Rock Pockets
A sugar rush of sex, politics, and rock ‘n’ roll, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy at the fair.
A short personal documentary disguised as meta-music video. Featuring appearances by members of Shout Out Out Out Out, The Wet Secrets, and the music of The Vertical Struts r.i.p.
2007 / 6 minutes
Awards
- Golden Sheaf - Overall Sound - Nonfiction
2007 - nominated, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival - Golden Sheaf - Original Music - Nonfiction
2007 - nominated, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival - Golden Sheaf - Documentary Short Subject
2007 - nominated, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival
- Honourable Mention for Innovative Short Film
2007 - Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 30th Anniversary Award
2007 - winner, Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Festival 50 / 104 - Lindalee Tracey Award
2007 - winner, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
- Honourable Mention for Experimental Film
2008 - Iris Prize Festival - Honourable Mention for Experimental Film
2008 - Iris Prize Festival
Past Screenings
- Loud 'n' Queer Cabaret
2006 - Edmonton, Alberta - Loud 'n' Queer Cabaret
2006 - Edmonton, Alberta - Marquee Room, Uptown Stage & Screen
2007 - Calgary, Alberta - NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival (Winnipeg)
2007 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Stem Cell: subterranean edmonton media arts festival
2007 - Edmonton, Alberta - Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival of Toronto
2007 - Toronto, Ontario - Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival
2007 - Yorkton, Saskatchewan - Provincetown International Film Festival
2007 - Provincetown, Massachusetts - Frameline31: The San Francisco International GLBT Film Festival
2007 - San Francisco, California - Provincetown International Film Festival
2007 - Provincetown, Massachusetts - Queer Images, Edmonton Pride Week
2007 - Edmonton, Alberta - Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society Conference
2007 - Lethbridge, Alberta - Outfest 2007: the 25th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2007 - Los Angeles, California - South Country Fair
2007 - Fort MacLeod, Alberta - Sasquatch Gathering
2007 - Easyford, Alberta - Camp fYrefly
2007 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rhode Island International Film Festival
2007 - Providence, Rhode Island - Out on Screen: Vancouver Queer Film Festival
2007 - Vancouver, British Columbia
- Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Festival 50 / 104
2007 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Atlantic Film Festival
2007 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Calgary International Film Festival
2007 - Calgary, Alberta - Fresno Reel Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
2007 - Fresno, California - Edmonton International Film Festival
2007 - Edmonton, Alberta - Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2007 - Seattle, Washington - FAVA Silver Anniversary Screening
2007 - Edmonton, Alberta - Finland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2007 - Helsinki and Turku, Finland - AFI Fest 2007 (Los Angeles)
2007 - Los Angeles, California - AFI Fest 2007 (Los Angeles)
2007 - Los Angeles, California - Reeling 2007: The 26th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival
2007 - Chicago, Illinois - Red Deer College
2007 - Red Deer, Alberta - Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque
2007 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Bloomington, Indiana Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2008 - Bloomington, Indiana - Plaza Theatre (Calgary)
2008 - Calgary, Alberta - reelout 8 queer film + video festival (Rock Pockets)
2008 - Kingston, Ontario - Swift Current Art Gallery
2008 - Swift Current, Saskatchewan
- Metro Cinema (Edmonton)
2008 - Edmonton, Alberta - AFI Dallas International Film Festival
2008 - Dallas, Texas - London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2008 - London, England - Regina Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2008 - Regina, Saskatchewan - EIFF Fundraiser: Fear Itself
2008 - Edmonton, Alberta - Philadelphia Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
2008 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Out in Schools
2008 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2008 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Arts on the Avenue
2008 - Edmonton, Alberta - Iris Prize Festival
2008 - Cardiff, Wales - Slamdance Film Festival
2009 - Park City, Utah - Drumheller Penitentiary
2009 - Drumheller, Alberta - Alabama Music Box, Mobile
2009 - Mobile, Alabama - New Zealand Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2009 - Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand - Out in Schools
2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Out in Schools
2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Harm Reduction Coalition
2011 - New York, New York
