Film Format: 16mm

  • Ziveli: Medicine for the Heart!

    This little-known Blank gem is a portrait of the Serbian-American communities of Chicago and California, highlighting their history in this country, their music, dancing and religion.

  • Zum Ditter

    A rare document of amateur sound poet and “stunter” extraordinaire, Allan MacKay, exploiting the greatest name in music – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799). In this extemporary performance piece, camera and actor develop a tight rapport like two instruments in a jazz band. Nothing is rehearsed except the finale, itself discovered by accident. The narrative structure of the piece establishes a subversive dialetic as bizarre as the filmmaker’s own piano punk-tuations, added later. “Quite interesting – quite interesting indeed.” – Allan McFee, Eclectic Circus, CBC 1979

  • Codes of Conduct

    “Codes of Conduct” playfully upends the moral order by which man has historically seen fit to measure so-called “correct” behaviour. By ironically re-positioning the rules, Rimmer uncovers their arbitrariness.

  • Blue Movie

    “‘Blue Movie’ was made for the international Dome Show where it was projected down onto the muslin surface of David Rimmer’s geodesic dome. The audience lay on the floor looking up at it, the inside of each eye finishing the globe.” – Gerry Gilbert, B. C. Monthly Magazine, June, 1972

  • Cowgirl’s Revenge, A

    When David tells Catherine he’s breaking up with her because he doesn’t find her that attractive, she is devastated. When her best friend hears what David has said, she convinces Catherine to get revenge – but who’s “doing” who here? Things aren’t always as they seem when it comes to affairs of the heart – especially in the 90s.

  • 5 Cents a Copy

    This film explores the multitude of effects that can be achieved using nothing more than a photocopy machine.

  • Goodbye Two Day Weekends

    “Goodbye Two Day Weekends” is a remarkable film about family run businesses. We see unique families, including a Japanese family who manage a fish market and sushi bar, Estonian immigrants who run a bakery, and a family who juggles two separate businesses.

  • Innocent Vision

    “Innocent Vision” is a documentary about the world from the viewpoint of children through their personal photographic interpretations.

  • Primiti Too Taa

    The film “Primiti Too Taa” is a playful sound poem, where the text jumps to life through animated typing on paper. Visually the film is a concrete poem in motion: choreography. Aurally the film is a sound poem with a printed text: typography. Constructivist poetry meets literal choreography. Primitive sounds meet their typed representation. The film is based on a 45-minute sound poem “Ur-sonate (Sonata for Primitive Sounds)” by Kurt Schwitters. The film is larva in memory of Kurt Schwitters (Artist Poet 1887-1948), under the influence of Norman McLaren.

  • Sarah’s Dream

    An animated film of sweeping romance and inevitable tragedy – this is the story of Sarah, a young Jewish girl in Russia. A wistful peasant worker on a landowner’s farm harbours dreams of immigrating to the new land, to Canada. The one sad note for Sarah is that the realization of this dream necessitates a separation from her beloved cow, Brindle. Will she be brave enough to lead her new life alone? A richly funny film, “Sarah’s Dream” utilizes a plasticine cast to tell its extraordinary story.