Available Light Film Festival 2024 Official Program

FEBRUARY 8TH - 18TH WHITEHORSE, YUKON

100+ FILMS | GUESTS | PERFORMANCES | ALFF INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL | INDIGENOUS | NORTHERN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME TO ALFF '24

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FESTIVAL TEAM AND YUKON FILM SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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FESTIVAL INFORMATION

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MADE IN THE NORTH AWARDS

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

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CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD

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ALFF LIVE

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ALFF OPEN AIR FIRESIDE SCREENINGS: SHORT FILMS

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ALFF MEDIA ART

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ALFF SHORT FILMS

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FILM LISTINGS

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ALFF '24 INDUSTRY FORUM

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WELCOME TO ALFF'24 Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Available Light Film Festival! Dákwänī'į yū shäw ghànīddhän. (We are happy to see all of you) Shàw níthan, merci, gunalchîsh, thank you for coming to the Available Light Film Festival.

The special time of the year when we meet each other in the comfort of a dark movie theatre to marvel, learn and wonder is just around the corner. We are impatient to bring back the magic of experiencing stories from around the world and to gather as a community between February 8th and 18th at the iconic Yukon Theatre, the Old Fire Hall and the Yukon Arts Centre, as well as on our virtual platform.

As always, the ALFF team could now have done it without you, our loyal, adventurous and always curious audiences. We are extremely grateful for your support, patronage, and participation. We live in extraordinary part of this world in an engaged community that shares our passion for independent cinema and arts.

This year, we are bringing you an exciting array of Yukon (sprinkled throughout the festival), national, and internationally acclaimed films. The ALFF 2024 opening film, The King Tide, directed by Christian Sparkes, is a beautifully-made mystery-thriller set on an island in the Atlantic where the residents are blessed after a massive storm with the arrival of a child with special healing powers as they cut themselves off from the rest of the world.

Some of other Canadian features include the TIFF Top 10 Canadian films of 2023 where you can discover new visions, new voices and new perspectives in films like the hilarious Hey, Viktor!, the whimsical Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, the dazzling The Queen of My Dreams, the spare and bracing Tautuktavuk (What We See) and the urgent documentary Someone Lives Here.

International film highlights include Four Daughters (Tunisia), 20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine), The Monk and the Gun (Bhutan), The Promised Land (Denmark), The Taste of Things (France), The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany), Perfect Days (Japan) and The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – a record of films we are bringing to Whitehorse this year that have been nominated at the Academy Awards. You can’t go wrong

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with any of them.

For the fourth year, Available Light spotlights Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour and LGBTQ2S+ filmmakers with the Made in the North Award. ALFF is happy to award cash prizes to the three outstanding films by underrepresented filmmakers in ALFF Official Selection.

The Made in the North Award is designed to advance the talent of BIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ Canadian filmmakers with a focus on those living in the northern territories and regions of Canada. There are three award categories: Best Canadian Feature Film, Best Canadian Short Film and Best Northern Short Film. We are also bringing back the Best Cinematography award, that shines spotlight on the best female-identifying folks who take you on eyeopening journeys with their skills and visual sensibilities.

Thank you to all the filmmakers, creatives, industry delegates and participants who will take part in Q&As, ALFF Industry Forum events, ALFF Accelerator, ALFF Pitch Event, concerts and ALFF Creator talks. The Yukon Film Society is honoured to host many talented creatives each year at Available Light. We thank our audiences and partners for their support in championing emerging and diverse voices. A commitment to justice, equity, diversity & inclusion principles in film needs to happen in the cinema and not just on set.

As always, we could not present this multi-faceted festival without the continuous and generous support of numerous Yukon businesses and partner non-profits.

We know it’s been a challenging couple of years, and we acknowledge your on-going support. Shäw níthän.

The Yukon Film Society also acknowledges the ongoing annual support of Canada Council for the Arts, Yukon Lotteries, The City of Whitehorse, Yukon Government and Telefilm Canada. This support makes it possible for us to plan, produce and present this festival.

Please join us in thanking all the artists, filmmakers and industry representatives for sharing their work and experience at ALFF and ALFF Industry, as well as the sponsors, community organizations and hard-working volunteers and staff that make Available Light 2024 possible.

Shäw níthän, gunalchîsh, mahsi cho, merci, gracias, chi miigwech, Qujannamiik and thank you for coming to Available Light and making this a very special annual community event.

Andrew Connors, Festival Director Kinga Binkowska, Senior Programmer

FESTIVAL TEAM Andrew Connors FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Kinga Bińkowska SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Sebastien Lepres

ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMER PRINT TRAFFIC & PROJECTION

Jeremy Parkin Paige Galette Tony Berto

ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMERS

Chelsea Jeffery Genesee Keevil Jin Lee Zach McCann-Armitage David Skelton ALFF ‘24 PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Paige Galette Tony Berto

Ashley Swinton Agnė Abromaitytė

Celina Vides Bran Ramsey

Erik Pinkerton

GUEST PROGRAMMERS

ALFF ‘24 INDUSTRY COORDINATORS

Kathleen Napier FESTIVAL PRODUCER MEDIA & MARKETING COORDINATOR

Paige Galette

ALFF ‘24 ACCELERATOR PRODUCER

Evan Stepanian TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Emmett Ross

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Asia Hyde

GRAPHIC DESIGNER & ILLUSTRATOR

MARKETING ASSISTANT

FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Shintaro Horiguchi Jin Lee PROJECTIONISTS

Braden Brickner ALFF PITCH EVENT

Sue Biely Carol Geddes Chandler Levack

ALFF ‘24 ACCELERATOR MENTORS

Design Studio WEBSITE DESIGN & MANAGEMENT

Talia Woodland ALFF TRAILER

YUKON FILM SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jessica Hall

Carol Geddes

Jin Lee

Noel Sinclair

Jon Gelinas

Marie Hammje

Aileen Horler

Cindy Allen

Leo Lane

Mark Kelly

President

Vice-president

Treasurer

Secretary

Board member

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FESTIVAL INFORMATION

VENUES

ALFF Industry Tickets & Passes

Yukon Theatre (Cinema): 304 Wood St. Yukon Arts Centre: 500 University Dr.

Regular Passes:....................................................... $150 YFS Member Passes:............................................... $125 Single Ticket Admission Non-Member..................... $25 Single Ticket Admission Member............................. $20

Old Fire Hall: 1105 Front St. 98 Hotel: 110 Wood St. Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre: 1171 Front St.

BOX OFFICE Yukon Arts Centre (867) 667-8574 boxoffice@yac.ca Advance tickets available at www.yukontickets.com.

Rush or walk-up tickets available at the Yukon Arts Centre and the Yukon Theatre.

ALFF Tickets & Passes Cinema Screenings

Passes All Access Pass........................................................ $275 10 Film Pass............................................................. $150 5 Film Pass............................................................... $80 Single Tickets Regular Ticket.......................................................... $17 YFS member | Senior | Youth under 18 Ticket . ........ $15 Weekday screenings starting before 3pm General Admission .................................................. $10 Students................................................................... $5

Online Screenings

Single Tickets......................................................... $5 Full program listings available at www.allf.ca

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Full ALFF Industry Forum schedule available at: www.alff.ca ALFF Industry passes grant access to all ALFF Industry events, including: panels, workshops, and one-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and public funders.

Pre-registration for one-on-one meetings is required.

To confirm your registration, email: alffi@yukonfilmsociety.com.

ALFF Industry passes are FREE for Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour and LGBTQ2S+ Creatives in the Yukon, NWT & BC. If you are an underrepresented filmmaker, please email: alffi@yukonfilmsociety.com.

Industry passes can be purchased online at: www.alff.ca/passes Please note: One-on-one meetings with industry decision-makers and public funders are for pass holders only. Pre-registration is required.

GENERAL FESTIVAL INFO No outside food or drink are allowed in the Yukon Arts Centre or the Yukon Theatre.

Please turn off cell phones. No recording devices allowed.

We appreciate a great tale.

We’re proud to help bring some of the best stories from around the world to the Yukon by supporting the Available Light Film Festival.

We invite you to sit back, relax, and let the festival carry you to new destinations.

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QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE)

YOUR STORY. YOUR TRUTH. OUR SUPPORT.

BUTTERFLY TALE

The Canada Media Fund is here to support bold, courageous voices across the audiovisual industry—from television and web series to documentaries, video games, IDM and immersive projects. Wherever there’s a vision and a desire to shine a light, we’re there to light the spark.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER, YUKON GOVERNMENT Welcome to the 22nd Available Light Film Festival!

I’m excited for Yukoners and visitors to gather and celebrate the art of cinema. The festival team has put together another amazing program this year, including over 100 films, live concerts, creator talks, industry workshops, a short film pitch event, and the ALFF Accelerator Mentorship Program for emerging Yukon filmmakers.

The Government of the Yukon is proud to support the Yukon Film Society, the Yukon Theater, and the Available Light Film Festival.

I extend my appreciation to all the organizers, staff and volunteers for all their hard work behind the scenes, and to all the filmmakers and artists for sharing their stories with the Yukon.

Have a great festival, everyone!

Ranj Pillai Premier and Minister of Economic Development

MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WHITEHORSE I want to welcome you all to the 22nd annual Available Light Film Festival.

This year’s festival features over 50 feature films, more than 60 screenings, and a variety of concerts and creator talks that will inspire and enlighten film aficionados.

There is something for everyone including documentaries, comedies, classics, and thrillers that are sure to leave you wanting more. The festival also gives attendees a chance to hear from creators on the joys and challenges associated with storytelling through film.

On behalf of City Council, I want to thank the Yukon Film Society, the sponsors, and volunteers who contribute to the festival. Now get your popcorn and snacks and enjoy the 2024 Available Light Film Festival.

Mayor Laura Cabott City of Whitehorse

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MESSAGE FROM THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO, TELEFILM CANADA Showcasing and celebrating the works of Canadian creators is at the heart of what we do at Telefilm. That is why we are proud to partner with the Available Light Film Festival to further boost our support for Canadian creatives at home and around the world.

At Telefilm, we are uniquely positioned to finance and support every stage of a film’s career, from development and production, all the way to film festivals. In this ever-evolving audiovisual landscape, we are thankful to partner with engaging festivals such as Available Light Film Festival to bring audiences compelling stories made and told by Canadians. The diversity of our storytelling is one that puts Canada in the forefront of a global stage and is what sets us apart.

