Saturday, March 23 / 1:00 pm / ByTowne Cinema

Program: Execution Triptych, The Gullspång Miracle
Guest: Giran Findlay, director of Execution Triptych

Feature presentation \

mystery \ family \ secrets

A heartwarming and inspiring discovery for two sisters; they’ve discovered their deceased sister’s long-lost twin! But they will discover much more about their sister, their family, and the lost twin than they bargained for. While searching for an apartment, pious sisters May and Kari make their decision based on the perfect painting on the wall of the apartment’s kitchen. When they meet the apartment’s owner, they are struck by her resemblance to their sister who they lost to suicide 30 years earlier. After only a few questions, all three women are convinced that Olaug must be Lita’s twin, separated at birth. Legal documents are dug up, old photographs are compared, and documentary filmmaker Maria Fredriksson is called to record this miraculous discovery. Olaug, who was raised very differently than the Christian family she was taken from, turns her interest from her origins to her twin’s death- is there more to it than the family knows? There are more mysteries to be revealed beyond Olaug’s connection to the family and many unanswered questions. Unravelling like a riveting true-crime series, The Gullspång Miracle is an emotional rollercoaster questioning the meaning of family and how much information is too much information. Can you handle the truth?

- Tish Black

Short film \

Execution Triptych

2022 / 12 minutes / Ontario
Director: Giran Findlay
Language: English

A surreal and darkly funny composition of three executions in three different eras: a 1960s family dinner, a post-WW1 military exercise, and a modern-day dance performance on the beach.