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Alberta 2009 | 98 min | Various Directors
Metro Cinema and the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society are proud to present the latest edition of the annual Prairie Tales tour of short Alberta-made films and videos. Included in this year’s curated festival of live-action, animated and experimental works are:
Luz
Edmonton 2008, 6 min, Dir: Eva Colmers
A woman in the dark is drawn to a light that supplies her with energy even as it signals danger.
Kisses & Tears
Edmonton 2007, 3 min Dir: Adolfo Ruiz
An illicit encounter is interrupted by a knock on the door.
Baby Boots
Edmonton 2008, 15 min, Dir: Hans Olson
The rural routine of Walt and his recently separated father is interrupted when a young woman shows up to use the phone.
Water Cycle
Calgary 2008, 1 min, Dir: Ryan Tang
A melancholy commentary on the cyclical nature of life and the renewal, over time, of emotional energy.
Prairie Torch Song
Edmonton 2008, 4 min, Dir: Dave Morgan
An ethereal story of the five minutes before the shooting of a music video.
Visages
Calgary 2008, 15 min, Dir: Lyle Pisio
Ely discovers that his perception of reality depends on the face he chooses to wear.
Video Game Players Union
Edmonton 2008, 3 min, Dir: Paul F. Becker
An answer to the question, “What if video game characters had their own talk show?”
Transient Bodies
Calgary 2008, 7 min Dir: Ben Charlton
The Internet depicted as a chaotic virtual world in which diverse voices speaking simultaneously create a fog of linguistic confusion.
In Translation
Calgary 2008, 6 min, Dir: Corey Lee
A married couple, one anglo, the other French Canadian, struggle to communicate their desire for intimacy.
Midnight Matinee
Edmonton 2008, 10 min Dir: J. Scott Portingale
A capricious camera embarks on a nocturnal, artistic adventure.
The Fall
Calgary 2008, 5 min, Dir: Kimberley Anderson
A single, genderless human encounters the Tree of Knowledge in this revision of the Garden of Eden myth.
The Secret Lives of Robots
Calgary 2008, 7 min, Dir: Michael Peterson
Boy robot meets girl robot, sparking more than a mere romance.
I Am
Calgary 2008, 3.5 min, Dir: Christopher Markowsky
I Am looks at the changing urban landscape through the eyes of an Aboriginal photographer played by Donna Kay.
Intergalactic Who's Who: The Vegetation of Zig 5
Calgary 2009, 1.5 min, Dir: Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher
An introduction to the peculiarly mobile vegetation on the harsh and distant planet of Zig 5.
Leaving Me
Edmonton 2008, 7 min, Dir: Aaron munson
A young man’s experience with mental illness narrates an abstract journey through the fabric of the brain.
The Island
Edmonton 2008, 5 min, Dir: Trevor Anderson
The filmmaker considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.