Festivals continue to play an important role in the film industry, growing the talent pool as well as promoting a communal experience for audiences to celebrate and connect with distinctive Canadian filmsis and them.

Showcasing and celebrating the works of Canadian creators at the the hearttalent of whatbehind we do at Telefilm.

That is why we are proud to partner with the Available Light Film Festival to further boost our support for Canadian creatives at home and around the world.

We encourage you to keep supporting Canadian talent in theatres and on At Telefilm, we are uniquely positioned to finance and support every stage of a film’s career, from digital platforms! development and production, all the way to film festivals. In this ever-evolving audiovisual landscape, we are thankful to partner with engaging festivals such as Available Light Film to bring audiences compelling stories made and told by Canadians. The diversity of our storytelling is one that puts Canada in the forefront of a global stage and is what sets us apart.

Festivals continue to play an important role in the film industry, growing the talent pool as well as promoting a communal experience for audiences to celebrate and connect with distinctive Canadian films and the talent behind them.

We encourage you to keep supporting Canadian talent in theatres and on digital platforms!

Julie Roy Executive Director and CEO, Telefilm Canada

Julie Roy Executive Director and CEO, Telefilm Canada

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MADE IN THE NORTH AWARDS Award winners will be announced on February 17th, 2023

MADE IN THE NORTH AWARDS Available Light Film Festival is proud to celebrate underrepresented filmmakers through its Made in the North awards.

The awards give cash prizes to three films directed by underrepresented filmmakers in our festival lineup. Films are selected by a jury of diverse film professionals.

Eligibility is open to all feature films and short films in Official Selection by Black, Indigenous, people of colour, and LGBTQ2S+ filmmakers in Canada. Each winner will receive a cash award in celebration of their excellent contribution to Canadian cinema.

Here are the eligible films in each category.

MADE IN THE NORTH AWARD: BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM

SCOPE: CANADA-WIDE | PRIZE: $5,000 | SPONSOR: DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA, NATIONAL OFFICE ELIGIBLE FILMS: 500 Days in the Wild

By Dianne Whelan Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

By Banchi Hanuse Cold Road

By Kelvin Redvers

Hey, Viktor!

By Cody Lightning

WaaPaKe

By Jules Arita Koostachin

I'm Just Here For the Riot

By Kathleen Jayme, Asia Youngman

Y a Une Étoile

By Julien Cadieux

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

By Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk The Queen of my Dreams

By Fawzia Mirza

MADE IN THE NORTH – BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

SCOPE: CANADA-WIDE | PRIZE:$2500 | SPONSOR: CANADA MEDIA FUND ELIGIBLE FILMS: Canoe Connections

By Reeva Billy Mi’kma’ki: Gwitna’q (Land of the Mi'kmaw: Travel by Canoe)

By Wendell Collier Hotel Room

By Sandi Barrett Pool Party

By Ellie Stewart Weeds Are Flowers, Too

By Kay Shioma Metchie For Roy

By Vivian Cheung Hangover

By Farrah Murdock The Pros and Cons of Killing Yourself

By Ravi Steve Khajuria 12

Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)

By Lindsay McIntyre Johnny Libertella: One Million Smiles

By Bruno Dramatik Conviction

By Bruce Thomas Miller Nigiqtuq The South Wind

By Lindsay McIntrye Double M Country

By Carrie Davis Parc-Ex The Heart of MTL

By Ayesha Sheikh Aftercare

By Anubha Momin In the Wake of the Cedar Tree

By Towustasin Mycorrhiza The Pass

By Andrea Wing

WÎSKACÂN

By Tyson Houseman I Used to Live There

By Ryan McKenna seeing her

By Lindsay McIntyre Nikâwiy (Mother)

By James Dixon future ready: cusp

By KJ Edwards Ori Mi Agbe

By Iyunade Judah Running

By Zachary Cameron Longboy Memories of Youth

By Nathan Flores pî-kiwîk

By Keisha Erwin

MADE IN THE NORTH AWARDS MADE IN THE NORTH – BEST NORTHERN SHORT FILM SCOPE: YUKON, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, NUNAVUT, NUNAVIK, LABRADOR AND NORTHERN REGIONS OF PROVINCES | PRIZE:$2500 | SPONSOR: NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TV ELIGIBLE FILMS: Datrin (Raven)

By Douglas Joe Voices of Thunder

By James Qitsualik, William Aglukkaq, Saskia de Wildt Irninnu Unikaara

By Ipeelie Ootoova

nihtâwikihew / / she gives birth

By Sadetło Scott, Heather Heinrichs How We Walk With the Land & Water

By Jewel Davies

Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher

By Heather Campbell Phantom Tethers

By Erin Corbett

Hebron Relocation

By Holly Anderson

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS In-Cinema Screenings After attending an in-cinema screening, you will receive an email with a link to a website where you can submit your rating for the film.

Online Screenings Once you finish watching an online film that is eligible for audience awards, you will be able to cast a vote on the film page.

The results of this balloting will determine the awards for: • Best Canadian Documentary • Best Canadian Feature Film • Best Film Overall

BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY (50 MINUTES+)

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FICTION

500 Days in the Wild

Cold Road

A Bullet Pulling Thread

Fitting In

Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Hey, Viktor!

Butterfly Tale

A Quiet Girl

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Boil Alert

Ireland Blue Book

I’m Just Here for the Riot

Richelieu

Eagle Plains

Suze

Physician, Heal Thyself

Sweetland

Silvicola

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

Someone Lives Here

The King Tide

Subterranean

The Queen of My Dreams

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) Y a Une Étoile

Cast your ballot to indicate your rating from 1 (really not to my taste) to 10 (excellent).

We want to know what you think about the films – rate every eligible film you see!

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

BEST FEATURE FILM OVERALL

Robot Dreams Silvicola

20 Days in Mariupol

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

500 Days in the Wild

Someone Lives Here

A Boy Called Piano – The Story of Fa’Amoana John Luafutu

Sometimes I Think About Dying

A Bullet Pulling Thread

Suze

Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun A Quiet Girl American Fiction Boil Alert Butterfly Tale Cold Road Fitting In Four Daughters Hey, Viktor!

Green Border How to Have Sex Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person I’m Just Here for the Riot

Subterranean Sweetland Tautuktavuk (What We See) The Animal Kingdom The King Tide The Monk and the Gun The Old Oak The Promised Land

AVAILABLE LIGHT CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD

PRESENTED BY WARNER BROTHERS ACCESS CANADA New this year! Available Light Cinematography Award for Canadian cinematographers who self-identify as a woman, IBPOC, LGBTQ2+ and/or as a person with a disability. This is a juried award.

• $1000 for cinematography in a Short film • $1000 for cinematography in a Feature film

The Queen of My Dreams The Taste of Things The Teacher’s Lounge The Zone of Interest WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) We Are Guardians Y a Une Etoile

Ireland Blue Book La Chimera Mighty Jerome Monster My Place Ozerna Perfect Days Physician, Heal Thyself Raging Grace Richelieu

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ALFF LIVE

The Dark Fruits – Hidden Jicklinghouse Gems in Yukon's Indie DJ Jon Gel FEBRUARY 10TH Rock Scene with Hendrika SATURDAY, YUKON CINEMA | DOORS: 9 PM SHOW FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH YUKON CINEMA | DOORS: 9PM | SHOW 9:30PM | LICENCED ALL-AGES EVENT. TICKETS: $20/ $10 YOUTH UNDER 18

The Dark Fruits are not your typical starryeyed-youngster indie rock band. They may be starry-eyed, but their experiences and perspectives bring a unique depth to their music. They are bound by a love for making music that is authentically northern with a quirky, universal appeal.

Their chilled-out sound of their second full-length album, Warm Weather Starter Pack, was recorded with just three members – Tara Martin, the rhythmic heartbeat on drums and back-up vocals; Jordy Walker, the versatile maestro on guitars, bass, synth, and production; and emerging singer-songwriter, Jeff Wolosewich. Their ALFF show will also include Yukon music-scene stalwarts Selina Heyligers-Hare on bass and Andrea McColeman on keyboards.

While their first album earned them a showcase opportunity at Breakout West 2019 and the Audience Choice Award at the Yukon Film Society/Music Yukon's 24-hour Music Video Challenge, their focus has evolved. Their new music delves into the themes of connection, separation, and the unique experiences of living in – and sometimes leaving - the northern wilderness. It's an album that speaks to anyone seeking meaning in an everchanging world. Also featured at ALFF this year will be their music video for their single, “Florida”, which features archival 8mm footage from Yukon Archives that has sent a wave of nostalgia across the Yukon.

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9:30 PM LICENSED ALL-AGES EVEN | TICKETS: PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Jicklinghouse Jicklinghouse swells from the imaginations of Sam Gallagher, Peter Jickling, and Scott Maynard. Sam plays the lap steel, Scott plays a menagerie, and Peter reads his poetry. Together they search for areas of resonance between spoken word and improvisational jazz rock. No journey is ever the same.

DJ Jon Gel Raised on Detroit radio during the birth of techno and the heyday of hip-hop, Jon Gelinas brings a musical pedigree informed by everything from funk, punk, and early house to downtempo and the Dead. A dabbler in the depths, Jon Gel is known to present an eclectic mix of floor fillers and left field favourites.

The Lucky Ones Family Band SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH 98 HOTEL | SHOW 9 PM

The Lucky Ones Family Band is a mixed bag of the Lucky Ones and their extended family. …A who’s who of the Yukon roots music scene. The Lucky Ones are a band from the Yukon Territory.

They grew up listening to the music of their parents,and their parents' parents before them. Their unique brand of authentic country-roots music imparts traditional arrangements with a contemporary disposition, reminiscent of old-time dances in hotel taverns and barrooms, barns, kitchens and saloons.

ALFF OPEN AIR FIRESIDE SCREENINGS: SHORT FILMS

OPEN AIR FIRESIDE SCREENING

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15 | 8 PM | KWANLIN DÜN CULTURAL CENTRE FREE SCREENINGS

Canoe Connections

DIR. REEVA BILLY, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 7 MIN Canoe Cultures is an Indigenous-lead non-profit carving centre based in Vancouver. At the program, Mike Billy Sr. and Jr. transfer knowledge from one generation of Squamish Nation War Canoe builders to the next. In this short film they both share their experiences of passing and receiving the torch and the future they imagine that keeping this legacy alive can bring.

In the Wake of the Cedar Tree

DIR. TOWUSTASIN MYCORRHIZA, 2019, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 24 MIN Past traumas of Haida Gwaii, economic, cultural and environmental depression explored by Haida poet and videographer Towustasin.

