Free screenings - The Worldwide Short Film Festival National Tour

The Worldwide Short Film Festival normally takes place in Toronto in early June. It is run by the Canadian Film Centre and is the largest short film festival in North America. Now they are taking the show on the road and offering a free screening of sample films from the recent festival in three Canadian cities -- Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver -- in their Best of the Fest National Tour.

Films include a number of prize-winners such as I.D. by Sam Firth, which won numerous awards such as the “Human Condition 60 Second Film Competition” at the Chicago International Film Festival. The Poodle Trainer won Best Documentary Short at this year's WSFF, which Slip won Best Experimental Short. There is a good mix of fiction and documentary, live-action and animation, and Canadian and international films.

Screenings take place in mid- to late-November. To RSVP, click on the link provided.
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http://worldwideshortfilmfest.com/tour/

MONTREAL CALGARY VANCOUVER Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7 p.m. Cinema du Parc 3575 avenue du Parc TEL: 514 281 1900 Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7 p.m. Plaza Cinema 1133 Kensington Roadway NW TEL: 403 283 2222 Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7 p.m. Scotiabank Theatre 900 Burrard Street TEL: 604 630 1407 *You may RSVP for yourself and one guest. Seating provided on a first come, first served basis. **All guests must be 18+ years of age.
'BEST OF THE FEST' 2010 – PROGRAM INFORMATION
	I.D. Sam Firth | UK | 2009 | 1:00 | Documentary Saved by the filmmaker over the years, a series of photo booth self-portraits shows us that although fashions and hairstyles come and go, the person stays the same.
	THE POODLE TRAINER Vance Malone | USA | 2009 | 8:00 | Documentary Irina Markova’s entire life is dedicated to her one true passion: training poodles for her circus act. This eye-popping documentary reveals not only her unwavering dedication to her dogs, but the childhood trauma that inspires her remarkable life. Best Documentary Short, WSFF 2010
	SLIP Chelsea McMullan | Canada | 2008 | 6:00 | Experimental In one perfectly orchestrated tracking shot, the most private of spaces – a women’s change room – is fluidly explored. Female bodies of all shapes and sizes dance across the space, creating an endearing movement piece. The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short, WSFF 2010 Award for Best Experimental Short, WSFF 2010
	A PARACHUTE FALLING IN SIBERIA Ian Meadows| Australia | 2009 | 14:00 | Fiction A deeply moving drama weaves two parallel tales as a middle-aged couple faces a terminal disease together, and two cosmonauts prepare to separate as they return to Earth. Sometimes, only love can cross the space that divides us. Starring Noni Hazlehurst and Anthony Phelan – Winners of The Deluxe Award for Best Performance in a Live-Action Short, WSFF 2010
	BREAK A LEG Jesse Shamata| Canada | 2009 | 7:00 | Fiction A hit-man meets his mark over a breakfast of eggs, assassination threats, and career advice. A sweet encounter between a man, his work and a captive audience.
	SURFACE FILM Varathit Uthaisri | USA | 2009 | 3:00 | Experimental See the patterns of how we live from a most unique perspective in this playfully shot observation of our daily routines.
	A GENTLE PUSH Philippe Verkinderen | Belgium | 2009 | 15:00 | Fiction A calamity of events collide in one afternoon for little Robbie: the last day of school, Belgium’s World Cup qualifying match, and a whale beached on the town’s shore. As all three head towards a climax, an unexpected twist changes his world forever.
	UNEARTHING THE PEN Carol Salter | UK and Uganda | 2009 | 13:00 | Documentary Documentary cameras follow the plight of a young goatherd in northern Uganda who yearns to go to school. But 40 years ago, tribal elders buried a pen, placing a curse on the written word. The boy’s fate is decided as the real source of the curse is revealed.
	MISSED ACHES Joanna Priestley | USA | 2008 | 4:00 | Animation Written and narrated by Taylor Mali, four time winner of the National Poetry Slam championships, this dirty ditty animates text and plays up phonetics with hilarious results. A witty commentary on ignorance, idiocy and our overreliance on spell check.
	SAVAGE Lisa Jackson | Canada | 2009 | 6:00 | Fiction A Cree woman working as a domestic sings a haunting lullaby for the daughter she lost to the soul-sucking residential school system of the 1950s. An awesome reinvention of genre that uses heavy metal, zombies and hip-hop dance moves to communicate thought control, hunger and abuse.
	THE APRIL CHILL Tornike Bziava | Georgia | 2010 | 14:00 | Fiction Following the violent Soviet suppression of a peaceful demonstration in Tbilsi, Georgia on April 9th, 1989, a military serviceman makes a surprising human connection.