ALFF FILMS

Saloum

DIR. JEAN LUC HERBULOT, 2021, SEN/ FRA | 84 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: KLONDIKE KETTLE CORN

Shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord, the legendary mercenaries known as the Bangui Hyenas -- Chaka, Rafa and Midnight -- must stash their stolen bounty, lay low and escape back to Senegal. When they take refuge at a holiday camp, they do their best to blend in with fellow guests; a mute named Awa and a policeman who may be on their tail, but it’s Chaka who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of them all. Unbeknownst to the others, he’s brought them there for a reason and once his past catches up to him, his decisions have devastating consequences.

In French and Wolof with English subtitles.

Content advisory: violence, reference to child abuse.

Sam Now

DIR. REED HARKNESS, 2022, USA | 87 MIN

A mother’s disappearance sends pain and mystery through her family. Sam Now follows her son’s 25-year search for answers. A documentary essentially about the trauma that is passed on through the generations, Sam Now is a playful, tender and personal quest for re-connection with family and healing.

“Reed Harkness has made a wonderful once-ina-lifetime film. Filled with intimate family footage, Sam Now feels like a novel or a well-crafted drama, but it’s all too true. It’s a truly artistic documentary, which should be seen and embraced by discerning audiences in North America and abroad.”

- Marc Glassman, POV Magazine

Scrap

DIR. STACEY TENENBAUM, 2022, QUEBEC | 78 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: ZERO WASTE YUKON

Discover the strangely beautiful places where things go to die and meet the people who collect and restore the world’s scrap.

Scrap scratches beneath flaking paint and rusting metal to reveal the beauty in the ugliness we leave behind. Scrap is a love letter to the things we use in our daily lives. This cinematic documentary tells the stories of people who have a connection to objects that have reached their ‘end of life’. Together their stories convey a deeper environmental and human message about our relationship to things, the sadness we feel at their eventual loss, and the joy of their rebirth.

In English, French and Thai with English subtitles. Director Stacey Tenenbaum in attendance for post-screening Q&A.

The Smell Of Money

DIR. SHAWN BANNON, 2022, USA | 84 MIN

What is the price some pay for the world’s pork? Smithfield Foods is the largest producer of pork in North America and its North Carolina facility processes tens of thousands of pigs per day, in a state where it is legal to spray untreated hog waste into the air. The Smell of Money is the unbelievable and appalling story of a multi-billion-dollar corporation poisoning the air, water, and lives of their own neighbours—most of them from the Black community. Local activists take on one of the world’s most powerful companies in a fight for their rights to clean air and pure water.

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (FUMER FAIT TOUSSER)

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (FUMER FAIT TOUSSER)

DIR. QUENTIN DUPIEUX, 2022, FRA | 80 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: ASSOCIATION FRANCO-YUKONNAISE

A group of superheroes who uncannily resemble the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers many of us will remember from TV. They are called the Tobacco Force, and they kill supernatural monsters from the cosmos using nicotine and carbon monoxide. The good role models that they are, they never touch cigarettes themselves. Since they are burnt out from saving the world, their boss – the perpetually drooling rat Didier – tells them to go and relax in the woods. By the campfire they try to frighten each other with scary stories.

In French with English subtitles.

STEPPING SOFTLY ON THE EARTH

Stepping Softly On The Earth

DIR. MARCOS COLÓN, 2022, USA | 71 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - WHITEHORSE CHAPTER

In the documentary “Pisar Suavemente na Terra”, three Indigenous leaders from the Amazon try to keep their ways of being in the world alive. This is the story of Kátia, Chief of the Akrãtikatêjê people, of Manuel, Chief of the Munduruku people and of José Manuyama, a teacher of Kokama origin. The three narrate the threats to their territories promoted by large-scale mining, monoculture, oil extraction, logging and the construction of hydroelectric plants. Interconnected by the voice and ancestral thoughts of Ailton Krenak, these accounts of resistance present us with other ways of existing and walking in the world.

In Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles.

Sweet As

DIR. JUB CLERC, 2022, AUSTRALIA | 87 MIN

SCREENING SPONSOR: WAYNE TUCK AND KAREN WALKER

The Breakfast Club meets the outback in this uplifting and beautiful coming-of-age road movie. Sweet As is the uplifting first feature by Jub Clerc, a Nyul Nyul/Yawuru woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Partially inspired by her own childhood, Clerc’s film is a tender, assured story of an Indigenous girl’s coming of age and a much-needed fresh take on this enduring genre, enhanced by Shantae Barnes-Cowan’s layered and captivating performance as Murra.

Recommended for ages 12+ for mature themes and strong language.

Trapper Radio Series

A 5-part film series showcasing 20 + NWT artists in their local regions talking about their art, living through the pandemic, and sharing stories and music about their connections to the North and the land.

The 5th film in this series screens at the ALFF Open Air Fireside screening at Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre: Thursday Feb 16, 8:30pm. Admission is free.

Trapper Radio Series - Dehcho Region

DIR. LAWRENCE NAYALLY, WESLEY HARDISTY, 2022, NT | 16 MIN

Trapper Radio Series - Mackenzie Delta Region

DIR. LEANNE GOOSE, LOUIE GOOSE, WADE

VANELTSI, 2022, NT | 25 MIN

Trapper Radio Series - North Slave Region

DIR. MARTIN REHAK, COURTNEY MCKIEL, PAT BRADEN, 2022, NT | 14 MIN

Trapper Radio Series - South Slave Region

DIR. TYLER HAWKINS, BRANDON KIKOAK, JAIMIE KIKOAK, AARON KIKOAK, CRAIG ALLARD, 2022, NT | 16 MIN