Kin

DIR. MARIE HAMMJE, BRUCE THOMAS MILLER, AGATHE BACHERLLIER, & MATTHEW INGRAHAM, 2023, YUKON | 3 MIN Imagine a world where the mountains could speak, beckoning us to escape the bustling city and find solace in its pristine wilderness. This experimental short serves as a poignant metaphor for the disconnection between humanity and nature, reminding us of the healing power that nature possesses.

Grand Love Hussle

DIR. MICHAËLA ST-PIERRE & MARCIN KORBUT, 2022, YUKON/ USA | 2 MIN A short dance film about the overwhelming feeling of being lost in something so vast, so epic, and so important that it feels unconquerable.

When the page is too blank–the room, too empty–when the words are stuck in your throat, where do you start? Just start somewhere.

Sneck-Rise

DIR. ADAM BENTLEY, 2023, ALBERTA | 6 MIN When cars attack, Snow, Cold, and Winter Fun must team up and fight back before urban sprawl swallows them up and overheats winter to end it forever!

Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) DIR. LINDSAY MCINTYRE, 2021, CA | 17 MIN What does it mean to be Inuk?

McIntyre constructs an animated documentary in an exploration of identity and belonging by Inuit, both in and outside of the community.

Herself of mixed Inuk and settler heritage, McIntyre depicts the value of community and asks what it means to belong in a changing world when our ideas of Inuk-ness are so tied to particular representations.

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YUKON TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM SCREENING

SUNDAY MORNING CINEMA

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 | 11 AM | YUKON TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM FREE SCREENINGS

Butterfly Tale

DIR. SOPHIE ROY, 2023, CAN/GER | 82 MIN

An animated film for the whole family! Set along the backdrop of the great Monarch butterfly migration, Butterfly Tale is a heartwarming adventure about a gutsy and loveable onewinged butterfly named Patrick, who stows away in a milkweed trailer for a journey of a lifetime. With his best friend, a goofy caterpillar named Marty, and Jennifer, a butterfly who is afraid of heights, Patrick must face his fears, embrace his uniqueness, and triumph over adversity while battling changing weather patterns, humans, and three evil birds bent on revenge. Starring the voice talents of Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) and Mena Massoud (Aladdin), this is a. humorous tale of unlikely friendship, adventure, and self-realization, showing that our differences are less important than the bonds we share.

Content advisory: instances of bullying, death of a parent, some frightening scenes with threatening birds.

Recommended for ages 6+ Genre: family friendly, animation.

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ALFF MEDIA AND ART INSTALLATION GALLERY HOURS: MONDAY - FRIDAY: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM + DURING SCREENINGS

Located in the community gallery at the Yukon Art Centre this collection of media and art installations, features experimental short films exploring identity, our relationship with the world around us, and the strange beauty found in the unexpected.

seeing her

DIR. LINDSAY MCINTYRE, 2020, ALBERTA | 4 MIN

Brimming with texture and visibly stunning, seeing her is a silent portrait of the filmmaker’s great-grandmother’s amauti. This analogue animation weaves the beaded textures that give space to the labour, skill, and memories that this amauti holds. Content advisory: strobing effects.

The Transmorgification of Mx Vespers

Running

Opening with archival footage of a sinkhole swallowing a man in China, Mx Vespers is an exploration in surrealist aesthetics, transposing strange images with and over one another.

A poem for my captor – Zachary Cameron Longboy.

future ready: cusp

Grappling with the complexities of mental health and trauma in a digital age that feels isolating and overwhelming, a young person embarks on a surreal journey of selfdiscovery, navigating the raw truths of adolescence in an attempt to find a place in the world.

DIR. ZACH MCCANN ARMITAGE, 2023, YUKON | 5 MIN

Held in Light

DIR. KJ EDWARDS, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 7 MIN

"Held in Light" meditates on a white feather, moving in and out of the frame, as it blows with the cadence of the wind.

A temporal observation of nature, reflecting on the relational: the tethering of animal, earthly, and human energies through moments of connection, both calm and chaotic, moving toward a shared future shrouded in uncertainty as the planet warms.

DIR. ERIN CORBETT, 2023, YUKON | 2 MIN

Nikâwiy (Mother)

DIR. JAMES DIXON, 2022, MANITOBA | 3 MIN

"Nikâwiy (Mother)" explores the process of decolonization and utilizes 16mm film and digital video, to create overlaid images that become a meditation on the experience of searching for something elusive to so many: cultural identification.

DIR. ZACHARY CAMERON LONGBOY, 2022, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 4 MIN

Memories of Youth

DIR. NATHAN FLORES, 2023, MANITOBA | 3 MIN

Ori Mi Agbe

DIR. IYUNADE JUDAH, 2021, MANITOBA | 4 MIN

An experimental film on hallucination, prayers about destiny, and its connection to blackness.

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ALFF SHORT FILMS

DEMINTED

HOW WE WALK WITH THE LAND AND WATER

ALFF SHORT FILMS: YUKON LIGHT

The annual celebration of and spotlight on remarkable films by Yukon filmmakers. Filmmakers in attendance.

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Datrin: Raven

DIR. DOUGLAS JOE, 2024, YUKON | 5 MIN | NARRATIVE "Datrin: Raven" is a fictional story that imagines a world where only one fluent speaker of the Gwitch’n language remains. The short depicts a morning in her life, her reality, and her hope for the future.

Tourist Town

DIR. DAN SOKOLOWSKI, 2023, YUKON | 5 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL A visit to Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory is like stepping back in time. Restored buildings stand testimony to the town’s colorful story from the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Or do they…

Draw Us In – Montage

DIR. JULIE ROBINSON, YUKON | 7 MIN | DOCUMENTARY "Draw Us In" introduces us to Yukon artists that live with a disability, while fostering a message that we can have a diverse and creative community that includes everyone.

These artists show us that this kind of world is within reach.

Produced by Rebecca Dacko-Brink and Julie Robinson.

Direction by Julie Robinson. Features the music of Matthew Lien. Edited by Carlos Alcos and Tookie Mercredi. Cameras: Tookie Mercredi and Mike Code. Musical direction by Andrea McColeman and musical editing by Jody Walker.

Deminted

DIR. REBECCA PRATT, YUKON | 4 MIN | DRAMA Yukon 48 2023: Best Drama.

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UNGULATIDE

DIR. JAKE ARMSTRONG, 2023, YUKON | 4 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL Experimental film shot on super 8 film.

Observational Film

DIR. JESSICA HALL, 2023, YUKON | 3 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL An experimental film that blurs the line between technology and everyday life and positions itself between the mundane and the hyperreal. Yukon 48 2023: Best Experimental.

How We Walk with the Land & Water DIR. JEWEL DAVIES, 2023, YUKON | 28 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

Jewel Davies explores the mission and history of "How We Walk with the Land & Water", an initiative developed collectively by the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council, in 2017.

The initiative is guided by Elders focused on indigenizing methods of land-planning, by gathering Traditional Knowledge, stories, and scientific data to help inform a new and sustainable land relationship plan.

Funded by How We Walk with the Land & Water (HWW), RIVER collective (based in New Zealand), Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC), and features the following knowledge holders: Mark Wedge, Margaret McKay, Joyce Smarch, Keith Wolfe-Smarch, Rose Irvine, Belit Peters, Sean Smith, Tess McLeod.

ALFF SHORT FILMS

VOICES OF THUNDER

CANOE CONNECTIONS

ALFF SHORT FILMS: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND CULTURE SCREENING SPONSOR: CHON-FM

Datrin: Raven

Irninnu Unikaara

"Datrin: Raven" is a fictional story that imagines a world where only one fluent speaker of the Gwitch’n language remains. The short depicts a morning in her life, her reality, and her hope for the future.

A young Inuk finds out that his girlfriend is pregnant, which triggers old trauma and leads him to go caribou hunting.

DIR. DOUGLAS JOE, 2024, YUKON | 5 MIN | NARRATIVE

Canoe Connections

DIR. REEVA BILLY, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 7 MIN | DOCUMENTARY For the Canoe Cultures program in Vancouver Canada, an Indigenous-lead non-profit carving centre, Mike Billy Sr. and Jr. are an example of the transference of knowledge from one generation of Squamish Nation War Canoe builder to the next. In this short film they both share their experiences of passing and receiving the torch and the future they imagine that keeping this legacy alive can bring.

DIR. IPEELIE OOTOOVA, 2022, NUNAVUT | 12 MIN | NARRATIVE

Mi’kma’ki: Gwitna’q (Land of the Mi'kmaw: Travel by Canoe)

DIR. WENDELL G. COLLIE, 2022, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR/ ONTARIO | 22 MIN | DOCUMENTARY For the Mi’Kmaq community of Miawpukek First Nation, reviving the tradition of Birch Bark Canoe building becomes a way to connect with the past and ensure cultural survival.

Voices of Thunder

DIR. JAMES QITSUALIK, WILLIAM AGLUKKAG, SASKIA DE WILDT, 2023, NUNAVUT | 15 MIN | DOCUMENTARY A community-created animated graphic documentary, in which Inuit hunters and Elders from the community of Gjoa Haven share how they have been impacted by polar bear management policies in their region over the past two decades.

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ALFF SHORT FILMS

PÎ-KIWÎK

HEBRON RELOCATION

ALFF SHORT FILMS: WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)

Hebron Relocation

What does it mean to be Inuk? Historically depicted as welcoming and friendly people in remote snowy landscapes, in reality, Inuit live across the globe. Using antique wind-up bears, layered animation, and analogue techniques, McIntyre constructs an animated documentary in an exploration of identity and belonging by Inuit, both in and outside of the community. Herself of mixed Inuk and settler heritage, McIntyre depicts the value of community and asks what it means to belong in a changing world when our ideas of Inuk-ness are so tied to particular representations.

In "Hebron Relocation", Holly Andersen explores what makes a place a home as she learns more about her community’s connection to generations of displaced northern Labrador Inuit.

DIR. LINDSAY MCINTYRE, 2021, CA | 17 MIN | ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY

pî-kiwîk

DIR. KEISHA ERWIN, 2023, CA | 10 MIN | DOCUMENTARY pî-kiwîk, will bring viewers on a heartfelt journey of how reconnecting to one’s culture and family can be lifechanging, grounding and how it can provide a sense of belonging, pride and purpose.

