwards. Rooms layer on top of each other; scars turn dry; the passing of time heals over. A phone conversation vaguely recounts the events, and also explains the reasons for staying in a place that hurts.