Canis Major, 2020
An artist suffering from server writers block relies on the friendship of their dog in this
multi-genre sci-fi short. Based on many true stories, this video-animation hybrid ruminates the
relationship between dancing and earthly survival at the "end of the world"
Written and Animated by Charli Brissey
Featuring text from "Dancing at the End of the World: Choreographies of Time and Uncertainty" (forthcoming manuscript 2021)
Awards:
Winner: Best Experimental Film Audience Award, OUTFEST
Winner: Spirit of the Festival Award, Third Coast Dance Film Festival
Finalist: Best Experimental Film, Frostbite International Indie Film Fest
Finalist: Best Short Film, Les Mains Gauche Feminist Film Festival
Screenings:
National Screenings:
-OUTFEST: Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA, USA
-NEWFEST: New York LGBTQ Film Festival: New York City, NY, USA
-Dumbo Film Festival. New York City, NY, USA
-New Jersey International Film Festival. New Brunswick, NJ, USA
-Bush Films L WORD Launch Party. Brooklyn, NY, USA
-JAX MOCA (Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art). Jacksonville, FL, USA
-EnCore Dance Film Festival. Decatur, GA, USA.
-ROGUEFEST Dance Film Festival. Raleigh, NC, USA
-ADF’s Movie by Movers. Durham, NC, USA
-Jersey Shore Film Festival. Asbury Park, NJ, USA
-Sans Souci International Festival of Dance Cinema: Boulder, CO, USA
-Austin Revolution Film Festival. Austin, TX, USA
-ARTS X SDGS Online Film Festival. New York City, NY, USA
-Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. Indianapolis, ID, USA
-Loyola University Feminist Film Festival. New Orleans, LA, USA
-Frostbite International Indie Fest. Colorado Springs, CO, USA
-Third Coast Dance Film Festival. Reno, NV, USA
International Screenings:
-Leeds International Film Festival. Leeds, ENGLAND
-Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival. Paris, FRANCE
-TLVFEST: Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Film Festival. Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
-GAZE: Scotland’s LGBTQ Film Festival. Dublin, IRELAND
-Canine Feminist Ethnography Symposium. Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
-CINEMQ: Shanghai Queer Film Series. Shanghai, CHINA
-FEM TOUR TRUCK. Lisbon, PORTUGAL.
-Brighton Rocks Film Festival. London, ENGLAND
-ECOFeminism Film Festival. London, ENGLAND
-Les Mains Gauches: Queer Feminist Short Movies. Marseille, FRANCE
-Screen.dance: Scotland’s International Festival of Dance on Screen. Edinberg, SCOTLAND
-Asolo Art Film Festival News. Asolo, ITALY
-Some Prefer Cake: Bologna Lesbian Film Festival. Bologna, ITALY
-Proseso de Error: Festival Internacional de Video Experimental. Valparaíso, CHILE
-Antolia International Film Festival: Istanbul, TURKEY
-International Queer Film Festival Merlinka. Merlinka, SERBIA
-NIFF London: New Independent Film Festival of London. London, ENGLAND.
