Portraits From a Fire
Sessions
Saturday, 8 April 2023 | 20:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |
Tuesday, 11 April 2023 | 15:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |
Portraits From A Fire is a coming-of-age film that follows Tyler, an eccentric and lonely teenager who spends his days filmmaking, vlogging his Indigenous community, and hanging out with his grandparents. His father, Gord, is physically present but remains emotionally absent from Tyler’s life for reasons Tyler cannot understand. That is until he meets Aaron, a mysterious, charismatic, and influential figure who encourages Tyler to showcase his most personal film about his mother’s disappearance to the community, leading to a reckoning between past and future, life and death, and father and son.
Best director – American Indian Film Festival – 2021
BC Emerging Filmmaker Award – Vancouver International Film Festival – 2021