Film Format: 16mm

  • 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,…

  • JO FM

    ‘JO FM’ is a film about a radio DJ who is kidnapped by an obsessed fan. Tina wants Star to make her one last tape, one tape to remind her of the way radio, society and her life once were. ‘JO FM’ is a film about two women coming to terms with their perceived roles in the world. What motivates Tina, the obsessed fan, to kidnap Star, the idolized DJ, is that Star represents the way radio once served Tina. Tina doesn’t understand why market place value has replaced public interest. Ultimately, ‘JO FM’ is about the shape of today’s…

  • Hopscotch

    A child’s walk home brings a pleasant, unexpected discovery.

  • Crash ‘n’ Burn

    Toronto’s first punk-rock club is the subject of this innovative document featuring performances by The Diodes, Teenage Head, and The Dead Boys. The rock magazine Creem praised the film for “doing everything in its flickering power to self-destruct” and commented that anyone who “thought Canadians bored their beef to death ate at a different delicatessen.”

  • Lead Role: Father

    When writer and director Joseph Chu puts out an open casting call for his new film based on his family, he never expects his own father to audition for the lead role. Caught somewhere between his real memories of his father and the fictional character he’s created, Joseph is forced to confront his own fears, hypocrisies, and realizations.

  • Rugburn

    Some things hurt worse than they should. A young painter works up the courage to contact the collections agency that has been hounding him and gets embroiled in a more personal confrontation than he bargained for.

  • Escalate

    “Escalate” is an animated short that features stop-motion and scratch animation with original music by Pixie Cram.

  • Crickets

    Sue, a 10-year-old Korean-Canadian, playfully pushes the limits until she finds herself in unexpected territory. “A bittersweet interracial romance between two prepubescent insect-lovers.” – Gemma Files, EYE Weekly Selected screenings & awards: Special Jury Prize, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival. Screenings in over a dozen festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival (1998); SXSW; and the New York, SF, Toronto, and LA Asian film festivals.

  • Tomorrow

    A cat, on a leash, tied to a pole, begs the question: What should you do?

  • Remembrance Day Parade

    A somber parade shot on laboratory printing stock not intended to be used in a camera. All of the superimpositions were made in-camera and the roll was processed by hand in a very active developer. note: the presentation print is the unedited camera original