Genres: short
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Alice in Arizona
The Alice of fifties animation visits the Wild West of fifties live action, but only through persistence of vision, they never meet in the same frame. The original Alice and the original Wild West were contemporaries too.
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Song Lines
The sound of clapping hands and voices of two African girls orchestrate the thickness of vertical black lines. Colour fringes appear over the white spaces between the lines, making it also work as an installation piece.
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1910
Nobody drowned. A poem about the 1910 Paris flood, with photographs of Paris and Parisians taken at the time.
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Six Portraits of Clara Schumann
Six Portraits of Clara Schumann resolves into perhaps the oldest multiple we know.
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The Comics
When Annie and Mark’s controversial comedy video goes viral, they make a run for the country. There, they hide out in a worn down, under the radar motel – hoping to stay out of the public eye while their video rapidly makes its rounds on social media.
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Picking Up
At a diner one summer night, David and Syd unite after years without seeing each other. Memories long dormant are rekindled. Based on diary entries by the artist David Wojnarowicz.
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Away
A new immigrant applies for a visa and endures the long and demanding wait for approval or denial. An epistolary poetic film that navigates the inner thoughts of an applicant’s last half of a two-year process for a residency visa in Canada. This long and tumultuous journey that for many can take at least 24 months from the application date demands a high level of resilience as it imposes dramatic waves of anxiety and loneliness. Away turns a sharp light into one of the consequences of the current process we have for economic immigration in Canada, a country with immigration…
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One Day
“One Day” is an experimental film that delves into the depth of a single photograph. Captured by the artist during her initial exploration of film photography in Toronto, this snapshot becomes the centerpiece of an experimental piece. The passage of six years before its development mirrors the artist’s personal journey- a journey that leads her to choose Toronto as her permanent abode after traversing Iran, Montreal, and Europe. Relocating with her family in 2009, the city’s embrace as a second home poses a poignant challenge. The haunting presence of immigrant status looms large, leaving an indelible mark on the artist’s…
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Whispers Mary
As Venla documents plants in solitude, she slips deep into the fantastical world she observes and begins to question her own reality. Whispers Mary is a Canada Council for the Arts-funded short experimental digital/analog film.