Shorts at Home: Volume 3

Dirt Town
Lisa Meuser

It took one call to change her life forever. When her husband, a train conductor working for the Canadian Pacific Railway, got transferred to work in a remote place in British Colombia, an unhappy wife is now forced to adapt to a new reality and to a husband that she no longer recognizes.

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Night Drive
Arjan Atwal

A mixtape triggers memories of a past romance and a haunting past.

Primary Colours
Written & Performed by Roua Aljied
Derek Price

A cine-poem by Sudanese-Canadian artist Roua Aljied, aka Philosi-fire, about the realities of domestic violence and how each step a woman takes is a new colour to paint on the canvass of her life. Created in partnership with Women in International Security Canada and the 16 Days of Activism Campaign in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and performed live for the 2016 International Women’s Day ceremonies in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

death isn’t the same anymore
Jennifer Mulligan

“death isn’t the same anymore” is an experimental cinepoem that explores the intimate relationship humans have with their beds, and the cyclical nature of life between birth and death.

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