''Veslemøy's Song'' is a 2018 Canadian dramatic

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Sofia Bohdanowicz Sofia Bohdanowicz is a Canadian filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with Deragh Campbell and made her List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut in 2016 with ''Never Eat Alone''. Her second feature film, ''Maison du Bonh ...

. A continuation of her 2016 film '' Never Eat Alone'', the film stars

Deragh Campbell Deragh Campbell is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her acclaimed performances in independent Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—'' Never Eat Alone'' (2016), '' Veslemøy's Song'' (2018), '' M ...

as Audrey Benac, a young woman attempting to research and recover the history of a largely forgotten female violinist and composer,

Kathleen Parlow Kathleen Parlow (September 20, 1890 – August 19, 1963) was a violinist known for her outstanding technique, which earned her the nickname "The lady of the golden bow". Although she left Canada at the age of four and did not permanently return ...

, who had taught Audrey's grandfather. The film has its world premiere at the

Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

on August 7, 2018. It subsequently screened at the

2018 Toronto International Film Festival The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...

, and was named by the festival to its annual year-end

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list.

Cast

as Audrey Benac * Joan Benac as herself * Steve Benac as himself

Production

Campbell portrays Audrey Benac, a character she has played for Bohdanowicz in the films '' Never Eat Alone'' (2016) and ''

MS Slavic 7 ''MS Slavic 7'' is a 2019 Canadian drama film directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell. It stars Campbell as a young woman who discovers a series of letters in a Harvard archive between her great-grandmother and a fellow Polish poet. The ...

'' (2019). Bohdanowicz has indicated in interviews that she has plans to expand the film into a feature film.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veslemøy's Song 2018 films 2018 short films 2018 drama films Films directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz 2010s English-language films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films