Available Light Film Festival 2018 Programme

60+ EVENTS EXHIBITIONS CONCERTS ALFF INDUSTRY

YUKON ARTS CENTRE + KWANLIN DÃœN CULTURAL CENTRE + OLD FIRE HALL

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Welcome to the 16th Available Light Film Festival—an annual midwinter celebration of northern, Indigenous and international film and arts.

As a treasured highlight on Yukon’s cultural calendar, the festival offers diverse audiences a selection of provocative documentaries, entertaining stories and captivating performances.

The Government of Yukon is proud to support the Yukon Film Society and the festival through the Arts Fund and the annual Arts Operating Fund. Thank you to the organizers and volunteers whose passion, creativity and hard work bring about this exceptional event.

Whatever your interest—from Indigenous art screenings and performances to international feature films, and from locally produced short films to cabaret performances—there’s something here for everyone to enjoy and experience.

Congratulations on a truly special event!

Jeanie Dendys Minister of Tourism and Culture

On behalf of Whitehorse City Council, I would like to congratulate and thank the Yukon Film Society and all of the organizers and volunteers for this year’s festival.

The City is proud to support this event through the Festivals and Special Events Fund. We are very excited that our contribution is helping to foster community engagement with new forms of media art, build community partnerships, and reach an even wider audience this year.

We wish everyone a wonderful festival and hope all will enjoy the extraordinary selection of Northern, Canadian and international cinema, as well as the media art and live music performances.

Sincerely, Mayor Dan Curtis City of Whitehorse

Several decades ago, our country’s filmmakers dreamed of offering Canadians more stories based on Canadian experiences. In 1967, the development of an original model for funding films in Canada led to the creation of Telefilm Canada.

2017 marked our 50th anniversary! What a great opportunity this gives us to celebrate 50 years of talent—to honour those who helped build this industry, including our partners, the Available Light Film Festival, their staff and volunteers, as well as the actors, directors, screenwriters, producers and technicians who, due to their incredible talent, show Canada to the world.

I would like take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge Telefilm’s staff and Executive Directors from over the years, including Michael Spencer, Michael McCabe, André Lamy, Peter Pearson, Pierre DesRoches, François Macerola, Richard Stursberg, and Wayne Clarkson. Thanks also to our past and present Board members, some of whom are from this region, including Marlie Oden and Felix Fraser, and the Government Film Commissioners at the NFB. And, of course, I want to thank you the audience for watching Canadian movies for the last five decades, for talking about them, for sharing them—for allowing them to live and breathe.

Looking to the next 50 years, the future is bright for Canadian cinema with a diverse generation of emerging talent creating content for screens of all sizes. Play it forward…

On behalf of Telefilm, I wish you all a wonderful festival full of discovery and delight.

Carolle Brabant Executive Director, Telefilm Canada 6

WELCOME! Welcome to the 16th edition of the Available Light Film Festival!

The ALFF 2018 Opening Gala will feature two intimate and engaging documentaries, Shut Up And Say Something, a portrait of acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan and Dear Hatetts, a personal film by Dawson City born and raised filmmaker, Kerry Barber.

The 2018 ALFF Program includes a variety of curatorial perspectives this year thanks to Guest Curator, Jesse Wente, Artistic Associate, Erin Corbett, and film Co-programmer and Industry Producer, Vivian Belik. This year we’re hosting 50+ filmmakers, industry representatives, performing and visual artists from NWT, Yukon, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and Finland. Huge thanks to Yukon Arts Fund for supporting the special performances and exhibitions at ALFF 2018. Join us for a special day of Indigenous and northern films and artists at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Saturday, February 3rd.

The Yukon Film Society is very honoured that so many accomplished story-tellers in this country will be at ALFF 2018: public speaker and curator, Jesse Wente, spoken word performer, Shane Koyczan, Canadian filmmakers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Carmen Pollard, Michelle Latimer, Melanie Wood, Kathleen Hepburn, Ingrid Veninger and Amanda Strong, to name a few (see the full list on page 11) and Jim Bryson, Kim Beggs, Jeneen Frei-Njootli and K!mmortal. It’s also a huge honour for the festival to host the government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur.

We could not present this multi-faceted nine-day festival without the generous support of our festival partners Yukon Energy and Best Western Gold Rush Inn or the sponsors and funders who provide YFS with travel support: Yukon Media Development, Lotteries Yukon, Air North, Telefilm Canada, Canada Media Fund and Super Channel. Thank you to Media Development and Economic Development, Yukon Government, for partnering with YFS to present the adjacent ALFF Industry conference.

Please join me 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 2018 possible.

Thank you to the YFS Board of Directors: Jessica Hall, Caitlin Beaulieu, Aileen Horler, Carol Geddes, Noel Sinclair, Moriah MacMillan, Leo Lane, Tiffani Fraser, Kerry Barber. The staff and volunteers at the Yukon Arts Centre, Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre and Old Fire Hall.

Shäw níthän, Gunalchîsh, Mahsi cho, merci, gracias, chi miigwech, Salamat and thank you for coming to Available Light and making this a very special community event every Yukon winter.

Andrew Connors Festival Director

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AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

You pick the winner of the Audience Choice Awards! The results of this balloting will determine the awards for Best Canadian Documentary and Best Canadian Feature Film. Winners will be announced before the closing film. The winning film in each category receives $1,000. Sponsored by Super Channel.

Rate every eligible film you see. Ballots and ballot box are in the YAC Lobby.

FICTION Adventures in Public School Black Kite The Ravenous (Les Affamés) Cross My Heart (Les Rois Mongols) Never Steady, Never Still Indian Horse Porcupine Lake The Breadwinner DOCUMENTARY Journeys to Adäka Shut Up and Say Something A Moon of Nickel and Ice For Dear Life The Road Forward Let There Be Light Unarmed Verses Secrets From The Ice A Better Man

FESTIVAL TEAM Andrew Connors

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR

Vivan Belik

CO-PROGRAMMER

Erin Corbett

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Karen Baltgailis Helen O’Connor SPONSORSHIP

Guiniveve Lalena GRAPHIC DESIGN

Victoria Kennedy SOCIAL MEDIA

Helen O’Connor VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

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Alexandra Knowles

Vivian Belik

Jona Barr

Rebecca Manias

Rosie Stuckless

Mike Wilson Jona Barr

TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR VENUE MANAGER

ALFF INDUSTRY PRODUCER ALFF INDUSTRY ASSISTANT

Alexandra Marvar

CABARET SOUND TECH

Marty O’Brien

ALFF INDUSTRY TECH + VIDEO PRODUCTION

GUEST SERVICES + PRODUCTION SUPPORT LEAD PROJECTIONIST

Takashi Simon-Sakurai David Curtis PROJECTIONISTS

Bran Ram Dar Mustafa

PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE

Jessica Hall Craig Carpenter

Outpost 31 Neil Macdonald David Hamelin Jayden Soroka

FESTIVAL TRAILER PRODUCTION

FESTIVAL INFORMATION All screenings are at the Yukon Arts Centre unless noted otherwise.

We encourage you to pick your films and get your tickets before the festival or at less busy times during the festival. This enables us to start the films at their scheduled time, which makes everybody happy. Plus, breezing into the theatre, tickets already in-hand, feels pretty great. Thank you and enjoy the Festival!

ALFF TICKETS & PASSES Individual Tickets: $15/$13 YFS members/seniors/youth under 16 KDCC Events: $12/$10 YFS member, senior, youth, KDFN citizen 5 Film Pass: $55 10 Film Pass: $100 Available Light Cabaret (Old Fire Hall)

Jim Bryson and Rob Dickson: $22 Sputnik live film score: $12

Kim Beggs with Justin Haynes: $22 K!mmortal: $12

WHERE TO BUY FESTIVAL TICKETS AND PASSES Online: www.yukontickets.com Yukon Arts Centre Box Office: (867) 667-8574, Mon to Fri, 10am to 3pm.

Arts Underground: 305 Main Street, Lower Level, Hougen’s Centre At the door: Box Office opens one hour before screenings, and is open between films.

ALFF INDUSTRY TICKETS & PASSES ALFF Industry Passes: $150/$125 YFS Production Members Individual ALFF Industry Workshop Tickets: $25/$20 YFS Production Members ALFF Industry Passes are available in person at YFS (212 Lambert St above Uniglobe Travel) or by phone (867) 393-3456, at the door (cash and credit) and online at alff.ca.

