Genres: Animation

  • Fugue

    Inspired by musical and psychological definitions, “Fugue” examines the dark flight from identity and environment. Hand-processing and the juxtaposition of positive and negative footage depict the journey of a woman as she shifts between being black or white and widow or bride. Selected screenings: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005; Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour, USA, 2005; London Film Festival, London, UK, 2005

  • Artist Spotlight Series: Steven Woloshen

    Available for purchase in the CFMDC Shop: https://www.cfmdc.org/shop. Steven Woloshen has mastered the art of direct animation in a series of explosively creative films. Straddling the terrain between the joyfully entertaining and conceptually rigourous, Woloshen’s virtuouso play with film’s most basic elements re-imagines the relationship between colour, sound and the moving image. Study guide includes an essay by Chris Gehman, independent writer & programmer. 1) Son of Dada (1982/Col/Snd/2.5 minutes) 2) Didre Novo (1983/Col/Snd/2.5 minutes) 3) Pepper Steak (1984/Col/Snd/3 minutes) 4) Get Happy (1999/Col/Snd/3.5 minutes) 5) MeMeMaMa (2000/Col/Snd/2 minutes) 6) Ditty Dot Comma (2001/Col/Snd/3 minutes) 7) The Babble on Palms…

  • Artist Spotlight Series: Roberto Ariganello

    Available for purchase in the CFMDC Shop: https://www.cfmdc.org/shop. Roberto Ariganello was a passionate believer in the importance of independent film. Working in a variety of styles and genres, he experimented with narrative and documentary form, playfully exploring the use of appropriated imagery and the relationship between sound and picture. His solo and collaborative films offer humorous and thoughtful alternatives to the conventions of mainstream media and consumer culture. Study guide includes an essay by James Missen. 1) Yesterday’s Wine 2) Shelter 3) Non-Zymase Pentathlon 4) Contrafacta 5) Loteria 6) Gesture

  • Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    Combines the Mambo and Tibetan sound effects with Jordan animation and clips of silent film stars, including Eric Von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Buster Keaton, Lilian Gish, Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin and others. Selected screenings: Images Festival, Toronto, 2006

  • Pink Fairy, The

    A long process of experimentation with a variety of different filmmaking techniques while examining an evolving queer identity. The film shows an emergence of the Pink Fairy. Part femme, part tomboy, part fairy, the characters come together to subvert the idea of a fixed identity. Luminscent imagery is imprinted by hand using hand-processed colour footage, optically printing super8 to 16mm, 16mm to 16mm, negative to positive, video to film, and repeating motifs, to explore the intricacies of the celluloid medium. Audio emotes through random manipulations in a Brion Gysin-like cut-up technique.

  • 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,…

  • Twirl Girl

    “Twirl Girl” is a study of circular motion. It incorporates hand processing, xerography, rotoscoping and found footage in order to transpose the image of a woman dancing in circular fashion.

  • Tourist

    “Tourist” investigates the nature of spectator perception in an unfamiliar environment.

  • Shimmer Box Drive

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

  • America the Beautiful

    A dark satire of the history of the United States…in under 8 minutes.