Vancouver
Canadian Pacific I
Designed as a companion piece to Canadian Pacific II, this film was shot near the artist's studio, from a window two storeys below on the second floor of a next-door building, between December, 1974, and February, 1975. It can be projected alone or in double-screen format with Canadian Pacific II.
Canadian Pacific II
Designed as a companion piece to Canadian Pacific I, this film was shot near the artist's studio, from a window two storeys higher on the fourth floor of a next-door building, between December, 1974, and February, 1975. It can be projected alone or in double-screen format with Canadian Pacific I.
Comrade Dad
Writer/director Karin Lee reflects on her father Wally Lee and the communist bookstore that he ran on Vancouver's Skid Row from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s.
Glowing in the Dark
Glowing in the Dark captures the energy and vitality of neon--one of the oldest and most effective forms of advertising.
The Hollow Tree
Documentary follows the bizarre saga of eccentric and passionate citizens who stand against gravity, decay and bureaucracy in order to save a thousand-year-old cedar tree from annihilation.
Landscape Revealed: The Art of Toni Onley
This documentary focuses on cherished West Coast artist, Toni Onley, his contemplative artistic process and his provocative public life, including recent interviews with the late artist at work.
The Nine O'Clock Gun
A famous Vancouver landmark, the nine o'clock gun is a cannon that fires each day at 9:00 p.m. from Stanley Park. In this film, a stationary camera plays a waiting game, shooting the "performing sculpture" that marks time, but also stands as an invention of destruction.
School of Secrets
Students were told to keep their sexual relationship with their teacher a secret...now almost two decades later, these women are ready to expose the lessons they learned in school.
Sitting on a Story
Sitting on a Story illustrates the search for healing after a loved one's death. It also celebrates the exuberance and humour of humankind.
Skip Tracer
This classic psychological thriller follows a cold and calculating bill collector who has a crisis of conscience.
Surviving In the Cracks
When Safe Houses for street youth in British Columbia faced closure, youth came together to create the play, Surviving In the Cracks. It was a play with a purpose, to inform an unaware public about why they ended up on the street and why the safe houses saved their lives. This is their story.
Swingspan
The history of Vancouver's Cambie (Connaught) Bridge is revealed through the explorations and memories of a young man.
those days...a portrait of Doris Shadbolt
Doris Shadbolt's practice as an educator, curator and writer in the visual arts spans the mid-20th century development of a vital art scene on the West Coast and in Canada. those days...a portrait of Doris Shadbolt focuses on the pivotal activities at the Vancouver Art Gallery during the 1960s and early 70s through interviews with Doris, now in her 80s.
