Film Format: 16mm

  • Ocean IV

    Ocean IV is part of a series of films loosely connected by a similar process of cinematography that sees the operation of the camera as a kind of intuitive performance; specifically the way lenses, filters, and camera are manoeuvred in a single long take to create an impression of a space, while also frequently abstracting it.

  • Flesh Angels

    “A beatific vision of the imaginary landscape of paradise, inspired by the poetry of… Blake.” – Pacific Cinematheque “The latest image technology and exotic new computer mathematics like fractals and cellular automata rhym[ed]… with Dante’s medieval cosmology…. A heady blend of the high-tech and the antique… that dazzles the eye.” – Bart Testa

  • Flight

    Pun on “light” intended – that short preceding expulsion of breath perhaps the “subject matter” of this film which centers in consideration of death. It is the third tone poem film and did much surprise me by thus completing a trilogy of the “4 classical Elements.” (SB)

  • Terminations

    “Terminations” is an exploration of womanhood and the struggle over a woman’s right to control her own body, and in turn her own destiny. The film’s separate yet connected story lines focus on a day in the lives of seven female characters, all at the emotional crossroads of terminating a pregnancy. As we steal a look into their lives, their stories are unmasked.Broken relationships, death, cultural clashes between parent and child, and faith are all themes which emerge within the film, as interveners between these women and their bodies. 

  • Between Two Cinemas Part 2

    For the past thirty years filmmaker/archivist Ross Lipman has cut a winding path between classic international cinema and the American avant-garde. In this riveting but completely unclassifiable work, he looks back at a life in the cinema and an indescribable divide at the heart of it. Part biography, part clip essay, part abstract painting, “Between Two Cinemas” integrates 4K restorations of his old films inside a new documentary/essay linking them. It uncovers previously unseen archival material on Stan Brakhage and Andrei Tarkovsky, and adds new collaborations with artists including visionary experimentalist Bruce Baillie, Jeanne Dielman cinematographer Babette Mangolte, Bela Tarr…

  • Flipbook Movie, The

    Patrick Jenkin’s flipbooks are employed to play with the animation form, featuring humorous and wonderful visual tales of worlds within worlds.

  • Flower

    This animated film seeks to rediscover a positive, joyful reunion with the earth via the medium of flowers. Using different animation techniques, the filmmaker exploits myths surrounding flowers to examine the way to a peaceful civilization. Also available on DVD on the compilatiion “James MacSwain Retrospective.”

  • Platform

    A hand-drawn meditation composed with charcoal on paper documented on 16mm film. “Platform” explores train metaphors: “wrong side of the track;” “end of the line;” “fast track;” “bound for Glory;” etc. The Platform in the New York City Subway provides the architecture for this imaginary contemplation of the word “platform.” Be it a set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate; a programmable infrastructure upon which software can be built; an architecture from which to speak or act; a political stage; or simply a place to board the train.

  • Cross Examination

    A short film by Lori Hiris about the Clarence A. Thomas-Anita F. Hill hearings. The camera remains fixed on the eyes of a black woman who occasionally sheds tears while portions of testimony from the hearings are heard. A statement about feminism and race accompanies the closing titles.

  • Fly My Spirits

    Elaine Pain has been drawing stylized birds for many years. To her, they are a universal “bird of hope.” Bright and colourful birds, with a life of their own, move to percussion music by Gordon Parsons, giving them a primitive power.