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Cinéfest Sudbury features short films on shortest day of the year

This weekend marks the winter solstice, also known as the shortest day of the year. To celebrate, Cinéfest Sudbury is hosting a free film festival featuring short films.
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This weekend marks the winter solstice, also known as the shortest day of the year. To celebrate, Cinéfest Sudbury is hosting a festival featuring short films.

Patrick O'Hearn is the managing director of Cinefest Sudbury. (Roger Corriveau/CBC)
​Sudbury is among more than 60 venues across Canada to feature The Shortest Day family program — a free-admission short film program.

Cinéfest Sudbury managing director Patrick O'Hearn spoke with CBC Sudbury Morning North radio show host Markus Schwabe about the upcoming event:

In collaboration with Telefilm Canada, The National Film Board of Canada, SODEC Québec and Science North, Cinéfest Sudbury will present nine family-friendly short films from award-winning filmmakers, including Josef and Aimée, a Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival 2014 Official Selection. The rest of the lineup includes:

  • The Danish Poet [Torill Kove, Canada, 2007, 15 minutes]
  • Sleeping Betty [Claude Cloutier, Canada, 2007, 9 minutes]
  • The Sweater [Sheldon Cohen, Canada, 1980, 10 minutes]
  • The Bear Facts [Jonathan Wright, Canada, 2010, 4 minutes]
  • The Great Thinkers [Karina Garcia Casanova, Canada, 2009, 8 minutes, in French with English Subtitles]
  • Josef and Aimée [Ben Shirinian, Canada, 2014, 16 minutes, in French with English Subtitles]
  • Godhead [Connor Gaston, Canada, 2014, 10 minutes]
  • The Magic Ferret [Alison Parker, Canada, 2013, 12 minutes]
  • In Your Heart [Raymond Caplin, Canada, 2012, 3 minutes]

The Shortest Day films will be screened at the Science North Vale Cavern located at Science North on Saturday, December 20th starting at 2:00 p.m.

Seating is limited and tickets are required for the free family program. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Cinéfest Sudbury Box Office at (705)-688-1234 or visit us at 40 Larch Street, Unit 103.

For further information, please contact the Cinéfest Sudbury box office at (705) 688-1234. For film information please visit www.theshortestday.ca.