A short documentary about the extraordinary work of Marie Webb, a Nova Scotia-based artist and designer. Marie continues to meet the challenges that Down syndrome presents, but her work should be recognized in the design marketplace rather than solely in a disability context. When Marie works with others, there is an exchange of love and respect and the beneficiary is the community.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Blue Lemons: Marie's Gift

Alone in her bathroom, a mostly naked, crocheted woman ponders her life compared to the hairs that live on the floor. Incorporating both stop-motion and 2D animation, this charming and crafty lyrical music video explores spending too much time alone.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Little Piece of Hair

The film showcases Megan Pegg's felting artwork that's developed over time into large-scale pieces that have been included in Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) exhibitions. She continues to meet the challenges of Cerebral Palsy but does not allow this to slow her down or hinder her creativity.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Megan Pegg's Art

A visual poem about the female body and change where a female persona enters a new time, released from fertility. She negotiates her place between ironworks and a moss-edged river as she enacts a tender rite. She carries the blood, one last time, as her moon cycles recede into body memory and she invites a new lunar relationship in.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Moon River

Created and performed by mask artist Miya Turnbull (Halifax) and dance artist Shion Skye Carter (Vancouver), who use masks and gestures to explore their mixed Japanese-Canadian identity.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Omote (面)

The whir of the air popper draws these small creatures out of hiding. Snouts sniffing tentatively, curious about what (or who) the popcorn maker will produce this time.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Popcorn Poodles

A young boy is assigned to be partners with the class outcast for a science class project.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Science Project

An audiovisual meditation on the traditional practice of maple syruping in rural New Brunswick.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Sugaring

Shannon Charles Clow is a self-proclaimed unknown sci-fi folk artist from Prince Edward Island. Shannon presents his paintings and discusses his distinctive approach.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: The Strange Universe of Shannon Charles Clow

Crazy quilter, Penelope Player, opens her house and her heart, regaling the audience with stories of her lifetime passion for needle arts.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Threading the Needle

Shauna MacLeod is an artist who lives with PTSD and uses art to heal. She owns and operates Black Crow Pottery, a small business in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Her journey of healing has led her to ceramics and horses – a departure from the life she previously led as a paramedic and emergency medical dispatcher.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Throwing Pains

Two wildflowers find love in a vacant lot. An animation based on the painting, Vanitas Chicory, by Barbara Safran de Niverville.

Atlantic Shorts Program 5: Vanitas Vivace

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