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PROGRAMME DE COURTS MÉTRAGES SKY HOPINKA 1
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November 22, 2023 | 20 H 15
(1) Jáaji Approx.
Sky Hopinka | 2015 | English
On the winding road of a father-son relationship, this short personal weaves a timeless dialogue between the two, narrowing the distance separating them.
(2) Lore
Sky Hopinka | 2019 | English
Inspired by Hollis Frampton’s experimental work Nostalgia, this film plays with notions of sharing traditions and knowledge, while overhead projector displays fragmented landscapes.
(3) Fainting Spells
Sky Hopinka | 2018 | English
Through this short experimental film and densely wrought sensory experience, we are exposed to a myth imagined for Xawiska, a plant used by the Ho-Chunk to recover from a fainting spell.
(4) I'll Remember You as You Were Not as What You'll Become
Sky Hopinka | 2016 | English
A meditation on death and reincarnation, this visually and sonically rich film stands as a compelling tribute to Indigenous poet Diane Burns.
(5) Kicking the Clouds
Sky Hopinka | 2021 | English
In this touching intergenerational story, the filmmaker’s great-grandmother giving a language lesson to his grandmother in 1972 is a starting point that sparks reflection around knowledge transmission.
- Those films are presented as part of the retrospective "Sky Hopinka : Redefining Potential Territories."