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HELLO, GOODBYE: Shorts With Heart
PACIFIC NW PREMIERES!
SAT OCT 16 @ 3:15pm | Salem Cinema
SUN OCT 17 @ 3:15pm | Salem Cinema
Filmmakers Ray Nomoto Robison & Marlyn Mason in attendance with THE BAG
"As we grow old...the beauty steals inward." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Filmmakers Ray Robison & Marlyn Mason in attendance
Directed by Ray Robison. United States. 2010. Drama/Short. (25 mins.)
The lovely and talented Marlyn Mason returns to SFF playing Hildy, a woman at extreme odds upon discovering that her elderly mother, despite being in good health, has been hoarding pills to kill herself in a suicide pact with Hildy's father. Lyrical and poignant, The Bag explores with grace and dignity, the notion of growing old. Filmography: Die Before I Wake (04), Sixes and the One Eyed King (06), Model Rules (short/08)
GILLES' LILI (LA LILI A GILLES)
Directed by David Uloth. Canada. 2007. Comedy/Drama. (16 mins.) In French with English Subtitles.
Gilles has a manipulative son, an attentive housekeeper and a sparkling granddaughter, all of whom are gathered for dinner at his house, which his son wants to sell out from under him. Gilles may not remember things perfectly, but what he does remember is magical for those who will listen. Selected Filmography: Bondage (short/01), The Pick-up (short/04), The Interview (short/04)
Directed by Flavio Alves. United States/Brazil. 2010. Comedy/Drama. (15 mins.)
Veteran actress Viola Harris gives an indelible performance alongside Siobhan Fallon in this poignant and subtly playful story about a reclusive, elderly widow who lives in quiet desperation following her husband's death until she begins receiving daily phone calls from a silent stranger. Filmography: Even In My Dreams (short/08), SuperPower (short/09)
