2020 Mosaic Film Festival

Throughout the weekend of November 20-22, the Mosaic Film Festival of Arts & Culture presented excellent programming of 30 films from 6 countries.

“Bone Cage” (Dir. Taylor Olson) won Best Feature, “Armenia(s), Time for Artists” (Dir. Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian & David Vital – Durand) won Best Documentary, “Whiteface” (Dir. Everett Sokol) won Best Short, “Disco Apocalypse” (Dir. Kevin Hartford) won Best Atlantic Short and “Thai Country Living” (Dir. Ben Tubby) won Best Sound and Original Music.

Thank you to all filmmakers, audience and partners that participated in the festival.

2020 AWARD WINNERS

Best Sound and Original Music

Thai Country Living

Ben Tubby

Country: UK
Synopsis: ‘Thai Country Living’ follows the life of Suman – a craftsman and farmer from Thailand’s north-east Isaan region. Suman spends his days surrounded by cows and chickens pondering the importance of family tradition, community, and country life.

Best Atlantic Short

Disco Apocalypse

Kevin Hartford

Country: Canada

Synopsis: Inspired by her late son, a mother attempts to come out to her two grown daughters, with unexpected results.

Best Short

Whiteface

Everett Sokol

Country: Canada

Synopsis: Using explosive movement and satirical humour, two indigenous performers tread the timeline of appropriation of Indigenous bodies, from cowboys to Coachella, exploring concepts of identity and colonization. Through movement, mask, and the subversion of the performance of Red Face, a history of social masks comes alive in this timely and impactful performance devised by Todd Houseman and Lady Vanessa Cardona.

Best Documentary

Armenia(s), Time for Artists

Anahit Dasseux Ter Mesropian & David Vital – Durand

Country: France

Synopsis: What inspires artists in their creations? To what extent is the history of their origins represented in their work? What is transmitted to their children? This documentary aims to recount the creative power of artists of Armenian origin and to show the vitality of the transmission to their children, who have also become artists themselves. A story of legacy through artistic creation, with the testimonies of great artists.

Best Feature

Bone Cage

Taylor Olson

Country: Canada

Synopsis: Jamie (Taylor Olson) works a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp in small-town Nova Scotia. At the end of each shift, he walks through the destruction he has created looking for injured animals and rescues those he can. Adapted from a play by Nova Scotian author Catherine Banks, Bone Cage is an impressive first feature from Halifax actor/filmmaker Taylor Olson that sensitively excavates the tragedy of how young people in rural communities, employed in the destruction of their environment, treat the people they love at the end of their shift.