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A Monster's Calling is a humorous animated film about the nature of personal anxieties, and body image. An "under-the-bed" monster wanders through a slumbering household, wreaking typical monster havoc. First a little girl, then an older brother, and finally the teenaged big sister. It's surprising, to both the monster and to us, what frightens each of them. A film without words.
Static shots with moving shadow of the tripod, including the shooting camera, are shifting through the film about direct association between an object and the machine which transforms it into an image - shadow drawings are completed one day by windows, clouds in a lake and texture of walls.
This piece combines segments from important non-english films in such a way that when these segments are combined together they sound like wĭn'ə-pěg' sĭn'ə-mə-těk' phonetically. One of the intents of this piece is to allow the films themselves to pay homage to the cinema that played and supported them. Director/Editor: Clint Enns Co-Editor: Jaimz Asmundson Titles: Leslie Supnet Running time: 14 seconds This experimental video mash-up was commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Group and the Manitoba Arts Council in order to help the Winnipeg Cinematheque celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Documentary of gay hustlers in Vancouver.
All his life, Michel Pagliaro (Pag) has been on a quest for the perfect 3:15 minute song.
A short video “portrait” of Billy Van, star of the Canadian TV show “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.”
A car commercial send up in which Bambi meets Nissan. The question is: who’s who?
B&W/Super-8/16mm
An ATM depoit descends into a netherworld sweatshop.
Based on the classic Marlene Dietrich song this 3-D film explodes and celebrates the clichés and myths of human passion.
Drummond takes a humourous look at a single incident from his youth and isolates the jelling of personality in relation to how we form our sexual/love molds.
Spend an evening at Madame Lauraine's transsexual whorehouse where you can either eat in or take out!
This hybrid film/video uses a toy pixelvision camera to document a dual-projection of a found 16mm film and a liquid light array. The 16mm film was salvaged from a mutoscope, a turn-of-the-century device outfitted with an eyepiece in a (sometimes coin-operated) mechanical cabinet that enables a viewer to have a private film-watching experience. The footage, shot in the home, is of a late-1940's woman undressing slowly for the camera (and its operator). Between found film, the perpetual movement of abstract light, the degraded pixelvision image and the particularities of documented 1940's female sexuality, these juxtaposed projections move through a panoply of interpretations surrounding resurrection and decay.
Love Effect is a poem born out of the need to shorten the distance between you and me. The form and the action mirror one another: two layers are superimposed while two bodies make love. The relationship of the two bodies/layers creates new shapes, and turns the space between them into moving light.
An analog animation using the same set of drawings to tell four different versions of the same story. The emotional fallout of two witnesses to a police shooting, a musical about groovy gay boys making the scene, a cop show about the chase and arrest of a suspect, and a news report about soldiers on leave in Iraq.
"Hello, My Name Is Herman" poignantly and humorously describes the relationship between a 91-year-old Jewish man, his lesbian granddaughter and her girlfriend. This ten-minute documentary explores intergenerational and interracial relationships, coming out, aging, and the process of accepting difference and love.
Cedar and Bamboo is a thought-provoking documentary about the unique relationships shared by early Chinese immigrants and Aboriginal peoples on Canada’s west coast. The documentary recounts the life experiences of four descendants of mixed heritage. Set in BC, their stories reveal the difficult circumstances of Aboriginal peoples and early Chinese immigrants.
Filmmaker Oren Siedler's personal exploration into her troubled and unusual relationship with her brilliant, charming, con-artist, white-collar criminal father takes us around the world, from Australia to Cuba and the USA.
The asteroid believed to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago was rare but hardly unique. This compelling special delves into various facets of asteroid research around the globe revealing how experts are pushing the boundaries of technology to protect us from 250-ton behemoths like Apophis, an asteroid that could come dangerously come close to Earth in 2029, and again in 2036.
Happiness is a tautological state. Why is one happy? Because he or she is happy. It’s very simple. And it smells good. Still happy than one can be happy. This video was produced for Manif d’art 2003 in Québec focussing on happiness and its representation.
Claude, a shy young filmmaker wants to make a biopic about a former television host from the 60's-70's Serge Laprade. He agrees to cooperate but when he views footage of himself from his early shows, he becomes bitter. He drops out of the project and disappears.
A short anti-MTV video clip. It can make you see things in your mind while nothing is happening, except a pattern or two.
This short documentary is about an Aboriginal corrections officer who says he is the victim of workplace racial harassment. He has spent the last 18 years fighting a government institution for justice. Made as part of the Work For All project 2006, an NFB and HRSDC-Labour initiative to combat racism in the workplace.
Why is this wiggly appendage such a source of tension, confusion and anxiety? Can a search for penis perfection provide the answer? Penis Dementia is an amusing, irreverent and insightful hunt for seminal answers to penetrating questions with help from doctors, sex experts, and actual penis users (male and female).
Take flight with the legendary pioneers in aviation, from the Wright Brothers to barnstormers to the breathtaking exploits of the record setters. Re-live the thrilling key events from the early days of aviation.