Registration gives you access to all ALFF Industry events: panels, workshops, master classes, networking events and receptions. Pre-register for individual workshops by contacting vivian.belik@gmail.com. Payment accepted: cash and credit card.

VENUES Yukon Arts Centre, 300 College Dr Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, 1171 Front St Old Fire Hall, 1105 Front St Arts Underground, 305 Main St (lower level) The Heart of Riverdale, 38 Lewes Blvd

GENERAL FESTIVAL INFO Passes do not guarantee a seat, you must redeem for individual tickets.

All seating is General Admission.

No food or drink allowed in the Yukon Arts Centre theatre, unless in authorized YAC lid cups.

Please turn off cell phones. No recording devices allowed.

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FESTIVAL GUESTS Mila Aung-Thwin

Elisa Gonzalez

Einari Paakkanen

Kerry Barber

Jessica Hall

Carmen Pollard

Murray Battle

David Hamelin

Brendan Preston

Jean-Aimé Bigirimana (JaBig)

Cynthia Hunt

Keith Robertson

Lesley Birchard

Kathleen Hepburn

Madelaine Russo

Vivian Belik

Shayla Howell

Troy Sebastian

Daniel Janke

Pablo Saravanja

Peter Jickling

Judith Schuyler

Claude Joli-Coeur

Dan Sokolowski

LET THERE BE LIGHT

DEAR HATETTS

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

ESCAPE

CBC

IN THE NAME OF ALL CANADIANS

Jennifer Bowen

IN THE NAME OF ALL CANADIANS

James Brown

NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL

Jay Bulkaert

ARTLESS COLLECTIVE

Stéphane Cardin

CANADA MEDIA FUND

Julian Carrington

THE QUIET ZONE

LEFT HAND PATH

END OF THE ICE AGE

ICE FLOW

NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL

END OF THE ICE AGE

MOUNTAIN OF S’GAANA

SAID, UNSAID

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Lulu Keating

SNAKE HIPS LULU

Shane Koyczan

MY FATHER FROM SIRIUS

FOR DEAR LIFE

SAID, UNSAID

BAIT!

HOT DOCS

LAST RESORT

ARTLESS COLLECTIVE

IMAGINENATIVE

POND

Amanda Strong ANIMATOR

James Swirsky

INDIE GAME THE MOVIE

HOT DOCS

SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING

Peter Clarkson

Michelle Latimer

Teresa Earle

Camilla MacEachern

NWT FILM COMMISSION

THE LAZ Y GIRL’S GUIDE TO LIFE

Josh Epstein

Chris McNutt

Shirley Vercruysse

Jeneen Frei-Njootli

Kelly Milner

Stuart Gillies

Stéphanie Morissette

END OF THE ICE AGE

JOURNEYS TO ADÄKA

ADVENTURES IN PUBLIC SCHOOL

BEING SKIDOO

SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING

Marc Glassman

PLANET IN FOCUS FILM FESTIVAL POV MAGAZINE

RISE

DECONSTRUCT/ RECONSTRUCT

CAMERA TRAP

LES AFFAMÉS

Fritz Mueller

JOURNEYS TO ADÄKA

Marty O’Brien

Lindsay Tyne

CONDUITS (A JOURNEY NORTH)

Selene Vakharia

NFB BC + YUKON STUDIO

Ingrid Veninger

PORCUPINE LAKE

Jesse Wente

GUEST CURATOR

Melanie Wood

SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING FOR DEAR LIFE

CAMERA TRAP

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FRIDAY, FEB 2

SATURDAY, FEB 3

AMANDA STRONG ANIMATION WORKSHOP

Stop Motion Animation Workshop with Amanda Strong FRIDAY, FEB 2, 4 TO 8PM SATURDAY, FEB 3, 10AM TO 2PM ARTS UNDERGROUND REG $40

In this 2-day workshop participants can make their own puppet, bring an object themselves to animate or use premade template puppets made by Amanda.

Participants will get a chance to see and use animation and editing software.

Amanda Strong is an Indigenous (Michif) filmmaker, media artist and stop motion artist currently based in unceded Coast Salish territory, also known as Vancouver.

Her films have screened across the globe, most notably at Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), and Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Amanda is currently developing new short animations as well as researching and developing the process of bringing her works into interactive spaces.

Open to youth 14+ and adults.

Maximum 10 participants.

To register: call (867) 667-4080 or email reception@artsunderground.ca

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2167: AN INDIGENOUS VR PROJECT

2167: An Indigenous VR Project SATURDAY, FEB 3, 12 TO 8PM KWANLIN DĂœN CULTURAL CENTRE LOBBY SUNDAY, FEB 4, 10AM TO 6:30PM YUKON ARTS CENTRE LOBBY

ImagineNATIVE, in partnership with TIFF, Pinnguaq and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures (IIF), present 2167, an innovative virtual reality and immersive media project.

Five Indigenous filmmakers and artists were commissioned to create five VR works in 2017, with each artist asked to set their work 150 years in the future.

Award-winning filmmaker Danis Goulet, Indigenous Canadian artists Kent Monkman and Scott Benesiinaabandan and the interdisciplinary arts collective Postcommodity bring their own vision of the future in two- to six-minute virtual reality experiences.

SATURDAY, FEB 3

INCIDENT AT RESTIGOUCHE

Wente is currently co-producing his first film, a screen adaptation of Thomas King’s best-selling book, The Inconvenient Indian.

His curated short film series Keep Calm and Decolonize was released by the CBC in November.

JESSE WENTE, ALFF 2018 GUEST CURATOR

1pm Keynote Address: Jesse Wente On the importance of storytelling.

KWANLIN DÜN CULTURAL CENTRE FREE ADMISSION, OPEN TO EVERYONE

ALFF 2018 kicks off with a day of Indigenous programming at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. The Festival is honoured to host Ojibwe broadcaster, curator, producer and ALFF 2018 guest curator, Jesse Wente for the Keynote Address.

Jesse Wente is an Ojibwe broadcaster, curator, producer and public speaker. Born and raised in Toronto, his family hails from Chicago and the Serpent River First Nation.

Jesse spent 11 years with the Toronto International Film Festival, the last 7 as Head of Film Programmes at the Lightbox, where he has curated retrospectives on Stanley Kubrick, Michael Mann, and First Peoples Cinema. Jesse is also a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, where he has covered film and culture for 21 years.

An outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights and First Nations, Metis and Inuit art, he has spoken at the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, CMPA’s Prime Time and numerous Universities and Colleges. Jesse currently serves on the board of directors for the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council and was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Reelworld Film Festival’s Reel Activist Award.

Jesse Wente curated these two screenings in the program: Incident at Restigouche Rise: Standing Rock Parts I and II MONDAY, FEB 5, 3PM

Waru MONDAY, FEB 5, 8:30PM

Funding for Jesse Wente is provided by Arts Fund.

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SATURDAY, FEB 3

BEING SKIDOO

HOW TO STEAL A CANOE

3pm Jeneen Frei Njootli: Screening + Media Art Performance

4:30pm Amanda Strong Animations

SCREENING SPONSOR: KWANLIN DÜN CULTURAL CENTRE

SCREENING SPONSOR: KWANLIN DÜN CULTURAL CENTRE

Jeneen Frei Njootli presents Being Skidoo, a 10-minute documentary created as part of the Landmarks 2017. The short explores land use through the making of a skidoo blanket (similar to a traditional dog blanket) that Frei Nijootli created for her father’s skidoo in Old Crow. Accompanying the screening will be a performance and artist talk by Frei Nijootli.

Amanda Strong’s work looks into lndigenous lineage, language and unconventional methods of storytelling.

Using microphones that she has made, Frei Njootli turns materials and belongings that are close to her into sound tools.

Guitar pedals, a loop station, an amp and a subwoofer give voice to these objects.

Nominated for a Sobey Award, Jeneen Frei Njootli is an artist (Vuntut Gwitchin) and co-creator of the ReMatriate Collective who has been living and working as an uninvited guest on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, Sto:lo and Tsleil-Waututh territories for a decade. She recently exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Toronto’s Trinity Square Video, and has performed at La Jolla Playhouse with James Luna in California.

Funding for Amanda Strong is provided

by Arts Fund.

