Film Categories: art & artists

  • JPT

    Through the use of animated still images and utilizing the familiar tropes of music video, “JPT” is a portrait of a young man’s emerging sexuality and the range of emotions surrounding this experience. It is the first of several “live” animations by Los Angeles artist David Jones.

  • Fountain of Youth, The

    Old age is no barrier to wishful thinking; in fact it may be the time we can indulge in our most provocative fantasies. Madame Spinoza and Dr. Ramsbottom, denizens of an old age home and confined to their wheelchairs, are off on their wildest travels to seek the fountain of youth. Along the way they are assisted by memories of the past and resisted by the future of flaming youth. The vision ends with their nightly medication. Also available on the DVD compilation “James MacSwain Retrospective.”

  • 52

    “52” probes one man’s greatest nightmare: getting old. Written by and starring Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall).

  • Difficult Love

    “Difficult Love” is an intimate, thought-provoking portrait of internationally celebrated South African lesbian photographer, Zanele Muholi, and her highly personal take on the challenges facing black lesbians in South Africa today. The film features interviews with Muholi as well as with her friends, colleagues and peers, and provides a compelling overview of the artist, her life and her work. This poignant documentary takes us behind the façade of art making and shares with us the highly political environment Muholi must navigate in order to bring her lush photographs to light. Winner Best Short Film – Audience Award, Africa in the…

  • 4 Pounds

    “4 Pounds” is the story of an actor who, over the course of four life-altering weeks, focuses his considerable will to the goal of losing some weight. Though the people in his life try to dissuade him from his ruinous path, he ignores them in his headlong rush towards self-destruction. Written by and starring Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall).

  • Tableaux Vivants

    A rumination on cinematic time reversals as versatile continuums. Re-discovering the outdoors as (a stage) set where the natural is made to pose as the artifice. Selected screenings: Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival (Chicago, USA), 2011; Views from the Avant Garde, New York Film Festival, 2011

  • Armoire (in 4 parts)

    A four-part study of motion, shape and colour inspired by a robin’s flight. “The aviary in the mirror, in-flight hide-and-seek, mischief on the wing.” – Mark McElhatten, Rotterdam Film Festival Consists of: “Armoire Prologue” (2:40, 2007), “Coda” (2:30, 2009) and two new episodes (2011). Selected screenings: Views from the Avant Garde, New York Film Festival, 2011; Festival du nouveau cinéma (Montreal, QC), 2011

  • Spiral Transition

    “Spiral Transition” is a candid, compelling and interwoven documentary that explores the filmmaker’s relationship with his mother and how it is changing and evolving as he transitions genders.

  • Afternoon in Bottle Village

    A requiem for a cathedral of light, built entirely of glass bottles, pencils, and industrial detritus by legendary California outsider artist Grandma Prisbrey from 1956 to 1981. The Village has long since fallen into decay, and is accessible by hopping a small fence. The spirit of Grandma Prisbrey is conjured from the ruins with an improv on broken piano by Jodie Baltazar (aka Monotrona). Part of Ross Lipman’s experimental documentary compilation, “the perfect heart of flux,” also available through CFMDC.

  • Crash Points 3

    “Crash Points 3” is based on “Crash Points,” a performance created by Peter Dudar during his partnership with dancer/choreographer Lily Eng. As Missing Associates, they were part of the experimental dance scene in art galleries during the 1970s and 1980s. “Crash Points” was essentially a non-competitive track and field event in which the perimeter of a gallery was used as a running track. Hurdles coming down (“crash points”) triggered interactions between the performers. “Crash Points 3” uses footage from two earlier “Crash Points” films-digitized and extensively re-edited. With contemporary video techniques, Dudar both re-interprets and enhances the performance.