MicroCinema is a monthly screening of short films presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. Pay what you can.

Best of the 2018 Ottawa International short films, from cutting-edge to quirky, the largest animation event in North America.

FACING IT
2018 | SAM GAINSBOROUGH | UK | 7:32
*PUBLIC PRIZE*
As Sean anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will that will leave him changed forever.

HEDGE
2018 | AMANDA BONAIUTO | USA | 6:01
*AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT ANIMATION*
A family visits a funeral home.

BIRD MILK
2018 | CHRISTOPHER STRICKLER | CANADA | 4:33
*CANADIAN STUDENT COMPETITION AWARD WINNER*
Using a macro lens, the artist focuses on the magni ed details of inks, stencils, and printed media. Traditional media is brought together with chaotic digital music to create an immersive audio-visual experience.

KENSINGTON MARKET
2017 | BRUCE ALCOCK | CANADA | 1:00
*AWARD FOR BEST COMMISSIONED ANIMATION*
KENSINGTON MARKET depicts the evolution of a small shop within a vibrant community as new arrivals make their home in Canada. This is the 88th short in the Heritage Minute series and the rst to be fully animated.

III
2018 | MARTA PAJEK | POLAND | 12:00
A Man and a Woman meet in a waiting room and immediately get closer to each other. They commence a game that gradually gets more and more ferocious. Their faces resemble masks while shapes slowly lose their integrity. III is a portrait of a woman in an exhausting relationship with a man, which allures and repulses at the same time. The lm is the third part of the triptych, IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES AND OTHER STORIES II.

MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES
2018 | CHARLIE TYRELL | CANADA | 13:38
*VIMEO AWARD WINNER*
*BEST CANADIAN ANIMATION AWARD WINNER*
Filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand his emotionally distant late-father through the personal belongings he left behind… including a stack of VHS dirty movies. Narrated by David Wain.

SOLAR WALK
2018 | RÉKA BUCSI | DENMARK | 20:51
*NELVANA GRAND PRIZE FOR SHORT ANIMATION WINNER*
The journey of individuals and their creations through time and space. Any meaning of action is only existent from the perspective of the individual, but never mandatory when looking at it from the perspective of a solar system. It’s about the melancholy of accepting chaos as beautiful and cosmic.