Echoes in Time
Short films on memory and history
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Presented by Alt Hotel
Circle of Truth
Director / Writer / Producer: Nicola Hawkins • Newfoundland & Labrador • 13 mins
Snapshots in time show a lone man — Hawkins’ husband — as he builds, tends and harvests a circular garden enriched by the bounty of seaweed and fish that he gathers from the shore. “The interplay of one man and the plants and animals around him is my story and my metaphor for the inescapable circles that direct our lives,” says Hawkins.
Attar of Roses
Director / Writer: Bridget A. Ricketts • Newfoundland & Labrador • 8 mins
A man returns home to attend the funeral of a past love. When he receives a package she left for him, it takes him down a road of long-forgotten memories and a classic haunting romance. Made through the First Time Filmmaker Program from NIFCO.
The Little Church That Could
Director: James Newhook • Producers: Peter Buckle & Keith Bonnell • Newfoundland & Labrador • 13 mins
In the largely Catholic town of Placentia, St. Luke’s Anglican Church is a survivor. A look at how the church and town has changed over the years, and the timeless importance of community spaces in Newfoundland.
Elfreda
Director / Writer / Producer: Rhonda Buckley • Newfoundland & Labrador • 17 mins
Nora, originally from of Harbour Grace, is consumed with solving the murder of Elfreda Pike, a young woman brutally killed in 1870 in her hometown. She returns to Newfoundland on the hunt for clues that will solve Elfreda’s murder — and finally give her a voice 150 years later.
Night
Director / Writer: Ahmad Saleh • Palestine/Germany • 16 mins
A hooded figure looks down on a city ravaged by war, granting peace and sleep to frightened people living in hiding. But a mother searching for her daughter refuses to rest until her child is found. Gorgeous animation and story that, while heartbreaking, fills you with a unique stillness.
Content warning: Child death
Closed to the Light
Director / Writer / Producer: Nicola Piovesan • Italy • 10 mins
This powerful short freezes time just before an firing squad execution in Italy in the summer of 1944. An impressively-choreographed long-shot takes us through the story of the day, revealing moments of violence, fear, and regret.
Post-Screening Q&A
Featuring Rhonda Buckley (NL), Nicola Hawkins (NL), James Newhook (NL), and Bridget A. Ricketts (NL).
Film Still Slideshow — Image Descriptions
Circle of Truth: a close-up shot of an older man wearing a dark orange sweater, laying on his left side. He is looking down at a dandelion he is holding, which has turned white.
Night: a claymation-style image of a woman with black hair, wearing a brown sweater and long blue skirt, barefoot. She is sitting on her left hip on the ground, looking down.
Attar of Roses: an older adult man with balding, greying hair, wearing a black suit jacket, holding a black notebook up to his mouth with his eyes closed.
Elfreda: a young adult woman with black, tightly-braided hair wearing a black top, stands with her arms crossed looking to the right at another young woman with straight, black hair, wearing a green jacket. In the foreground is a blurred stack of books with the word “Elfreda” printed on the cover.
Closed to the Light: a young child wearing a blue top in front of a wall of dried grass. She is covering her ears and closing her eyes with an upset expression.
The Little Church that Could: a young adult man with short, blonde hair and a short beard, wearing a black zip-up hoodie. He is looking past the camera in conversation and he stands in front of a small cemetary and white church with a burgundy roof.