SCA Alumni at VIFF

SCA film alumni are once again well-represented at the Vancouver International Film Festival, which runs September 27 to October 12, 2018, with screenings at various venues in Vancouver (including our building, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts). We're always excited to hear about and see the work of our students and alumni – their success makes us proud. Here's what to look out for this year.

The Various Positions program in the Shorts Program series includes the world premiere of Jessica Johnson's Hazel Isle, which is described as a "mesmerizing look at the tranquil countryside found on the Isle of Coll, Scotland," and the North American premiere of Brendan Prost's Loretta's Flowers, which follows a young woman around Toronto as she "cycles between increasingly intimate encounters with three diverse people, but remains trapped in a pattern of insatiable longing." Watch the trailer here.

Nathan Douglas' La Cartographe, which had its world premiere at the 2018 Locarno Festival (official selection), has its Canadian premiere as part of the Close Quarters program in the Shorts Program series. A story of "alienation and memory," La Cartographe is centred on an investigation by a young girl of her neighbour's "wildly boring running route." Watch the trailer here.

Andrew Gillingham's Prawn, which will also have its world premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival this September, is showing as part of the Matters of Grave Importance program in the Shorts Program series. Prawn tells the story of a "sensitive waiter in a toxic work environment," played by Gillingham, who is upset and disturbed by a dinner special – "prawns burned alive on a fire grill" – and decides to take action, freeing the prawns and himself. Watch the trailer here.