Traditional peace and quiet threatened by yet a new peril, Pop take’s matters into his own hands
Films 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 8:00pm
Marc Roussel
Canada
6 min.
Suzette, born deaf and poor in the hardscrabble mill town of Big Pine, struggles to pay down her daddy's gambling debts by working as a cigarette girl at Big Jack Montag's swinging nightclub, The Sweet Hippo. Life seems pretty bleak to Suzette, until the day vagabond musician Suitcase Sam walks in with a song and a smile, and the bright promise of happier days ahead.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 8:00pm
Elsa Morena
Kenneth J. Harvey
Jody Richardson
St. John's NL CAN
9 min.
8 MM films from last year's Super 8 Workshop Featuring:
Let's Talk About Socks, Baby dir by Elsa Morena
When Sockarella finds herself alone after a load of laundry, she is determined to face whatever it takes to find her love.
Confession dir by Kenneth J. Harvey
A beautiful girl steps into the confession box to confess her sins of excess.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 8:00pm
Darcy Fitzpatrick
St. John's NL CAN
11 min.
A brilliant conceit, an elegant metaphor, METERS is at once moving, witty and warm. Here an old man and his sorrow face a ticking inevitability. The filmmakers could have been inspired by poor J. Alfred Prufrock who measured his life in coffee spoons. Whether they did, this short dramatic film is a poem unto itself.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 8:00pm
A.J. Bond
CAN
6 min.
A fantasy re-envisioning of the classic fairytale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault, in which Perrault's young wife reads herself into his dark allegory on marital mistrust.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 8:00pm
Kenneth J. Harvey
St. John's NL CAN
8 min.
A super 8 film about a girl who tells the story of the mother she never knew.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 8:00pm
Hans Montelius
Sweden
2 min.
Late at night in a lonely city intersection, a life-and-death battle breaks out amongst the little men trapped inside the street posts.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 8:00pm
G. Patrick Condon
St. John's NL CAN
6 min.
State your name and your age. Let's begin.
