GIFTS on Screen Web Cinema Resilience

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I Am Rubber (4:11 min) 1999, Super 8 film by Jennifer McNeely, Megan Stanton A super 8 home-style movie about a girl's first driving lesson. Winner of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film at EyeLens 2000, 2nd Place for Post Secondary Experimental at Cascadia Festival of Moving Images, Vancouver, BC, Honourable Mention for Best Experimental at the National Student Film & Video Festival in Regina, SK. Screened at the New York Queer Film Festival, InsideOut Film Festival in Toronto, Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival in Toronto, Images Film Festival in Toronto and the Canadian International Annual Film Festival. watch the film | find out about this course	The Adventures of A.D.D. Girl (4:04 min) 2000, Super 8 film by Lauren Mainland, Terra Poirier Using live action, paint on film, pixelation & hand processing, this film is a cheeky & triumphant exploration of different-mindedness. Awarded Best Overall and Best Experimental at the National Student Film & Video Festival and the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Presentation of an Issue at EyeLens 2001. Screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival where the directors were nominated for the Telefilm Award for Best Emerging Director of a Western Canadian Short. Also screened at the Visualized Messages in Motion Activist Film Festival in Colorado. watch the film | find out about this course	more films   drama   doc   animation   super 8 film   action & heists   head smadged   you are here   resilience
The Fear of It All (3:00 min) 2000, Super 8 film by Mark Johnson A film about the fact that we all have within us the ability to fly...but due to the negativity in our lives, we choose not to use our wings. Black & white super 8 with scratch effects. Screened at the Dawson City Short Film Festival, Yukon and nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Film at EyeLens 2001. watch the film | find out about this course	Lez-be-eet (2:22 min) 2000, Super 8 film by Ms. Moustache A self-portrait on coming out. Winner of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting at EyeLens 2001. Screened at Visualized Messages in Motion Activist Film Festival, Colorado, MIX New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Pittsburgh Intn'l Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, ImageOUT Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in Rochester NY, Images Film Festival in Toronto, Tower of Youth Film Festival in Sacramento, CA, Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Making Scenes Film & Video Festival in Ottawa, New York Queer Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival and the National Student Film & Video Festival in Regina, SK. watch the film | find out about this course
Peerless (8:00 min) 2000, DV by Curran Dobbs, Andrew Rooney, Angus McTavish This video takes a documentary/drama look at peer pressure in today's culture. Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary at EyeLens 2001. watch the film | find out about this course	Reeling from Loss (6:30 min) 2001, DV by Carrie Southern, Mike Fleury, John Fleury, Linda L. Nicholls Four years after a young man dies of a drug overdose, his mom, his partner and his friends come together to share their experiences around him and their relationships with each other. watch the film | find out about this course
Rigor Mortis (2:52 min) 2001, Super 8 Film by Lauren Mainland The poetic response of a young woman to the death of her father in a car accident, Rigor Mortis offers a serious yet whimsical look at grief and resilience. Screened at 2002 International Student Film & Video Festival, Regina, SK and at DOXA Film & Video Festival in Vancouver, BC. watch the film | find out about this course