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DIR. AMANDA STRONG, BC, 2009-17, 52 MIN

Includes; Hipster Headdress (1 min, 2017), Four Faces of the Moon (13 min, 2016), How to Steal a Canoe (4 min, 2014), Honey for Sale (6 min, 2009), Mia (8 min, 2015), Haida Raid 3 (6 min, 2014), Flood (4 min, 2017), Indigo (10 min, 2014) Filmmaker in attendance.

Funding for Amanda Strong is provided

by Arts Fund.

6pm ALFF Pitch Event KWANLIN DUN CULTURAL CENTRE PART OF ALFF INDUSTRY FREE EVENT

Filmmakers pitch their short film projects to guest judges in front of a live audience.

Cash and production services prizes supported by Yukon Film Society and Yukon Media Development.

Includes a screening of: A Spark in the Dark (DIR. CHRIS HEALEY/JAMES HEALEY, 16 MIN)

This doc shares the perspectives of four Tinder users in Dawson City. ALFF Pitch winner, 2016.

SATURDAY, FEB 3

THE LAST WALK

MAX’S MULTIPLEX

8pm North by Northeast: NWT/NU Short Films

End of the Ice Age (DIR. PETER CLARKSON/

DIR. VARIOUS, 2017, NWT/NU/BC, 67 MIN

For 50 years, the ice road connecting the communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has been a way of life, and a beacon to international adventurers. As a new permanent gravel road is about to replace it, this story introduces us to this vital connector and the people it binds together.

World premiere.

SCREENING SPONSOR: NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TELEVISION

Escape (DIR. ANJALI NAYAR, 8 MIN)

Jean, Montreal-based DJ and Rwandan refugee, is on a quest to beat the record for the longest bike ride in a single country. The last day of his ride across Canada is about to end near Tuktoyuktuk. World premiere.

Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing (DIR. NADIA MIKE, 5 MIN) Animation from

Nunavut! A story of two unlikely friends— a lemming and an Arctic hare—that decide to spend the day together ice fishing.

Great Slave Rock Slabs (DIR. ARTLESS COLLECTIVE, 6 MIN)

Cory Brunelle, professional mountainbiker from Williams Lake, BC heads to Yellowknife, NT to tread the rocky shores of Great Slave Lake.

Elevator Friends (DIR. MITCH WILES, 8 MIN)

Animation from Yellowknife about an elevator ride that changes a man’s life.

The Last Walk (DIR. JERRI TRASHER, 16 MIN)

Anna (Tiffany Ayalik) sets out into the unforgiving land to find her sister Emma (Kayley Mackay), who has been banished from their community.

HAYLA HOWELL, 24 MIN)

Filmmakers in attendance: Jay Bulckaert, Peter Clarkson, David Hamelin, Shayla Howell, Pablo Saravanja. Guest: JaBig. Opening remarks by NWT Film Commissioner, Camilla MacEachern.

10pm Best of Dead North Film Festival DIR. VARIOUS, 2017, NWT/YT, 80 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TELEVISION

Horror, fantasy and thriller shorts produced by northern filmmakers for the annual Yellowknife-based genre film festival Dead North presented by the Artless Collective.

Max’s Multiplex (Whitehorse); Buyer Beware (Yellowknife); sssssssSpace Hat (Yellowknife); Best Buds (Yellowknife); Little Man (Yellowknife); Through the Willows (Dawson City); The Raven (Yellowknife).

Filmmakers and curators in attendance.

Introduction by the Artless Collective.

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SUNDAY, FEB 4

ADVENTURES IN PUBLIC SCHOOL

11am Adventures in Public School DIR. KYLE RIDEOUT, 2017, BC, 86 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON NORTH OF ORDINARY

Socially awkward Liam has been homeschooled his whole life. When he falls in love with a popular girl he abandons his mother’s suffocating love and enrolls in public school entering a world of sex, drugs and social studies. A TIFF Top Ten Film of 2017, Adventures in Public School pokes fun at home schooling and overprotective parents.

The film boasts a great ensemble cast— including Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams, Andrew McNee, Grace Park, Russell Peters, and, especially, Judy Greer in a tour-de-force performance.

Some mature themes. Parental guidance recommended.

Co-writer and producer, Josh Epstein in attendance.

Screens with: Bait!

DIR. KEITH ROBERTSON, 2017, NWT, 7 MIN

A man goes ice fishing, alone.

What could possibly go wrong?

Filmmakers in attendance.

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12–1pm Whose Story is it Anyway?

Protocols and Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities OLD FIRE HALL PART OF ALFF INDUSTRY FREE EVENT

2017 was a wake-up call for how artists have succeeded—and also failed—in adequately representing and working in partnership with Indigenous stories and storytellers.

When working within Indigenous communities what responsibilities and protocols should be followed? Panelists include Ojibwe broadcaster and film curator Jesse Wente, Métis/Algonquin filmmaker Michelle Latimer, Ktunaxa writer Troy Sebastian, Production Executive for CBC Unscripted, Lesley Birchard and Executive Producer of the National Film Board BC & Yukon Studio, Shirley Vercruysse.

Moderated by Teslin Tlingit filmmaker Carol Geddes.

1:30–2:30pm Close-Up Session: National Film Board of Canada OLD FIRE HALL PART OF ALFF INDUSTRY FREE EVENT

This session provides national and regional overviews of the projects and priorities of Canada’s NFB. Presented by Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur, Chairperson of NFB/ONF and Shirley Vercruysse, Executive Producer of BC and Yukon Studio.

SUNDAY, FEB 4

IN THE NAME OF ALL CANADIANS

JOURNEYS TO ADÄKA

1:30pm In the Name of All Canadians

4pm Journeys to Adäka

DIR. VARIOUS, 2017, 88 MIN

DIR. FRITZ MUELLER, 2017, YT, 60 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, YUKON CHAPTER

SCREENING SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS INC.

Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms gets six fresh perspectives with In the Name of All Canadians, a compilation of short documentaries commissioned by Hot Docs.

From Indigenous rights to the controversial ‘notwithstanding clause,’ participating filmmakers take the Charter’s key tenets off the page and into the lived experiences of the country we call home. Includes Last Resort by local filmmakers Vivian Belik and Jennifer Bowen, a short documentary focusing on the Ktunaxa Nation’s struggle to protect the sacred region of Qat’muk (Jumbo Glacier) in BC from the development of a ski resort.

Journeys to Adäka is the story of seven indigenous artists who look to the past for the strength to overcome a legacy of hurt, becoming cultural giants and leaders in the process. This one-hour documentary follows its subjects as they prepare for the Adäka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse inviting viewers into carving sheds, kitchens, and community halls. Journeys to Adäka paints a moving portrait of self-empowered indigenous communities at an inflection point in our history.

Filmmakers Vivian Belik and Jennifer Bowen in attendance along with film subject Troy Sebastian.

3:30pm The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Life: Video Projection in progress YUKON ARTS CENTRE COMMUNITY GALLERY

Watch and ask questions as Selene Vakharia demonstrates live video mapping for her multimedia installation: Lazy Girl’s Guide to Life: or or how to be smarter, happier, and better without trying at all. See page 40-41 for more information on Media Art at ALFF.

Director Fritz Mueller and producer, Teresa Earle, in attendance along with subjects from the film.

Screens with: Mountain of SGaana DIR. CHRISTOPHER AUCHTER, 2017, 10 MIN

Mountain of SGaana is an animated film that spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world and the young woman who rescues him. Directed by illustrator and animator, Chris Auchter, and based on a Haida legend. Featuring music by local composer, Daniel Janke.

Daniel Janke and Producer Shirley Vercruysse (NFB) in attendance.

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SUNDAY, FEB 4

SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING

DEAR HATETTS

6:30pm ALFF 2018 OPENING GALA

Screens with: Dear Hatetts

Shut Up And Say Something DIR. MELANIE WOOD, 2017, BC, 86 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: CANADA MEDIA FUND

Internationally acclaimed spoken word artist Shane Koyczan gives a poignant and powerful voice to the inaudible and the imperceptible: the bullied, the awkward, the visibly different. In her entrancing and engrossing documentary, Melanie Wood reveals a conflicted man. Working with Shane’s longtime friend and collaborator, filmmaker Stuart Gillies, Wood brings us an intimate and honest portrait of the man who rocked the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. With lucid candour Koyczan allows us to join him on a deeply personal and momentous journey to finally meet his long-estranged father. The result is his most important and most difficult poem yet; an ode to the parent he never, and yet always, had.

Shane Koyczan and Len Koyczan in attendance along with director Melanie Wood, collaborator Stuart Gillies, subjects Kim and Harlen Koyczan and executive producer, Murray Battle.

