Cave Small Cave Big
Narrative, 11 minutes, 2017
Directed by Joële Walinga

Cave Small Cave Big is a film written by five-year-olds Madeline Harker and Adelaide Schwartz. Made to respect the gravity of the material, the film jumps from character to character as they cope with the transience of ownership, capturing that moment in a young mind when new muscles are stretched to grapple with ideas about possession and loss.


Made with the support of the Toronto Arts Council
Presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada


Available on VUCAVU

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–2017. Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Canada
–2017. The Khyber Centre For The Arts. Halifax, Canada
–2017. Wendy’s Subway. Brooklyn, USA
–2017. Chicago Underground Film Festival. Chicago, USA
–2017. Breakthroughs Film Festival. Toronto, Canada
–2018. The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film. Durham, Canada
–2018. Truck Contemporary Art. Calgary, Canada
–2018. John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery. Edmonton, Canada

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