About this Event
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 6:30PM (doors open 6:00PM)
Location: Haven Brews (222 Finch Avenue West)
Admission: Pay-What-You-Can (at the event), $5 recommended
To help fight the winter blues, Seasonal Impression presents a screening event with a focus on mental health: featuring the acclaimed heartwarming anime film, Wolf Children, and preceded by the award-winning animated short, Unblending, by Michelle Ku. With special guest Chad Hopson, author and illustrator of The Fear Theory book series, who will talk about using creativity, play, and self-expression to help with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) amidst the winter season.
*Coffee and tea are available for purchase 30 minutes before the screening.
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About Seasonal Impressions:
Serving the North York community of Toronto, Seasonal Impressions is a film screening series showcasing a film (or films) every few months in harmony with the current season. The selected films celebrate seasonal iconography in Asian Cinema, Asian Diaspora Cinema, and beyond. The series will screen at least four films throughout the year, each representing a respective season.
Curated by film programmers Kelly Lui and Philbert Lui, both North York residents, Seasonal Impressions is a spiritual continuation of a film series by the same name previously programmed by Philbert for The Japan Foundation, Toronto. Seasonal Impressions operates on a pay-what-you-can system for increased accessibility to the arts.
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Wolf Children おおかみこどもの雨と雪
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (117 min) • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
College student Hana falls in love with a “wolf man” and together they have two half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki. The young family’s happy but humble life comes to an abrupt end when the father is tragically killed during a hunt. After struggling to raise her children in the busy city, Hana boldly decides to move to a dilapidated house in the countryside, in hopes that her children may one day decide their own path to happiness – whether “human” or “wolf.”
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Unblending
Directed by Michelle Ku (2 min)
For people living with structural dissociation, falling asleep can be a challenge—a time when multiple contradictory thoughts conspire to keep you awake. Drawing on her experience with somatic healing, Michelle Ku puts these thoughts to rest in a few vivid minutes of hand-painted animation.
This film is provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.
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Chad Hopson
Artist Talk & Presentation (35 min.)
Chad Hopson is a multidisciplinary artist fueled by a passion for mental health and creativity. His book series, The Fear Theory, invites readers to explore the journey of self-discovery.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Haven Brews, 222 Finch Avenue West, Toronto, Canada
CAD 0.00
