Passages, about five women on a gruelling Nunavik expedition, screens at VIWFF, to March 14
The feature-length documentary fits with the fest’s theme of resilience, challenge, and change
Passages takes place along—and in—the Koroc River in Nunavik.
The 16th annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) runs online until March 14.
There are outdoor enthusiasts, and then there are outdoor extremists. Caroline Côté, a high-altitude ultramarathon runner and adventure filmmaker, and her trail running partner, Florence Pelletier, a film writer and director, fall squarely into the latter camp. The two teamed up for two short documentaries: L'affront des cimes, which tells the story of a Canadian alpinist returning to the mountains after the loss of a close friend on the peak of Mount Rainier during a storm; and Qamaniq, which follows an all-women trail-running expedition in Nunavik.
Passages is the duo’s first feature length documentary, and it’s screening at the 2021 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF) online from March 4 to 14.
In Passages, five women from different regions of Quebec embark on a multisport expedition following a 160-kilometre ancient Inuit hunting passage along Koroc River in Nunavik. The gruelling journey against adversity becomes one of self-discovery for each of them.
It’s a fitting theme for the 16th annual VIWFF, which focuses on resilience, challenge, and change. Produced by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, the festival celebrates the myriad ways girls and women overcome obstacles and how they challenge and inspire themselves, each other, their communities, and the world.
Featuring works by women filmmakers and creatives, including Canadian and international Black and Indigenous women, women of Colour, non-binary, and trans women, the festival comprises six feature films and 26 shorts. Each program includes a virtual artist talk with the filmmakers.
Two of the features are from BC: Brother, I Cry by Indigenous director Jessie Anthony; and The Curse of Willow Song by established horror director Karen Lam.
A pair of international films will have their Vancouver premiere: India’s Holy Rights by director Farha Khatun; and director Maria Brendle Kyrgyzstan-shot award-winning drama Ala Kachuu—Take And Run (Switzerland).
For more information, visit Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. https://viwff.ca/
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