Breakthroughs Film Festival

Shorts Program: What We Make For Us

Expired June 29, 2020 3:45 AM
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6 films + livestream in package
BFF 2020 Festival Trailer
Best Friends Forever
When teenage outcast Leslie mistakenly unleashes a nightmarish ghoul named Nancy, she’s forced to defeat a decades-old urban legend or face a fate worse than death: becoming Nancy’s new best friend … forever.
Affannato
Living in a surreal universe, Mathilde, a young girl who is studying the violin in a peculiar school, finds her everyday life changed when her hands fuse with her instrument.
Date Night
Alba nervously gets ready for her first date after a very long time battling a negative inner monologue about her age, appearance, and a deeper fear that her daughters don't want to talk about.
Kenin
The journey from self-blame to self-healing is distinctly depicted in this personal, experimental and poetic documentary about surviving sexual assault and finding freedom in speaking one's own truth.
Binimoy
Gauri and Amal both are both secretly planning a special surprise for each other to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in this delightful remake of the O Henry classic, The Gift of Magi.
BFF 2020: What We Make For Us - Filmmaker Q&A
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Trigger Warning: discussions of sexual assault


The journey from self-blame to self-healing is distinctly depicted in this personal, experimental and poetic documentary about surviving sexual assault and finding freedom in speaking one's own truth.


From Manawan, Élisa Moar studied photography in college. This special effect and visual editing enthusiast immerses us in strange and phantasmagoric universes. She participated in several film workshops and internships. In 2018, she penned the deeply moving personal short Kenin that embodies the #metoo movement.


Director in Attendance for Q&A


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  • Runtime
    3 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    World
  • Director
    Élisa Moar
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