Johnny Libertella : One Million Smiles

DIR. BRUNO DRAMATIK, 2023, QUEBEC | 10 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

Sixty-year-old Johnny Libertella has spent his entire life in the Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood on Montreal.

Like his parents before him, he lives just above his shop on Plaza St-Hubert. An introvert by nature, he has chosen to devote himself to his business. For over three decades, he has religiously manned the counter of his footwear shop that specializes in cowboy boots, only straying away from the Plaza to visit his daughter every Sunday.

I Used to Live There

Conviction

DIR. RYAN MCKENNA, 2023, MANITOBA | 14 MIN | HYBRID DOCUMENTARY

After Joseph is released from jail, he faces inner demons that stand in the way of true freedom. The most striking thing about this film is its authenticity.

Dan Gerson is a photographer that is losing his vision due to a degenerative eye disorder. Monika Schneider recently got out of a long relationship, and has recently decided to get back into acting. Monika and Dan come together at a rented studio for a brief photo shoot. Dan takes her headshot, and Monika gives him a loaf of bread. The night culminates in a brief moment of intimate warmth between them, before they go their separate ways.

DIR. BRUCE THOMAS MILLER, 2022, CA | 13 MIN | DRAMA

WÎSKACÂN

DIR. TYSON HOUSEMAN, 2021, CA | 8 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL "WÎSKACÂN" is an experimental contemporary dance film utilizing Bunraku-style tabletop puppetry and object performance. Video, puppet design, performance, and music by Tyson Houseman.

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DIR. HOLLY ANDERSON, 2022, NUNAVUT | 15 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

ALFF SHORT FILMS

FOR ROY

HANGOVER

ALFF SHORT FILMS: FINDING PLACE Weeds Are Flowers, Too

Hangover

Gardening is more than just a fun pastime for Evelyn. How far will this newly wed young woman go to satiate her jealousy and desires to have the best garden on the block?

Created during a time of self-doubt and feeling anxious about the future. Hangover is compiled of independent footage and audio recorded from July to December 2022.

For Roy

nihtâwikihew / gives birth

DIR. KAY SHIOMA METCHIE, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 17 MIN | NARRATIVE

DIR. VIVIAN CHEUNG, 2022, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 12 MIN | NARRATIVE Inspired by true events, an imaginative Asian-Canadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose her father during his final days in hospice.

Hotel Room

DIR. SANDI BARRETT, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 12 MIN | NARRATIVE A tale of two sisters who have recently immigrated to Canada, "Hotel Room" offers a loving, nuanced perspective on the theme of belonging. While one sister prematurely thrust into adulthood and fraught with worry, the other is hopeful and excited about the new possibilities.

Pool Party

DIR. ELLIE STEWART, 2022, ALBERTA | 8 MIN | NARRATIVE A group of roughly 15-year-olds have an unchaperoned dreamy birthday/pool party. The party, however, becomes fraught with tension and the tone rapidly changes into something more sinister.

DIR. FARRAH MURDOCK, 2023, MANITOBA | 3 MIN | NARRATIVE

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DIR. SADETLO SCOTT AND HEATHER HEINRICHS, 2023, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | 20 MIN | NARRATIVE Sâkowêw is a young woman in a remote community who just wants to welcome her new baby safely into the world. She trusts Auntie Mary to honour her family’s traditions. When something goes wrong, she’s snatched from warmth and safety, and spirited away to a disorienting place she never wanted to go.

Told from her perspective, Sâkowêw’s story of giving birth lays bare the anti-Indigenous racism entrenched in health systems across Canada. Through intimate conversations with family and harrowing experiences at the local health centre, the film plunges audiences headlong into the deep impacts of colonialism, poor communication, and personal biases that Indigenous communities face.

Content advisory: this film may be triggering for some audience members. It deals with themes of racism, impacts of colonialism and trauma.

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FRIDAY, FEB 9 1pm

Silvicola + Losing Blue

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 47

3:45pm

Subterranean + The Pass

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 49

6:30pm

ALFF Short Films: Yukon Light

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 22

7pm

Raging Grace

Yukon Theatre

9pm

American Fiction

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 35

9pm

Hidden Gems in Yukon's Indie Rock Scene with Henrika

Yukon Theatre

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Sweetland

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 50

12pm

A Boy Called Piano + Parc Ex

Yukon Theatre

3pm

WaaPaKe (tomorrow)

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 55

3pm

Fitting In

Yukon Theatre

5:30pm

I'm Just Here for the Riot

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 41

6pm

La Chimera

Yukon Theatre

7pm

ALFF Short Film Pitch Event - NWTEL Community TV

Old Fire Hall

8:30pm

Cold Road

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 37

9pm

Jicklinghouse & DJ Jon Gel

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Black Life: Claiming Space + Aftercare

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 36

12pm

Butterfly Tale

Yukon Theatre

3pm

500 Days in the Wild

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 32

3pm

We Are Guardians

Yukon Theatre

6pm

Hey, Viktor!

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 39

6pm

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Yukon Theatre

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Nigiqtuk (South Wind)/ Double M Country/ The Home Team

Yukon Theatre

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8:45pm

Richelieu

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 46

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A Quiet Girl

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 35

4pm

A Bullet Pulling Thread

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 34

6pm

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Yukon Theatre

6:30pm

Physician Heal Thyself

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 45

8:30pm

ALFF Short Films: We Are All Different

Yukon Theatre

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TUESDAY, FEB 13 12pm

ALFF Short Films: Indigenous Languages and Culture

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 23

12pm

Screening

Yukon Theatre

6pm

20 Days in Mariupol

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 32

6pm

Sweetland

Yukon Theatre

8:30pm

Four Daughters

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 38

8:30pm

ALFF Short Films: Finding Place

Yukon Theatre

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WEDNESDAY, FEB 14

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Mighty Jerome

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 42

4:30pm

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The Taste of Things

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8:15pm

Eagle Plains

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WaaPaKe (tomorrow)

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 55

12pm

Screening

Yukon Theatre

3pm

500 Days in the Wild

Yukon Theatre

6pm

The Teachers' Lounge

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6pm

Someone Lives Here

Yukon Theatre

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The Zone of Interest

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8:30pm

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

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FRIDAY, FEB 16 12pm

My Place Ozerna + The Pros and Cons of Killing Yourse

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 43

12pm

Screening

Yukon Theatre

6pm

Boil Alert

Yukon Theatre

6:30pm

How to Have Sex

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 40

9pm

The Promised Land

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 53

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Sometimes I Think About Dying

Yukon Theatre

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Green Border

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 39

12pm

Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Yukon Theatre

3pm

Monster

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 43

3pm

My Place Ozerna + The Pros and Cons of Killing Your

Yukon Theatre

6pm

The Old Oak

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 52

6pm

Ireland Blue Book

Yukon Theatre

8:30pm

Feet in Water, Head on Fire

Yukon Theatre

8:45pm

The Animal Kingdom

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 51

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SUNDAY, FEB 18 11am

Butterfly Tale (Free Screening)

Yukon Transportation

12pm

Robot Dreams

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 46

12pm

Screening

Yukon Theatre

3pm

The Monk and the Gun

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 52

3pm

Y a une étoile

Yukon Theatre

6pm

Perfect Days

Yukon Arts Centre Theatre 44

6pm

The Queen of my Dreams

Yukon Theatre

MONDAY, FEB 19, TUESDAY FEB 20 & WEDNESDAY FEB 21 8pm

ALFF Encore

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ALFF FILMS

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

500 DAYS IN THE WILD

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

500 DAYS IN THE WILD

20 ДНІВ У МАРІУПОЛІ

DIR. MSTYSLAV CHERNOV, 2022, UKRAINE | 94 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON NEWS An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the atrocities of Russia’s invasion. As the only international reporters who remain in the city as Russian forces close in, they capture–what has become–some of the most defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more.

After nearly a decade covering international conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war for The Associated Press, Mstyslav Chernov makes his feature film debut with 20 Days in Mariupol. The film draws on Chernov’s daily news dispatches and personal footage of his own country at war.

It offers a vivid, harrowing account of civilians caught in the siege and offers a glimpse into what reporting from a conflict zone entails, as well as the impact of such journalism around the globe.

Made in partnership with The Associated Press, 20 Days in Mariupol has had a decorated run on the 2023 film festival circuit — including winning the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary and the Tim Hetherington Award at Sheffield Film Festival. The film was also honored with DocEdge Film Festival’s awards for “Best International Director” and “Best International Editing,” and has been shortlisted for Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film for the 96th Academy Awards.

In Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Graphic scenes of people in distress, people (including little children) dying.

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DIR. DIANNE WHELAN, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 120 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: RAVEN RECENTRE The 24,000 km Trans Canada Trail stretches across the continent of North America, connecting the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific oceans. It is the longest trail in the world. Over the course of six arduous years traveling by land and by water, filmmaker Dianne Whelan is the only person to have accomplished the journey. From pushing 150 pounds of bike and a heavy backpack over rocky terrain, to hiking through flooded bogs, paddling one of the largest lakes in the world, snowshoeing through dense forest, as well as skiing and biking along pristine trails in every season, 500 Days in the Wild weaves Dianne’s adventures with her cross-cultural visits with those who live close to the land.

ALFF 2024

A BOY CALLED PIANO – THE STORY OF FA’AMOANA JOHN LUAFUTU

A BOY CALLED PIANO – THE STORY OF FA’AMOANA JOHN LUAFUTU DIR. NINA NAWALOWALO, 2022, AOTEAROA (NZ) | 57 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: ERIK PINKERTON PHOTOGRAPHY “I began in innocence, newborn, a blank page. The story was written, the story of thousands of children, has to be heard. Our history must be faced. May the truth set us free” – Fa’amoana John Luafutu.

Arriving in New Zealand from Samoa as a young child in the 1950s, Fa'amoana was taken from his family and placed in state care, suffering terrible abuse alongside thousands of other Pacific and Maori children. This documentary explores his journey through state care, prison, gang membership, as well as the intergenerational impacts of these experiences; and ultimately, healing for Fa'amoana and his Family by harnessing the power of his voice as a storyteller.

A BOY CALLED PIANO – THE STORY OF FA’AMOANA JOHN LUAFUTU Screens with:

PARC-EX THE HEART OF MONT'REAL

PARK-EX: AU COEUR DE MTL DIR. AYESHA SHEIKH, 2023, QUEBEC | 13 MIN | DOCUMENTARY While ostensibly a reminiscence of an African-Quebecois man's childhood, this beautiful black and white documentary also plays as a subtle, yet affecting study of institutional and geographic racism in Montreal. The mood of the piece wanders from nostalgia, to humility, to love and to pride.

