Thursday 11am | OCT. 15 SHOUT OUT LOUD YOUTH PROGRAM Al Green Theatre
Bollywood Dreaming
Memories
Bollywood Dreaming
Memories
Director: Cornel Ozies Australia · 8 min · 2007 · Beta SP
Director: Joel George Canada · 6 min · 2009 · Beta SP
International Premiere
World Premiere
Sixteen-year-old Jedda Rae Hill is an Aboriginal AfroAmerican skater, boxer and actor who dreams of starring in a Bollywood movie.
Struggling with profound loss, a young boy attempts to open up to a stranger.
Cornel Ozies (Yawuru/Goonlyand) is an emerging director and editor who works at family-run production house Wawili Pitjas in Australia.
This Is Me
Our World
Director: David Sam USA · 3.5 min · 2008 · Beta SP
Director: Kiefer Collison Canada · 2.5 min · 2009 · Beta SP Haida with English subtitles
Canadian Premiere
World Premiere
A young man speaks about his experience of being bullied as a teenager and tells the story of who he really is.
The power and vitality of future Indigenous leaders is explored in this thoughtful documentary.
David Sam (Anishinabe) is a musician, photographer and filmmaker from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kiefer Collison (Haida) grew up on Haida Gwaii in British Columbia.
Mokopuna
Kir Otci Ntcotco (For You, Mom)
Director: Ainsley Gardiner New Zealand · 11 min · 2009 · 35 mm
Director: Mariana Niquay-Ottawa Canada · 4.5 min · 2008 · Beta SP French with English subtitles
An encounter with a young Maori boy stirs a young girl’s curiosity about an identity that she is not quite ready to embrace. Ainsley Gardiner (Maori) is the co-founder of Whenua Films and a celebrated producer for her work on Taika Waititi’s Academy Award-nominated short Two Cars, One Night and Tama Tu (Special Jury Prize, Berlin Film Festival) and his first feature, Eagle vs Shark (2007). Mokopuna is her first foray into dramatic writing and direction.
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Joel George is a emerging filmmaker and recent graduate of Humber College. George is interested in further exploring the ideology of solutions in his future work.
Ontario Premiere A touching visual portrayal of a letter intending to reconcile the past and apologise for a turbulent adolescence and misdirected angst. With the support of the Wapikoni Mobile project, Mariana Niquay-Ottawa (Atikamekws) makes her directorial debut with this short film, which was programmed at the Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montrèal in 2008.
