Info
Friday June 17, 2022 | 8 p.m. | Free
Centre culturel Aberdeen, 2nd Floor
140 Botsford Street
Moncton, NB, E1C 4X5
An evening of feminist short films from here and elsewhere at the Sommet Park in partnership with the FICFA Series. The films are open to all and subtitled in English or French!
Bring your chair, bean bag, bench and blanket!
In partnership with the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie
Program
Lolos (Boobs)
Marie Valade
CANADA (QUÉBEC), 7 MIN, NO DIALOGUE
A young woman in ink drawing is destabilized by the arrival of paper breasts that are born on her chest and must quickly deal with these new foreign bodies. Her breasts lead her into increasingly unusual situations that reveal her deepest anxieties: the fear of becoming a woman, the apprehension of female rivalries, the taming of male desire, the worries of becoming a mother and finally the fear of cancer and a loss of bearings. Lolos is both a comic and dark journey exploring a woman's love-hate relationship with her body and femininity. It highlights the powerful symbolism that breasts evoke in everyone's eyes.
Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone at Night
Katerine Martineau
CANADA (QUÉBEC), 2020, FICTION, 17 MIN, FRENCH, ENGLISH SUBTITLES
After a late night high school graduation party, Chantal and Delphine find themselves walking home alone in the dark. Lost in the forest, their long nightwalk is punctuated by carelessness and an irrepressible desire to exist.
The Great Malaise
Catherine Lepage
CANADA (QUÉBEC), 2019, 5 MIN, FRENCH, FRENCH SUBTITLES
A young woman tries to describe herself, presenting herself in an idyllic light: the one expected of her. The visual narration tells a different story, however, illustrating with poignant force the anxiety-inducing charge of hyperperformance and the race for happiness. A film that is both funny and touching, and above all, deeply human.
The Hairdresser
Lorraine Price
CANADA (QUÉBEC), 2021, 13 MIN, FRENCH, ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Kathleen is a hairdresser. She always has been and always will be. Even at the age of 83 she is still doing hair, just not in the way you would expect. Kathleen's work is special—she does the hair of terminally ill patients, in a palliative care unit. In this short, poetic documentary, Kathleen reflects on her experience, as we bear witness to her touching work.
I Like Girls
Diane Obomsawin
CANADA (QUÉBEC), 2016, 8 MIN, FRENCH, FRENCH SUBTITLES
In this animated short from Diane Obomsawin, four women reveal the nitty-gritty about their first loves, sharing funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation, mutual attraction, erotic moments, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression. For them, discovering that they're attracted to other women comes hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding of their personal identity and a joyful new self-awareness.