Messages for a mitochondrial Eve are transmitted through time, connecting choices made in the past to renditions of our future selves. Works of reinvention, correction, and augmentation explore the construction of identity through archetypes, ancestral mythologies, and matrilineal lines.
Program:
Je m'appelle Mariia (2024, FI, 26’)
Juho Reinikainen
Texas Switch (2024, CA, 9’)
Darren Dominique Heroux
*not available virtually in Canada
Some Kind of Japanese (2025, US, 18’)
Robyn Tomiko
AUGMENTED (2025, US, 9’)
Raymond Rea
marratein, marratein (2025, US/LB, 25’)
Julia Yezbick
A “Texas Switch” is a cinematic sleight of hand where one performer is swapped for another in a single shot, often hidden in plain sight. This experimental short stages bold acts of substitution, toying with visibility, presence, and what slips past the viewer’s gaze.
*not available virtually in Canada
- Year2024
- Runtime9 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorDarren Dominique Heroux
Messages for a mitochondrial Eve are transmitted through time, connecting choices made in the past to renditions of our future selves. Works of reinvention, correction, and augmentation explore the construction of identity through archetypes, ancestral mythologies, and matrilineal lines.
Program:
Je m'appelle Mariia (2024, FI, 26’)
Juho Reinikainen
Texas Switch (2024, CA, 9’)
Darren Dominique Heroux
*not available virtually in Canada
Some Kind of Japanese (2025, US, 18’)
Robyn Tomiko
AUGMENTED (2025, US, 9’)
Raymond Rea
marratein, marratein (2025, US/LB, 25’)
Julia Yezbick
A “Texas Switch” is a cinematic sleight of hand where one performer is swapped for another in a single shot, often hidden in plain sight. This experimental short stages bold acts of substitution, toying with visibility, presence, and what slips past the viewer’s gaze.
*not available virtually in Canada
- Year2024
- Runtime9 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorDarren Dominique Heroux