Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: September 2021
Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.
Documentary
Daniel Ifans
(The Lost Found) Boy Man Bunny
What happens when you take an abandoned Brazilian street kid from the favelas of Salvador, and drop him into privileged English society? Three decades later, Pablo is still trying to figure things out.
Comedy
Alec Pronovost
Piscine Pro (Pro Pool)
Freshly graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier struggles to find a job in his field and must rely on a clerk job in a pool shop. Feeling down, he navigates his gig as best he can.
Documentary
Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
Huntsville Station
Every weekday, inmates are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary in Texas, taking in their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block.
Drama
Victor Carrey
Poor Sailor
A lumberjack decides to leave his peaceful and impoverished life in the mountains to join his brother in his sea adventures - based on Sammy Harkham's comic book
Documentary
Duncan Cowles
Directed by Tweedie
Making a film at 87 is less than convenient. Director Duncan Cowles asks his Grandfather to take on the role of filmmaker in this touching & comedic short doc.
Documentary
Patrick McGowan
& Brett Garamella
The Champion
Estaifan Shilaita risked everything to leave his home country of lraq and pursue his boxing dream. Now a taxi-driver in Chicago follow the story of his life in this infectious 18-min doc.
Dramedy
Annie St-Pierre
Les Grandes Claques (Like the Ones I Used to Know)
December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.: Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, Santa Claus is late. Denis, alone in his car, is anxious at the idea of setting foot in his ex-in-laws house to pick up his children.
Documentary
Killian Lassablière
Kukeri
An intimate look into the world of “Kukeri”, a century-old Bulgarian tradition intended to chase away evil spirits.
Drama
Daniel Newell Kaufman
Runon
All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he's assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why of it-all before the person they're running from puts together the pieces.
