Main Programming B, Tuesday 1:45 PM
LOCATION
Theater 222, 2nd Floor — Innis Town Hall, Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus (1 block South of St. George Subway)
Love on Track
Director, Alison Heather, USA/Australia
The promise of true love goes temporarily off the rails when a man and woman have a misunderstanding on the Sydney monorail. Hardly a word is spoken, yet passions ignite and feelings fray. The denouement takes place on a station platform, when a pair of buskers help get the romance back on track.
Website http://www.loveontrack.com
The Sister of Significant Suffering
Director, Rebecca Albeck, Australia
On first sight, hen-loving, eccentric Miranda appears supremely confident and calm. But a restless spirit drives her to go in search of her origins. As she struggles with the issue of her own “belonging” Miranda travels through time and space to find her true identity and the meaning of family.
Programmers’ Favorite
Flour, Sugar, Tea
Director, Lee Willis-Ardler, Australia
In Australia in 2007 the life expectancy for Indigenous men is 59. For non-indigenous men it is 77. Why? Within this context, Flour, Sugar, Tea goes behind the statistics to tell the personal story of John DeSatge, an inspiring Aboriginal man who should not have died so young. You will be moved by this documentary and the questions that arise from this little known ’caste system’ that exists in today’s Australia.
Buda Dji Dreaming
Director, Reihana Waru, Australia
A short film depicting four different stories of the Aboriginal Dreamtime as told by the Buluwai Aboriginal people of Kuranda, Australia.
Directors’ Pick
Cathedral ParkDirector, Vincent Caldoni, USA
When Vai-the American daughter of an Otisian refugee-discovers discarded footage from a German documentary featuring her deceased mother she begins a documentary of her own. Exploring not only the footage itself, but the brutal civil war conflict that drove her parents from the country of their birth, Vai soon becomes a subject of the film as the turbulent relationship between Vai and Basti, her old-world father erupt in front of the camera.
This serpentine mockumentary features an unknown cast and a densely realized world that creates a fully believable, country, culture and history, complete with a functioning invented language, telling a compelling story that blurs reality and fiction, political and personal.
Website and Trailer www.blueprintfilms.com/blueprintv3/
