Rock Pockets

2007 - 6 minutes

A sugar rush of sex, politics, and rock'n'roll, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy at the fair.

Official Selection: AFI Fest, Slamdance Film Festival

Screened at Drumheller Prison

Awards

Lindalee Tracey Award - 2007 - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - Toronto, Ontario

30th Anniversary Award - Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative: Festival 50 / 104 - 2007 - Regina, Saskatchewan

Honourable Mention for Innovative Short Film - 2007 - Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - Seattle, Washington

Honourable Mention for Experimental Film - 2008 - Iris Prize Festival - Cardiff, Wales

Screenings

• Loud 'n' Queer Cabaret - 2006 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Marquee Room, Uptown Stage and Screen - 2007 - Calgary, Alberta

• NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival - 2007 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Stem Cell: subterranean edmonton media arts festival - 2007 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Inside Out: Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2007 - Toronto, Ontario

• Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival - 2007 - Yorkton, Saskatchewan

• Provincetown International Film Festival - 2007 - Provincetown, Massachusetts

• Frameline: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival - 2007 - San Francisco, California

• Queer Images: Edmonton Pride Week - 2007 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society Conference - 2007 - Lethbridge, Alberta

• Outfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2007 - Los Angeles, California

• South Country Fair - 2007 - Fort MacLeod, Alberta

• Sasquatch Gathering - 2007 - Easyford, Alberta

• Camp fYrefly - 2007 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Rhode Island International Film Festival - 2007 - Providence, Rhode Island

• Out on Screen: Vancouver Queer Film Festival - 2007 - Vancouver, British Columbia

• Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative: Festival 50 / 104 - 2007 - Regina, Saskatchewan

• Atlantic Film Festival - 2007 - Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Calgary International Film Festival - 2007 - Calgary, Alberta

• Fresno Reel Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2007 - Fresno, California

• Edmonton International Film Festival - 2007 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2007 - Seattle, Washington

• FAVA Silver Anniversary Screening - 2007 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Finland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2007 - Helsinki and Turku, Finland

• AFI Fest: American Film Institute - 2007 - Los Angeles, California

• Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival - 2007 - Chicago, Illinois

• Red Deer College - 2007 - Red Deer, Alberta

• Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque - 2007 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Bloomington Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2008 - Bloomington, Indiana

• Plaza Theatre - 2008 - Calgary, Alberta

• reelout queer film + video festival - 2008 - Kingston, Ontario

• Swift Current Art Gallery - 2008 - Swift Current, Saskatchewan

• Metro Cinema - 2008 - Edmonton, Alberta

• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 2008 - Dallas, Texas

• London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2008 - London, UK

• Regina Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2008 - Regina, Saskatchewan

• Edmonton International Film Festival Fundraiser: Fear Itself - 2008 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2008 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Out in Schools - 2008 through 2013 - Vancouver, British Columbia

• Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2008 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Arts on the Avenue - 2008 - Edmonton, Alberta

• Iris Prize Festival - 2008 - Cardiff, Wales

• Slamdance Film Festival - 2009 - Park City, Utah

• Drumheller Penitentiary - 2009 - Drumheller, Alberta

• Alabama Music Box - 2009 - Mobile, Alabama

• New Zealand Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - 2009 - Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand

• Harm Reduction Coalition - 2011 - New York, New York

• Mix Milano presents "Trevor Anderson Show" - 2012 - Milan, Italy

• Outburst: Belfast Queer Arts Festival presents "The Short Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2012 - Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Queer Streak: Regensburg Queer Film Week presents "The Short Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2012 - Regensburg, Germany

• Gimli Film Festival - 2013 - Gimli, Manitoba

• South Alabama Film Festival at the Greater Gulf State Fair - 2014 - Mobile, Alabama

• Pleasure Dome presents "Dirt City Rock Fantasy: The Films and Music of Trevor Anderson" - 2016 - Toronto, Ontario

• Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival presents "Fantastic Realities - the Documentary Films of Trevor Anderson" - 2016 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival - 2018 - Copenhagen, Denmark

• Local Heroes Film Festival at K-Days – 2022 – Edmonton, Alberta