Film Categories: Work about Women

  • Daily

    5 am she rises. 7 am she is ready. This film observes one woman’s morning routine. We track this intimate ritual. She is mechanical and efficient. Her morning drill is done with precision, yet her look is vacant. Despite the clockwork, things are not as “together” as they seem. Disconnected editing and sound create an otherworldly space; her apartment is neverneverland. Time is manipulated and actions are exaggerated. Her person is fragmented. She could be a cartoon.

  • Watching Mr.Body

    Once upon a time in a hallway, there was a dead body. Through the lens of the surveillance camera mounted opposite the elevator, we observe the various reactions of people wandering in or out of the building who encounter Mr. Body. His origin is unknown, but based on the reaction of the last man to see him before the police arrive, we know he came to a dramatic and untimely demise.

  • Brothers in Music

    John T. Davis (pianist/organist/vocalist) and Jim Heineman (saxophonist) are two Canadian jazzmen who have had to wage the war between the compulsion and the passion that they feel towards their music and the struggle that is involved with trying to make a living in the field of jazz music in Canada. John T. Davis is a Black musician from a poor rural environment. Jim Heineman is a white musician from a white middle-class urban environment. “Brothers in Music” begins by exploring the personalities, experiences and inspirations of these two very talented and different musicians and then moves on to examine…

  • Death to Everyone

    “Using the drawings of Bruno Schulz, who must be numbered among the great writers of the 20th century for his two slim books of short stories, Torossian builds up a disturbing imagescape of sexual malice and voyeurism. Torossian’s films are characterized as much by her reuse of other artists’ work as they are by her trademark collage techniques.” – Chris Gehman, Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, 2001

  • Awake

    A bedroom (and life) viewed from the horizontal, while wondering whether to join in the race or wake up to the illusion. The soundtrack quotes from Gertrude Stein’s “Making of Americans” on disillusionment.

  • Letter to Margot

    “Letter to Margot” chronicles one woman’s experiences following the abrupt end of a long-term relationship with her lover and partner, Margot.

  • Bon Bon

    A candyland town kicks up its sugar heels for a midday parad

  • Baking with Butch, Episode 2

    “Crusty Tops and Hot Bottoms” Starring Nina Levitt with Guests Megan Richard and Megan Stanton. This time Butch is in the kitchen baking white bread and knitting up a storm!

  • Lady Godiva

    Shannon fixes her cravings for Lady Godiva chocolate bars.

  • Traces

    Stunning hand-tinted imagery intermingles with a love letter to the artist’s departed dog Mica. Bittersweet as any country song, so familiar you swear you’ve heard it before – but it’s just your heart breaking, worn and sure.