Vancouver Lift-Off 2016 – Shorts Programme 2

Shorts Programme 2

Monday 1st August, 5pm - 6.30pm @ Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver

1.

Lightheaded
Dir. Steve Parys
USA | 2015 | 20 mins | Language: English
Lightheaded is a romantic comedy in which the lonely Nora discovers she has a very persistent guardian angel who is hell-bent on helping her find happiness again.


2.

Yellow
Dir. Alexander Hankoff & Alexander Maxwell.
USA | 2015 | 18 mins | Language: English
A struggling small town race car driver wrestles with a dark proposition from a sponsor who takes an interest in the sport's potential for carnage.


3.

Father's Day
Dir. Arizona O'Neill
Canada | 2016 | 10 mins | Language: English
A 13-year-old girl, conflicted about her sense of self, goes to meet her father for the first time before he goes to prison and finds the meeting humorous and cathartic.


4.

Bikini Words
Dir. Nils Clauss
South Korea | 2015 | 6 mins | Language: Korean with English subtitles
During the industrial expansion of Korea in the 1970s and 80s, working and housing conditions gave rise to new linguistic developments among the workers.


4.

A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky
Dir. Quarxx -
France | 2016 | 35 mins | Language: French with English subs.
You might think that Simon lives a monotonous life. You would be wrong... Contrary to appearances, he does not live alone among the ruins of an old farm. Between kidnapper and guardian angel, he never takes his eyes off his roommate.

After each film there will be a 2 minute break, during which we invite the audience to complete score cards.

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