A little thriller about two guys mixed up in the wrong side of life, and the toll it takes on their character and soul.
A series of vignettes that are closely or loosely related to the search for or representation of eroticism, in the manner of transcendental mediation or contemplation.
I'll never forget this summer we spent together. I swear to you. Never forget.
The protagonist is forced to confront his depression and isolation as the contents of his life are mysteriously pulled from his apartment, during a TV, game show.
A campy combo of live action and animation, “The Amazing Amazons” follows a day in the life of a contemporary female super hero. Aimee is in the midst of a typical Amazon day - fighting censorship, taking out macho attitudes and exposing lies - when her fellow Amazon Amanda rattles her to the very foundation of her Amazon soul.
Romance gone wrong sparks this visually poetic meditation on love, promises and destruction, with reference to Mrs. Danvers, that icon of perfectly executed revenge in Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rebecca.
Forty years after the documentary Éloge du chiac by the great Michel Brault, this feature film by Marie Cadieux takes up the linguistic and socio-cultural discussion where it left off in 1968. Ordinary citizens, artists and even French specialists declare their love for chiac, this language intimately linked to the Acadian identity that is spoken in southeastern New Brunswick. A fascinating reflection on the future of the Francophonie in Canada and around the world.
An experimental short, We Are All in Your Head explores life and dream as one continuous realm. The figure of the sleepwalker is used as a metaphor for a new possible way to experience the world.
In the style of a Chris Marker essay film, Hotel Saudade follows Bailey on a journey to Brazil. Prompted by a failed love and a disturbing pursuit of danger, this film critic picks up a camera and goes looking for a picture - a picture of the woman he loved, a picture of an accident, a self-portrait.
One of the 10 original films featured in the Typhoon Theatre Deluxe motion simulator
Projecting the real on the imaginary. This single channel video installation explores notions of perception and reflection when juxtaposing the self and its empty image. A rhythmic mixture between stop-motion and cubism.
The video offers a nocturnal glimpse of Shanghai street life, depicting one of the typical neighbourhoods disappearing under the city’s urban development. The improvised sound track is a duet orchestrated for the ancient Chinese instrument the guzheng1 and for the cricket that sings only at night.
LOOKING BACK TO SEE is a journey through a dreary, artificial landscape accompanied by ghostly sounds that speak of escape at the same time that they remind us of worlds that have been paved over "to make life better." LOOKING BACK TO SEE is the first in a series of videos known as BICYCLE DIARIES.
This animated short tackles the subjects of personal space, conflict and conflict resolution in the workplace. At the office, tempers flare as two coworkers who are sitting dangerously close find themselves bumping elbows and spilling ink. The film demonstrates four common approaches to interpersonal tensions: retreat, aggression, denial and - finally - negotiation.
The story of a young girl named Lindsay Maclean, who stages a funeral to celebrate her 12th birthday.
Acclaimed Iranian-Canadian musician Kiya Tabassian leaves behind the slush, congestion and impersonal towering buildings of his home in Montreal to encounter the deep sources and inspirations of diasporic Persian music. His search takes us on a richly textured journey into the landscape, the poetry, the memory, and above all, the compelling spirituality of the music of southern Iran.
A sometimes-eerie romp through the mysterious life of Ponygirl, superhero of the night. Ponygirl has special powers, extra-ordinary props and a unique way of moving through the world. Will poignancy and humor prevail?
George F. Walker's career has spanned almost four decades, but Rolly and Stevie have succeeded in tying the notoriously elusive dramatist down.
Jane can't sleep. Something is keeping her awake, something she senses may be out to hurt her. Is is all in her head, or is she really in danger?
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma of Montreal, in its 37th year, invited me to make three little video sequences in different locations in the city : a subway station, the Grande Bibliothèque and the FNC Lab. "The cinema" was the obligatory subject. I could not use any sound, because they did not want my work to disturb people. They also told me we live in a world with far too many images already. So for sure, I added more. Made in collaboration with Vidéographe, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and the Société de transport de Montréal.
A student observes his classmates in the schoolyard.
Using home movies, vintage memorabilia, and the straight facts about Saskatchewan, the filmmaker creates an eccentric portrait of the first year of his life, and the province that shaped his identity.
The futility and absurdity of the rhetoric and politics of extermination, is explored in this work, through the juxtaposition of text and image.
Deconstructing the actor’s process in rehearsal… deconstructing the character as the film is deconstructed... a transition from the inside to the outside, unraveling, in a spiral, the circumstances that hold both actor and character in their separate places, while asking them to be one.
PATCHING is the metaphoric intermingling of a journey, a flat tire, a break-up and tips for getting back on the road. PATCHING is the second tape in a series known as BICYCLE DIARIES.
Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no good reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people, and on the other, its police force. Two worlds, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority, while the other wields real power. One has no voice, while the other makes life-and-death decisions.
A young man, who loses the love of his life, falls into his lover's fantasy world.
A man dismembers a woman in a bathtub.