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DIR. KERRY BARBER, 2017, YT, 6 MIN

Dear Hatetts is a personal account of a relationship torn apart by a suspected lie.

Told in the form of a letter to a family, it is accompanied by documentary images from the filmmaker’s life.

Director Kerry Barber in attendance.

Guest travel supported by Canada Media Fund.

Opening remarks by Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the NFB, Stéphane Cardin, Vice-President of Canada Media Fund, Executive Producer with Knowledge Network, Murray Battle and a representative of the Government of Yukon.

MONDAY, FEB 5

THE QUIET ZONE

ICE FLOW

THE QUIET ZONE

ESCAPE

12pm The Quiet Zone

Screens with: Ice Flow

DIR. ELISA GONZALEZ/DANIEL FROIDEVAUX, 2017, ON, 45 MIN

DIR. CYNTHIA HUNTER, 2017, YT, 10 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: ARCTIC STAR PRINTING INC.

A community of electrically sensitive people is fleeing to a remote mountainous region of West Virginia called the National Radio Quiet Zone. In the shadow of one of the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescopes, The Quiet Zone follows four characters as they adapt to life in this unique environment. The film draws a subtle parallel between the telescope and the electro-sensitive community, reflecting growing concerns and ambivalence about the relentless permeation of communications technology.

Director Elisa Gonzalez in attendance.

Ice Flow, by Dawson-based filmmaker Hunt, follows the cycle of fall freeze-up of the Yukon River in Dawson.

Director Cynthia Hunt in attendance.

Escape DIR. ANJALI NAYAR, 2018, BC, 8 MIN

Jean, Montreal-based DJ and Rwandan refugee, is on a quest to beat the record for the longest continuous bike ride in a single country. The last day of his ride across Canada is about to end at the Arctic Ocean near Tuktoyuktuk.

The NWT portion of the camera work for this film was handled by Whitehorse cinematographers Marty O'Brien and Jassin Godard.

Filmmakers and guests in attendance.

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MONDAY, FEB 5

INCIDENT AT RESTIGOUCHE

STANDING ROCK

3pm Incident at Restigouche

Screens with: Standing Rock Part I and II

DIR. ALANIS OBOMSAWIN, 1984, CA, 46 MIN

DIR. MICHELLE LATIMER, 2017, CA, 88 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: MINER’S DAUGHTER

Michelle Latimer’s multi-part series Rise, plays as a contemporary extension of the activist cinema born from Obomsawin and Incident At Restigouche. Shot over six months of filming, Latimer and host Sarain Carson-Fox capture the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the territory of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North and South Dakota. Part 1 focuses on the protests themselves and the water protectors on the ground facing off against violent police and private security forces.

A diary of ongoing resistance against the same colonial forces that are present in Obomsawin’s film from more than 30 years earlier, a testament to the ongoing incursions into Indigenous life. Part 2 turns the lens towards the larger indigenous protest movement and activist community, looking at the history of the resistance and its contemporary manifestations and intersections with social media. Like Obomsawin, Latimer focuses on the voice of the community itself, urging the audience to listen to voices that have historically been silenced. It’s hard to imagine a series like Rise without first a film like Incident At Restigouche, and together they represent a continuum of Indigenous cinema and resistance. ~Jesse Wente

Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark documentary, Incident at Resitgouche, is as important and influential a film as you’ll find in Canada.

In June 1981, three hundred members of the Quebec Provincial Police staged raids on the Listuguj Mi’gmaq reservation to enforce new provincial restrictions on salmon fishing. Arriving shortly after the second raid, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin chronicled the aftermath of the government’s intervention and its effects on the community. In one of the most famous incidents in NFB history, Obomsawin then defied the Board’s directive that she “not interview the whites” and confronted the man behind the raids, Minister of Fisheries Lucien Lessard, in a charged interview whose riveting drama points the way towards the more aggressive and political turn in Obomsawin’s filmmaking. A film that has influenced a generation of filmmakers and activists, Incident at Restigouche was a direct act of resistance against state aggression and false representations. ~Jesse Wente, ALFF guest curator

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Jesse Wente will moderate a Q&A with director, Michelle Latimer.

MONDAY, FEB 5

DECONSTRUCT/RECONSTRUCT

CAMERA TRAP

6:30pm North by Northwest: Yukon Shorts

Hands Don’t Lie (DIR. HEIDI J LOOS, 9 MIN)

DIR. VARIOUS, 2017/2018, YT, 70 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: NORTHWESTEL COMMUNITY TELEVISION

Filmmakers in attendance: Marty O’Brien, Kelly Milner, Lulu Keating, Dan Sokolowski, Jessica Hall, Shawn Jo, David Hamelin, Chris McNutt.

Pond (DIR. DAN SOKOLOWSKI, 2018, 5 MIN)

Sokolowski captures four seasons on the land by using animation and documentary footage to recreate a singular but special pond next to the Dempster Highway. World premiere.

Snake Hips Lulu (DIR. LULU KEATING, 3 MIN)

When Lulu Keating moved to Dawson City, Yukon, she wondered if she might be the reincarnation of a dance hall girl of the Klondike Gold Rush, Snake Hips Lulu.

World premiere.

Deconstruct/Reconstruct

Winner of the 2017 ALFF Pitch Event for fiction: A woman living with early stages of dementia in a seniors’ assisted living home forges an unlikely bond with a new resident.

World premiere.

Left Hand Path (DIR. JESSICA HALL, 14 MIN)

Winner of the 2017 ALFF Pitch Event for documentary: The art, philosophy and religion of black magic practitioner James C. Kirby is explored while he creates a unique piece of jewellery using the ancient art of lost wax casting. World premiere.

Camera Trap (DIR. MARTY O’BRIEN, 24 MIN)

Aspiring wilderness photographer, Peter Mather sets out in the North Yukon on a near-quixotic quest to document the Porcupine Caribou Herd, its migrations, and the role it plays in communities across the North.

Cast, crew and film subjects in attendance with these films.

(DIR. CHRIS MCNUTT, 16 MIN)

This documentary tells the origin story of the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers as they forge a new sound for their songs with producer DJ Dash (Daniel Ashley.) Episode 2 of a 3-part series. World premiere.

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MONDAY, FEB 5

TUESDAY, FEB 6

WARU

A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE

WARU

A MOON OF NICKEL AND ICE

8:30pm Waru

12pm A Moon of Nickel and Ice

DIR. BRIAR GRACE-SMITH, CASEY KAA, AINSLEY GARDINER, KATIE WOLFE, CHELSEA COHEN, RENAE MAIHI, PAULA JONES, AWANUI SIMICH-PENE, AOTEAROA, 2017, 86 MIN

DIR. FRANÇOIS JACOB, 2017, QC, 110 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: THE CLAIM CAFÉ & FOOD CO.

Made up of eight short films, each 10 minutes in length and directed by a different filmmaker, Waru is a formally unique and narratively ambitious endeavour. Each of these stories, presented as one continuous shot, is an approach to the same traumatic event: the death of a young boy, Waru, at the hands of his caregiver. The first feature film made by Maori women in almost 30 years, and shot in only eight days, Waru is not only an unconventional achievement in filmmaking, it is a remarkable tribute to the female eye, in particular, those of eight extraordinary Maori. In English and Maori with English subtitles.

Introduction by ALFF 2018 guest curator, Jesse Wente.

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SCREENING SPONSOR: JACKLEG FILMS

The Russian-Siberian city of Norilsk is a city of extremes. Notorious for its freezing cold temperatures and its toxic pollution caused by nickel refineries, Norilsk is the thing dystopian sci-fi novels are made of. Described as a prison city, it remains closed off to most of the rest of the world even today. Prisoners of the Soviet Gulag originally built Norilsk in 1938 when more than 650,000 prisoners were sent north to work in forced labour camps, resulting in at least 250,000 deaths. Throughout the city there are no historical sites or memorials that acknowledge its brutal beginnings.

French-Canadian filmmaker François Jacob captures life in contemporary Norilsk with a roaming camera, depicting the city and its residents with care and curiosity.

Nominated for 3 Canadian Screen Awards 2018.

