BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1779@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T200000 DTSTAMP:20240813T212109Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/short-film-pride-selections/ SUMMARY:Short Film Pride selections DESCRIPTION:As part of THE NFB IN LIBRARIES programming\, the Rosemount Bra nch of the Ottawa Public Library will present a selection of short film t o highlight Pride.\n\nInto Light - NFB  | Sheona McDonald | 2021 | 19 mi n\nWhen a child reveals who they truly are on the inside\, how does a pare nt set aside their own expectations to help them become their most authent ic self? Set against the Northern landscape of Yellowknife\, Into Light  captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexitie s of gender identity together.\n\nWoman Dress - NFB | Theo Jean Cuthand | 2019 | 6 min\nA Two Spirit person named Woman Dress travels the Plains\, g athering and sharing stories. Featuring archival images and dramatized re- enactments\, this film shares a Cuthand family oral story\, honouring and respecting Woman Dress without imposing colonial binaries on them. The fil mmaker\, Theo Jean Cuthand\, a trans man\, is of Plains Cree and Scots des cent\, a member of Little Pine First Nation\, and currently resides in Tor onto\, Canada.\n\nI Am Gay - NFB | Ajahnis Charley | 2020 | 10 min\nAfter working abroad for five years\, filmmaker Ajahnis Charley returns home to Oshawa\, Ontario\, in the age of quarantine. In addition to reuniting with his family\, he returns with a mission to share some deep personal truths . Surprising conversations ensue with his mother and three siblings creati ng\, in this humorous and heart-wrenching story about our need to seek lov e and acceptance within our own families.\n\nA Short Film About Tegan & \; Sara - NFB | Ann Marie Fleming | 2020 | 4 min\nIn this joyful portrait\ , filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming animates the formative days and musical care er of Calgary-born identical twins Tegan and Sara Quin. Their remarkable j ourney over the past 20 years has often intersected with notions of identi ty—as artists\, as individuals\, as sisters\, as queer women\, and as le ading activists in the LGBTQ community. Their musical progression parallel s and amplifies their commitment to bringing the marginal to the mainstrea m.\n\nFIVE@50 - Handmade Mountain - NFB | Michèle Pearson Clarke | 2019 | 6 min\nIn Handmade Mountain\, Michèle Pearson Clarke explores the emoti onal fallout of being both early to gay marriage and early to gay divorce. Fifteen years after same-sex marriage became legal\, she and friends refl ect on its personal and political meaning in this experimental film.\n\n__ __________\n\nFREE SCREENING\nTo have more information on this screening\, consult the library’s website.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08 /NFB_HORIZ-1440x810_INTO_LIGHT.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,NFB IN LIBRARIES,Screenings LOCATION:Ottawa Public Library - Rosemount\, 18 Rosemount Ave\, Ottawa\, ON \, K1Y 1P4\, Canada GEO:45.401633;-75.726332 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=18 Rosemount Ave\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1Y 1P4\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ottawa Public Library - Rosemount:geo:45.401633,-75.726332 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR