With joyful spontaneous energy, “William’s Creatures” sets on boundaries in this light-hearted and fun adaptation of one of painter William Ronald’s later works. With an oceanic setting of bizarre and unusual sperm creatures playing their performance to the improvisational score Brotherhood of Adventure (Tiny Orchestra Trio), “William’s Creatures” will prove to tickle your pickle for a full three minutes!! Part of the TAIS Eleven in Motion program.
Filter Films
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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 the Earth to Create Decay 7. Editorial: Contact Printing and Film Looping 8. Vista: Abstraction and Reorientation 9. The Rosetta Stone: Creating Hybrid Images ISBN 978-0-9866231-0-3 137 pages, perfect-bound paperback, colour and B&W DVD included Copyright Steven Woloshen, Scratchatopia Books, 2010 Pricing: Post-Secondary Institutions & Libraries: $375.00 (includes educational PPR) Artist-Run Centres: $84.99 (includes educational PPR) Individuals (personal use only): $40.00 All prices + shipping and applicable taxes
Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker – Institutional Sale
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In this journey through time and place – an Ottawa snowstorm, Niagara Falls, and the filmmaker’s childhood home – recollections come unbidden and half-articulated, of trains, marshes and wind turbines, resolving at the inexpressible place where memory lies. A stand-alone chapter of the video essay, “In Between (remembering and forgetting),” “Tourist of memory” was filmed in 16mm, Super 8 and video, with sound design by Edmund Eagan.
Tourist of memory
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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.
Holding Hands
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Colliding visions of woman as the Venus, the child, the grotesque, the rebel, the victim and the poet defy us to examine our own contradictions. This expressionistic film is a visual interpretation of the poem “a dream of naming,” written and performed by Judy Radul. “An extraordinarily beautiful, endlessly confrontational film.” – Toronto Festival of Festivals
Dream of Naming , A
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Simard’s lovely animation explores the tensions between the extraordinary and the ordinary, and the search to transcend everyday experience. Inspired by the art of Alexandra Luke. Part of the TAIS Eleven in Motion program. Selected screenings: London International Animation Festival, 2011; Melbourne International Animation Festival, 2011; Anima Mundi, 2010; Animafest Zagreb, 2010.
As Above So Below
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“It is an abstract exploration of the chemistry dancing inside us like light in sealed dark places.” (EE)
Bright and Dark
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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 an odd landmark. The film culminates in a final enigmatic jump – a brilliant cinematic gesture.” – Magali Simard, Toronto International Film Festival
High Level Bridge, The
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“The Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children” charts the emotional and intellectual transformations parents and siblings must make in order to successfully nurture their gender nonconforming family members. In frank, vulnerable interviews, families from all over the country speak about the power of love and acceptance to help their unusual children thrive. They also come to realize that loving a gender nonconforming child, in the face of ignorance, and sometimes hostility, has turned them into more compassionate human beings.
Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children, The
