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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
| Spare Change |
| Astral Pan lives on the outskirts of society, at the edge of surreality. Voiced by the late filmmaker Ryan Larkin, SPARE CHANGE is a psychedelic blend of dreams and memories that merge into a dynamic and incredibly touching swansong from one of Canada's most influential animators. |
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| Gisela |
| Give me the money and hurry up! Gisela Werler was Germany's first female bank robber. Animated Photoshop layers reveal Werler's crafty transformations as she pulls more than a few fast ones in 1960s Hamburg. |
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| Another's Reason (La raison de l'autre) |
| Caroline, a young welfare officer, discovers a client is moonlighting. Feeling duped, she follows him to find out more. But challenging those who challenge the system is rarely a black and white issue. |
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| How to Be Alone |
| Whimsical and inspiring at once, filmmaker Andrea Dorfman explores the poetics of solitude with a rhythm and beauty akin to butterflies in the belly. |
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| Wind Chimes (Pa'amoney ruach) |
| Ori is in crisis - her daughter Lea is calling again, threatening suicide, again. The trials of mental illness on a family are movingly depicted as one mother struggles over how to heal her child, her husband, and herself. |
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| Tenner |
| Vandalizing the corner shop and dodging the court system, young Homer should be out shagging girls instead of getting into trouble. But his rebellious ways slowly reveal a far more calculated agenda in this atypical teen angst story. |
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