TUESDAY, FEB 6

IN SEARCH OF FELLINI

FOR DEAR LIFE

3pm In Search of Fellini

5:45pm For Dear Life

DIR. TARON LEXTON, USA, 2017, 93 MIN

DIR. CARMEN POLLARD, BC, 2017, 75 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: MEADIA SOLUTIONS

SCREENING SPONSOR: HOSPICE YUKON SOCIETY

A sheltered Ohio girl who loves movies but dislikes reality, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of Federico Fellini, and sets off on a strange, beautiful journey across Italy to meet the Maestro. A sweet and fantastical coming of age film that’s steeped in Felliniesque fantasy, starring Ksenia Solo in a role whose character echoes Gelsomina from the 1956 Oscar-winner, La Strada.

“Co-writer Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson) draws from her personal experiences pursuing the legendary Italian film director Federico Fellini in her youth as the inspiration for this whimsical tale of film, fandom and finding your way in a very intimidating world…The plot makes not a lick of sense, but the imagery is striking, and the adoration of Fellini’s films comes through loud and clear.” ~Katie Walsh, The Los Angeles Times Parental guidance recommended for mature content and nudity.

When 46-year-old theatre producer James Pollard learns he has terminal cancer, he sets out to turn his dying into a lasting final project—rallying friends and family to become involved in preserving his body after death. The practicality by which James approaches the inevitable offers new freedom and possibilities for dealing with death within a culture where we simply don’t talk about it.

With a great amount of humour and dignity, this highly emotional film walks the delicate line between grief and acceptance. Bravely filmed in Vancouver over his final three years, cousin and filmmaker Carmen Pollard weaves raw family interaction, physician visits, and the natural world to reveal a multi-faceted view of death’s impact on all its subjects, as well as its place in ritual and conversation.

Director Carmen Pollard, producer, Melanie Wood and executive producer, Murray Battle, in attendance.

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TUESDAY, FEB 6

THE QUEEN OF SPAIN

JIM BRYSON

8pm The Queen of Spain (La Reina de Espana)

8:30pm Available Light Cabaret: Jim Bryson and Rob Dickson

DIR. FERNANDO TRUEBA, 2016, SPAIN, 128 MIN

OLD FIRE HALL TICKETS: $22

SCREENING SPONSOR: THE COLLECTIVE GOOD

This sly film takes place during dictator Franco’s rule and has great fun sending him up, while also directing its satire at Hollywood’s Golden Age. Eighteen years after fleeing fascist Spain, Spanish film actress Macarena Granada (Penélope Cruz) becomes a major Hollywood star.

She returns to Spain to play Isabella I of Castille, surrounded by showbiz hype.

Invited by Franco himself, an American studio is collaborating with the Spanish industry and it’s this set where Queen Of Spain takes almost entirely. Granada winds up a participant in a plot to spring ex-lover Blas Fontiveros (Antonio Resines) from government custody and get him out of the country. ~VIFF In Spanish and English with English subtitles “Cruz carries the film. She has a ridiculous kind of heroism, and her disguises are hilarious…” ~Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

Singer songwriter, Jim Bryson has released five critically acclaimed recordings, the most recent being 2016’s, Somewhere We Will Find Our Place, which made it to Maclean’s and CBC Music Top 100.

Jim Bryson is from Canada’s small town capital city, Ottawa. His songs are flush with endearing tales culled from the town he calls home. They have been described as “folk songs played with rock instruments” and “rock songs played with folk instruments”, while in truth they consistently lilt and sway between the two.

“Once you have had a chance to see Bryson perform (or hear one of his records), you begin to understand why people adore him. Basically, there’s no forgetting the experience.” ~Festival Peak Opening for Jim Bryson is Whitehorse’s Rob Dickson. Rising from the quiet reflection of his debut, Dickson is charged with emotion, and armed with lyrically dense songs referencing elements of folk, post rock and art pop.

Accompanying both singers will be Jordy Walker on drums and Micah Smith on bass.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB 7

THE ROAD FORWARD

A CAMBODIAN SPRING

12pm The Road Forward

3pm A Cambodian Spring

DIR. MARIE CLEMENTS, BC, 2017, 101 MIN

DIR. CHRIS KELLY, IE/CA, 2017, 120 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: MUKTUK ADVENTURES LTD.

SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON NEWS

In this inspired musical documentary, Marie Clements connects a major turning point in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today.

Interviews with key members of Canada’s oldest First Nations organizations, the Native Brotherhood and Native Sisterhood, reveal the starkly racist politics that inspired the movement as well as how a humble newspaper became a powerful force for change. The Native Voice established a lifeline between the First Nations of British Columbia, uniting them to advocate socially, politically and legally in order to effect profound change on a national level.

The documentary’s stunningly shot musical sequences, performed by an ensemble of some of Canada’s finest vocalists and musicians, bring to life the past 80 years of politics and protest on the West Coast and across the country. The superbly produced story-songs range from heartbreaking ballads about the missing and murdered Indigenous women to inspirational anthems for moving forward, seamlessly connecting past and present with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.

This stunning documentary is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern day Cambodia.

Mothers Toul Srey Pov and Tep Vanny become land-rights activists when a company starts to illegally flood their neighbourhood in Phnom Penh. Buddhist monk, Venerable Sovath, mobilizes to support his community’s protests by recording the events. As the film unfolds over six years we witness the transformation of Venerable Sovath into a full-time video activist.

In this alarming portrait of corruption’s insidious effects on trust and truth, filmmaker Chris Kelly delivers a major blow to democracy everywhere, exposing the international complicity, passivity and hypocrisy that supports business interests and the Cambodian government.

In Khmer with English subtitles.

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TIME

FRIDAY, FEB 2

4-8pm

Animation Workshop with Amanda Strong

VENUE

PAGE

AU

12 12

SATURDAY, FEB 3

10am-2pm

Animation Workshop with Amanda Strong

AU

12-8pm

2167: An Indigenous VR Project* (lobby)

KDCC 12

1-2pm

Keynote Address: Jesse Wente*

KDCC 13

3pm

Jeneen Frei Njootli: Screening + Media Art Performance

KDCC 14

4:30pm

Amanda Strong Animations

KDCC 14

6-7:30pm

ALFF Pitch Event*

KDCC 14

8pm

North by Northeast: NWT/NU Short Films

KDCC 15

10pm

Best of Dead North Film Festival 2017

KDCC 15

SUNDAY, FEB 4

10am-6:30pm

2167: An Indigenous VR Project* (lobby)

YAC

12

11am

Adventures in Public School

YAC

16

11am-12:30pm Panel: Whose Story is it Anyway?

Protocols and Responsibilities to Indigenous Communities*

OFH

16

1:30-2:30pm

Close-up Session: National Film Board of Canada*

OFH

16

1:30pm

In the Name of All Canadians

YAC

17

3:30-5:30pm

The Lazy Girl’s Guide - Video Projection in Progress*

YAC

17

4pm

Journeys to Adäka

YAC

17

5:30pm

Opening Gala Reception

YAC

18

6:30pm

Opening Gala: Shut Up And Say Something + Dear Hatetts

YAC

18

MONDAY, FEB 5

12pm

The Quiet Zone

YAC

19

3pm

Incident at Restigouche + Rise: Standing Rock parts 1 & 2

YAC

20

6:30pm

North by Northwest: Yukon Short Films

YAC

21

8:30pm

Waru

YAC

22

TUESDAY, FEB 6

12pm

A Moon of Nickel and Ice

YAC

22

3pm

In Search of Fellini

YAC

23

4-6pm

CBC Radio live. Musical guest: Jim Bryson Filmmakers in conversation*

OFH

5:45pm

For Dear Life

YAC

23

8pm

The Queen of Spain (La reina de España)

YAC

24

8:30pm

Available Light Cabaret: Jim Bryson + Rob Dickson

OFH

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TIME

WEDNESDAY, FEB 7

VENUE

PAGE

12pm

The Road Forward

YAC

25

3pm

A Cambodian Spring

YAC

25

5:30-8:30pm

Spontaneous Collaborative Creation with K!mmortal

HR

28

6pm

Let There Be Light + The Tesla World Light

YAC

28

8:30pm

The Disaster Artist

YAC

29

8:30pm

Available Light Cabaret: Kim Beggs with Justin Haynes

OFH

29

THURSDAY, FEB 8

10am

School Show: Secrets From the Ice

YAC

31

12pm

Black Kite

YAC

30

3pm

Unarmed Verses

YAC

30

6pm

My Father From Sirius (Isäni tähtien takaa)

YAC

30

8:30pm

A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica)

