Film Categories: cameraless

  • Slide

    Through a simple act of child’s play, a young boy confronts both his parents’ overwhelming protection and his own very real fears. “Slide” is an animated short film whose narrative centres around the metaphor of being handicapped. Even loving parents hand us crutches; what we do with them is up to us.

  • Spare Change

    a 3 minute cameraless animated film. telling of the myth of the phoenix using every day objects

  • Raw

    a 5 min cameraless animation film . fossil documents moving through time and space.

  • Can You Love Me?

    Adam Garnet Jones and Sarah Kolasky combine film, video, and experimental animation to create a painfully intimate documentary about Toronto artist Morgan Mavis. ‘Can You Love Me?’ is a seductive exploration of the artist’s narcissism and insatiable need for love. The film begins by describing a poster campaign, which was launched by Morgan Mavis as her thesis project for the Ontario College of Art and Design. She posted a self-portrait around the city of Toronto on every available surface, with text that read, “Can You Love Me?” and listed a phone number. In the photo, Morgan’s pierced tongue sticks out…

  • L’éclat du mal / The Bleeding Heart of It

    The house that bursts; the scene of the crime; the nucleus. A universe collapses on itself: all hell breaks loose. “In my dream there’s a war going on. It’s Christmas time. I’m running and I’m carrying myself as a child. It’s dark in the tunnel and I’m heading towards the light, the daylight.” – Louise Bourque, from the film’s voice-over narration Selected Screenings & Awards: Editing Award, Cinematexas, Austin, TX, 2005; Director’s Citation, Black Maria Film and Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, 2006; Opening Night film, Media City Festival, Windsor, ON, 2006; Whitney Biennial, New York, NY, 2006; Sundance Film…

  • Assembled

    A hand-etched and collaged film where three figures navigate the modern social spaces of being “together alone.” Created with scratch animation, with an original score by Stephen Kelly of pop trio The Just Barelys. Selected screenings: Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, 2006

  • c: won eyed jail

    “c: won eyed jail“ is a 35mm film project consisting of two parts: a quilt patterned out of 35mm still negatives and 35mm found motion picture, and a traditional film print of the quilt that is screened through a 35mm motion picture projector. I consider this quilt/film homage to Joyce Wieland, whose artwork called into question the binary oppositions concerning issues of art and craft, personal and public space, content and form, narrative and experimental, as well as commenting on the sociopolitical environment in which we live. The dual existence of “c: won eyed jail” as projected film and as…

  • transparent c

    transparent “c” is a formal investigation into the structure of language and meaning. Not only does transparent “c” break down the language structure to the basic common denominators, but it also flushes out the direct correlation between sound and image in my work. transparent “c” demonstrates the range of the sonic palette in animated sound through the mechanical performance of the projector optically reading the alphabet. After the loss of my grandparents, and of all the possessions and artifacts my family had ever owned due to a devastating fire, I entered into a very contemplative period where I really tried…

  • Blue Monet

    NOTE: BLUE MONET is dual-projection 16mm. “[Carl Brown’s] documentaries of perception explode across the screen in colours that would make Disney blush, transforming even the simplest objects into teeming washes of longing and despair. Brown’s painterly vigils . . . mark him as a unique figure of the Canadian fringe.” – Mike Hoolboom “Brown is among the world’s major innovators in the experimental use of film chemistry, placing him among a small cabal of cinematic alchemists that includes Jürgen Reble and Phil Solomon. His works have typically been feature-length, and are marked by a cyclical editing style and remarkably intense,…

  • Changing Evan

    Is my daughter Evan like a puzzle? Just when I think everything is going well, either a germ will attack or a new emotion will surface. I hear that children change every week. When I was making this film, my daughter was invaded by the chicken pox virus. I was convinced that I must finish this film as quickly as possible because her health was directly linked to its completion. Honourable mention by the Canadian Film Centre at the 2006 Ottawa International Animation Festival.