Film Categories: comedy

  • Napoleon’s History of the World

    Napoleon loves a good tyrant. He might get the details wrong and misrepresent history, but he always tells a good story. In this episode, George Bush stages a successful attack on the Inuits. This finger puppet show comes from the puppet shop of Jamie Shannon and the hands and fingers of many good people. Selected screenings: Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, ON, 2005; Rehab Parkdale Film Festival, Toronto, ON, 2005

  • Behind the Music: Destiny’s Neighbour

    A behind-the-scenes look into the smash sensation “Destiny’s Neighbour” – the dancing, the dreams and the donuts. “There just aren’t any sexy fat boys in girl drag on T.V.” – Behynde “Destiny’s Child is just a slimmed down version of us. They ripped off our moves, they ripped off our songs.” – Mass-Assey “We had to kick her out because she was eating all the donuts.” – K-Kremey

  • Make Me Smile

    Meet Daddy K, a dancin’ queen with a sparkling eye and a shaking booty. It would take a pretty tough guy to resist this charmer. Romeo might be just that strong – tune in and find out. Cruising has never looked this good.

  • Green

    “My first foray into collage animation uses low-fi techniques, such as a photocopier, to illustrate a story in limerick form. The limericks tell of a place where creativity is suppressed and all acts of resistance are covered over with white paint. It also illustrates a character who displays an open sexuality, both queer and polyamorous. The DIY aesthetic calls up notions of subversion of the dominant culture through its ues of low-tech and hand-made traces.” – Juliana Saragosa Selected screenings: Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival, Toronto, 2004

  • Freeshow Seymour Compilation

    Freeshow Seymour is the collaborative effort of Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler, who came together to explore their mutual crush on film-craft. Individually, they have been making work since 1994. In 2003 they both attended the Big Rock Candy Mountain residency at The Banff Centre, where they joined forces to highlight the work they are doing on candy and consumption and to explore their love of film. The basis of Freeshow Seymour is process. The two artists meet and see what evolves out of being together – whether it is films, music, crafts, performance or just thrift-store shopping. Their artworks…

  • Rx

    A young gay man in a tiny Toronto apartment experiences a nervous breakdown, causing him to obsessively arrange and re-arrange his large knick-knack collection. Based on a true story, “Rx” is a bittersweet, funny chronicle of a mind turned frantic by fear, worry and novelty paperweights.

  • Coming Out at Work Is Hard to Do

    When you’re in the closet at work, “coming out” is always a drama. But no one expects it to be like the jaw-dropping experience recounted in this short, sharp and funny tale. Coming out at work is indeed hard to do. Awards: HBO Audience Award for Best Female Short, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA

  • Attack of the Naïve: Ages Four to Twenty-One in Thirteen Unlucky Vignettes

    A confessional documentary on the artist’s schooling in love from the cradle to the crib. Scenes from movies, television shows and commercials are processed through analogue video techniques to yield a pop-art sensible understanding of the North-American Love Experience.

  • Fuga di Olmo, La (Olmo’s Escape)

    Olmo is a blue Italian ladies’ bike. After spending years abandoned in a dusty garage, Olmo finally sees the road again after escaping from a yard sale. What follows is an epic ride all over Toronto during which Olmo discovers the truth about being a bicycle in a vast urban metropolis. Part adventure-comedy, part environmental fable, “La Fuga di Olmo” is a light-hearted cautionary tale about what could happen if you don’t ride your bike.

  • Solo

    A single gal venturing into a bar finds a groove all on her own.