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  • High Level Bridge, The

    Edmonton’s High Level Bridge has a morbid notoriety; it’s a frequent spot for suicides. Anderson pays homage to the people and events surrounding an odd landmark. Selected screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, 2010; AFI Fest Official Selection 2010, Honorable Mention for Best Live Action Short Film; Sundance 2011 “Edmonton’s High Level Bridge is a frequent spot for suicides. Trevor Anderson documents the bridge’s history and its place in collective psychology with insight and wit. Finding humour in dark territory, The High Level Bridge showcases chilling shots of the North Saskatchewan River, and pays homage to the people and events surrounding…

  • Bright and Dark

    “It is an abstract exploration of the chemistry dancing inside us like light in sealed dark places.” (EE)

  • Holding Hands

    Craig and Shane were holding hands when they fell victim to a brutal hate crime. Through speaking out about the lack of police investigation, their courage led to important changes at their local police station. ‘Holding Hands’ follows a challenging year in this inspiring couples’ life: triumphantly leading the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as community heroes, struggling to recover from the physical, financial and psychological costs of a hate crime, and ultimately revealing the healing power of love. At its heart, Craig and Shane’s story reveals that even in the worst circumstances, we can all create positive change.

  • Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker – Institutional Sale

    Special Book and DVD Set Veteran animator and filmmaker Steven Woloshen introduces a variety of simple artistic strategies to create decay and to re-assemble damaged film prints into new experimental visions. This book includes a special DVD (NTSC) with nine short films created specially for this do-it-yourself, “hands-on” manual. An excellent resource for film production courses and workshops. Featuring nine chapters & accompanying films: 1. Chronicle Reconstructions: Creating Reconstructions 2. Zero Visibility: Reproducing Decay and Damage 3. La Dolce Vita: Hasty Archaeology 4. Scrapbook: Correcting Correlations 5. Fleeing Rotland: Revitalizing Obsolete Gauges on 35mm Film 6. The Homestead Act: Using…

  • In Between (remembering and forgetting)

    Composed of nine film and video chapters made between 2004 and 2010, “In Between (remembering and forgetting)” journeys through an abstract landscape marked by half-glimpsed memories and fragments of the past. Using multiple formats and a fluid episodic structure, the work expands beyond the personal to create an enigmatic piece where the viewer’s own experiences and memories resonate. The result is a sustained poetic meditation on family, place and time.

  • Hokees

    “Hokees” is about Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means “soul” or “spirit.” Writer: Aaron Martin | Producer: Brent Barclay | Editor: Mark Baxter Cinematographer: Kim Derko | Cast: Arsinée Khanjian, John Mighton and Linda Gizirian Awards: Gold Prize for Experimental Drama, Houston Film Festival, 2000; Best Short Film, AFFMA Film Festival, 2001

  • Come Around

    Poem by Louise Bak. Music by Peter Scherer.

  • Find Your Holy Self: Scenes from an Unfinished Film

  • Elect the Dead

    A music video for Elect the Dead by System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian.

  • LEFT

    “LEFT” is a self-reflective video diary based on Keith Cole’s successful Mayoral Campaign in 2010 for The City of Toronto’s top job-Keith Cole for Mayor!