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Breakout! The Power of One
Start: 10:00

*BC Premiere
Lalita Krishna / Canada / 2009 / 25 min
This film portrays three young activists who have made a difference in the life of thousands around the world. Age is clearly not a criteria for someone to make a difference in the world.

No Network
Start: 10:00

Duggholufólkid
Ari Kristinsson / Iceland / 2007 / 82 min

Themes: courage, over coming fear, power of the imagination, the influence of technology
Kalli is less than enthusiastic about spending Christmas at his father's rural home. It is bad enough that he doesn't get along with his stepsister, Ellen; the region does not even have cell-phone service. When his stepmother goes into labour, leaving Kalli and Ellen alone in the house, Kalli seizes the opportunity to hike to a nearby transmission tower where he plans to phone a taxi to take him back to his mother in the city. He has no idea of the adventure that lies in store.

The Propellerbird
Start: 10:00

Directors: Jan Locher & Thomas Hinke / Germany / 2005 / 5 min / Grade 3+
Three little sparrows are trying to chant their song, but are constantly interrupted by a big grey bird with a propeller.
Screens again at 11:45am as part of Reel Focus program: A Horse of a Different Colour

The Goat That Ate Time
Start: 10:00

Lucinda Schreiber / Australia / 2007 / 8 min
A goat with an appetite for life realizes that time is dangerously delicious.
Screens again at 11:45am as part of Reel Focus program: A Horse of a Different Colour

The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside
Start: 10:00

Siri Melchior / UK / 2002 / 4 min / Grade 3+

A dog has a cat inside him. The dog and cat fight, and the one's desires always get in the way of the other’s. The two try to find some common ground. This animated fable is based on the Danish proverb 'Don’t judge a dog by its fur.'
Screens again at 11:45am as part of Reel Focus program: A Horse of a Different Colour

Ideation
Start: 11:45

Jeremiah Dickey / USA / 2007 / 2 min / Grade 5+
This animated short is a beautiful refashioning of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
Director Jeremiah Dickey

My Dad Ralph
Start: 11:45

Nicholas Wong / Canada / 2008 / 12 min / Grade 4+
"Take Your Kids to Work Day" presents a challenge for Ralph, a failed artist working as a house painter and a single parent to seven-year-old Zack. Zack is talented and wants to be an artist just like his dad – realities that concern Ralph, who doesn’t want his son to end up a house painter. Should Ralph keep his job a secret or have faith in himself, and his son, and reveal the truth?

Light Feet, A Raramuri Tale
Start: 11:45

Oskar Laffont / Mexico, UK / 2008 / Grade 5+
Shot against a stunning Mexican landscape, this is the moving story about the magic of childhood, and the timeless teachings of the Raramuris. In Tarahumara with English subtitles.
Director Oskar Laffont

His Good Will
Start: 11:45

Cayman Grant / Canada, USA / 2008 / 12 min / Grade 4+
Amidst the racism, poverty and intense heat of 1950s southern United States, one young boy -with nothing to offer- still gives with all his heart. James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) co-stars.
Director Cayman Grant

Gone Fishing
Start: 11:45

Chris Jones / UK / 2008 / 13 min / Grade 5+
Gone Fishing is the touching story of a boy and an old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught!
Director Chris Jones

The Scavengers
Start: 11:45

Cory Bowles / Canada / 2008 / 11 min Grade 5+Three boys play idly along the beach until their discovery of a mermaid, washed ashore, changes the course of the next few hours. As their curiosity escalates, they lay claim to the creature, whose mystery both attracts and repels them.

Orange
Start: 11:45

*World Premiere
Sylvie Trouve / Canada / 2008 / 2 min
What if a tree branch could tap on a pipe to create a rhythm or shadows could whistle us a tune. Through manipulation of its own movement and timing as well as creative interpretation and animation the city comes to life in a new way. It dances and takes on new forms as the objects of its collage become the instruments.

Hungu
Start: 12:30

Nicolas Brault / Canada / 2008 / 9 min / Grade 7+
Under the African sun, a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to her child. The hungu is an African musical instrument that provides Nicolas Brault with a timeless story told in graceful animation.

The Music Lesson
Start: 12:30

*Canadian Premiere
Themes: music, cross-cultural communication, indigenous education, Kenyan life and culture 
Triumph in Africa, not tragedy. Collaboration, not charity. Abundance of spirit, not poverty of resources. The Music Lesson tells the story of two groups of young people from extraordinarily different backgrounds as they use the power of music to discover each other's worlds. Ten classically trained students from the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra traveled across the world for a life-changing cultural exchange with a group of students from Laikipia, Kenya, whose tribal elders have passed down the tradition of playing music. One day can change your life. These teenagers had 10.
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