YAC

31

8:30pm

Available Light Cabaret: Sputnik performs live to Nosferatu

OFH

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FRIDAY, FEB 9

12pm

Secrets from the Ice

YAC

31

2pm

Sami Blood (Sameblod)

YAC

32

4:30pm

A Better Man

YAC

32

7pm

The Square

YAC

33

8:30pm

Available Light Cabaret: K!mmortal

OFH

33

10pm

The Ravenous (Les Affamés)

YAC

34

SATURDAY, FEB 10

10:30am

Blue

YAC

34

12pm

Cross My Heart (Les Rois Mongols)

YAC

35

3pm

Never Steady, Never Still

YAC

35

4pm

Video art artist talk (lobby)*

YAC

41

6pm

Indian Horse

YAC

36

9pm

Porcupine Lake

YAC

36

SUNDAY, FEB 11

10am

The Breadwinner*

YAC

37

12pm

City of Ghosts

YAC

37

2pm

Untitled

YAC

38

4:30pm

Sweet Country

YAC

38

7:30pm

Faces Places (Visages Villages)

YAC

39

VENUES

YAC KDCC OFH

Yukon Arts Centre Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Old Fire Hall

AU HR *

Arts Underground The Heart of Riverdale Free Event

WEDNESDAY, FEB 7

K!MMORTAL

TITLE

5:30pm Spontaneous Collaborative Creation with K!mmortal

6pm Let There Be Light

HEART OF RIVERDALE FREE EVENT

Influenced by Filipina/Filipinx political activists, K!mmortal has learned to use collaboration, fashion and performance as a tool of community empowerment, resistance, and education. With participants, K!mmortal will collectively discuss collaboration and put together a piece involving fashion, dance, poetry and music.

Helping lead the collaboration is Thomas Ulgasan, choreographer and dancer at Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks and founder of ImAdA. The work will be incorporated into her performance on Friday, February 9th. All participants will be invited to the performance.

Open to youth 14+.

Funding for K!mmortal is provided

by Arts Fund.

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DIR. MILA AUNG-THWIN/VAN ROYKO, QC, 2017, 88 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: ZERO WASTE YUKON

In the south of France, scientists from 37 countries are building the most complex machine ever attempted: an artificial sun.

If they get it right it will illuminate the way to produce clean, cheap, abundant energy for millions of years. If they fail, it will be one of the biggest scientific failures of all time. Nuclear fusion has been the holy grail of energy for many decades now. It’s the process that drives stars, the ultimate source of energy in the universe. Let There Be Light chronicles the work of the passionate scientists who are struggling to make it work.

Director Mila Aung-Thwin in attendance.

Screens with: The Tesla World Light DIR. MATTHEW RANKIN, QC, 2017, 8 MIN

In Montreal director Matthew Rankin’s short, The Tesla World Light, visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor.

Inspired by real events, this short is a spectacular burst of image and sound that draws as much from the tradition of avantgarde cinema as it does from animated documentary.

WEDNESDAY, FEB 7

THE DISASTER ARTIST

KIM BEGGS

8:30pm The Disaster Artist

8:30pm Available Light Cabaret: Kim Beggs CD Release Concert with Justin Haynes

DIR. JAMES FRANCO, US, 2017, 104 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: WHAT’S UP YUKON

With The Disaster Artist James Franco transforms the tragicomic true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau—an artist whose passion was as sincere as his methods were questionable—into a celebration of friendship, artistic expression, and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. Based on a best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy’s cult-classic disasterpiece The Room (“The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made”), The Disaster Artist is a hilarious and welcome reminder that there is more than one way to become a legend— and no limit to what you can achieve when you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing at the beginning.

The making of The Room gives The Disaster Artist its point and much of its broad comedy. Filmmakers love making movies about movies, and Mr. Franco is no exception. Mr. Franco recreates the production of The Room—and the escalating behind-the-scenes nuttiness —with an assured, energetic touch, some fitting burlesque and an appealing cast that includes Jacki Weaver and Seth Rogen.” ~Manohla Dargis, The New York Times Parental guidance recommended for mature content.

OLD FIRE HALL TICKETS: $22 SPONSORED BY JAZZ YUKON

Sweet-voiced songstress Kim Beggs celebrates the CD Release of her fifth recording: Said Little Sparrow. Beggs has a timbre that is folksy, earthy, and woodsy all at once–natural–sounding, of course, but more than that: her voice is as her other gifts, quite simply pure. This comes through on each song of Said Little Sparrow.” ~Fervorcoulee Composer, guitarist and improviser Justin Haynes (Toronto) opens and accompanies Kim. Although his own collaborations with artists such as Ryan Driver, Stephen Parkinson, Jean Martin, Nick Fraser and Brodie West, live firmly in the worlds of experimental/ improvised music and free jazz, Justin Haynes has also worked with folk artists Kim Barlow, and Oh Susanna; and is a member of songwriter John Southworth’s band The South Seas.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

BLACK KITE

MY FATHER FROM SIRIUS

12pm Black Kite

3pm Unarmed Verses

DIR. TARIQUE QAYUMI, 2017, CA/AF, 82 MIN

DIR. CHARLES OFFICER, 2017, ON, 86 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: CKRW THE RUSH

SCREENING SPONSOR: NFB

Against oppression, change, and seismic political shifts, a father and his daughter find solace in the seemingly clandestine act of kite flying.

This feature documentary presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community in Toronto facing imposed relocation.

At the centre of the story is a remarkably astute and luminous 12-year-old black girl whose poignant observations about life, the soul, and the power of art give voice to those rarely heard in society. A cinematic rendering of our universal need for self-expression and belonging.

“The brutal rule of the Taliban still casts a pall over most Westerners’ perception of Afghanistan. That Tarique Qayumi’s new film masterfully recognizes a richer and vastly more complicated history is more than enough to strongly recommend it.

But what really makes Black Kite shine is the manner in which the filmmakers have dramatized seismic political shifts.

Charged with some fine performances, poignant details, and impassioned neorealist storytelling, Black Kite is a well-timed reminder that resistance begins at home.” ~Steve Gravestock, Toronto International Film Festival In Dari with English subtitles.

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Selected one of Canada’s Top Ten for 2017.

6pm My Father From Sirius (Isäni tähtien takaa) DIR. EINARI PAAKKANEN, 2016, FI, 80 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: MIDNIGHT SUN COFFEE ROASTERS

When filmmaker Einari was a boy, his father Veikko was an ordinary guy, until he disclosed to his 12 year-old son that he was a messenger between Earth and Outer Space.

From that day on, Veikko was a super-being who believed he could cure cancer, see extraterrestrials and contact the afterlife. 25 years later Einari returns and confronts his father with his own doubts. A wonderfully told father and son film about belief and disbelief in the spiritual world. In Finnish with English subtitles.

Director Einari Paakkanen in attendance.

THURSDAY, FEB 8

FRIDAY, FEB 9

A FANTASTIC WOMAN

SECRETS FROM THE ICE

8:30pm A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica)

12pm Secrets From The Ice

DIR. SEBASTIÁN LELIO, 2017, CI/ES, 104 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON CONSERVATION SOCIETY

SCREENING SPONSOR: GUINIVEVE LALENA

Marina and Orlando are in love and plan to spend their lives together. Marina, a transgender woman, is working as a waitress and adores singing. Her lover, twenty years her senior, has left his family for her.

One night, when they return home from celebrating Marina’s birthday, Orlando suddenly dies. As a result, Marina is forced to confront his family and society, and to fight again to show them who she is: complex, strong, forthright, fantastic. In Spanish with English subtitles.

“A Fantastic Woman is mesmerizing thanks to Daniela Vega’s powerful, award-worthy lead performance.” ~The Daily Beast Short-listed for 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.

8:30pm The Sputnik Experiment OLD FIRE HALL TICKETS: $12

Whitehorse space-rockers; Aiden Tentrees, Zach Pelland and Patrick Hamilton, unleash a newly improvised live music score to F.W. Murnau’s 1922 vampire classic Nosferatu.

Named after the very first object to enter space, Sputnik’s music is a culmination of post-apocalyptic soundscapes and blistering rock riffs. Sputnik will bring your mind to an altered state.

