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2009 PROGRAMS
Opening Gala: AWARD WINNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The red carpet is ready, the bubbly is on ice, and the statuettes are polished and gleaming! Come and enjoy the latest crop of award-winning shorts from across the globe.
BLOOR CINEMA | TUESDAY, JUNE 16 | 7:00 PM
ROM | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 9:30 PM
76 MINUTES
Rated PG
Official Selection 1 :
THE EDGE OF REASON
Indulge in some film therapy. Watch others deal – and not deal – with the anxieties, delusions, and delicious disorders that life throws their way. Leather couch not included.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 2:00 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 7:00 PM
ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 12:00 PM
90 MINUTES
Official Selection 2:
LUST FOR LIFE
Go on; grab “it” by the horns. Love, art, and personal mantras are explored with passion and conviction in these cinematic odes to living one’s truth out loud.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 4:15 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 9:15 PM
91 MINUTES
Official Selection 3:
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
No one wants to kick the bucket, so this cast of odd collectors and archivists have made plans to preserve a piece of themselves. Through a record collection, photo libraries, or a tattooed suit of flesh: their legacies will persist.
ROM | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 4:30 PM
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 2:30 PM
86 MINUTES
Official Selection 4:
WHEN POLITICAL GETS PERSONAL
Whether sharing a socialist beer, stealing electricity with a zombie, or interpreting the grunts of an impaled Prime Minister, this mix of dramatic and decidedly lighter shorts demonstrates just how personal international affairs can become.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 7:15 PM
ROM | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 4:15 PM
95 MINUTES
Official Selection 5:
WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET
Don’t believe what you see or trust what you hear. From pawnshop owners with ulterior motives to shady smiley-faced pencils and beheaded bears, nothing is as it seems in these sly and surprising shorts.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 9:30 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 2:15 PM
93 MINUTES
Official Selection 6:
REBELS WITH A CAUSE
Rob a bank, save the environment, scam the system – or at least live vicariously through the extraordinary exploits of the fantastic heroines and conflicted heroes in these rebellious shorts.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 2:00 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 4:30 PM
92 MINUTES
Official Selection 7:
THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
Loving mom and pop isn’t always easy: sometimes, it’s a downright chore. Family dynamics go under the moving-picture microscope turning up the sweet, funny, annoying, and heart-wrenching ties that bind.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 4:15 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 7:00 PM
90 MINUTES
Official Selection 8:
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
How do we solve our problems with one another? Negotiation, mediation, community-building, sweet talkin’, pharmaceuticals, out-n-out lying . . . and when all else fails, violence.
ROM | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 4:30 PM
ROM | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 2:00 PM
93 MINUTES
Official Selection 9:
FOOD CHAIN
Whether you’re a carnivore or an herbivore, we’re all looking for the same thing: a good meal. Saucy animated pasta, squirrel-hunting nut job documentaries, and darkly comic dinner-party dramas serve up a feast of shorts.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 7:15 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 7:15 PM
90 MINUTES
Official Selection 10:
CONCRETE & STEAL
We live in little concrete boxes, practically on top of each other. We’ll beg, borrow, or steal just to gain a few more square feet, whether it’s from nature or one another. From mouthy manholes to masterful maids to slippery oil sands, space truly informs character.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 9:30 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | NOON
91 MINUTES
Official Selection 11:
TECH-NEUROLOGICAL
In a world saturated with gizmos and gadgets, shouldn’t life be easier? Technology can be crazymaking, leaving wires crossed and exacerbating the human condition. Leave your cell-pod-face-twitter machine at home and surf these tech-shorts instead.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 2:00 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 9:15 PM
96 MINUTES
Official Selection 12:
90-MINUTE MAKEOVER
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. Genuine transformation requires more than just a makeover. Dress up a colonized island as a tourist destination, assume the identity of an international man of mystery, or doctor your online dating profile, and what do you get?
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 4:15 PM
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 4:30 PM
91 MINUTES
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Eight powerful and moving films inspired by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Established at the United Nations Summit of 2000 and set to be achieved by 2015, 191 heads of state signed the Millennium Declaration, which outlined the MDGs. These films are a reminder that there is still a long way to go: 2015 is closer than we think.
ROM | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 9:15 PM
103 MINUTES
Rated PG
Stories on Human Rights
These 22 short films were commissioned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 22 filmmakers and video artists from around the world have lent their unique and inspiring vision to the themes of culture, development, dignity & justice, environment, gender and participation.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 9:15 PM
84 MINUTES
Rated PG
Belgian Spotlight: THE BEST OF BELGIUM 1 and 2
From the land that gives the world over 8700 beers, splendid chocolate, and mayonnaise for our frites, comes a feast for the cinematic senses. This eye-opening selection of Belgian shorts reveals a new generation of filmmaking talent.
