Bravo!FACT Shorts by Province : Medusa Among the Moochers
Writer Barry Callaghan narrates, onscreen, this poem from his book, "Hogg, The Poems and Drawings" (1998). Published by McArthur and Co.
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The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish
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Lepidulterous
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Little Saddy
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Lobotomobile
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The Long Journey Home
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Lost and Found
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Lost In The Library
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Love Me Madly
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Love Song Trilogy
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'Man'Dalas
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Mawal Saba
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Medusa Among the Moochers
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Meegwetch
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The Meeting Rivers
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Miranda and Gordon
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Moloch
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Montrose Avenue
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More Than Alive
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Moto Perpetuo
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Mr Happy
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Nomad
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Northern Spy
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Oh! Best Beloved
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The Old Guys
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One Night In Monte Carlo
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One Tomato
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A Pairing of Swans
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Pavane
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Le Petit Mort
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PILS SLIP
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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P.M.O.
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A Question
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Rage
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Rapture
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Right Hook: A Tall Tail
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The Rings of Saturn
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Rock Garden: A Love Story
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The Roommate
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The Rules, Part 1
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Sacred Geometries
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The School
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Shadow Pleasures
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The Shadow and the Clown
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A Shadow Inside
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Shorts in Motion: Phase I
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Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction
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Silent as a Mouse
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A Silent Wish
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Sixty Seconds of Regret
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Skylight
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Smokin' Lounge
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Soup
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Soup To Nuts
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- Artist: Jenny Mitchell; Director: Craig Marshall; Producer: Craig Marshall
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Spare Change
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Sporting Life
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- Artists: Julia Aplin, Learie McNicolls, Michael English, Michael Sean Marye, Philip Drube; Director: Michael Downing; Producer: Mihkel Harilaid, Trisha Emerson
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Spring Rounds
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Sshtoorrty
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- Playing painterly form with and against story-telling form, this Short Story is a loop that depicts a loop and is itself looped.
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The Stone Of Folly
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- Artists: Philip Marcus, Alastair Dickson; Director: Jesse Rosensweet; Producer: Jesse Rosensweet
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Stutter
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Swing Baby
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The Tale of Arcite and Palamon
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Tari Rickshaw
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Temptation
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Ten Seconds
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Time
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- An examination of select historic buildings and locations in Toronto, as they are initially built and then change into a modern landscape.
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TKO
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Tokyo/Glow
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Tongue Bully
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Tonight
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- Artists: Stars, Valery Gore; Director: Benjamin Weinstein; Producers: Andrew Graham, Andrey Svetilnikov
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Toothpaste
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- Artists: Mark McKinney, Barbara Hannigan, Doug MacNaughton Director: Larry Weinstein Producer: Matt Hornburg
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Trilogy
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- Kaeja d'Dance explores the tragedy of the Holocaust in a series of three dance films.
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Trouser Accidents
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- Artists: Jacob Tierny, Noam Jenkins, Waneta Storms; Director: Semi Chellas; Producers: David Hayman, Semi Chellas
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True Love
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- Artists: Aaron Eves, Katie Crown, Chris Locke; Directors: Adam & Dave; Producer: Tara Ward
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Unlocked
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Va! Laisse Couler Mes Larmes
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- Artist: Pamela MacDonald; Director: Britt Randle; Producers: Katherine Bate, Mark Gamble
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The Voice of Father Christmas
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- Acclaimed actor Gordon Pinsent reads from the Dylan Thomas classic, A Child's Christmas in Wales.
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The Weight of Memory I
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Welcome
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Where Do White People Go When the Long Weekend Comes?
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The Woodcutter and His Bride
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- Artist: Fred Kagawa; Director: Soo Lyu; Producer: Edward Stanulis, Kwan Ho Tse
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Written On My Hand
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- Artist: Tomas Jirku, Trevor Juras; Director: Andrew Hayes; Producer: Cullen Fairfield
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The Year of the Lion
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Yesteryears
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- Steven recalls memories of childhood and pieces together the mysterious events leading up to the death of his father.
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You Can't Fire an Easter Bunny!
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Your Rocky Spine
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- The Great Lake Swimmers perform in a continually shifting virtual space, from an ocean setting to a glacial island.
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- Medusa among the Moochers
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