DIR. ANDREW GREGG, 2017, ON, 53 MIN

Bodies, bones and hunting tools: all over the world the climate is changing and ancient ice patches are melting out incredible discoveries: not just the bodies of doomed climbers and the wreckage of lost airplanes, but a lost and ancient chapter of mankind’s story. Up in the coastal mountains of Norway, wooden hunting weapons and forgotten pieces of clothing, dating back thousands of years, evidence of industrial level reindeer hunts to feed the Viking voyagers. And in the Yukon, weapons, bones and the preserved body of a man, centuries old, complete with his clothing and his personal possessions. A mystery is emerging of out the Yukon ice: human hunting tools hidden for as long as 9,000 years have started to melt out. And each new find is another piece to the puzzle of who these people were. This documentary was produced for CBC’s The Nature of Things.

The international version will be presented.

Director Andrew Gregg and many people who appear in the film, ice-patch archaeologists and members of the Kluane, Carcross Tagish and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations will be in attendance.

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FRIDAY, FEB 9

SAMI BLOOD (SAMEBLOD)

A BETTER MAN

2pm Sami Blood (Sameblod)

4:30pm A Better Man

DIR. AMANDA KERNELL, SE/DK,NO, 2016, 110 MIN

DIR. ATTIYA KHAN/LAWRENCE JACKMAN, 2017, ON, 80 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: CHINOOK BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

SCREENING SPONSOR: YUKON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

This powerful feature debut follows a teenage Sámi girl in the 1930s who is forcibly removed from her family and sent to a state boarding school that is intended to raise its Indigenous charges to a level “acceptable” to the rest of Swedish society.

On a hot summer night 22 years ago, 18-year-old Attiya Khan ran through the streets, frightened for her life. She was fleeing her ex-boyfriend Steve, who’d been abusing her on a daily basis. Now, all these years later, Attiya has asked Steve to meet.

She wants to know how he remembers their relationship and if he is willing to take responsibility for his violent actions. This emotionally raw first meeting, filmed by Attiya with Steve’s consent, is the starting point for A Better Man. This marks a new beginning in Attiya’s own recovery process—as well as an important starting point for Steve. For the first time ever, he speaks of the abuse and cracks opens the door to dealing with the past.

When strong-willed but sensitive 14-yearold Elle Marja encounters race biology examinations at her boarding school and racism from the local Swedes, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve that dream, she flees to the big city and renounces all aspects of her heritage, from her traditional clothing and special knife to her mother tongue. Part of the film is in the Southern Saami language, which is now only spoken by some 500 people. Inspired by stories from Kernell’s grandmother and extensive interviews with elders from the Sami community.

In Saami and Swedish with English subtitles.

Illuminating a new paradigm for domesticviolence prevention, A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and revelation that can happen for everyone involved when men take responsibility for their abuse Presented in closed caption for the hearing impaired.

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FRIDAY, FEB 9

THE SQUARE

K!MMORTAL

7pm The Square

8:30pm Available Light Cabaret: K!mmortal

DIR. RUBEN ÖSTLUND, 2017, SE/DK/FR/GR, 142 MIN SCREENING SPONSOR: KOBAYASHI + ZEDDA ARCHITECTS LTD.

Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His new show is ‘The Square’, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it’s difficult to live up to your own aspirations. Christian’s response to the theft of his phone and an unexpected PR campaign for the installation pushes the entire gallery into an existential crisis. A sharp-witted, dark comedy starring Elizabeth Moss and Claes Bang that skewers the high-minded ideals of the art world.

Winner of Palme d’Or Cannes Film Festival.

Short-listed for 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.

OLD FIRE HALL TICKETS: $12

K!mmortal is a musician, spoken word artist, filmmaker and visual artist. As a queer Filipinx based on unceded Coast Salish Territory aka Vancouver, K!mmortal creates a complex soul and experimental hiphop that shreds with high-powered lyricism mixed with field recordings and visual projections.

For this performance K!mmortal will be collaborating with Thomas Ulgasen, choreographer and dancer at Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks and founder of ImAdA. “Her voice is unwavering, her style is razor sharp, her candor is as refreshing and infectious as her electro soul hip-hop beats” ~Beatroute Funding for K!mmortal is provided by Arts Fund.

In Swedish and English with English subtitles.

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FRIDAY, FEB 9

SATURDAY, FEB 10

THE RAVENOUS (LES AFFAMÉS)

BLUE

10pm The Ravenous (Les Affamés)

10:30am Blue

DIR. ROBIN AUBERT, 2017, QC, 100 MIN

DIR. KARINA HOLDEN, 2017, AU, 70 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: CADENCE CYCLE

SCREENING SPONSOR: DRIVING FORCE

A unique voice in Québécois cinema, Robin Aubert’s latest film plunges head first into a riveting sci-fi zombie film that’s informed as much by Aubert’s own obsessions as it is by established conventions. Weeks after the outbreak of a zombie plague a handful of survivors in rural Quebec try to stay ahead of the ravenous undead. Starring MarcAndré Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y., Goon). In French with English subtitles.

Nothing is as important to life on this planet as our oceans. The omnibus Australian Blue plunges us into glorious waters in Australia, Hawaii, the South Pacific, the Philippines and Indonesia, introducing us to individuals who have devoted their lives to direct action and education on our seas’ behalf. A cogently argued, beautifully shot and truly inspired call to battle, this film provides a beautiful but bracing view of what needs to—and can—be done now.

Best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF and selected for Canada’s Top Ten 10 of 2017.

On ne sait ni comment ni pourquoi. Mais quelque part dans la campagne québécoise, une mystérieuse épidémie a transformé la plupart des habitants en zombies. Pour les survivants, en particulier du côté du rang 8, commence un grand jeu de survie dont peu se sortiront indemnes. Les affamés de Robin Aubert plonge Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Micheline Lanctôt et Brigitte Poupart en plein territoire du film de genre, grâce à une mise en scène d’une efficacité, d’un humour et d’un aplomb redoutables.

Producer Stéphanie Morisette in attendance.

Presented in partnership with La Tournée Québec Cinéma and Association franco-yukonnaise.

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Winner of the Best Impact Award at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.

SATURDAY, FEB 10

CROSS MY HEART (LES ROIS MONGOLS)

NEVER STEADY, NEVER STILL

12pm Cross My Heart (Les Rois Mongols)

3pm Never Steady, Never Still

DIR. LUC PICARD, 2017, QC, 106 MIN

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A tender and heartbreaking Northern BCshot (Fort St James) story of a mother and son—each alienated from their world and struggling to manage in the face of grief, guilt and chronic disease. After almost two decades living with Parkinson’s disease, Judy fights to remain independent after the death of her husband and caregiver on their isolated property while her son, having been pushed by his father to get a job on the oil fields, finds himself grappling with the daunting task of becoming a man in a world that has no apparent room for weakness.

Twelve-year old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec’s FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins. What results is a heartwarming and unflinching view of the tumultuous times as seen through the eyes of children. Filmed in Montréal and directed by renowned French-Canadian director Luc Picard. In French with English subtitles.

Montréal, octobre 1970. La Loi sur les mesures de guerre est sur le point d’être votée. Mais il y a bien pire pour Manon et Mimi : leur père est malade et leur mère n’a plus les moyens de les garder à la maison.

Alors Manon a une idée : imiter le FLQ et prendre un otage…Attentif à ceux que la grande Histoire oublie sur le bas-côté, Luc Picard adapte avec cœur le roman de Nicole Bélanger.

DIR. KATHLEEN HEPBURN, 2017, BC, 111 MIN

Selected one of TIFF’s top 10 films of 2017.

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SATURDAY, FEB 10

INDIAN HORSE

PORCUPINE LAKE

6pm Indian Horse

9pm Porcupine Lake

DIR. STEPHEN CAMPANELLI, 2017, BC, 100 MIN

DIR. INGRID VENINGER, 2017, ON, 84 MIN

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Adapted from Richard Wagamese’s awardwinning novel, this moving drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s residential schools and the indomitable spirit of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. In the late 1950s Ontario, eight-year-old Saul Indian Horse is torn from his Anishnaabe family and committed to one of Canada’s notorious Catholic residential schools. Saul is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his Indigenous heritage while he witnesses horrendous abuse at the hands of the very people entrusted with his care. Despite this, Saul finds salvation in the unlikeliest of places and favourite Canadian pastime—hockey. Fascinated by the game, he secretly teaches himself to play, developing a unique and rare skill. His talent leads him away from the misery of the school, but the ghosts of Saul’s past are always present, and threaten to derail his promising future.

Winner of Super Channel People’s Choice Award at VIFF 2017.

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Parental guidance recommended: mature themes.

