All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
The landscape has always been a part of the Canadian art tradition, from Lawren Harris and Emily Carr, to the road movies of Bruce Macdonald. This stunning collection includes films about landscapes, cityscapes, architecture and the dying prairie, by filmmakers such as Brian Stockton, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Jason Britski, John Price, Leslie Supnet and Michael Rollo. Curated by Leslea Kroll, Tim Folkmann and Marsh Murphy.
- Feb 13 @ 6pm
Ghosts and Gravel Roads
An inventory of lost memories and places, the sun bleached landscape of Saskatchewan serves as a metaphor for displacement, a framing of emptiness and absence. Traveling to forgotten towns and channeled through old family photographs the camera catalogues the haunting... view more
Nightfall
Nightfall is a formal portrait of the Canadian winter landscape, and is also intended as an examination of the relationship that exists between my environment and identity. This project is an attempt to strip different images down to their basic... view more
The Animated Heavy Metal Parking Lot
An animated tribute to Jeff Krulik and John Heyn's 1986 video documentary classic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Remaining faithful to no-budget filmmaking, Supnet reconstructs her favorite scenes using cut-out characters made out of aged paper, glue and ink.
Block B
A building becomes a living painting. The concrete homes and contradicting soundscapes frame the lives of an expatriate Indian community in Malaysia. > “The grand scale of an aging modernist apartment block in the Brickfields neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur sets the... view more
The Man Who Built My Childhood (The Epic Story of My Life Appendix B)
Brian Stockton’s series of humourous autobiographical shorts takes a detour into architecture with this 5 minute ‘appendix’ about renowned Saskatchewan architect Joseph Pettick. Pettick has designed a staggering 500 buildings in Saskatchewan, and his impact on the province and the... view more
View of the Falls from the Canadian Side
In 1896, William Heise photographed the first 35mm motion picture images of Canada at Niagara Falls. The four-perforation camera system he used was designed and built by Thomas Edison and William K. Dickson, and the stock was manufactured by George... view more
This screening is part of the larger thematic series:
- STEM Cell 2010 / Reeling Dance On Screen
- STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 1: Variations on the Home Movie
- Reeling: MZD's Bad Lands (Good Luck) (2010)
- Reeling: Sex, Death & Arabesque
- Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry (2008)
- Artist's Talk with Daniel Barrow @ The ARTery
- STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 2: Landscapes
- STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 3: The Medium of Media
- Reeling: Blush - A film by Ultima Vez (2004)
- STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 4: Memory
- Reeling: Gravity of Desire
- STEM Cell: Experimental Docs 5: Phenomenology & Perception
Citadel renovations are ongoing, so Metro Cinema continues to screen in the Rice Theatre, just down the hall from our normal room. Until we return to the Zeidler, screenings will continue to be from video, and not from 35mm.
Also, all Silver Screen passes are good for 3 months past their normal date of expiry, to thank you for your patience.