Film Format: 35mm

  • View of the Falls from the Canadian Side

    In 1896, William Heise photographed the first 35mm motion picture images of Canada at Niagara Falls. The four-perforation camera system he used was designed and built by Thomas Edison and William K. Dickson, and the stock was manufactured by George Eastman to Edison’s specifications. This film was photographed using the same essential technology and is dedicated to the visionary ideas of those pioneers. Commissioned by The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto for its Film is Dead – Long Live Film omnibus project. Selected Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2007; Media City, Windsor, ON, 2007

  • Behind the Walls and Under the Stairs

    The spiders are organizing themselves…one day soon they’ll take over. “Phantasmic photograms crawl across the emulsion, their flow arrested via re-photography, these marks look like multi-hued spiders crawling towards a new berth. Again and again. Falling from the horizon of the frame line in warm hues of red and purple and brown. A movie of theme and variations, noting the small changes of tone and texture and opacity. Every day I don’t have a new best friend, a new job, a new home. I live within the frame, trying to find freedom in my restrictions, my life.” – Mike Hoolboom,…

  • Red Like Meat

    A husband’s fantasies about his wife are stimulated with a bizarre fashion magazine. Both amusing and disquieting, the photographs in this magazine are those of the highly acclaimed Canadian photographer Janieta Eyre.

  • Rock Garden: a love story

    An allegory about love, loneliness and the healing power of acceptance, “Rock Garden: a love story” is the tale of two neighbors who struggle and toil with everyday existence and how the most unlikely of objects changes them both. Described as “absolutely beautiful” by director Atom Egoyan, “Rock Garden: a love story” is seemingly a tale about two warring neighbours, but reveals itself as a social commentary on sexual and gender identity. Its unexpected plot twist illustrates how in the most unlikely of ways, we can be freed from our selves. With no dialogue, the film features deeply textured music…

  • Party #4

    “A special one for my first son… his last as a lone ranger (only child). Shot on double-perforation B&W 16mm, the film ran through the camera twice and doubled the consumption of ice cream and cake.” – John Price

  • Shimmer Box Drive

    Reflections, recollections and thoughts from the front seat of an automobile.

  • In the Dark (À l’ombre)

    A mother who has recently been incarcerated refuses to give up on her young son, no matter how fragile their connection may now be.

  • Occupant, The

    “The further away you go, the closer to home you get… It is true by way of geography…” Now that she has traveled land and sea, little Romny is about to meet the 360th degree of her trajectory. She reflects upon her journey and faces her duty to carry on.

  • Parting Words (Derniers mots)

    In this short bittersweet drama, a young man is accompanied by his friends in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. The good looks of the paramedic distract them from the tension and awkwardness of not knowing what to say. As they arrive at the hospital, everyone is reminded that this may be their last goodbye.

  • Dante Quartet, The

    This hand-painted work six years in the making (37 in the studying of the “The Divine Comedy”) demonstrates the earthly conditions of “Hell,” “Purgatory” (or Transition) and “Heaven” (or “existence is song,” which is the closest I’d presume upon heaven from my experience) as well as the mainspring of/from “Hell” (Hell Spit Flexion) in four parts which are inspired by the closed-eye or hypnogogic vision created by those emotional states. Original painted on IMAX and Cinemascope 70mm and 35mm, these paint-laden rolls have been carefully rephotographed and translated to 35mm and 16mm compilations by Dan Yankosky of Western Cine. (Stan…