All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
For the past ten years Edmonton's Metro Cinema has circulated the annual Prairie Tales program of Alberta-made independent media art. The fifteen works featured in Prairie Tales 10 showcase the wide diversity of originality, ingenuity and technical achievement of Alberta media creators at varying stages of their careers.
Advisories:
- Nudity
- Sep 30 (2008) @ 9:15pm
A Chandelier Accident
Chandeliers from an antique shop in New Orleans are juxtaposed with the news of David Hasselhoff's chandelier accident.
What You're Ready For
An emotionally devastated man seeks truth in the words of the charismatic self-help guru who stole his wife. Based on the short story by John Gould from his Giller Prize nominated collection, _kilter: 55 fictions_.
Transitting
The bustling streets of Calgary shift into altered gear through 'Momentism' (the creator's term for his animation style inspired by Time-lapse and Pixillation techniques).
Ice Climber's Waltz
The haunted yet dormant memory of an aging mountaineer is reawakened after a chance encounter with a beautiful young woman.
Intergalactic Who's Who: Praepredatorprae
Animated homage to Canada's Hinterland Who's Who that presents one of the fantastical species inhabiting the wild desert planet of Zig 5.
Photosynthesis
A camera and vacuum cleaner belonging to a young couple comes to the stop-motion rescue of their dehydrated organic co-habitant when left alone one evening.
For Me
A glimpse into the not always syncopated rhythms of the heart when love is given but not received.
Sleepless
A young man's struggle with the tedium of insomnia takes a passionate turn when he encounters a similarly sleep deprived soul mate.
Zap Girl Makes Toast
A young girl's hungry impatience has electrifying consequences.
Inside | Outside
A non-linear black and white film spawned from the core creative concept of "parasites as ideas".
Evolution
A sequence of evolving patterns captured frame-by-frame using evolutionary algorithms set to music composed using open source loops.
DINX!
A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men's burlesque club is thrown back in time to relive a definitive day from his childhood (while wearing short-shorts).
Beech-Nut
In dealing with his self-destructive infatuation with Amelia Earhart, an unidentified man instructs the viewer through a five-step process on how to construct the perfect paper airplane.
Greycon4
The inhabitants of an alternate universe are cajoled, comforted and chaotically menaced by sinister forces. Non-traditional animation utilitizing random scene assemblage, various tactile materials and digital processes.
Prairie Nautical
A group of soft-sculptural sea creatures embark on an adventure across their urban, land-locked surroundings in search of their aqueous roots.
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
- Edmonton International Film Fest 2008
- EIFF: Spanish Shorts
- EIFF: Just because I'm standing here, doesn't mean I want to
- EIFF: OOB 1 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 2 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 3 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 4 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 5 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 6 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 7 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 8 (2008)
- EIFF: OOB 9 (2008)
- EIFF: International Shorts 1
- EIFF: International Shorts 2
- EIFF: Prairie Tales 10 (2008)
- EIFF: Picturing the Yukon
- EIFF: CFMDC Regeneration (2008)
- EIFF: Canadian Shorts (2008)
Citadel renovations are ongoing, so Metro Cinema continues to screen in the Rice Theatre, just down the hall from our normal room. Until we return to the Zeidler, screenings will continue to be from video, and not from 35mm.
Also, all Silver Screen passes are good for 3 months past their normal date of expiry, to thank you for your patience.