Belgian Spotlight:
THE BEST OF BELGIUM 1
ROM | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 4:30 PM
90 MINUTES
Belgian Spotlight:
THE BEST OF BELGIUM 2
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 4:45 PM
90 MINUTES
Film School Spotlight: ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
Founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design, the Royal College of Art is the world’s only postgraduate institution of art and design. This ten year retrospective of the RCA’s illustrious animation program presents 21 short films from some of the finest animators working in the field today.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | 2:15 PM
97 MINUTES
CFC:
SHORT DRAMATIC FILMS
Twenty years ago, Norman Jewison’s dream of a training institute for Canadian talent became a reality. Over 1000 alumni later, the Canadian Film Centre continues to launch Canada’s most creative voices in film, television, and new media.
CUMBERLAND CINEMA | SUNDAY, JUNE 21 | NOON
89 MINUTES
Rated PG
Oh! Canada: CANADIAN COMEDY SHORTS
There are a lot of things about Canada that aren’t intentionally funny, like Stephen Harper’s haircut, eating beaver tails, and the metric system. But these homegrown comedies will sure as h-e-double-hockey-sticks have you laughing.
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 7:15 PM
74 MINUTES
Picture Is Up!
From the First Assistant Director’s call for “Quiet on the set!” to the Director’s final cut, the process of filmmaking blends a variety of crafts. In this tribute to filmmaking, each short celebrates a specific cinematic element: picture, sound, writing, acting, and editing. “And action!”
ROM | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 7:15 PM
88 MINUTES
Rated PG
Shorts for Shorties: ANIMATION CELEBRATION!
Get ready to giggle! Epic adventures abound in this zany collection of animated goodies geared to family audiences. After we’ve provided the inspiration, join celebrated guest animator Jon Izen from CBC’s YAMROLL series for a short drawing workshop. Learn how to develop ideas for cartoon characters of your own!
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 12:15 PM
62 MINUTES
Age recommendation 6+ Free for children under 12! Rated G
Accidentally Funny: HOLIDAY IN THE SUN
Pack up your swim trunks and dust off your fedora. This year’s installment of giddy archival shorts makes a bee-line for the beach in a celebration of recreation. Watch for two early gems by Denys Arcand and Claude Jutra.
ROM | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 7:00 PM
70 MINUTES
Rated PG
Trilogy of Trilogies: ANIMATION EXTRAVAGANZA
This year we turn our trilogy spotlight to the masters of animation! Behold the varied and much-lauded works of Adam Elliot, Osbert Parker, and Bill Plympton.
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 9:30 PM
50 MINUTES
Rated 14A
Scene Not Herd: MUSIC VIDEOS
Scene Not Herd is back for its sixth year! Our annual cavalcade of music video madness is sure to delight and amaze fans of cutting edge visuals and amazing new music alike. As a special bonus, we’re including a collection of N.A.S.A. videos, curated and in many cases co-directed by legendary Los Angeles animator Syd Garon.
ROM | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 9:30 PM
90 MINUTES
Celebrity Shorts
Hollywood stars love short films: they’re a playground for trying out new characters as actors, or testing new roles behind the camera. This year, a record number of A-listers perform, write and direct in these truly star-studded short films.
ROM | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 7:00 PM
105 MINUTES
Rated PG
Sci Fi: OUT THERE
There’s a whole lot of nothing in space, and if the Earth’s gravity won’t keep you in your seat, your stabilizers will definitely kick in for our collection of out-of-this-world adventures, including strange scientific cures, a robot invasion, crash landings on hostile planets, and a Canadian space captain with a lot on his mind.
ROM | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 | 9:15 PM
88 MINUTES
Rated PG
Slap ‘n’ Tickle
There’s a thin line between physical passion and a fit of giggles between the sheets. From a sexbot programmed for pleasure, and a couple’s voyeuristic cat, to the heartache of a gay teen’s first time, and the stress of having all your porno fantasies come true, these naughty pieces of tale will leave you begging for more.
ROM | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 11:30 PM
92 MINUTES
Midnight Mania: CREEPY
Zombies, ghosts, cannibal serial killers, and a breast implant run amuck! Welcome to CREEPY: a six-nation tour of things that go bump in the night. A collection of the most unsettling, eerie, and flat out frightening shorts that the world has to offer, laced with the occasional dose of comic relief.
ROM | FRIDAY, JUNE 19 | 11:59 PM
94 MINUTES
Midnight Mania: FREAKY
Ominous teddy bears, giant bunnies, a day in the life of a white collar fish, vampire hitchhikers, and an assortment of cinematic oddities which defy description. Want to leave the theatre thinking “I’ve never seen that before!”? Then you’ve come to the right place! Welcome to FREAKY.
ROM | SATURDAY, JUNE 20 | 11:59 PM
95 MINUTES
2009 WSFF Advisory Committee
Marcelo Cabezas
Sean Classen
Angie Driscoll
Judy Gladstone
Sue Holland
Michelle Holtzkener
Ben Murray
Jeff Roach
Shane Smith
Rebecca Teal
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