Cinfest 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, Cinfest Sudbury is hosting afestival featuring short films.

Sudbury is among more than 60 venues across Canada to featureThe Shortest Day family program a free-admission short film program.

CinfestSudbury 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 Qubec and Science North, Cinfest Sudbury will present ninefamily-friendly short films from award-winning filmmakers, including Josef and Aime, a Cinfest 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 Aime[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 bescreened at the Science North Vale Cavern located at Science North on Saturday, December 20thstarting at 2:00 p.m.

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

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