Evocative and wistful.

It is a Pacific story told through a Pacific lens - with the guidance of director Nina Nawalowalo’s graceful vision - as well as a sublime score by NZ music legend Mark Vanilau using powerful symbols and imagery to connect directly with survivors: the return to water - ‘from the river to the sea’ - the feeling of wind caressing skin… the elements of nature that are denied to all those who are or who have been detained and incarcerated.

Through sharing this story, Fa'amoana has become a 'voice for the voiceless': for all the thousands of children who never made it this far.

Content advisory: References to suicide.

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ALFF FILMS

A BULLET PULLING THREAD

AITAMAAKO’TAMISSKAPI NATOSI: BEFORE THE SUN

A BULLET PULLING THREAD

AITAMAAKO’TAMISSKAPI NATOSI: BEFORE THE SUN

DIR. IAN CHARLES DAFFERN, 2023, ONTARIO | 72 MIN | DOCUMENTARY Can quilting change the world? Renowned quilter Marilyn Farquhar was devastated when police killed her brother after a mental health crisis. So she created Kairos, a series of quilts as a way to process her grief, spark conversations about violence and motivate change in policing.

Marilyn was a superstar of the quilting world who never made her artwork political. Then in January 2020, the RCMP shot and killed her brother, an activist who fought for the rights of the homeless in the town of Abbotsford, BC. His 911 call for help summoned an army of police officers, snipers, a K9 unit–but not a single mental health worker.

Now Marilyn is on a quest to confront law enforcement with her pain and share her quilts and experiences with those who knew her brother. But as she discovers, grief is a question with no easy answers. Kairos is a Greek word which means ‘an opportune time for action’ and for Marilyn, that time is now.

Content advisory: police violence, mental health crises, trauma.

DIR. BANCHI HANUSE, 2023, ALBERTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 89 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: COUNCIL OF YUKON FIRST NATIONS A thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and family in the golden plains of Blackfoot Territory as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world…the Indian Relay.

A sport for the truly brave, Logan Red Crow is an Indian Relay rider who vaults from horse to horse in short, exhilarating races. She is a champion in the making -besides her skill and sheer grit, Logan has a loving family, an elite group of horses, and a home on her ancestral lands. Those are invaluable, but this rider will need more for victory.

With the dual pleasures of serenity and suspense: lyrical immersion in rural life alternates with thrilling race footage.

As she pushes toward her goal, the connections between animal and human, family and community, ancestral tradition and contemporary life are profound and lasting.

In English

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ALFF 2024

A QUIET GIRL

AMERICAN FICTION

A QUIET GIRL

AMERICAN FICTION

In A Quiet Girl, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland. Shocking details drive Wills to discover what is at the core of his birth mother’s resilience, and ultimately his own. In this moving feature documentary that combines 16mm footage and contemporary images with deeply personal conversations, Wills’ voyage transforms from an urgent search for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice.

SCREENING SPONSOR: KOBAYASHI + ZEDDA ARCHITECTS

DIR. ADRIAN WILLS, 2023, QUEBEC/NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | 86 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

Content advisory: themes of abuse and suicide.

Screens with:

MISS CAMPBELL, INUK TEACHER DIR. HEATHER CAMPBELL, 2022, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR | 15 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

DIR. CORD JEFFERSON, 2023, USA | 117 MIN | DRAMA-COMEDY

Jeffrey Wright stars in Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure — a wicked satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to re-examine his integrity.

In his hilarious directorial debut, Cord Jefferson confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Content advisory: Mature themes, drug use, coarse language.

Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador.

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ALFF FILMS

BLACK LIFE: BLACK LIFE: UNTOLD STORIES (EPISODE 8: CLAIMING SPACE)

BLACK LIFE: UNTOLD STORIES (EPISODE 8: CLAIMING SPACE) DIR. FRANCES ANNE SOLOMON, 2023, CANADA | 44 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

A lyrical journey through the growth of Black communities, and their resistance to systemic displacement. Black Life: Untold Stories is an eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada. It can be streamed on CBC Gem.

BOIL ALERT

BOIL ALERT

DIR. STEVIE SALAS AND JAMES BURNS, 2023, CAN/USA | 104 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: SHAUNAGH STIKEMAN BARRISTER & SOLICITOR Boil Alert is a 90-minute hybrid documentary film following activist Layla Staats as she embarks on a dual journey to explore the Indigenous relationship to water as well as her own identity struggles, she has grappled with her entire life as a Mohawk woman – Seeing Red 6Nations.

Co-executive producer, Sandy Hudson in attendance.

Content advisory: discussions of Colonialism and residential schools.

Screens with:

AFTERCARE

DIR. ANUBHA MOMIN, 2023, TORONTO | 9 MIN | DRAMA A tattoo studio becomes the site for an emotionally charged reunion between an Inuk woman and the now-grown person she used to babysit. Produced by Sandy Hudson.

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ALFF 2024

BUTTERFLY TALE

COLD ROAD

BUTTERFLY TALE

COLD ROAD

An animated film for the whole family! Set along the backdrop of the great Monarch butterfly migration, Butterfly Tale is a heartwarming adventure about a gutsy and loveable one-winged butterfly named Patrick, who stows away in a milkweed trailer for a journey of a lifetime. With his best friend, a goofy caterpillar named Marty, and Jennifer, a butterfly who is afraid of heights, Patrick must face his fears, embrace his uniqueness, and triumph over adversity while battling changing weather patterns, humans, and three evil birds bent on revenge. Starring the voice talents of Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) and Mena Massoud (Aladdin), this is a. humorous tale of unlikely friendship, adventure, and self-realization, showing that our differences are less important than the bonds we share.

SCREENING SPONSOR: NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TV

DIR. SOPHIE ROY, 2023, CAN/GER | 82 MIN | FAMILY FRIENDLY & ANIMATION

Content advisory: instances of bullying, death of a parent, some frightening scenes with threatening birds.

Recommended for ages 6+

DIR. KELVIN REDVERS, 2023, ALBERTA/NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | 120 MIN | ACTION & THRILLER

An Indigenous woman and her dog are driving home to her remote First Nation on a long quiet frozen highway, in the middle of nowhere, while a stranger in a semi-truck hunts her down.

Content warning: Scenes of peril, violence and racism Filmmaker in attendance.

EAGLE PLAINS

DIR. LEAH BYRNE, 2024, YUKON/ONTARIO | 73 MIN | EXPERIMENTAL Eagle Plains is an observational nonfiction film about the remote Eagle Plains Hotel and service station at the midpoint of the Dempster Highway, 37 kilometres southwest of the Arctic Circle, it is the only gas pump along this 736-kilometer stretch of gravel road, with a year-round population of 8.

"A gorgeous, image-oriented doc about a day in the life of the speck of modern human presence in the middle of the vast Dempster Highway. Lyrical, hypnotic, stunning." - Tony Berto, ALFF Programming

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ALFF FILMS

FITTING IN

FOUR DAUGHTERS

FITTING IN

FOUR DAUGHTERS

DIR. MOLLY MCGLYNN, 2023, ONTARIO | 105 MIN | COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA-COMEDY A semi-autobiographical comedy-drama written and directed

by Molly McGlynn (Mary Goes Round), Fitting In is a joyful coming-of-age story that follows 16-year-old Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition known as MRKH syndrome. The diagnosis upends her plans to have sex, her presumptions about womanhood and sexuality, her relationship with her mother, and most importantly, herself.

Content advisory: Sexual content.

Recommended ages 15+

BANĀT OLFA

DIR. KAOUTHER BEN HANIA, 2023, FRA/GER/TNSA/SA | 107 MIN | DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA & SUSPENSE The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors to re-enact the story of Olfa and her daughters.

In this co-winner of the Cannes ’23 Golden Eye, Ben Hania blends documentary and drama to explore the case of two missing sisters in Tunisia and the family that mourns them.

Ben Hania’s patient visual treatment and signature cinematic dynamism mirror the women’s evolving characters, as their inquiry transforms and turns inward to process the grief they carry as well as the broad range of their survival.

In Arabic with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Sexual assault.

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ALFF 2024

GREEN BORDER

HEY, VIKTOR!

GREEN BORDER

HEY, VIKTOR!

ZIELONA GRANICA

DIR. AGNIESZKA HOLLAND, 2023, POL/CZE/FRA/BEL | 107 MIN | DRAMA & WAR Filmed in a documentary-style, this scripted thriller by master filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Secret Garden, Europa Europa) draws attention to the fragile and very real people at the center of the so-called "immigration crisis." Green Border brutally exposes the refugee crisis at the border between Belarus and Poland, where at least 37 bodies have been unearthed, highlighting the godless hypocrisy present on both sides of the wall.

Green Border yields the powerful aesthetics of its documentary style in depicting innocent people being used as political pawns and unflinchingly speaks to both unspeakable inhumanity as well the power of compassion.

In English, Polish, Arabic, and French with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Violence and cruelty to vulnerable people.

DIR. CODY LIGHTNING, 2023, ALBERTA | 102 MIN | COMEDY & MOCKUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: WHAT’S UP YUKON It’s been 25 years since all eyes were on the Cree kid from Edmonton who made it big with a starring role in the indie hit Smoke Signals. Now grown up, former child actor Cody Lightning is deep in the bottle and down on his luck, basking in past glories via faded VHS tapes and endlessly rewriting zombie-priest scripts with his creative partner Kate (Hannah Cheesman). When his friends stage an intervention, Cody seizes the moment — and camera crew — to take one last shot at producing Smoke Signals 2. With backing from a psycho investor and in hot pursuit of Adam Beach’s wig to tie the film together, Lightning’s deliriously dysfunctional set becomes a mess of unresolved tension and self-destruction, leading to a long-overdue reckoning with the community that raised him.

Unapologetic and unafraid to milk sacred cows, Hey Viktor! is an irreverent comedy that’s as smart as it is raunchy, and marks the arrival of a major comedic voice in Indigenous cinema.

Content advisory: Crude content, sexual content, nudity, alcoholism and coarse language.

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HOW TO HAVE SEX

HOW TO HAVE SEX

DIR. MOLLY MANNING WALKER, 2023, UNITED KINGDOM | 98 MIN | COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA A powerful debut for Molly Manning Walker, How to Have Sex had its world premiere at Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, authentically capturing female adolescence and friendship with sobering effervescence.

Sixteen-year-old Tara and her two best friends arrive at a Greek party town ready to let their hair down. They scope out the scene and quickly make friends with a group of suitors across the hall–conveniently for Tara’s friends–who have decided that it’s time for her to lose her virginity. But while Tara is indeed down for some summer fun, her boundaries keep getting trampled on by those closest to her.

Content advisory: Sexual violence, drug and alcohol use, crude content, coarse language, and flashing/strobing effects.

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON VAMPIRE HUMANISTE CHERCHE SUICIDAIRE CONSENTANT DIR. ARIANE LOUIS-SEIZE, 2023, QUEBEC | 90 MIN | DARK COMEDY SCREENING SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FRANCO-YUKONNAISE Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.

In French with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Themes of suicide; mature themes, violence.

Filmmaker in attendance.

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ALFF 2024

I’M JUST HERE FOR THE RIOT

IRELAND BLUE BOOK

I’M JUST HERE FOR THE RIOT

IRELAND BLUE BOOK

DIR. ASHIA YOUNGMAN AND KAT JAYME, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 78 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: BULLET HOLE BAGEL After the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup in 2011, Canucks fans stunned the world with an all-out riot in the streets of downtown Vancouver. Asia Youngman and Kathleen Jayme’s thoughtprovoking film engages with Canucks fans who chose to riot and the aftermath of their choices. Interviews with witnesses and experts provide a fulsome portrait of the world’s “first smartphone riot.” In a country that trades on its reputation for politeness, this documentary offers an alternate narrative of Canada, one in which everyday citizens engage in explosive and violent behaviors if their hockey team loses a game.

IRLANDE CAHIER BLEU

DIR. OLIVER GODIN, 2023, QUEBEC | 87 MIN | ROMANCE AND DRAMA-COMEDY SCREENING SPONSOR: ARCTIC STAR PRINTING An anachronistic firefighter, a quotidian poet, and an expert soup-maker, Ducarmel also plays in a competitive basketball league. There’s only one problem with his hobbies: finding a babysitter to look after his daughter. Moreover, when he dozes off in the evening, he dreams… a little too forcefully. In his bizarre dream world, a beguiling blue book reigns, love looms, and he is the best basketball player of all time.

In French with English subtitles.

Director in attendance. Kat Jayme's travel is supported

by Directors Guild of Canada, British Columbia.

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LA CHIMERA

MIGHTY JEROME

LA CHIMERA

MIGHTY JEROME

SCREENING SPONSOR: LUX PRODUCTION SERVICES

SCREENING SPONSOR: DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA – BRITISH COLUMBIA

DIR. ALICE ROHRWACHER, 2023, ITALY | 130 MIN | PERIOD ROMANTIC DRAMA

Just out of jail and still searching for his late beloved Beniamina, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. But Arthur isn’t interested in the artifacts; he’s seeking a legendary door to the underworld, and to Beniamina.

In Italian with English subtitles.

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DIR. CHARLES OFFICER, 2010, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 83 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

In tribute to acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer who passed away in 2023 comes the story of the rise, fall, and redemption of Harry Jerome, Canada’s most record-setting track and field star. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews, and astonishing archival footage are used to tell the triumphant and compelling story of what Harry Jerome's own coach called “the greatest comeback in track and field history”

ALFF 2024

MONSTER

MY PLACE OZERNA

MONSTER

MY PLACE OZERNA

DIR. HIROKAZU KOREEDA, 2023, JAPAN | 121 MIN | DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: MIDNIGHT SUN COFFEE ROASTERS After discovering that a teacher is responsible for her young son’s sudden change of behavior, a mother storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. As the story unfolds through the eyes of the mother, the truth gradually emerges.

Lovingly detailed and accented by an aching score composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died in March, Monster is one of the finest films of the year, and its structure — like its circle of characters — carries secrets that can only be unraveled through patience and empathy.

Monster had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2023, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and was honored with the Queer Palm as well as the Best Screenplay award.

In Japanese with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Violence, coarse language

MOJA OZERNA

DIR. KARINA BEDKOWSKA, 2022, POLAND | 58 MIN | DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: UKRAINIAN CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF YUKON “I don’t want to live, either” confesses Karina to her aunt Slava, triggering a deep search for meaning between two distant relatives. Karina, a Polish woman looking to escape the urban anxieties of London, is drawn to Ozerna, a small village in Ukraine, where she meets 84-year-old Slava for the first time. Karina’s sense of alienation stokes a lingering depression she is hoping to shake, a feeling Slava can relate to as a long-time widow. Over many years and several visits, the two women grow closer, developing a mutual bond of love and care. Karina helps Slava with her chores while Slava looks after Karina as though she were her granddaughter.

Beautifully shot, this tender documentary witnesses the importance of cross-generational connection and a shared re-discovery of vitality and purpose – Vivian Belik, Hot Docs.

In Polish and Ukrainian with English subtitles.

Filmmaker in attendance.

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THE PROS AND CONS OF KILLING YOURSELF

DIR. RAVI STEVE KHAJURIA, 2023, TORONTO | 18 MIN | COMEDY A pediatric oncologist and her terminal teenage patient attempt to fit a lifetime of experiences in a single day.

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NIGIQTUK (THE SOUTH WIND) | DOUBLE M COUNTRY | THE HOME TEAM

NIGIQTUK (THE SOUTH WIND) | DOUBLE M COUNTRY | THE HOME TEAM NIGIQTUQ

THE SOUTH WIND

DIR. LINDSAY MCCINTYRE, 2023, ALBERTA | 17 MIN | DRAMA Based on a true story, the film follows an Inuit mother and her daughter as they struggle amidst forced assimilation after being brought from Nunavut to a new life in the South by a Canadian police officer in the 1930s.

DOUBLE M COUNTRY

DIR. CARRIE DAVIS, 2023, ONTARIO | 24 MIN | DOCUMENTARY Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop and spent her teenage years in a group home in Whitehorse. Now in their 20s, Carrie travels to her mother’s community of Moose Factory where they reconnect to their land, language, and culture.

THE HOME TEAM

DIR. SUZANNE CROCKER, 2023, YUKON | 26 MIN | DOCUMENTARY A lovely, charming look at new Canadians in Dawson, and their immigration experience. Utilizing the changing seasons of Dawson like a metronome marching through time, we are introduced to a large set of new immigrants and watch as their perspective changes over time from bewilderment, to anxiety, to hope and lastly to belonging. While it doesn't shy away from the myriad problems of coming to Canada, let alone Dawson, it constantly reveals spirited discoveries, and joy among its cast.

Filmmaker in attendance.

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PERFECT DAYS

PERFECT DAYS

DIR. WIM WENDERS, 2023, JPN/GER | 123 MIN | DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: KOBAYASHI + ZEDDA ARCHITECTS After several years away from the silver screen, Wim Wenders returns with Perfect Days, a poignant character study and a deeply moving, poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo and seems content with his structured simple life. Dedicating his free time to his passion for music and books, Hirayama also expresses a fondness for trees and he photographs them.

Gradually and through a series of unexpected encounters, his past is slowly revealed.

The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho; and was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

In Japanese and English with English subtitles.

ALFF 2024

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF

RAGING GRACE

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF

RAGING GRACE

SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON EMPLOYEES' UNION

SCREENING SPONSOR: CKRW

Physician, Heal Thyself offers a searingly intimate portrait of the celebrated expert on addiction, stress, and trauma, Dr. Gabor Maté. The documentary follows Gabor’s life’s journey, from his start as a young contrarian to a contemporary icon.

A new and exciting voice took the horror scene by storm this year when British-Filipino filmmaker Paris Zarcilla’s debut feature, Raging Grace, was awarded top honors at several festivals, including SXSW and Neuchatel, in addition to being lauded at countless others on the festival circuit.

DIR. ASHER PENN, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 78 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

In Asher Penn’s feature debut, Dr. Maté shares not only his theories, but also his personal story: his difficult early childhood in Hungary, immigrating to Canada, his experience as a journalist for the UBC student-paper Ubyssey, and his early reputation as a contrarian. Maté candidly discusses his own painful struggles, his complicated behaviors, and his fractured relationships. Physician, Heal Thyself offers hope and comfort, encouraging us to own our failings, share our struggles, and accept our imperfections.

Audience Award Winner at 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Director in attendance.

DIR. PARIS ZARCILLA, 2023, UNITED KINGDOM | 99 MIN | THRILLER & SUSPENSE

Joy, an undocumented Filipina cleaner moving from house to house in London with her impetuous daughter Grace, is saving up her meager cash payments to get a visa and a more stable home for them both. Stuck in a roundabout of precarious employment, deportation fears and casual, constant put-downs by her employers, Joy cannot afford to stand still. A dreamy gig looking after a mansion and its bedbound owner turns out to be too-good-to-be-true when Joy starts suspecting the owner is being slowly poisoned…

Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize Winner (SXSW), Winner (Neuchâtel International Film Festival), Official Selection (BeyondFest, Fantasia International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Stiges Film Festival).

In English and Tagalog with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Some mild violence, language.

Lots of suspense.

Recommended ages 14+

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RICHELIEU

ROBOT DREAMS

RICHELIEU

ROBOT DREAMS

After a bad breakup, Ariane tries to get her life back on track and moves back to her hometown and in with her mother. To save her sinking finances, she takes a job as a French-to-Spanish interpreter at the local corn plant for the seasonal migrant employees. Ariane befriends Manuel, an illiterate, young man who has left his small children behind in Guatemala to earn as much as he can in Canada. As she begins to witness how the workers are being taken advantage of, she’s forced to choose between turning a blind eye to protect her own job and standing up for the humanity of her fellow workers.

SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKONSTRUCT

DIR. PIER-PHILIPPE CHEVIGNY, 2023, CAN/FRA | 90 MIN | DRAMA

Beautifully photographed and elegantly constructed, Richelieu paints an undeniable portrait of a crisis unfolding across North America. Director Pier-Philippe Chevigny delivers an assured, emotionally resonant first feature which announces the arrival of a new Canadian talent.

In French and Spanish with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Depictions of racism, coarse language, violence, and crude content.

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DIR. PABLO BERGER, 2023, ESP/FR | 102 MIN | ANIMATION, COMEDY & DRAMA

This moving, charming film based on a graphic novel about a dog and a robot shows us in poignant detail how powerful and fragile relationships can at times be.

Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a companion robot. Set to the rhythm of 80’s NYC, their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable.

