Optimism (2018)

02/17/2018 (CA) • Documentary • 15m

Overview

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of a long history of desire and extraction in the far Canadian north. Cancan dancers, curlers, smelters, former city officials, and a curious cliff-side mirrored disc congregate to form a town portrait. Shot on location in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Optimism (2018)

02/17/2018 (CA) • 15m

Documentary

Overview

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of a long history of desire and extraction in the far Canadian north. Cancan dancers, curlers, smelters, former city officials, and a curious cliff-side mirrored disc congregate to form a town portrait. Shot on location in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Top Billed Cast

Charles Stankievech

Simon Mason-Wood

View More

Recommendations

About Our Astronauts

59%

Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror

76%

Six Reasons Why

52%

Bed & Breakfast

57%

Red

58%

King Rat

63%

Naruto to Boruto: The Live 2019

75%

Im Schatten der Weltstadt

70%

The Eye Creatures

29%

Spring

70%

FF

55%

Tales of the Inner Chamber

43%

Black

93%

America's Family

0%

Saturday Afternoon

56%

Backstreet Boys: Live From The O2 Arena, London

100%

The Legend of the North Wind

56%

Fatal Visit

44%

Belladonna

100%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

woman director

short film

© All Rights Reserved 2025