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Experiments in Conversations is a collection of innovative short films that create bridges across family members, animal species, time, and artistic forms.


The program includes: A Concerto is a Conversation, Love, Dad, International Dawn Chorus Day, Don't Forget the Water, The Perfect Picture.

A phone conversation sets the diasporic table as a disembodied figure prepares Qahwah Arabi / Arabic Coffee. Here, the contradictions inherent in Google Translate’s instant camera feature are made visible through glitched mistranslations. Using these flaws as a prompt, the communication between a mother and a daughter considers ambiguity as a source of embodied knowledge.


Jury Prize for Best Manitoba Short Film, Gimli Film Festival, Winnipeg, 2021. Audience Choice Award for Best Manitoba Short Film, Gimli Film Festival, Winnipeg, 2021. 


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Canadian Images in Conversation is an ad-hoc artist collective that showcases artistic excellence in Canadian moving image culture through screenings, exhibitions, performances and artist talks. While emphasizing Canadian works and focusing on the Canadian perspective, our goal is to expand and disseminate critical discourse specific to Canadian culture. Thus, conversation and artist talks are at the heart of our events. We change in response to the needs of artists and work to engage and inform the public about their work.


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In the English M.A. (Public Texts) at Trent University, we explore what it means to “go public” – to “publish” – and how that act resonates for writers, cultures, and publics. Our students will develop new ways of looking at the production and circulation of texts, and at the history and future of texts and publics, exploring emerging issues that are central to research today.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Country
    Canada
  • Director
    Christina Hajjar