FILM SCREENING & RECEPTION

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In 2008, in collaboration with MAWA: Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, the Winnipeg Film Group launched the Mosaic Women's Film Project, a new production mentorship and funding program to support the development of woment of Aboriginal or diverse cultural backgrounds to create new independent work.

As the second edition of the Mosaic Women's Film Project comes to an end, we are thrilled to premiere new short works by artists Jody Leigh Pacey and Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot. The artists will be in attendance and will introduce their works and discuss their development and creation process.

Sorrow's Companion – Dir. Jody Leigh

A drama about a young Aboriginal man who just gets released from jail. He wants to make changes in his life but the bad choices he makes get in the way. We discover how these bad choices affect his life.

About Jody Leigh Pacey: Jody Leigh Pacey is a 22 year old Aboriginal woman born and raised in Winnipeg, originally from the Sagkeeng First Nation. She created her first short film Misery’s Angel with the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre. Sorrow’s Companion is her second short film with the Winnipeg Film Group. She is currently enrolled in the New Voices Program at the National Screen Institute. She will be creating a third short entitled You Are Loved followed by an internship with a local production company. She is also currently creating a music video for local Winnipeg rappers Da Skelpa Squad. 

yaya/ayat – Dir. Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot

yaya/ayat explores identities, being lost in translation and distance. But at its core it’s about Shimby longing for a relationship with her geographically distant grandma and her journey to Greece to find her. This is an experimental documentary about how being a part of any diaspora shapes a person’s identity.
 
About Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot: Filmmaker Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot was the first in her family to be born and raised in Winnipeg. In February 2010 she went to Greece to be with and film her grandmother. Her first solo journey seeing her grandmother has been the subject of the short experimental documentary entitled yaya/ayat. This is Shimby’s first professional film project.

The Winnipeg Film Group and MAWA acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts for the Mosaic Women's Film Project.