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WILDHOOD
Fri 12 Aug 20:45 – Studio Sat 13 Aug 10:45 – Studio
Two brothers search for their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts: along the way, reconnecting with their indigenous heritage. Link (Phillip Lewitski), a Mi’kmaw teenager finds out that his mother, who he had been made to believe was dead, is alive. He embarks on a journey with his younger half-brother, Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony) to find her. They come across Pasmay (Joshua Odjick), pow wow dancer and fellow Mi’kmaw teen, who ends up joining them. As their odyssey unfolds, they share tales of hardship and become closer as they embark further through Eastern Canada. The more self-aware and connected Link becomes to his surroundings and his own sexuality, the easier it is for him to cultivate a relationship with Pasmay. There is a sense of hopefulness to ‘Wildwood’ in Guy Godfree’s beautiful cinematography that encapsulates the rural Canadian landscape, and in the uplifting soundtrack. Hannam is able to breathe fresh life into the ‘road movie’ genre, offering it up as a story of queerness, nature and homecoming. CANADA 2021 BRETTEN HANNAM 99M Our thanks to Peccadillo for this screening.
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CLARA SOLA
Sat 13 Aug 18:00 – Auditorium Mon 15 Aug 21:00 – Auditorium
In a remote Costa Rican village, a woman experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from repressive religious and social conventions. In some ways, Clara (Wendy Chinchilla Araya) is the most liberated woman in the verdant, remote, and deceptively matriarchal village where she works for God. A semi-feral 40-year-old who legend has it was once visited by the Virgin Mary, Clara has been moulded into a faith healer by her ultrareligious mother Fresia (Flor María Vargas Chaves), who’s successfully rebranded her daughter’s curved spine and childlike intellect as symptoms of divinity. Fresia keeps her only surviving daughter on a tight leash, and tries to stifle the late awakening of her feminine instincts. This is a film about women, written and directed by women, made and acted mostly by women. It is a remarkable debut film, which manages to create an impressive and memorable female character, and Nathalie Alvarez Mesen is a director who deserves to be watched. (Subtitles) COSTA RICA/SWEDEN 2021 NATHALIE ALVAREZ MESEN 106M Our thanks to Peccadillo Pictures for this film. BOX OFFICE
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