The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival is screening some great short films at this year’s festival, scheduled for March 4th to March 8th at the Vancity Theatre.
What I love about the way VIWIFF schedules their shorts is the diversity of films. It’s far more interesting for me to see a variety of genres and topics in a block. It keeps my interest from start to finish, and feels like the time has passed in a nanosecond.
Some of my personal favorites at this year’s festival include:
- Juliette: Made by French filmmaker Maud Lazzerini. There’s so much going on in this film, I don’t know where to start. The highlight has to be a performance by burlesque star, Dirty Martini. I’m expecting great things from Maud in the future.
- The Timekeeper: A beautifully crafted film written by fellow Cold Reading Series contributor, Cookie Boyle. I knew when this was read as a finalist for the Vancouver Hot Shots competition it had to be the winner, hands down. It was that good on the page.
- Jaya: A wonderful story set in the Mumbai slums about a young girl who survives by pretending to be a boy.
- Skin: An insightful piece that will play with your perceptions of the roles people play when sex is involved.
- Entrain: Loved this film about the unifying influence of music.
- Bed Bugs: A Musical Love Story: Who doesn’t love a musical featuring blood-sucking puppets? This one’s had a well-deserved strong festival run.
- Royal Migration: The best animation short I’ve seen in a very long time. I love this film!
There’s a ton of other films I could name, but no one likes a long blog post. Please check out the PAGE that lists the films, and take a look at how good this is going to be.
See you at the theatre!
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