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School groups choose a 10:00 or 11:30 am screening, and choose a workshop for the morning timeslot (11:30 or 10:00 am) immediately before or after the screening.
Download a registration form here, or call 604-224-6162.
Download a printable version of the Reel Focus program here.
Tue Mar 1 | Wed Mar 2 | Thu Mar 3
 TUESDAY, MARCH 1
Curriculum link: Religious and Cultural Studies
Themes: Social Justice, Relationships, Family Life, Cultural Identity and Tolerance
10:00 am Short Film Program: Opening to the World
 School Swap: An Islamic School, A Hindu School
Director: Ingeborg Jansen
Netherlands, 2003, 30 minutes
(Dutch with English subtitles)
In the Netherlands, different religions and philosophies have their own schools. In School Swap, two students who attend public school each spend a week at a very different elementary school: an Islamic school, a Hindu school, and a Free School. These films show how religious and non-religious children form friendships, while they have different views on life.
 Blink
Director: Eva Colmers
Canada, 2004, 10 minutes
Tommy does things slowly because everything is so beautiful and deserves his full attention. But his way of looking at the world is not appreciated by his teacher, parents or anyone else – except for Sophie. Through their growing friendship, Tommy may just learn to look at life through a wider lens.
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11:30 am Short Film Program: A Cultural Give-and-Take
School Swap: A Free School
(See 10:00 am)
 Hamlet
Director: Anya Rose
USA, 2001, 8 minutes
You’ve never seen or heard Shakespeare’s Hamlet presented in such a delightful way – animation combined with candid commentary from two girls ages five and nine. All in eight darkly humourous and informative minutes! This short film has won numerous awards throughout North America.
 Just Smile and Nod
Director:
Katie Yu/Cheryl-Lee Fast
Canada, 2004, 9 minutes
Matt starts the day by shooting doom trogs and decapitating hell raiders, and has no interest in visiting his Chinese grandfather. He complains that the old man doesn't have a computer, nor does he "talk proper English." But from the moment the groovy disco-dancing grandpa greets Matt, their communication gap is far from typical. Charming and hilarious, this film turns the tables, and the turntable, on cultural stereotyping.
 Through My Thick Glasses
Director:
Pjotr Sapegin
Canada/Poland, 2003, 13 minutes
An old man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. Brimming with strange characters, his tale conjures up a world beyond the little girl's comprehension. Director Pjotr Sapegin has taken a true story and transformed it into a tongue-in-cheek epic peopled with clay puppets.
 The Magic Lion
Director:
Charles Githinji
Canada, 2004, 7 minutes
This animated film is about an African boy who goes on a quest to save the life of his gravely ill grandfather. On the way he encounters a strange lion, caught in a trap, a lion that takes him on an adventure.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2: FIRST NATIONS DAY
Stories From Across Aboriginal Canada
Curriculum Links: Social Studies, Visual Arts
Themes: First Nations Stories and Legends, Oral History, Storytelling
 10:00 am
Raven Tales
Directors:
Chris Kientz, Simon James
Canada, 2004, 22 minutes
A multiple award-winning pilot for a series, Raven Tales concentrates on the wild and funny adventures of Raven, the most powerful, and one might add, trickiest troublemaker of the Northwest Coast First Nations people, the Kwakwaka wakw, the Squamish and Haida.
Website: www.raventales.ca
 Two Winters: Tales From Above the Earth
Director:
Carol Geddes
Canada, 2004, 30 minutes
This award winning animation is based on an oral history account of an extraordinary event that took place in the middle of the 19th century. Best of Festival at nextfest 04.
 Dogs in Concert
Canada, 2004, 8 minutes
Director: Werner Walcher
Dogs in Concert is an impressionistic study of a team of sled dogs as they move through time and space. Using a soundscape of natural sounds to complement the visual imagery, the documentary reveals itself to be a sled dog's dream.
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11:30 am
 Raven Tales
(see 10:00 am)
Two Winters: Tales From Above the Earth
(see 10:00 am)
Dogs in Concert
(see 10:00 am)
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3
 10:00 am - The Game of Hide-and-Seek
Curriculum Link: Personal Planning
Themes: Conflict, bullying, identity, creativity, curiosity, and acceptance.
The Drawing
Director: Jason Buxton
Canada, 2004, 20 minutes
A young boy encounters critics' barbs early when his teacher and classmates ridicule his pencil sketch of a dinosaur. Staying true to his artistic temperament literally takes the 10-year old to society's fringes and makes his re-entry into playground politics an exercise in exile. Beautifully and starkly shot, this stylish drama deftly accesses the intense focus of a child's imagination.
 Our New Toy
Director:
Lawren Bancroft-Wilson
Canada. 2004, 13 minutes
For a young boy named MacLaren his toys are his only friends. When bullies cause a rift in his imaginary friendship MacLaren begins to believe that the toys might be plotting against him. He soon learns that his only friends might also be his worst enemies.
- Student Short Film Festival (Toronto 2004)
- Mill Valley Film Festival (Mill Valley, CA 2004)
- Winner of 3 Persistence of Vision Festival Awards and 2 Honors
 Rain
Directors:
Ann Verrall/Barbara Badessi
Canada, 2000, 22 minutes
This stunning drama from Nova Scotia portrays the complexities of love and the journey towards understanding, forgiveness and joy. As a group of children play a game of hide-and-seek in a pastoral field, a struggle ensues between a boy and his sister who each try to create their own way of being.
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11:30 am
vert ou bleu? un portrait d’emily carr
Réalisation: Michèle Smolkin
Canada, 2002, 58 minutes EN FRANCAIS
Ce film donne un portrait d’Emily Carr, peintre et écrivain canadienne, au début du XXème siècle. Elle etait féministe dans l’âme, écologiste, iconoclaste, et rebelle. Dans ce documentaire moderne et dynamique, on a les commentaires des invités, et les virgules biographiques apposées par des enfants. Nous voyageons dans son univers mystique rappelant les cieux tourbillonnants de ses peintures.
Green or Blue?: A Portrait of Emily Carr
Director:
Michèle Smolkin
Canada, 2002, 58 minutes IN FRENCH
This visually stunning documentary is about the Canadian West Coast artist and writer at the beginning of the 20th century. She was a feminist in spirit, an ecologist before her time, an iconoclast, and rebel. This film combines Carr’s poetry and paintings with comments from leading art historians, and questions from children who love her work. It is a portrait inspired by the swirling skies of her paintings.
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