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  • I remember my dreams by the colour they are…

    With a soundtrack gleaned from composer Delia Derbyshire’s classic “Inventions for Radio” series for the BBC, Magnusson crafts a collage of oil-slide projections and family snapshots illustrating the qualities of dreams, memory and colour. (Images Festival catalogue, 2011) Selected screenings: Images Festival (Toronto, ON), 2011; Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, 2010.

  • CLUBSCENE: The Under-Ager

    After a night of clubbing, under-ager Murray asks his older buddy, Gabe, for some advice.

  • Seeking Single White Male

    Become absorbed in this study of a brown body in (queer) white spaces.

  • 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).

  • Do I Belong?

    “Do I Belong?” is singer/songwriter Joel Gibb’s latest visualization for The Hidden Cameras’ pop song by the same name. In the spirit of DIY low budget filmmaking, “Do I Belong?” choreographs numerous scenes into one whimsical take. The shot culminates into psychedelic mayhem, where Gibb finds himself at the mercy of a mob of queer characters, many of whom are Toronto-based perennial favs (featuring artists Regina the Gentlelady, Luis Jacob, and Andrew James Paterson, among others).

  • Flyers

    A street flyer leads to a surprising discovery.

  • James MacSwain Retrospective, A

    “Atlantic native James MacSwain has made more than 20 films over the last 30 years. His voice has become a pervasive and sophisticated contribution to the experimental film community in this country, often literally as his extensive use of voiceover – and his clever scripts – evince a considerable talent as a writer. MacSwain’s particular use of 16mm collage and animation appear deceptively simple, but his films have a lingering depth and poignancy that resists easy categorization.” – Images Festival, 2011 DVD Compilation Contains: 1. Little Known Curious Facts (1981, 4.20 min.) 2. Flower (1984, 8.20 min.) 3. Amherst (1984,…

  • Free Man

    When Michael’s partner of thirteen years, Charlie, dies unexpectedly, he is forced to work with his estranged mother-in-law, Celine, to plan his funeral. When they have a difference of opinion, Michael finds himself embroiled in a power struggle for the right to plan the memorial the way Charlie wanted. While Michael begins to dive deep into his psyche to keep the memory of Charlie alive, Celine turns to the legal system, stripping Michael of Charlie’s burial rights. Michael must use his music and the power of their union to confront his grief and mourn his dead lover.