ON A SUNDAY AT ELEVEN
Year
2024
Runtime
8 mins
Language
English
Alberta Premiere
This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: WE (ARE) A FAMILY
Filmmaker Alicia K. Harris’s (ONLY LIGHT WILL TOUCH US, CIFF 2021) award-winning short ON A SUNDAY AT ELEVEN follows the routine of a young Black ballerina, Angel. Angel arrives at ballet class to discover she is the only Black girl in her class. Feeling isolated, she escapes to a dream world where Black ballerinas with elaborate hairstyles dance around her, in this jubilant celebration of Black women’s unique beauty.
Countries
Canada- Awards
- Winner, Canadian Screen Award, Best Live Action Short Drama 2025
Winner, Canadian Screen Award, Performance in a Live Action Short Drama 2025 - Festivals
- Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival
- Director
- Alicia K. Harris
- Producer
- Hayley Brown, Jeff Chiu
- Screenwriter
- Alicia K. Harris
- Cinematographer
- Jeremy Cox
- Editor
- Ashley Gilmour
- Music
- Chief Adjuah, Keep In Touch
- Cast
- Zoë Peak