Veslemøy's Song by Sofia Bohdanowicz

VESLEMØY'S SONG (SHORT)

2018 / 9mins / DCP / Watch Trailer

DIRECTOR: Sofia Bohdanowicz

VESLEMØY’S SONG is a 2018 Canadian dramatic short film directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz. A continuation of her 2016 film NEVER EAT ALONE, the film stars Deragh Campbell as Audrey Benac, a young woman attempting to research and recover the history of a largely forgotten female violinist and composer who had taught Audrey's grandfather. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on August 7, 2018. It screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, and was named by the festival to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.

Sofia Bohdanowicz is a Toronto-based filmmaker. She won the Emerging Canadian Director award at the 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival for her debut feature, NEVER EAT ALONE. In 2017, Bohdanowicz won the Jay Scott Prize and had a retrospective of her work at BAFICI. Her second feature, MAISON DU BONHEUR, was awarded Best Canadian Documentary by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle and was nominated for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Prize by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Her third feature film, MS SLAVIC 7 which is co-directed with actor Deragh Campbell, premiered at the Berlinale. Bohdanowicz is a Berlinale Talents alumni, and is currently in development on her fourth feature film.

*Showing before CAMERAPERSON dir. Kirsten Johnson (2016/103mins)

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