Hit too close to home....literally
What a surreal experience to live through high school all over again...
They took the typical high school narrative and did a complete 180. Stories about each character were emotional, personal, raw, and completely unfiltered, leaving us with many questions and placing us back into the teenage mindset. The cinematography was breathtaking, and combining it with mixed media (archive footage, illustrations, etc.) challenged the conventional ways of filmmaking.
The ending is what made it for me... The music accompanied by the shots of the seniors running around the empty streets of Toronto contrasted to the fast-paced, surrealist, and overall abstract theme of the film created a moment of reflection and recollection. The choice of the montage being silent also left us to ponder what it means to grow up and intrigued us with the excitement of what is next.
As a high school student, Cawthra felt like such an ordinary school. We lived in the suburbs, where everything felt one-dimensional.
But, watching this film and reflecting on old memories, Cawthra was indeed a unique school, with rare experiences, filled with people who aspired to create something special or make a mark.
My fellow classmates here made something that will definitely make a mark on not only the Mississauga community but also every adolescent struggling or that has struggled with growing up, anxious about what the future holds.
Congrats on Slamdance 2022. This is a fantastic film. 4 years of hard work transformed into something truly out of the ordinary!
Definitely going places!
What a surreal experience to live through high school all over again...
They took the typical high school narrative and did a complete 180. Stories about each character were emotional, personal, raw, and completely unfiltered, leaving us with many questions and placing us back into the teenage mindset. The cinematography was breathtaking, and combining it with mixed media (archive footage, illustrations, etc.) challenged the conventional ways of filmmaking.
The ending is what made it for me... The music accompanied by the shots of the seniors running around the empty streets of Toronto contrasted to the fast-paced, surrealist, and overall abstract theme of the film created a moment of reflection and recollection. The choice of the montage being silent also left us to ponder what it means to grow up and intrigued us with the excitement of what is next.
As a high school student, Cawthra felt like such an ordinary school. We lived in the suburbs, where everything felt one-dimensional.
But, watching this film and reflecting on old memories, Cawthra was indeed a unique school, with rare experiences, filled with people who aspired to create something special or make a mark.
My fellow classmates here made something that will definitely make a mark on not only the Mississauga community but also every adolescent struggling or that has struggled with growing up, anxious about what the future holds.
Congrats on Slamdance 2022. This is a fantastic film. 4 years of hard work transformed into something truly out of the ordinary!
Definitely going places!