Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

An adventurous rabbit undertakes an enchanted evening escapade through a mysterious forest trail. The rabbit encounters dreaming wolves, and other mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden.

Evening Escapades is a combination of animated elements and Super 8 footage that was shot in and around Ddhäl Ch'èl Cha Nän / Tombstone Territorial Park in Tr’ondëk Hwëtch’in territory in the Yukon, and then processed with plants harvested from the land

Production :
N/a
Distribution :
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
Contact :
Animation :
Chantal Rousseau
Artistic direction :
Darcy Tara McDiarmid

In competition for :


Best Youth Short Film Award

Direction
  • Darcy Tara McDiarmid

    Darcy Tara McDiarmid is a Hän and Northern Tutchone artist from the crow clan. Darcy draws inspiration from nature, trying to capture the pristine beauty of our natural world. She believes in honouring her ancestors by devoting her art to heritage and culture and the reclamation of traditional practices.

  • Chantal Rousseau

    Chantal Rousseau is a queer settler artist from French Canadian and Ukrainian ancestry. Her work uses embodied experience and research to learn about specific ecosystems. She is curious about points of connection between humans and non-humans, species diversity, conservation initiatives, and exploring a personal relationship to the natural world.