ReelHeART International Film Festival

Theater 222,  Innis College,
2 Sussex Street, U of T Campus, Toronto, M5S 1J5
(1 block south of St. George Subway)

Inspired by Busby Berkeley, mass gymnastics and experimental cinema from the 20s and 30s, ‘Divers’ is a short animation that explores large-scale choreography, the abstraction of the human body into shape and the absorption of the individual into the mass. Parts of the film were animated with the help of a custom animation toolset developed by the director.

Programmers’ Note: 4 Words “How’d They Do That?”

Widely acclaimed for her inspired earth art, artist Lita Albuquerque envisioned a modern art version of ancient astronomical sites – a star map alignment – in one of the most extreme and beautiful deserts on earth – Antarctica. Following the artist and her team to the highest, driest and windiest continent on earth to complete the installation, this documentary exists as a rare record of that visionary journey, resolving in visually stunning footage in a near whiteout.

Programmers’ Note: 1 Word “Stunning”

Summer of the Sharks is an inside look at the lives of professional shark divers on the road, doing what they do best; chasing sharks and having fun. Along the way they face the harsh and exciting realities of this sport; ocean storms, aggressive sharks, and the startling discovery of their beloved sharks being brutally killed at one of their favorite dive spots – with a first ever, up-close look at shark fisherman.
The road trip was a simple idea; dive the best shark spots in the world, and live out their own endless summer.

Programmers’ Note: 3 Words “Totally Rad, Man…”