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During a hot and hazy summertime in Ontario cottage country, 13-year-old Bea wants a best friend more than anything else, but when she meets Kate she gets more than she had imagined. Bea is newly arrived from Toronto, and painfully lonely. Her parents are fighting over what to do about the family-owned diner. Kate has lived in the area all her life, along with her absent, constantly hungover mother, her troubled older brother, Romeo, and her angry older sister, a single mom herself. Drawn together by curiosity, desire, and their fascination with and fear of the looming world of adolescence, the pair forges a deep bond —despite objections from those around them about how short-lived their friendship will be. A sweet coming of age tale—from the perspective of characters we rarely see authentically portrayed in cinema.

Director Ingrid Veninger in attendance.

Support for Ingrid Veninger’s travel provided by Super Channel.

SUNDAY, FEB 11

THE BREADWINNER

CITY OF GHOSTS

10am The Breadwinner

12pm City of Ghosts

DIR. NORA TWOMEY, 2017, CA/IE/LUX, 93 MIN

DIR. MATTHEW HEINEMAN, 2017, USA, 91 MIN

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A real-life international thriller City of Ghosts exposes a new type of warfare: a battle over ideas, a fight for hearts and minds, a conflict over clicks and views.

Captivating in its immediacy, it follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014.

With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today. Directed, produced and filmed by Academy Awardnominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker behind Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman. In Arabic and English with English subtitles.

Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001.

After the wrongful arrest of her father, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy to support her family. Working alongside a friend, she soon discovers a new world of freedom and danger. Drawing strength from the fantastical stories she invents, Parvana embarks on an epic quest to find her father and reunite her family.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie and based on the best-selling novel by Canadian peace activist-turned-author, Deborah Ellis, this lovely animation was directed and produced by the Irish filmmakers behind Song of the Sea and Secret of the Kells.

“The Breadwinner is a well-crafted and inspiring story with an important message about female empowerment, embodied in heroic Parvana, something people of all ages should embrace.” ~Bruce Demara, Toronto Star

Winner: Grand Jury Award, 2017 Sheffield International Documentary Festival Parental guidance recommended: images of graphic violence.

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SUNDAY, FEB 11

UNTITLED

SWEET COUNTRY

2pm Untitled

4:30pm Sweet Country

DIR. MICHAEL GLAWOGGER, MONIKA WILLI, AT, 2017, 107 MIN

DIR. WARWICK THORNTON, 2017, AU, 114 MIN

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This film seeks to create an image of the world that can only be made if you don’t follow a topic, try to judge or pursue a particular aim. It’s about allowing oneself to drift along, propelled by nothing except your own curiosity and intuition.’ These are the words of Michael Glawogger (Workingman’s Death, ALFF 2006), whose earlier films had often been about global exploitation. In 2014 the director died during his aimless journey through the Balkans, Italy, North and West Africa after contracting malaria just five months earlier. Two years after his death, his editor Monika Willi took on the task of completing his film. Willi has shaped from Glawogger’s footage a fascinating, visually stunning document accompanied by a strong but unobtrusive mixture of original and composed sounds. Untitled is a restless film about movement and travelling, about the unknown and the other. Above all however—this is what turns the magic of the images and the act of observing into a truly exciting experience—this is a film about the poetry of the arbitrary.

An outback western inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a story of personal conviction and settler justice set in the stark panoramas of Australia’s Northern Territory.

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighbouring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam’s relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. Justice itself is put on trial when Sam goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down. Although his film takes place in 1929, Thornton’s central concerns about colonialism, law, and power have a compelling contemporary resonance.

In German, Krio, Georgian, French and English, with subtitles.

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Western Canada premiere.

Winner of the Platform Prize, TIFF 2017 Parental guidance recommended: images of graphic violence.

SUNDAY, FEB 11

FACES PLACES (VISAGES VILLAGES)

7:30pm Faces Places (Visages Villages)

Thank you from the ALFF Team

DIR. AGNES VARDA/JR, 2017 FR, 90 MIN

Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, The Finnish Film Foundation, Zone Festival, Mongrel Media, Telefilm Canada, Punk Films, Anyes Fabre-Dimsdale, Dead North Film Festival, Yellowknife International Film Festival, Western Arctic Moving Pictures, Jesse Wente, Stephanie McArthur, Geoff Pevere, Charles Wilkinson, Tina Schliessler, Dave Barber, ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival, National Film Board of Canada, Jane Gutteridge, Yukon First Nations Culture & Tourism Association, Lynn Feasey, Andrew Gregg, Mathieya Alatini, Films We Like, Elevation Pictures, Daniel Cross, Bob Moore, EyeSteelFilm, New Zealand Film Commission, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Emily Alden, Yves Ma, F3M, Stranger Productions, Vice Canada, The Archive, AUTLOOK Filmsales GmbH, Canadian Filipino Association of the Yukon, Sarah Beard, Northern Pictures, Thunderbird Releasing, Amazon Studios, Samuel Goldwyn Pictures, Taylor Devorsky, Ariane Giroux-Dallaire, MK2 Milend, Synergetic Distribution, La Tournée Québec Cinéma, François Lemieux, Virginie Hamel, Documentary Organization of Canada, Screen Production Yukon Association, Duncan Sinclair, Jeremy Emerson, Jay Bulckaert, Pablo Saravanja, Iris Merritt, Dylan Soo, Christopher Griffiths, Josh Jansen, Becky Moffat, Matt Poushinsky, Andrew Seymour, Patrick Matheson, Courtney Wheelton, Jacqui Usiskin, Becky Moffat, Henry Connors.

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Eighty nine-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up to co-direct this whimsical road documentary.

Kindred spirits, Varda and JR share a lifelong passion for images and how they are created, displayed and shared. Together they travel around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epic-size portraits of them. The photos are prominently displayed on houses, barns, storefronts and trains revealing the humanity in their subjects, and themselves. Faces Places documents these heart-warming encounters as well as the unlikely, tender friendship they formed along the way.

In French with English subtitles.

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MULTIMEDIA FEB 3 TO 24

YUKON ARTS CENTRE COMMUNITY GALLERY

The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Life: or or how to be smarter, happier, and better without trying at all Selene Vakharia and Kieran Oudshroon The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Life: or how to be smarter, happier, and better without trying at all, is a self-help book (or anti self-help book), in the form of a multimedia art installation. Lazy Girl uses scientific facts and personal stories to satirically juxtapose self-improvement tips with narratives of unmotivated quests for a silver bullet or quick fix.

Kieran Oudshoorn is an international award-winning documentary photographer and broadcast journalist with CBC North. He is one of the founders of Radio-BED, a network of podcasts focused on social justice and indigenous issues. He has worked for a number of Canadian publications including Maclean’s, Vice, and Canadian Geographic nationally and internationally. He currently works as a reporter and radio anchor for CBC News in Iqaluit.

Over the past three years in Whitehorse, Selene Vakharia has told stories and created dialogues through participatory and site-specific installations and performances including The Death, Sex, Money Salon, A Night at the Museum, DreamLab, and Public Secret. Selene is passionate about creating engaging experiences that spark conversation and is interested in finding new models for information sharing and exploration, especially those that utilize spaces in unexpected ways.

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VIDEO ART FEB 4 TO 11

YUKON ARTS CENTRE LOBBY

Conduits (A Journey North) Lindsay Tyne Conduits (A Journey North) explores the different channels and passages to and of the North: tunnels of the Coquihalla, roads of Northern BC, waterfalls of the Northwest Territories and the Dawson City Ferry. These images show the fluid beauty and different conduits our landscape offers and the freedom of escape to the North. (2:15 min) news from the future Christopher Healey Addressing concerns of the binary media relationship between post-truth and activism, news from the future is framed as a news transmission from the future with an ambiguous message.

Is this communication from a Dystopian or Utopian future? Or is it fake news from the present—or maybe a malfunction? (2:48 min) Said, Unsaid Brendan Preston and Peter Jickling Journey through the Peel Watershed on a macro-level multimedia adventure. Local artists synthesize their talents to create a dream-like portrait of the small and forgotten. (4 min) SATURDAY, FEB 10, 4PM YUKON ARTS CENTRE LOBBY

Artist Talk Artist talk with the video artists Lindsey Tyne, Peter Jickling and Brendan Preston.

Funding for ALFF 2018 Media Art Exhibitions is made possible through the assistance of Arts Fund, Department of Tourism and Culture, Jeanie Dendys, Minister.

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