Directed by Deco Dawson

Synopsis: A young woman escapes her habitual tasks through an undesirable alliance with fate. She is thus forced to witness her own unmerciful and unsympathetic self-destruction. Unable to accept her destiny, the young woman desperately struggles to free herself from her binding ruin, and thus finds herself eternally doomed to relive her disastrous past.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 5 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental
PRODUCTION FORMAT: Super 8mm
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba

Director's Statement: Emend marks Deco Dawson's first film. Shot while at the University of Manitoba auditing a filmmaking class, Dawson chose to shoot on Super8 instead of the required 16mm. This decision would help Dawson develop his “early silent-cinematic style" that followed through his early development and next few projects.

Emend is also the first of 7 collaborations between Dawson and composer Patric Caird.