Thu, Sept 22 / 7 pm
Fri, Sept 23 / 9:30 pm
Sat, Sept 24 / 7 pm
Sun, Sept 25 / 3 pm
Directed By Nadia Litz
2016, Canada, 80 min
Thursday and Saturday introduced by producer Coral Aiken. Please note Coral is not able to introduce Sunday night’s screening
Written and directed by former Winnipegger Nadia Litz, this film is a mystery about a woman named Sweetpea (Ernest Hemingway’s great-granddaughter Dree) who journeys to Japan to break up with her boyfriend who disappeared while shooting a music video. She travels through Aokigahara, Japan’s suicide forest but she cannot find him. Pamela Anderson shines in a small role as Signe, an actress in a video shoot.
Aiken Heart Films is a production company based in Toronto specializing in developing new talent in film, television and digital cinema. Aiken Heart collaborates with a new generation of filmmakers to create relevant, thought-provoking and original films that resonate with audiences. Aiken Heart has screened work internationally, with films in competition at the Festival de Cannes Cinefondation, Rotterdam, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Founder Coral Aiken is an alumna of York University Film MFA, Berlinale Talents, Trans Atlantic Partners and was one of eight producers selected for TIFF studio in 2014.
