Metro Cinema Society: EIFF: OOB 4

EIFF: OOB 4

Alberta 2008, 40 min, Dir: Various

In Our Own Backyard #4 (40 min): Women Directors & Producers

Why I Bought A Bike
Edmonton, 4 min, Dir: Brianne Nord-Stewart
Why I Bought A Bike reveals a moment in most young adult's lives that they can't wait to have, and really want to be over. In sex education you learn the road map of female anatomy, but not the vegetation - least of all how to care for the plants. For Thomas, this moment is like a band-aid that won't hurt as much if it's pulled off quickly. With:

Dead Boyfriends
Calgary, 7 min, Dir: Mooky Cornish, Neil Evenson & Xstine Cook
Fire! Blood! Puppet death! Trickster Coyote falls for vampy Pandora, a cursed temptress with a taste for dodgy circus performers. Coyote gets drawn deeper into Pandora's lair of love as each of her lovers accidentally dies mid-act. Contains scenes of puppet sex. With:

Sterile Atomic Fly
Edmonton, 11 min, Prod: Bree Dreger, Dir: Riley Beach
Animation. Sterile Atomic Fly is about a young tsetse fly who bounces from bar to bar, club to club and scene to scene to complete the quest shared by all flies his age - getting laid. Contains coarse language. With:

Anybody's Baby
Calgary, 5 min, Dir: Eve Kinizo
Animated Terra slowly discovers her world is 2D animated. She longs to break free and become real. When she discovers Real Terra in the mirror her world starts changing. With:

Tigers At the Gate
Calgary, 13 min, Dir: Nina Sudra
Seema's attempts to avoid familial landmines before an Indian wedding are foiled, leaving her with one option: if she can't beat them, she may as well join them.

A series of short film packages produced by Albertans.

For the second consecutive year, the Edmonton International Film Festival is proud to present a full-day of films made right here, In Our Own Backyard. From the more the one hundred (100) films submitted by Albertans, these 37 shorts represent filmmakers at all stages of their careers and a diversity in both style and content. Following each short film package, our Hosts will moderate an audience Q&A with attending filmmakers. So rest up and get set to feast on 9 hours of 100% Alberta beef!

Sponsored by Metro Cinema and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. Tickets are $10 at the door. Metro & EIFF passes are honored.