Director: Various, Alberta (74 min)
June 25th, 2010
7:00 PM
Plaza Theatre - 1133 Kensington Rd. NW View Larger Map
Presented by: QAS, EMMEDIA Gallery and Production Society, CSIF
Metro Cinema and the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society are proud to present the latest edition of the annual Prairie Tales tour of short, Alberta-made films and videos. Each year, Prairie Tales gathers a selection of some of the best short works made by Albertan media artists during the preceding eighteen months and assembles a feature-length showcase for their exhibition. Prairie Tales’ twelfth annual program of live-action, animated and experimental works features the following fourteen works:
Space
Calgary 2010, 4:00, Dir: Caitlind r.c. Brown
A frustrated love story in experimental form about astronauts and rocket ships,
spaces between people and the human desire for closeness.
Escape from Death Planet
Escape From Death Planet
Edmonton 2009, 7:00, Dir: James Cadden
Three research facility workers are left behind on a distant planet that’s been
evacuated after an attack by never before seen life forms.
Tales from the Heart
Banff 2009, 2:57, Dir: Tyler Jordan, Saki Murotani, Price Morgan, Afshin Vahabzadeh
An animated fantasia taking the human heart as its theme offers a wild ride
through the body, the gutter and the cosmos.
Tar Sand Pudding
Calgary 2010, 4:56, Dir: Xstine, Cook
Three kids take on Alberta’s oil sands and create a holy mess of their own,
complete with oil-drowned ducks, in this send-up of a cooking show.
A Dozen Ways
Calgary 2009, 5:06, Dir: Andrea D. Mann
A change of circumstances prompts a sweet and quirky young woman to abandon
previous assumptions and embrace a more free and creative way of life.
Water Under the Bridge
Calgary 2009, 13:15, Dir: T.J. Lynch
A man scatters his father’s ashes from an old iron bridge and must confront tragic
memories from thirty years before.
Coffee Stop
Calgary 2009, 1:00, Dir: Greg Doble
A man detached from reality seeks reconnection through a morning ritual at his
local cafe.
Maverick
Calgary 2009, 6:46, Dir: Kyle Whitehead
An experimental meditation celebrating film as an artistic medium.
Punchlines
Edmonton 2009, 5:00, Dir: Trevor Anderson
The filmmaker examines an early motivation for becoming an artist in a piece that
is shot entirely on an iPhone.
Glimpses of Injustice: The Annual Olive Harvest in Palestine
Edmonton 2009, 7:57, Dir: Sheryle Carlson
A documentary about Palestinian farmers’ struggle to access their land during the
annual olive harvest.
Intergalactic Who's Who: The El Huge-O Maximus
Calgary 2010, 1:30, Dir: Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher
An animated spoof about a strange creature that grows to giant proportions on its
distant and dangerous, native planet.
The Empress
Calgary 2009, 8:25, Dir: Lyle Pisio
A wistful stop motion animation piece about loneliness and lost chances.
Greenwash Gang
Calgary 2008, 5:00, Dir: Ian Day
A group of money-launderers prepare themselves for their first attempt at a really
big heist.
Would You Believe it’s the End of the World, Kenneth?
Calgary 2009, 0:50, Dir: Jason Mosher
One night, the world just…ends.
The AMAAS Symposium of Festivals.
Prarie Tales is an annual touring collection of Albertan short film and video regularly including work from the shining lights of the Alberta media arts scene. In association with screenings of the program, Prairie Tales also sponsors workshops, talks and other appearances by the artists whose work is represented in the the anthology. Prairie Tales is made possible with the generous support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society.
