As a lesbian relationship falls apart, this docu-failure unravels. Part of a series on beauty, the film began as an exploration of the filmmaker’s sister and the role that beauty plays in her life. It became instead a documentary about the sister’s relationship with her partner and the conflict between the making of the film and respect for the subject’s privacy. Selected screenings: British Film Institute Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, 2005; Filmout San Diego, 2005; Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL, 2004; Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON, 2004; New Fest, New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,2004; Frameline San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2004; Larzish International Film Festival of Sexuality & Gender Plurality, Bombay, India, 2004
Filter Films
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Susan would like to cordially invite you to a dinner party to help celebrate her perfect, married life with Steve. Unfortunately, it may not be as perfect as she thinks, as Steve realizes he likes the “COCK au Vin” a little too much. A comedy where not everything is as it seems. “This zany homage/spoof… throws in every Hitchcock pun imaginable. It is deeply silly, full of corny jokes and very, very rude! And even though it’s complete overkill, it will make you laugh.” – www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk Selected screenings: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005; Frameline San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2005; Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2005
Hitch Cock
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A portrait of the energy of urban life in split-screen. “Coming + going” was shot on one roll of regular 8 film, with all editing and split-screen effects created in-camera. Selected screenings: Time Inside the Image [3], Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Jan. 31-March 31, 2007; Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, 2006; European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, 2006; Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2005
Coming + Going
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Shot on Super 8, “Car Culture” portrays the downfall of humankind’s favourite tool – the car – with live performance accompaniment.
Car Culture
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My meditation on the romance of the “Wild West” – pure spatial motion. – and – Exploring the virtual potential of the horizon line while framing that spatial experience. “All landscapes can be described as hills and valleys, and time is said to flow. But geographically speaking, hills and valleys are maxima and minima whose definition presupposes the choice of gravitational vector. Such that the reading of a landscape, in a relation not to extrema but to inflections, leads us towards an experience of weightlessness.” – Bernard Cache, “Terre Meuble”
Lasso
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“Colonnade” is a visual essay on architecture and movement. Sparsely shot in black and white, the film seeks to capture both the perception of moving through space and feeling associated with space as the viewer is transported through a series of colonnades. The centrepiece of the film is the colonnade of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. This ramped colonnade, designed by Moshe Safdie and built in 1988, is an architectural splendour that leads the patron on a procession that is itself both ritual and ceremony, filled with exhilaration and anticipation. Available on VHS only.
Colonnade
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Being a teenager isn’t easy, especially when you’re an 18-year-old gender rebel sorting out a kaleidoscope of conflicting advice and desires. Nadia Hluszko – a.k.a. Nate – comes by her confusion and transgender identity honestly: one of her moms used to be her dad, the other is addicted to the Osbornes. First-time documentary director Pamela Gawn chases the irrepressible Nate as she cycles through her part-time job at a used bike shop, suffers girlfriend turmoil, argues with both moms, and reveals a tragedy that changed her family forever. A poignant, sometimes achingly sweet coming-of-age story. Selected screenings and awards: Best Canadian Short, Fairytales 8, Calgary, AB, 2006; Frameline San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2005; Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2004; Award for Best Female Director, Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, 2004
Calling Nate
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Francis, self-proclaimed King of Dyke City, receives a late-night visit from her long-time friend Jill, who has just been kicked out of her apartment by her girlfriend. Oh the drama! Though Francis is always ready with helpful (i.e. useless) advice, and often has wonderful (i.e. terrible) ideas, Jill turns to her other friends Izzy and Amy for moral support. Hilarity ensues when they all find themselves together in the same room, trying to agree on something, anything…
Dyke City
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Two ex-prisoners are forced to go on the run in this dark and humourous re-telling of “Bonnie and Clyde”.
Donnie & Clyde
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“Slap me silly with a crocheted doily!” Granny Queer and her voluptuous girlfriend Sharlene are enjoying a nice wee Saturday morning lie-in when Granny sees that Sharlene’s bloomers have gone missing from the line. Granny suspects their mysterious new neighbour Mr. Wit has something to do with it, and she’s determined to get to the bottom of the matter. Bursting with audacity, deliciously camp visuals and oddball characters, Granny is here… and she’s Queer! Selected screenings: Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Brazil, 2005; Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, 2005; Newfest, New York, 2005; Mix Brazil, 2005; London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2005; Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2005
Granny Queer – The Late Bloomers
