Film Categories: Work about Women

  • White Palace

    My early performances in thriller genres are reconsidered in a rehabilitation of images in this film. Though once renounced by me as complicit and misogynist, my filmed body is treated as recoverable for liberation of my memory.

  • Falling For Caroline

    To win the girl of her dreams, a klutzy young woman must overcome a wardrobe malfunction and her own insecurities. Movie buff and hopeless romantic Darcy meets and falls in love with Caroline while fighting over a Sarah Waters DVD at a video rental store. With the help of her best friend Tia, Darcy sets out on her quest to woo and win the girl of her dreams. However, she must first overcome a wardrobe malfunction, her own extreme klutziness whenever she’s around Caroline and, most challenging of all, the very bad lesbian habit of overprocessing a good thing. “Sharply…

  • Lucky Girl

    Four minutes in the day that I went to meet a man at sunset in the park. “Lucky Girl” recalls a seemingly insignificant moment that could have turned out very differently. – AG CALQ Award for Best Film in Art & Experimentation, Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (2009); Spirit Award, Brooklyn International Film Festival (2010)

  • Numerology

    A short animation that unveils the mysteries of lesbians through the occult arts. NUMEROLOGY is a humorous critique of attempts to stereotype the lesbian community. Using the clean, minimal aesthetic of vector animation, numbers and letters become small characters whose actions subvert the expected course of the narrative. The content of the piece migrates from external to internal stereotypes and promotes the perception of individuals within a category. Selected Screenings: Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, 2009 (Germany); Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2009 (Pittsburgh, USA); image + nation Festival, 2009 (Montreal, Canada)

  • irma Vep

    Mad pursuit for the wild life leads to an outrageously messy story about a cover girl who encounters dangerous magazine cut-outs. irmaVep / Stars the bride of quietness / In a flowery tale, / Who will transform thy shape, / Leaving behind unanswered questions: / What maidens loath? / What mad pursuit? / What struggle to escape? / What wild ecstasy? Selected Screenings: Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, 2009 (Toronto, Canada); Cucalorus Festival, 2009 (Wilmington, NC)

  • Difference of Opinion

    This is a short tape about date rape that shows how two people can have different perceptions of the same situation. A great discussion starter for issues surrounding sexual assault and dating. Suitable for High School and up.

  • Becoming Susan

    BECOMING SUSAN is a portrait documentary about Toronto activist Susan Gapka. The film enters Susan’s world through an exploration of the spaces around her, with Susan’s story filling these personal spaces before her visual representation does. BECOMING SUSAN presents a way of sharing the world of a trans-woman without focusing on the physical. Instead, visual fragments of Susan and her world serve as powerful metaphor for Susan’s journey from pieces to a whole. As we explore each new piece presented by the documentary we begin to understand that each is as important as the last to understanding her. Multi-faceted and…

  • How The Grinch Stole My Heart! (and my favourite sweatshirt…)

    HOW THE GRINCH STOLE MY HEART! (AND MY FAVOURITE SWEATSHIRT…) borrows Dr. Seuss’ famous villain, the Grinch, and transforms him from Whoville’s mythical Christmas hating goblin into a modern-day ex-girlfriend who breaks Abigail’s heart. Crushed by her loss, Abigail falls into a world of lovelorn misery, obsession, internet stalking and self-medicating. But finally, Abigail is struck by a sense of renewed self-worth, and triumphs over her love for the Grinch…or does she? Selected Screenings: Queersicht Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2009 (Bern, Switzerland); Reeling Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2009 (Chicago, IL); Seattle Lesbian & Gay FIlm Festival, 2009 (Seattle,…

  • Case of Rape, A

    A victim is tormented by questions and self doubt. Adapted from a story of her rape as told by a friend. The animation is in the form of a public service announcement.

  • Dike

    A woman recounts the humorous story of a friend’s attempts to hide an excessive perspiration problem, which parallels her sexual re-orientation. Her bodily fluids are coming out before she does. This is the story of one woman’s struggle with compulsory heterosexuality.