Genres: docufiction
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Green Shake
Tibi Neuspiel talks about his signature GREEN SHAKE and his experience with Personality Sharing.
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Inventory
Often the very things that appear to enable a sense of security, stability, and status can be disrupted, or rendered obsolete, destined to become a memory, or simply just forgotten. On the other hand, things that frame our passions while informing our dreams have the very real potential of retaining their meaning, regardless of any actual or imagined externalities. Before leaving home last July to begin an artist residency I went to pick up a couple of things at a nearby big box store only to discover that it had been closed. A crew was removing all the signs on…
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The House
For one curler, it’s not just a regular night at the local curling rink. Can she face her fears and find the strength to throw her final rock?
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UUFO
“UUFO” consists of six short chapters/stories. Each chapter describes a memory. The film deals with conflicting interpretations of China from the 1960s onwards, contrasting past generations’ stories with my own generation’s interpretations. UUFO stands for Universal Unidentified Flying Object.
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Casted Hand
“Casted Hand” explores the aesthetics of medicine and its relationship to the body. It can be shown as s single channel video or accompanied with the installation ‘Four Winds.’
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Flash Flood
Deep within a dream, a cataclysmic flood washes over the planet, and reveals three unique perspectives on gender and identity. The film is animated by volunteer transgender artists and animators from across the globe.
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everyday star
Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving cinematic and photographic impulses.
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Elegant Flower
‘Elegant Flower’ is a diaspora story that follows the life of a Hungarian refugee over the course of his 60th birthday weekend. Burdened by the separation of his beloved family and little sister, Zoltán Király engages in activities to bridge this chasm of geography and time. Incorporating beautiful 8mm found film and distinctive Toronto landscapes, one is given a subtle revelation and connection into this quiet and passionate man’s internal struggle.
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Video Home System
‘Video Home System’ traces the convergence of popular culture and politics in Pakistan during the 1980s and 1990s. This video showcases the connections between pop culture and nationalism, and how bootleg economies kept the cinema industry alive during periods of censorship. Image description: A young man sits at a desk behind a pile of VHS tapes, illuminated by a desk lamp. The wall behind him is vivid green.
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16 Reasons Why I Hate Myself
Matthew Lancit’s 16 Reasons Why I Hate Myself wryly plays with the concept of selfhood, traversing themes such as neuroticism, introspection and self-denigration. By allowing us an intimate look at sixteen of his supposed personal flaws from the physical to the psychological, Lancit posits the idea that we do not determine our identities but rather they determine us. (Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery)
