Genres: experimental

  • Where Lies the Homo?

    “Where Lies the Homo?” is a film diary that explores the construction of gay identities through an analysis of media clips and coming-out tales. The narrative’s focus is on demystifying stereotypical representations of queerness in film while offering a pesonal view of growing up queer in a heterosexist culture. From Disney to underground gay cinema, from Hollywood divas to grainy home movies, this experimental collage juxtaposes and reinterprets many of our iconographic images of sexuality and family.

  • LIEBE, EIFERSUCHT UND RACHE | LOVE, JEALOUSY AND REVENGE

    “‘You know that every film has its own language…’ Brynntrup delves into the riddle of language, communication and desire through a cleverly amusing portrayal of a telephone call between a man and a woman.” – Karen Lund, Museum of Modern Art Department of Film, 1992 “The witty ‘Love, Jealousy and Revenge’ explores the mobile meanings of language in film with the help of sophisticated telecommunications; an aural/oral offering.” – Sarah Turner, Ian Rashid-Hygene and Hysteria Your Program, 1994 “Whether it be through a visual or verbal excerpt from his diaries, a cinematic album of (imagined?) former lovers, a matter-of-fact voiced-over…

  • bed

    “bed” offers a playful new look at female desire and queer sexuality. Raw, edgy and sexy. Stunning black-and-white images of two women making love are juxtaposed with dreamy scenes of city life, illuminating the contrast between public and private life that many women, lesbian in particular, share. A rich soundtrack incorporates original vocals and ambient elements with sexy, funky trip-hop music. “This well-crafted work of art turned me on, made me wet and stimulated my good taste in art.” – Annie Sprinkle

  • Human Remains

    “Human Remains” illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century’s most reviled dictators: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco, and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives – their favourite foods, films, habits, and sexual preferences. Their personalities and psychological make-up are revealed through the details they convey. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history. The intentional omission of the horrors for which these men were responsible hovers over the film. “Human Remains” addresses this horror from a…

  • Women Are Not Little Men

    Contemporary and archival images are contrasted against the text of a 1950’s industrial safety and training manual, exposing and critiquing the widespread belief in the existence of a weaker sex.

  • Light in Our Lizard Bellies, The

    Through choreography and performance by Susanna Hood, and editing and effects in exposure caused by hand-processing, “The Light in Our Lizard Bellies” reflects the intensities that discombobulate us as we go through change and face parts of ourselves previously denied or unknown. “A beautiful capturing of the triumph of the human spirit.” – Barbara Goslawski (Toronto film critic) “I have never seen a dance film work so magically. It is cinematic instead of just choreographic. The hand processing is rich, pushing the film past time. The texture and contrast do that poetic thing of transporting you. Transcendent.” – James Herbert…

  • Air Cries – Misery Loves Co.

    Cindy was asleep under a maple tree/ Rolled over and said to me/ I dreamt of Air Cries/ I turned over, we were lying on the the/ dry cracked mud of a river bed/ Empty Water/ Puppies, Air Cries Only/ They don’t make a sound/ My eyes on fire with nothing/ to quell them/ A piece of steel in the heart/ Misery loves company When you’re on the job or at home, from far and wide, technicalities shatter at certain frequencies. Sensitivity between -10 and +4db is selectable, but if you question them, they maintain a most majestic silence. The…

  • Book of All the Dead, The

    “I feel closer to this epic-maker Elder than to any other living film-maker: and yet I feel an aesthetic opposition of such intensity that I’m certain I’ll be the rest of my life working Uphill to off-set this grand haunt.” Stan Brakhage THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD (1975-1994) The Book of All the Dead is comprised of three sections: The System of Dante’s Hell, Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) and Exultations (In Light of the Great Giving). The cycle is made up of all the films listed here and some others (both completed and uncompleted). I have…

  • veronika

    The biblical prohibition of images word for word. God’s life story in the form of a trailer: from zero B.C. to the Second Coming of Christ – coming soon. See the eternal mysteries – NEW! Experience the miracles and sensations – LIVE! Feel the pain of crucifixion – YOURSELF! Enjoy the everlasting life – NOW!

  • Kokoro Is for Heart

    This film features a sound composition and performance by poet Gerry Shikatani, and explores the relationships surrounding language, image and sound, set to the backdrop of a gravel pit. “When I got the footage back from the lab, I was disappointed because of the periodic flipping of the image. After screening the footage several times I realised that the malfunctioning camera rendered the filmed-nature, unnatural… and this poses questions: What is nature? What is natural?” – Phil Hoffman