Caitlin Durlak
Caitlin Durlak is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker from Toronto whose non-fiction work has spanned many different mediums, including web series, short film, feature film and VR storytelling. Her short film, Persistence of Vision, premiered at the 2015 Images Festival where it won prizes for best local film and best student film, and was also awarded Best Short Film at the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival. Durlak is an MFA graduate of Ryerson University’s Documentary Media program, alumni of Hot Docs’ Doc Accelerator Emerging Filmmaker Lab and the RIDM Talent Lab. In addition to directing, Durlak produced her first feature-length documentary, Mermaids, directed by Ali Weinstein, which was made in association with the Super Channel and premiered at Hot Docs in 2017. Dropstones is Durlak’s mid-length directorial debut, on which she was also the producer, cinematographer and editor.
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Dropstones
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Set on Fogo Island off the coast of Newfoundland, _Dropstones_ is an intimate family portrait that follows matriarch Sonya shortly after she has returned to the home she once yearned to escape. As Sonya raises her two young sons, Luke and Sean, she finds herself drawing on her island’s traditions to meet the challenges of motherhood. Set against the changing seasons over the course of a year, t...
Dropstones
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Set on Fogo Island off the coast of Newfoundland, _Dropstones_ is an intimate family portrait that follows matriarch Sonya shortly after she has returned to the home she once yearned to escape. As Sonya raises her two young sons, Luke and Sean, she finds herself drawing on her island’s traditions to meet the challenges of motherhood. Set against the changing seasons over the course of a year, t...
