Film Categories: Work about Women

  • I Smiled Too

    Inspired by natural rhythms and daily thoughts. A playful poetic gesture of images and audio.

  • I Will Not Think about Death Anymore

    “I Will Not Think about Death Anymore” is a dramatic film about a Jewish lesbian who is obsessed with worries about dying following the death of a friend to AIDS. The fears triggered by this event bring on anxiety attacks common to women at the beginning of a healing process from sexual abuse. The story revolves around an internal adventure and fantasy, where Death becomes a butch dyke in the supermarket. The themes of healing, sexual abuse, dying, and panic attacks intertwine with Jewish identity, and the reclaiming of Jewish ritual for gay and lesbian audiences.

  • I’ve Got a Little Brother

    A playful look at sibling rivalry orchestrated with the rhythmical beat of the chants kids sing in schoolyards and at home. The fears, latent jealousy, and even cautious approval of little brother are warm and funny. Achieved with simple animation techniques, the film enhances its subject with childlike playfulness.

  • Iconography of Venus, The

    A look at private and public images of women and their “place” in society. The act of being placed on a visual pedestal of unrealistic proportions and its accompanying expectations. The operatic soundtrack written by the filmmaker is performed by Suzanne Palmer. “Photographs of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, the Venus de Milo and Venus of Willendorf achieve their stunning resolution in the Louvre where a crowd waits for the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa to break into speech, to recover the distance betweeen her sitting and the time of our approach. What we watch with the filmmaker is not…

  • Idiot’s Delight

    “Almost any solitaire game is often humorously called ‘Idiot’s Delight.’” – Official Rules of Card Games Black-and-white images of waves dissolving over stills of gravestones, old fences, boats on the shore, and a voice meditating on the joys of celibacy.

  • Impromptu

    This piece of film was initially shown at the 1989 Toronto Experimental Film Congress and was not destined to be screened again in its present form. Thus the title “Impromptu” refers partly, due to people having asked to screen the reel, to the distribution of a print. However, each scene being a combined image, filmed frame-by-frame alternatively at two or more periods during a given day, a procedure depending for its exact execution on the manner in which the film situation evolved, “impromptu” also refers to the tendency of reality to veer towards the unexpected. The sound was supplied fortuitously…

  • In Search of the Last Good Man

    Six women meet in an espresso bar and discuss men and relationships. A series of encounters with men who walk in leads to the resumption of the search for the last good man. An upbeat, entertaining film layered with scenes of cut-out animation. “In Search of the Last Good Man” provides a satirical look at contemporary relationships.

  • In the Alcove, at the Place

    For “In the Alcove, at the Place” Davis went back to the alcove (a private place in her room) and the place (the four corners of an intersection in Toronto, consisting of a house, two grocery stories, and a coin wash) every couple of weeks for nine months. In her alcove she filmed herself sitting in a chair; at the place she filmed aspects of its everyday life, making discoveries about it and becoming friendly with some of its inhabitants. In both alcove and place, there is change but also repetition. Among other things, the film concerns her growing familiarity…

  • In the Gutter and Other Good Places

    This powerful documentary profiles three Calgary men who survive by “dumpster-diving” – collecting bottles out of refuse containers for cash. A compassionate look at the choices and circumstances which have shaped their lives, the film challenges common assumptions about poverty and homelessness. Awards: Chalmers Award for Best Documentary, 1995; Genie Award for Best Canadian Documentary, 1994; Best Documentary, Paris International Environmental Film Festival, 1994; Gold Plaque Award for Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival, 1994; Best Independent Production, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 1994; Silver Apple Award, Oakland Educational Film Festival, 1994; Best Documentary, Vancouver International Film Festival, 1993

  • Inarya

    “Inarya”; (in – air or melody) Personal identity, memory and the present. living breathing innate knowledges submersed natural wisdom fluid rhythmic progression personal experiences present memories past interpretations Inarya is layered, moving and sincere.