Metro Cinema and the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society are proud to present the latest edition of our annual Prairie Tales tour of short Alberta-made films and videos. Included in this year’s festival of live-action, animated and experimental works are:
- Friday June 26 at 8:00PM
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Luz
A woman in the dark is drawn to a light that supplies her with energy even as it signals danger.
Kisses & Tears
An illicit encounter is interrupted by a knock on the door.
Baby Boots
The rural routine of Walt and his recently separated father is interrupted when a young woman shows up to use the phone.
Water Cycle
A melancholy commentary on the cyclical nature of life and the renewal, over time, of emotional energy.
Prairie Torch Song
An ethereal story of the five minutes before the shooting of a music video.
Visages
Ely discovers that his perception of reality depends on the face he chooses to wear.
Video Game Players Union
An answer to the question, “What if video game characters had their own talk show?”
Transient Bodies
The Internet depicted as a chaotic virtual world in which diverse voices speaking simultaneously create a fog of linguistic confusion.
In Translation
A married couple, one anglo, the other French Canadian, struggle to communicate their desire for intimacy.
Midnight Matinee
A capricious camera embarks on a nocturnal, artistic adventure.
The Fall
A single, genderless human encounters the Tree of Knowledge in this revision of the Garden of Eden myth.
The Secret Lives of Robots
Boy robot meets girl robot, sparking more than a mere romance.
I Am
I Am looks at the changing urban landscape through the eyes of an Aboriginal photographer played by Donna Kay.
Intergalactic Who's Who: The Vegetation of Zig 5
An introduction to the peculiarly mobile vegetation on the harsh and distant planet of Zig 5.
Leaving Me
A young man’s experience with mental illness narrates an abstract journey through the fabric of the brain.
The Island
The filmmaker considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
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