After a Labor Day jaunt to the beach leaves the robot rusted and immobilized in the sand, the dog must return alone to the life they once shared. But the memory of their friendship lingers, and as the seasons pass, the dog tries to fill the emotional void left by the loss of his closest friend.. Will they ever meet again?

No dialogue.

Recommended for ages 8+

ALFF 2024

SILVICOLA

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD

SILVICOLA

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD

DIR. JEAN-PHILIPPE MARQUIS, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 80 MIN | ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON CONSERVATION SOCIETY Set amongst the rugged forests and shorelines of British Columbia, Silvicola is a tableau of the complex web of cultural and economic forces which compel and constrain modern forestry practices.

A story told through the eyes of an eclectic mix of characters whose lives and livelihoods are intimately entangled with the forest, Silvicola employs sinuating vignettes and industrial soundscapes to explore the tensions and dilemmas between commodification and conservation. Contemplative and sensorially immense, Silvicola embeds the viewer within remote spaces and worksites normally hidden from view—from the verdure of old growth canopies to the destructive gigantism of mechanical harvesting, to the numbing rhythm of sapling nurseries. Situating itself as a study of both our connection and disconnection with the forest, Silvicola is a film which demands of us to reconsider the divisions that have been erected between natural and industrial worlds by spotlighting the hidden labour and logics of modern forestry.

SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD DIR. ANNA HINTS, 2023, ESTONIA | 90 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

SCREENING SPONSOR: ECLIPSE NORDIC HOT SPRINGS Within the sheltered confines of a traditional smoke sauna deep within an Estonian forest, groups of women gather to cleanse themselves in both body and soul. The darkness of a smoke sauna becomes an intimate space for female togetherness, giving the women room not just to indulge in traditional sauna-based rituals (included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list) but also to share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences.

Washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion, a hotbox becomes a place of healing.

World Documentary Directing Award, Sundance 2023 In Estonian, Seto, Võro with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Themes of sexual abuse, miscarriage

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LOSING BLUE

DIR. LEANNE ALLISON, 2023, ALBERTA | 16 MIN | DOCUMENTARY Losing Blue is a cinematic poem about losing the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes, now fading due to climate change. With stunning cinematography, this short doc immerses the viewer in the magnificence of these rare lakes, pulling us in to stand on their rocky shores, witness their power and understand what their loss would mean—both for ourselves and for the Earth.

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SOMEONE LIVES HERE

SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING

SOMEONE LIVES HERE

SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING

DIR. ZACK RUSSEL, 2023, ONTARIO | 75 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

SCREENING SPONSOR: MOLOTOV AND BRICKS TATTOO Someone Lives Here is a modern-day David and Goliath story, set against the backdrop of North America's housing crisis. Carpenter Khaleel Seivwright builds small, life-saving shelters for unhoused people living outside in Toronto during the winter of the pandemic. His actions attract international attention, but also staunch opposition from city officials.

In the summer of 2021, Khaleel Seivwright, decided to build tiny homes for Toronto’s homeless population. Soon afterwards, the city told him that he wasn’t allowed to place them in city parks, citing safety issues, despite a lack of available shelter beds. Someone Lives Here, which won the Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs 2023, is deftly told by first-time documentarian Zack Russell, who captures this Kafkaesque story in a humane and empathetic way. We see how people living in the tiny homes were harassed by some members of the public who were worried they would bring down the area’s property values. Police-enforced evictions reach a dramatic climax as organizers in favor of the tiny homes lock arms in the face of violence and arrests. An important story for our time, as housing insecurity across Canada reaches new heights and people look to find solutions in the face of bureaucratic roadblocks.

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DIR. RACHEL LAMBERT, 2023, USA | 91 MIN | DARK-COMEDY & DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: JACKLEG FILMS Sometimes, Fran (Daisy Ridley, ‘Rey’ in The Force Awakens) thinks about dying. Spontaneously, preparedly, poetically, at the mercy of a snake or alone in the woods… Anything to save her from the drudgery of daily life. An office drone in a sleepy Northwest coastal town, she goes about her days completely isolated from her coworkers, unable or unwilling to engage with their social rituals. A new hire, Dave, soon starts at the company. Funny and gregarious, he disrupts the established dynamic and befriends Fran. Suddenly, Fran glimpses something outside of her hardened shell. Lambert’s deadpan feature recalls the work of 1990s auteur Hal Hartley and the wonderful details in Fran’s world should stir you out of your ennui slumber.

Content advisory: Themes of suicide.

Recommended ages 13+

ALFF 2024

SUBTERRANEAN

SUZE

SUBTERRANEAN

SUZE

SCREENING SPONSOR: NORTH OF ORDINARY

SCREENING SPONSOR: KLONDIKE KETTLE CORN

Two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for exploring the longest and deepest caves in Canada. With few places on earth left to discover, caving may be the last remaining activity of true exploration. After discovering a flooded underground chamber kilometres underground, Katie, a daytime office-worker, becomes obsessed with returning to the Bisaro Anima cave in the Rockies to push the caving depth record. At the same time, a passionate Vancouver Island team is attempting to link two tunnel systems to create the longest known cave in the country. From abyssal, muddy crawls to heart- pounding, vertical pits and underwater squeezes, Subterranean digs into the oddly fascinating world of cavers to uncover a gripping story of adventure, struggle, And, if they’re lucky, record-setting discovery.

When her only daughter leaves for college, Suze, a single mom who has lost her purpose, gets stuck taking care of her daughter's heartbroken ex-boyfriend who she can't stand.

On her journey of self-discovery, Suze discovers what living purposefully really looks like, while making an unlikely bond along the way.

DIR. FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE RUYDST, 2023, CANADA | 86 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

DIR. LINSEY STEWART AND DANE CLARK, 2023, ONTARIO | 93 MIN | DRAMA-COMEDY

The directors Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark (a real-life couple) deliver a funny and heartwarming comedy-drama, that draws out laughs from very relatable circumstances on both sides of the generational gap, about the unexpected friendships that help you become your true self.

Content advisory: Self-harm and suicide, sexuality.

Recommended ages 14+

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THE PASS

DIR. ANDREA WING, 2023, CANADA | 14 MIN | DOCUMENTARY Rogers Pass represents one of the most complicated avalanche programs in the world. Ski touring through its storied terrain is only possible thanks to the visionary mountain guide who engineered the ski system years ago, and the woman she mentored who’s now at the helm of that avalanche program. The stakes are higher than most skiers could ever imagine.

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SWEETLAND

TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE)

SWEETLAND

TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE)

SCREENING SPONSOR: CANADA MEDIA FUND

After a traumatic event–and blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction–Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak embark on a difficult journey of personal healing, which highlights the importance of community, culture, and family.

DIR. CHRISTIAN SPARKES, 2023, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | 105 MIN | DRAMA

St. John’s filmmaker, Christian Sparkes has two dramatic features screening at ALFF ’24. The King Tide (Opening Film of the festival) is a fantasy film, whereas Sweetland, based on a book by the acclaimed writer Michael Crummey, is rooted in the modern re-settlement experience of outport Newfoundland and represents a genre we’ll call Newfoundland Gothic.

This heartbreaking film tells the story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of Moses, a man determined to resist its extinction. Visually stunning, Sweetland features impeccable performances and a sparse but gutting script delivered in a fable-like manner.

Director in attendance: Saturday February 10th, 2024 Content advisory: strong language and peril Recommended ages 13+

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DIR. CAROL KUNNUK & LUCY TULUGARJUK, 2023, NUNAVUT | 82 MIN | DRAMA

“This unique blending of documentary and reality creates a very subtle storyline that contrasts the vast open landscape and the secrets or traumas hidden within individuals that they have to keep in secret. Highly recommend” – Zach McCannArmitage, ALFF Programming team In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Sexual violence.

ALFF 2024

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

THE KING TIDE

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

THE KING TIDE

LE RÈGNE ANIMAL

DIR. THOMAS CAILLEY, 2023, FR/BEL | 128 MIN | ADVENTURE, SCI-FI & DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: MARK KELLY PHOTOGRAPHY

DIR. CHRISTIAN SPARKES, 2023, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | 100 MIN | MYSTERY-THRILLER SCREENING SPONSOR: TELEFILM CANADA

In a world hit by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming some humans into animals, François does everything he can to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, he embarks on a quest with Émile, their 16-year-old son, that will forever change their lives.

A struggling East Coast island community is given a mysterious lifeline when an infant washes up on their beach.

The baby radiates a rejuvenating aura, healing anyone who spends a few moments in her presence. But after a decade of prosperity, Isla’s adoptive parents must decide whether her safety takes precedence over their community's expectations.

The Animal Kingdom is Thomas Cailley's second feature film as a director and was presented in the Official Selection at the opening night of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

A beautifully realized mystery starring an international cast, The King Tide creates its own world where the residents of the Atlantic island live entirely removed and out of sync from the rest of the world.

In French with English subtitles.

Director in attendance.

Content advisory: Violence and strong language.

Recommended ages 14+

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THE MONK AND THE GUN

THE OLD OAK

THE MONK AND THE GUN

THE OLD OAK

DIR. PAWO CHOYNING DORJI, 2023, BHU/FRA/USA/ TWN | 107 MIN | DRAMA-COMEDY The Monk And The Gun captures wonder and disruption as Bhutan becomes one of the world's youngest democracies.

Known throughout the world for its extraordinary beauty and its emphasis on Gross National Happiness, the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan was the last nation to connect to the internet and television. After the King announced that he would cede his power to the people through their vote– thereby creating a new democratic form of government– a monk sets off on a mysterious quest for his master, while an American collector arrives in a small town searching for a rare, valuable artifact.

The Monk and the Gun is an entertaining tale about the conflict between tradition and progress and a gentle ensemble drama interwoven with an entertaining comedy of manners and socio-political commentary. The film not only tells a great story with its cast of colourful characters, but speaks to the warmth at the heart of the country itself.

Director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s debut film, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom was the first Oscar-nominated Bhutanese film.

In English and Dzongkha with English subtitles.

Recommended ages 10+

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DIR. KEN LOACH, 2023, UK/BEL/FRA | 113 MIN | DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: WINTERLONG BREWING The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are known fondly by the clientele. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants.

The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope.

The Old Oak is the latest film by the legendary British director Ken Loach (Sorry We Missed You). Loach is 87 years old and has announced that The Old Oak will be his final film.

Content advisory: Depictions of racism and coarse language.

