The South Western International Film Festival presents Shorts Programme 1: Difficult Histories--screening at 12:00PM, 2:00PM, and 5:00PM on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Story.
In Canada, it’s easy to pretend our country is immune to the larger problems of the world, like violence against women, the painful fallout of colonialism, and the ongoing conflict in Syria that has razed the country and displaced millions. In this programme of shorts, we start in far-flung regions like the forests of Haiti (THE CRYING CONCH) and a small village in Nigeria (WAITING FOR HASSANA) before coming home, where our immediate connections to global issues are closer—and more imperative—than we think.
We brought the world’s short filmmakers to you—now do something that means the world to them. VOTE for your favourite short film to win SWIFF’s Audience Award, netting the filmmakers a $1000 cash prize. Films are playing for free at the Story (179 Christina St. N) on Saturday and Sunday.