All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
Films and videos that address the materiality of the medium (the physical artifacts of film and video), while simultaneously addressing the role of 'the media' in our lives. From the smart, funny and piercing work of John Greyson, to the frank simplicity of Tom Sherman, and the technical prowess of Gerda Cammaer and Chris Kennedy, these works are about the potential of the form.
Including work by Francisca Duran, Gerda Cammaer, John Greyson, Tom Sherma, Trevor Anderson, Chris Kennedy, and Anna van der Meulen. Curated by Leslea Kroll, Tim Folkmann and Marsh Murphy.
- Feb 13 @ 7:30pm
14.3 Seconds
When the Iraq Film Archives were destroyed by US bombs during the 2003 war, a journalist rescued eight scraps of celluloid from the wreckage, totalling 14.3 seconds. In 2004, ICARP (the Iraq Coalition Archives Restoration Project) announced that it intended... view more
Stardust
While others are quick to declare that film is dead, this film celebrates its dust and scratches, and its magic powers for time and space travel. It is an imaginary plea to preserve our dying celluloid past and to fight... view more
Retrato Oficial (Official Portrait)
Retrato Oficial animates the dissimulation and reconstruction of the great liberator of Chile, 19th-century revolutionary and republican Bernardo O’Higgins, and the historical reach of the late-20th-century dictator Augusto Pinochet. Based in part on a conceit borrowed from Raul Ruiz’s essay... view more
Before Letting Go
The October Tapes [of which Before Letting Go is part] are quite a ride. These tapes are painfully funny, extremely angry, and intoxicating in their spins through a strangely beautiful landscape revealed by camcorder, the artist’s perceptual instrument of choice.... view more
The Island
The filmmaker considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.
Covered
In September, 2008, the opening ceremonies of the first Queer Sarajevo Festival were closed down by a violent mob, who accused the organizers of blaspheming the holy month of Ramadan. Eight people were hospitalized, and the rest of the festival... view more
Memo to Pic Desk
An idiosyncratic look at staging in news photography, using materials from the archives of a Toronto daily. Moral codes, delinquency and autonomy are pulled into an altered coherence, as vintage photos are examined next to their type-written paper trail.
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.