Experimental
Street of Dreams
This abstract expressionist homage to a romantic vision of Montréal in the ‘50s is set to music by jazz legend Charlie Parker.
Sunrise On the Total Chaos
The power of visual storytelling is front and centre in this six-minute accessible experimental film that takes the viewer out on the water to fish for lobster at sunrise. A visual ballet with nature creates a poetic piece of work in the silent version with soundscape while a separate version with intermittent commentary from the fishermen illuminates what drives these men in their commitment to such a dangerous occupation.
Surfacing on the Thames
"Temporally, each frame of the original shot is rendered as a brief pause between a continuing progression of dissolves ... It is a chronology of events, normally occurring in real time, but seen in this film from an intensely magnified perspective."
- Al Razutis
Tangled Garden, Act I, Scene II
Tangled Garden, Act I, Scene II begins the filmmaker's journey by exploring the history of the purebred Jersey cow, and suggesting that when we look at the "other" it is often ourselves we see reflected back.
Tangled Garden, Act II, Scene II
Through a queer reading of the male nude in Western art, a gay white filmmaker explores masculinity and desire, confirming Tom Kalin's assertion that "our flesh comes to us in history" in Tangled Garden, Act II, Scene II.
Tee Hee Hee
A student of the film program at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Ling Chiu makes a powerful statement in Tee Hee Hee. Her stirring memorial to the women killed in Montreal on December 6, 1989 is certain to leave viewers with a lasting impression.
Terminal City
The Devonshire Hotel in Vancouver was demolished by blasting. Gallagher filmed the event at 200 frames a second and manipulated the sounds recorded at the event to play back at the same speed as the images.
Tiger
Tiger is described in Perspective Canada: "Rimmer intercuts the movements of a caged tiger with images of untamed nature. Superbly layered,the film wordlessly leaves us pondering our attempts to harness the forces of nature."
Time Being
A visually beautiful and philosophical musing on time, structured with 88 one-minute shots or sequences, that combines documentary, structural, poetic, narrative and personal genres of film.
Under the Lizards (Pod Jaszczurami)
The spirit of modern Polish society is embodied in a rich cultural heritage. Internationally celebrated filmmaker and artist David Rimmer reveals Polish life through a montage of live music footage, personal interviews with artists (primarily musicians), and everyday images.
Undivided Attention
An episodic experience of cinematic metaphor and structure, Undivided Attention contradicts, tickles, and soothes our desire to understand and make sense of what we see. This rich and challenging film comments on conventions of narrative and documentary, and has some fun with film theory.
Uulx - The Scratcher
In a stark and stunning frozen remote landscape, an unlikely encounter between hunter and the hunted unfolds. But which is which?
Vancouver Experimental Films, 1967-1981: 10 short works
This compilation of 10 short films, created by Vancouver filmmakers between 1967 and 1981, was curated by Richard Martin. Compiled on one DVD, the total program is 92 minutes and includes films by David Rimmer, Al Razutis, Sturla Gunnarsson, Gary Lee-Nova, Chris Gallagher, Tom Braidwood, Patricia Gruben, Peter Lipskis, Kirk Tougas and the late Michael McGarry. It was produced by Acme Motion Pictures Inc. and Moving Images Distribution, through assistance from the Initiatives program of The Canada Council for the Arts.
Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper
This classic film from internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Rimmer is constructed with a look of a factory worker unrolling a large sheet of cellophane- repeated, reversed and transformed with optical printing.
Watching for the Queen
A mathematically ordered restructuring of two seconds (48 frames) of stock newsreel footage, primarily concerned with the frame as information unit and the change in formation between frames.
Waving
A woman recalls the intense, complex relationship that she shared with her maternal grandmother.
Winter Last July
Martin describes this film as a travelogue. It is divided into three distinct parts which are signified by the titles Golden Mile Ferry ... Brisbane,Torak Light ... Melbourne, and Palen ... Brisbane. Each section explores the subtle nuances of image, light, and sound and the relationship between image and ground.
The Working Cat's Guide to the Klondike
Old timers, First Nation storytellers, historians and a cast of Yukon locals recall a traditional practice of “cat sledding” unique to the Dawson City area in Canada’s far North.
Your Daughter Is Sleeping
A found narrative (an overheard telephone conversation) is juxtaposed with diverse images culled from the filmmaker's own life and work. A personal essay on the relationship between "raw" or unmediated experience, and experience organized through telling and through making images.
Zarra
Zarra explores how every particle in existence, be it animate or inanimate, has a soul which continuously connects to the matrix of the Universal Soul.
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