These women should run the world – but first they’ll have to wield their powers of sex and persuasion, truth and imagination, without compromising. This smoldering set of shorts puts the force back into female. Running time: 89 minutes.
Isabel Bader Theatre: Wednesday June 6, 6:15 pm
Isabel Bader Theatre: Saturday June 9, 3:00 pm
| What A Young Girl Should Not Know
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| In this poignant ode to innocence and embroidery, imagination is key. A lyrical catalogue of homespun guidance that explores the wonders of childhood and the realm of truths untold.
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| Exode
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| Art imitates life as dancer Eliza struggles to retain her sense of self while haunted by a toxic, all-consuming romance. The passionate melodies of Clara Furey set a pitch perfect tone for this heart-rending story.
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| Little Plastic Figure
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| Sometimes we need a little help from our inanimate friends. A plucky stop-motion musical homage to one woman?s plastic guardian angel.
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| Girl
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| One girl, five guys. Add plenty of alcohol, a dash of cocaine, and let simmer. The result: a night heavy with lust, humiliation, and sexual power games.
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| Unravel
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| Take a journey inside the hidden corners of the international textile industry with the charismatic Indian workers whose job it is to recycle the massive shipments of second-hand clothing arriving daily from the West.
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| Big Mouth
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| What makes you marvellous? Trudy learns how her big mouth gets her into trouble and makes her special at the same time. Animator Andrea Dorfman skillfully transforms flaws into defining qualities in this inspired moral lesson.
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| Snow Canon
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| While ensconced in a chalet high atop the French Alps, an adolescent girl and her American babysitter play an elaborate game of seduction and submission in this brilliantly beguiling film.
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