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Flowers Are Tragic

A dystopian reflection on the state of the world, where the narrator grapples with feelings of helplessness and a desire to escape reality through social media interactions, even as they acknowledge the tragedy of their actions.

  • Kathryn Ann Mockler
    Director
  • Kathryn Ann Mockler
    Writer
  • Kathryn Ann Mockler
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Dystopian, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    1 minute
  • Completion Date:
    July 13, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kathryn Ann Mockler

Kathryn Mockler is a screenwriter and experimental filmmaker. She is a CFC alumnus, TIFF Talent Lab participant, winner of the San Francisco Film Society Screenwriting Fellowship and is a Nicholl semifinalist, and a Zoetrope and BlueCat Quarterfinalist.

Her films and experimental videos have screened at such festivals as TIFF, EMFA, Palm Springs Film Festival and most recently at the Arizona Underground Film Festival and REELPoetry/HoustonTX. She is the author of the short fiction collection, Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and shortlisted for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.

She teaches screenwriting and fiction in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria.

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