Resistance is expressed through art, be it for an individual or a whole community. The intimate becomes political.
In this program, we hear the calls of young Indigenous artists, the cries of homosexuals abused in Chechnya, and the hope of migrants who cross our seas and our borders. These films are dedicated to the marginalized, the abused, the outsider – so that they know that we are there with them!
In the program:
You Can take the Streets and Rule Them
A short-film by Eduardo Patrick and Lloyd Brennan (Montréal)
Ode of a dancer to the many civil uprisings of the last years: “If I can not dance, I do not want to take part in your Revolution” (Emma Goldman, Russian activist, 1931).
Dir.: Lionel Escama | Chor.: Nacera Belaza | QC | 2014 | 12’47
Inheritor Recordings
A short-film by Josh Martin, Lisa Gelley, Brian Johnson (Vancouver)
Quiet uplifting of a new generation. This work distorts time and space, and brings out the raw physicality of the 16 dancers that combines urban and contemporary dance.
Dir.: Brian Johnson & Lisa Gelley | Chor: Josh Martin | Canada | 2014 | 6‘20
Return of the Warrior’s Sword
A short-film by Naomi Recollet, Ogimaa Duke Peltier (Wikwemikong)
The story of Mookomaanish’s sword, an artifact of the 1812 Anglo-American War, which embodies the power and protective will of the Anishnaabe.
Dir.: Naomi Recollet | Nation: Anishnabe | Wikwemikong, Canada | 2017 | 5‘26
Reclaiming my Culture
A short-film by Lisa Kenoras (Splatsin)
A young woman’s efforts to reclaim her Indigenous culture and build stronger bonds with her family.
Dir.: Lisa Kenoras | Nation: Shuswap | Splatsin, Canada | 2017 | 5‘8
Zuya / The Journey
A short-film by Ariel Waskewitch (Stoney, New-York)
Defying depression, a young woman by the name of Nakoda seeks a balance between her traditional way of life and the modern world around her. By returning to dance, she will go to the United Nations to defend the rights of the Indigenous peoples.
Dir.: Ariel Waskewitch | Nation: Nakoda | Stoney, Canada | 2017 | 6‘
When Spirit Calls
A short-film by Terrie McIntosh (Pine Creek)
This is an experimental film on the spiritual trajectory of a young Indigenous woman. By highlighting themes such as intuition, faith and perseverance, Terrie takes us on a mystical journey – her spiritual journey.
Dir.: Terrie McIntosh | Nation: Ojibwe | Pine Creek, Canada | 2014 | 4’10
Onimiskiskaw Nitehik / There’s A Storm In My Heart
A short-film by Marie-Christine Petiquay (Manawan, Québec)
Often, after a break-up, the butterflies in the stomach leave to give way to the storm in the heart.
Dir.: Marie-Christine Petiquay | Chor.: Angélique Dumet-Kerherno | Canada | 2017 | 1’35
Move, Pilgrimage, & The Storm
A series of three short films by Sandy Siva, Marlene Millar (Montréal)
Conceived out of the Migration Dance Project, the films of this Montreal duo reveal the plight of immigrants and have received worldwide acclaim.
Dir.: Marlene Millar | Chor: Sandy Silva | Canada | 2017 | 10′
Dir.: Marlene Millar | Chor: Sandy Silva | Canada | 2017 | 10′
Dir.: Marlene Millar | Chor: Sandy Silva | Canada | 2016 | 3′
Mass
A film by Fu LE, Adrien Gontier (France)
This film shows the confrontation of the movements of the individual with that of the crowd’s, in order to show how we might both resist and become immersed in the larger group.
Dir.: Fu LE & Adrien Gontier | Chor.: Fu LE | Paris, France | 2019 | 12’00
Limbes
A film by Natalie-Anne Downs
Two soldiers caught in an unknown place and time relive memories of the battlefield. From sunrise to sunset these lost souls eternally play out a tale of friendship and loss, haunted by the tragedy of war and the promise of what could have been.
Dir.: Natalie-Anne Downs | Chor.: Dominic Rocca and Christopher Thomas | United Kingdom | 2018 | 9’55