Halley’s Comet

Drama, 12 mins, 16 mm, 2005

Director / Writer / Producer

• • “Halley’s Comet” was produced with the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Film and Sound, the National Film Board of Canada, the Winnipeg Film Group and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
  • Curators and programmers, please email for a preview link

As she walks through the fragments of her life, a woman recalls a dying childhood friend’s dream to watch Halley’s Comet pass by the earth.

AWARD

• Best Drama, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival – 2007

• Silver Wave Film Festival (Fredericton, New Brunswick) – 2007
• San Francisco Women’s Film Festival (San Francicso, USA) – 2007
• Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, CANADA) – 2006
• Festival cinematográfico internacional del Uruguay (Montevideo, Uruguay) – 2006
• Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario) – 2006
• DC Independent Film Festival (Washington, USA) – 2006

• “Memory Work: The Films of Cecilia Araneda,” curated by Scott Birdwise, Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa, Canada) – 2010
• “a woman is not an island,” Winnipeg Cinematheque (Winnipeg, Manitoba) – 2006

• PDF – One Sheet
• JPEG – Telescope
• JPEG – Girl
• JPEG – Light