Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Saturday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

This animated short film takes viewers on a spellbinding voyage between the real and the imaginary, following 10-year-old Grace as she uses her creative superpowers to navigate the emotional landscape of her mother’s depression. An inspiring portrait of family, adversity, and resilience, Mystery of the Secret Room celebrates the transformative potential of literature and the imagination.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Saturday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

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Mr. Bernstein

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

After Debbie hears about her father's life-changing musical experience in a refugee camp, she tracks down the same famous orchestra conductor years later, with unexpected consequences.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

The Garrick, Then and Now

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

Our FRAMED Film Education Series partnered with ArtsNL and their ArtsSmarts series to create this film with Discovery Collegiate students, highlighting the history and revival of The Garrick Theatre in Bonavista, NL.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts SJIWFF

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Skip

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

In a small town on the coast lives an optimistic young man who takes care of his recently widowed grandfather, admires the local store clerk from afar, and dreams of making something of himself through an unlikely endeavour: skipping stones.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Good Grief

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Every year, FRAMED West brings our Film Education Series to Corner Brook where participants created this quirky dark comedy about a couple of cousins misbehaving at their beloved grandmother's funeral.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Panthalassa

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Panthalassa, the all-powerful goddess, cracks Earth’s surface and plunges into an ancient superocean where she encounters interesting landscapes and creatures on her way to uncover the mysterious depths of the ocean basin.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Afternoon Shorts, Sunday, 2 SJIWFF

Small Town, Big Musical

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Afternoon Shorts, Sunday, 2 SJIWFF

Our FRAMED Film Education Series partnered with ArtsNL and their ArtsSmarts series to create this short film with local students about the 15-year history of the locally famous Laval High School musical in Placentia, NL.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Afternoon Shorts, Sunday, 2 SJIWFF

Father's Day

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Afternoon Shorts, Sunday, 2 SJIWFF

A surprise visit from her father, who has an impending court date, proves to be unexpectedly emotional for Austen. She decides that she is going to ignore all statistics about the failings of children with one parent and live up to her potential.

Jan 7, 2017 SJIWFF27 Afternoon Shorts, Sunday, 2 SJIWFF

Jan 5, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

The View From Here

Jan 5, 2017 SJIWFF27 Sunday, Afternoon Shorts, 2 SJIWFF

Chelsey Hicks is a 19-year-old woman from St. John's, Newfoundland. At the age of 13, her life was turned upside down when she lost her mother, Susan Hicks, to cancer. After struggling to cope with her tremendous loss and a PTSD diagnosis, Chelsey was able to find the ultimate therapy in dance.