"A memory of boyhood on a northern Saskatchewan farm."01 January 1963Drama, Family14 mins
Based on a short story by Sinclair Ross, this short film recalls rural life on the Prairies in the 1930s. In the film a farmer's young son, sent to town to hire a man for the harvest, readily accepts when an itinerant trumpet player, down on his luck, begs a chance. He is hardly the kind of man the boy's father had in mind, but that night his trumpet speaks from the shadows and everyone pauses to listen.
Klara and Adrian are a young couple. In their free time, they take care of their dog, go to parties and watch their favorite 90s series, which takes place in a fictional paradise.
The short follows the dream of a young boy in which strange whale teleports him to a fantasy land where a happy cat named Pero (modeled after the character in the Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko anime that serves as Toei Animation's mascot) appears.
Don Genaro is an elderly man with a degenerative disease that affects his memory. Admitted to an asylum, his only pastime is looking at photographs of some children, trying to recall who they are.
"A Balcony in Brooklyn" is a dystopian look at New York City's underground culture in the height of quarantine through eyes of a new roommate pair, Nick and Glad.
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Paavo and Eeva, two young people who have moved from the countryside to the city, meet a gang led by Kalle, who spend their time loitering and committing petty crimes.
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