Genres: narrative

  • Puppets & Demons

    Here’s a peek at some early cinematic works by Patrick McGuinn. These ten award-winning short films use a blend of folkloric icons and modern dilemmas to tell their humorous, fresh and unique stories. See the oddities, mysticisms and boldness that would typify later works like “Desert Spirits” and “Suroh: Alien Hitchhiker,” films which have stuck chords in the hearts of millions.

  • Filmmaker’s Journey, A

    “A Filmmaker’s Journey” is a feature-length mockumentary which chronicles Gerald L’Ecuyer’s attempt to shoot the movie of his dreams in New York City. With only Canadian grant money to spend, L’Ecuyer faces everything from a funding board that insists on nudity in every scene, to a crew that threatens mutiny from day one. Featuring Bob Balaban, Christopher Durang, Lothaire Bluteau, Ann Magnuson, Dan Futterman, Mary McLaughlin, and Gerald L’Ecuyer. The film was shot over a three-week period in New York City in May of 2002.

  • Broken Dreams

    “Broken Dreams” is a beautifully filmed, evocative look into and out of the world of depression. Filmed in Super 8 and 16mm with a hand-wind Bolex camera, it captures the essence of darkness and light, hope and despair. Experimental images take us through a series of landscapes including the bleak moon-like setting of White’s Pass in Alaska, the unendingly high office towers of New York City, the eerie facade of the Carlton Hotel all alight for the Cannes Film Festival and then fall beneath the surface of the ocean to the depths of another world filled with undulating sea grass,…

  • Invitation

    Zoe and her city flat-mate Shane have never told their conservative country parents they are lesbian and gay. So when their parents turn up unexpectedly, soon followed by a succession of Zoe and Shane’s weird and wonderful friends, the scene is set for a very queer night.

  • without leave

    “Evans and Fodor use toned and manipulated film stock and disjunctive visual narrative to powerfully convey the sense of movement, urgency and exhilaration in this story of service-men going AWOL.” – Antimatter Festival

  • May 13th

    “May 13th” is concerned with a college student’s daily routine at a recreational centre and the ensuing violent assault by a stranger. The voices of four women, expressing their own feelings and relating their own experiences, respond to the act of violence.

  • Carry on Crime and Punishment

    A short story for children, adults, and human societies; a five minute “moral adventure” about two dognappers who steal a valuable singing dog in Southern Ontario.

  • Casting Couch

    A nervous first-time director got confused during auditions and turned the camera off instead of on.

  • Queer Web

    While cruising on the Internet, two young lovers, Robbie and Kyle, meet their perfect third – Hung Daddy. Fortunately, he is hung. Unfortunately, he is also a Daddy. Robbie rushes home to find his Mom running interference, and she finally helps straighten him out.  

  • Varieties of Religious Experience, The

    “The Varieties of Religious Experience” is made in response to Pope John Paul ll’s visit to Canada in 2002. This experimental short looks at the Catholic church’s official position on homosexuality. A Catholic boy leaving church cruises a passerby. Full of sacred and profane imagery: church spires, roses, Christ on the cross, candles, lace underwear.