ALFF 2024

THE PROMISED LAND

THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

THE PROMISED LAND

THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

BASTARDEN

DIR. NIKOLAJ ARCEL, 2023, DENMARK | 127 MIN | PERIOD DRAMA SCREENING SPONSOR: KAREN WALKER AND WAYNE TUCK In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero – sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman who understands the threat that Kahlen poses to his power. Struggling against the elements and local brigands, Kahlen is joined by a couple who have fled the clutches of the rapacious De Schinkel. As this group of misfits begins to build a small community in this inhospitable place, De Schinkel swears vengeance, and the confrontation between him and Kahlen promises to be as violent and intense as the two men themselves.

Mads Mikkelsen cuts a formidable figure in this enthralling period drama. A brutal, bloody, and complex story of savagery and ambition, this epic Danish historical drama is styled like an old fashioned American Western.

DIR. FAWZIA MIRZA, 2023, ONTARIO, NOVA SCOTIA | 97 MIN | DRAMA-COMEDY Fawzia Mirza’s stylish feature debut mashes up the textures of Indian cinema and a Canadian coming-of-age picture, tracing key moments in the lives of a mother and daughter born three decades apart.

In 1999, the sudden death of her father Hassan (Hamza Haq) sends queer Muslim grad student Azra (Amrit Kaur) flying back to her ancestral home in Pakistan, where her stern mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha) demands she play the role of the perfect grieving daughter. But through flashbacks to Mariam's own life in Karachi 30 years before, we see the connections uniting mother and daughter, starting with their shared love of the Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore.

Fawzia Mirza's bright, energetic first feature, which grew out of their 2012 short film of the same name, explores the chasm between individual desires and cultural expectations, fluidly slipping between the textures of Indian cinema and the concerns of a Canadian coming-of-age picture.

Norm Wilner, Canada’s Top Ten Films for 2023 (TIFF) In English and Urdu with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Mature themes Recommended ages 14+

In Danish with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Violence, mature themes, coarse language, depictions of racism, and sexually suggestive scenes.

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THE TASTE OF THINGS

THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

THE TASTE OF THINGS

THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE

DIR. ANH HUNG TRAN, 2023, FRA/BEL | 134 MIN | PERIOD DRAMA & ROMANCE

DIR. ILKER ÇATAK, 2023, GERMANY | 98 MIN | THRILLER & DRAMA

LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT

DAS LEHRERZIMME

SCREENING SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FRANCOYUKONNAISE

SCREENING SPONSOR: THE STERNWHEELER HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE

From the notable director of the stunning Vietnamese films, The Scent of Green Papayas (1993) and Cyclo (1995), Anh Hung Tran transports us to provincial France for his latest sensorial picture that is sure to delight foodies and romantics alike.

Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.

The talented cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the preeminent gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last two decades. Their mutual admiration turns into a romance, which gives rise to the creation of several new dishes–each more delicious than the last–confounding even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin, so he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

As epicurean as French haute cuisine, The Taste of Things indulges our palates with an exquisite seven-course love story for the soul.

In French with English subtitles.

A smart and provocative modern parable with the heart of a thriller, The Teachers' Lounge brilliantly uses its setting as the backdrop for a look at how quickly even tight-knit communities can be destabilized.

The National Board of Review named Teachers’ Lounge as one of the top five international films of 2023 and it was selected as the German entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards In German with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Bullying.

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ALFF 2024

THE ZONE OF INTEREST

WAAPAKE (TOMORROW)

THE ZONE OF INTEREST

WAAPAKE (TOMORROW)

SCREENING SPONSOR: ANDREW G. SMITH

SCREENING SPONSOR: AIR NORTH

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s (Under the Skin) first film in 10 years, is ostensibly based on a book: Martin Amis’s stomach-churning 2014 novel of the same name.

For generations, the suffering of residential school Survivors has radiated outwardly, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and to collectively unite towards freedom and power.

DIR. JONATHAN GLAZER, 2023, POL/UK/USA | 205 MIN | DRAMA

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) plays Hedwig Höss, the mother of five and wife to Rudolph. The couple lives in an idyllic villa with a garden literally a stone’s throw from Rudolph’s place of work — he’s Camp Commandant at Auschwitz. Hedwig’s concerns are domestic, and most of the film takes place within the home. Dispassionately examining the ordinary existence of people complicit in horrific crimes, The Zone of Interest forces us to take a cold look at the mundanity behind an unforgivable brutality.

DIR. JULES ARITA KOOSTACHIN, 2023, BRITISH COLUMBIA | 80 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

English and Cree with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Depictions of racism, residential schools, and sexual language.

The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, winning both the Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Prize. It went on to be selected as one of the top-five international films of 2023 by the National Board of Review, and was chosen as the British entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards as well as nominated for three Golden Globes Awards, including Best Motion Picture.

In German and Polish with English subtitles.

Content advisory: Depictions of the Holocaust and mature themes.

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ALFF FILMS

WE ARE GUARDIANS

Y A UNE ÉTOILE

WE ARE GUARDIANS

Y A UNE ÉTOILE

DIR. EDIVAN GUAJAJARA, CHELSEA GREENE, AND ROB GROBMAN, 2023, BRA/USA | 85 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

DIR. JULIEN CADIEUX, 2023, QUEBEC | 72 MIN | DOCUMENTARY

SCREENING SPONSOR: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

SCREENING SPONSOR: MUSIC YUKON

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of people are unlawfully invading protected lands, devastating centuries-old forests for resource extraction and fast profits.

Now, as the health of the entire Amazon teeters on the verge of catastrophe, will Brazil and the world take notice?

Samuel LeBlanc, a young transgender musician, undertook an artistic approach to find a rural queer community in his native Acadia. During his wanderings, he will find, behind the heteronormative rural landscapes, people determined to live their differences without having to leave their hometown or deny their cultural identity to get there. Samuel will come out with the conviction that the rural queer reality in Acadia, although sometimes difficult, has its share of beauty and community acceptance and that a queer Acadia can and does exist.

Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé stand at the frontlines of the fight, risking their lives to protect their ancestral lands from relentless invasions and deforestation. On the other side–Valdir, an illegal logger is trapped in a desperate struggle to make ends meet and sees no other way than continuing to cut down the forest.

The narrative at the heart of We Are Guardians is powerful — a story of hope and resilience amidst an unfolding crisis. Through a tapestry of voices, this award-winning documentary provides a raw and intimate look at the lives of those closest to the Amazon and peels back the layers of this critical situation to reveal a story that ultimately affects all of us.

In English, Tupi, and Portuguese with English subtitles.

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THERE IS A STAR

In French with English subtitles.

ALFF'24 INDUSTRY FORUM FEBRUARY 9 - 11, 2024 | WORKSHOPS| PANELS | ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS | ALFF PITCH EVENT Three days of industry sessions including master classes, panel discussion, decision-maker and funder presentations and the ALFF Pitch Event. Full details are available at: www.alff.ca WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (Affiliated Event) 5PM – 7:30 PM ONLINE

Drop-in Indigenous Arts and Culture Funding Info Session Canada tCouncil for the Arts and Yukon Arts Section. For Indigenous artists and cultural carriers in the Yukon!

7:00 - 9:00 PM OLD FIRE HALL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 9:30 AM - 11 AM ONLINE

12:30 - 5:30 PM OLD FIRE HALL

ONLINE ALFF’24 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS: Hot Docs, Documentary Organization of Canada, Game Theory Films.

INDIE PRODUCING 101 WORKSHOP. Presented by Avi Federgreen and IndieCan Entertainment

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 9:00- 9:30 AM OLD FIRE HALL

ALFF INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: CBC Absolutely Canadian and CBC Creator Network.

Presented by Robin Summerfield, Producer, Creator Network, Senior Producer, Absolutely Canadian.

9:30 - 10 AM OLD FIRE HALL

ALFF INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Knowledge Network.

Presented by Michelle van Beusekom, CEO, Knowledge Network.

10:30 - 12:30 PM OLD FIRE HALL

1 to 1 MEETINGS. Delegates from Director's Guild of Canada, CBC, Knowledge Network, NFB, Telefilm CMPA, NorthwestTel Community Television, Yukon Media Development, and IndieCan Entertainment.

1:00 - 2:30 PM YUKON THEATRE CINEMA 2

PANEL DISCUSSION: DOCUMENTARY MAKING Panelists: Asher Penn, (Physician, Heal Thyself) Kat Jayme (I'm Just Here for the Riot) and Jules Koostachin, (WaaPaKe).

Moderated by: Teri Snelgrove (NFB).

3:00 - 5:00 PM OLD FIRE HALL

SWEETLAND: ADAPTING A NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY Presented by Christian Sparkes (The King Tide, Sweetland)

ALFF SHORT FILM PITCH EVENT FREE LICENSED EVENT Six creative teams will have 5 minutes each to pitch their ideas for short, one-off documentary, experimental and fiction productions. The jury-selected winner will receive $7,500 cash and $5000 in-kind production services and equipment towards the production of the film.

The ALFF Pitch Prize is sponsored by Northwestel Community Television and the Yukon Film Society.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 9:30 - 12 PM OLD FIRE HALL

CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Presented by Kayla Whachell (I’m Just Here for the Riot, Portrait From a Fire)

9:30 - 12:30 PM YUKON THEATRE CINEMA 2

SCREEN-WRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP Presented by Chandler Levack (I Like Movies)

12:30 - 1:45 PM OLD FIRE HALL

SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION SECTOR Presented by Tracey Friesen, Managing Vice-President CMPA, BC. Moderated by Neil Macdonald

2:00 - 3:00 PM OLD FIRE HALL

PUBLIC FUNDING AND PRODUCTION PANEL Presented by: Lauren Davis (Telefilm Canada), Neil Macdonald (Yukon Media Development), Shirley Vercruysse (NFB).

3:30 - 4:45 PM OLD FIRE HALL

CASE STUDY: BLACK LIFE CBC DOC SERIES Presented by Sandy Hudson (co-executive producer of Black Life: Untold Stories).

Moderated by Paige Galette

5:00 - 7:00 PM TBA

ALFF INDUSTRY CLOSING RECEPTION

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Voices Across the Water

From

TELLING

tales of ancient waters and living legends

Not About Me

to

NORTHERN teams building brighter futures

First We Eat: Food Sovereignty North of 60

follow

STORIES

that redefine our ties to the land.

Answer the call and pitch your northern story. nwtel.ca

communitytv@nwtel.ca

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