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Sorcières 4 courts shorts

Sorcières 4 courts shorts
Location
Main screening room
Date
October 23rd, 2022
Duration
69 min
Cycle
Witches

La scénariste et musicienne Marie-Douce St-Jacques propose un cycle consacré aux sorcières et leurs multiples métamorphoses dans une variété de genres et sous-genres, en tenant compte des revendications féministes actuelles qui commentent cette figure essentielle et mythique. Une table-ronde animée par Valérie Lefebvre-Faucher de la revue Liberté complétera ce cycle foisonnant.

Zodiacal Light
Directed by
Leyla Majeri
Language
No dialog
Origins
Quebec
Year
2012
Duration
9 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

To create Zodiacal Light, visual artist and gardener Leyla Majeri printed thousands of silk-screen images directly onto 16mm film. Originally presented as a projection accompanied by musician Katherine Kline, the bewitching experimental animation is shown for the first time in a restored digital version.

Zodiacal Light
Sistership TV EP 2
Directed by
The Powers
Language
SD (VOA0
Origins
Canada
Year
2019
Duration
29 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

The Sisters embark on a quest in search of an externalized brain--the missing mind of one who has lost her shit. In the effort to heal her and return her to her body, the Sisters begin to channel a pantheon of supernatural entities, drawing energy from beloved ghosts.

Sistership TV EP 2
Which is Witch?
Directed by
Marie Losier
Language
VOF
Actors
Felix Kubin, Claire Doyon, Elina Löwensohn
Origins
France
Year
2020
Duration
6 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Louis II of Bavaria is petrified in the ice since the dawn of time. He is found in a forest, and luckily he is alive! Three witch sisters try to thaw him out and unravel his musical mystery. We are propelled with them in a colorful and surrealist fairy tale.

Which is Witch?
Praise House
Directed by
Julie Dash
Language
VOA
Origins
United States
Year
1991
Duration
25 min
Genre
Essay, poetry
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Praise House combines elements of theater, dance, and music based on the rhythms and rituals of Africa.

Praise House