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EVENTS Jan-Mar 2006

The Free Screen presents

Lives of the Animals
five 16mm films (1945-2001) from Canada, USA, France
by Joyce Wieland, Rebecca Meyers, Jim Trainor, Jean Painlevé

Wednesday, March 29, 6:30pm, free attendence: 30

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

Greta Snider's 3-D View-Master Documentaries
Screening and Artist Talk with Greta Snider from San Francisco
and Lee Krist from Portland.

Wednesday, March 29, 8pm, $donation

Spartacus Books, 319 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC

^^^

3rd Canadian Filmmakers Festival

March 23-26, Beta & 35mm (adults only, by law)

Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton St., Toronto, Ontario

4th London Canadian Film Festival

March 23-26, Beta & 35mm (adults only, by law)

Rainbow Cinemas, Galleria, London, Ontario

^^^

Chicago Filmmakers Open Screening
Come to show your work or just to watch.
Mini-DV, DVD, VHS, 16mm, Super 8 (call first).

Sunday, March 26, 7pm, free

Chicago Filmmakers, 2nd Floor, 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago

^^^

3rd Les Nomades International French Short Film Festival
video & 35mm film

March 23-25, $10/programme (adults only, by law)

Innis Town Hall and NFB Spotton Cinema, Toronto

The Original One Take Super 8 Event (since 2000 - history)
First time in USA! 30 new super 8 films
from Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Florida
by Justin Bowman, Edward Etienne, Gabriel Perez, Chris Robe,
Daniel Goegheghan, Nate Moyer, Telena Paris, Jenna Tocci,
Shane Eason, Eric Freedman, Jeff Freeman, Eric Fuhrman,
Alex Rogalski, Derek Taylor, Jeff Thomas, Felipe Cardozo,
Michael PierreLouis, Maeva Renaud, Rapheal Cardozo,
Ruth von Spalding, Leon Williamson and more.

Friday, March 24, 11pm, $pwyc

Cinema Paradiso, 503 South East 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, Florida

^^^

The Toronto 24 Hour Film Challenge
30 videos made by 30 crews in 24 hours last weekend.

Friday, March 24, 7pm, $10

Royal Cinema, 608 College St. W., Toronto

Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society and NFB Pacific present

annual NewCineworks
new videos by Cineworks members Karin Lee, Tara Hungerford,
Julia Kwan, A. Jonathan Benny, Oliver Hockenhull, Ken Hegan

plus edgecode
new videos by Yun Lam Li, Alex MacKenzie, Amanda Dawn Christie,
Pia Massie, and Brian Johnson (with live editing and music score)

total running time: 97 minutes, artists in attendance

Wednesday, March 22, 8pm, $5

Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, British Columbia

^^^

The Free Screen presents

David Gatten from USA, in person
with 4 of his 16mm films, 1999-2004

Wednesday, March 22, 6:30pm, free attendance: 60

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
(see February 15, 8:45pm, Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto)

Wednesday, March 22, 8:45pm, $10.10 attendance: 180

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

SAW Video Co-op presents

Diving into the Deep End
showcase screening of new videos (80 minutes) from
SAW Video's Youth Program - Voices from the Margins

Wednesday March 22, 7pm, free (unclassified)

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

^^^

Soccer Mondays: The Eleven Devils
(Zoltan Corda, Germany, 1927, 98 min, silent)
German text with English subtitles
live piano by Bill O'Meara

Monday, March 20, 7pm, $5 (adults only, by law)

Goethe-Institut, 163 King St. W., Toronto

^^^

Toronto International Camera Show
used photographic equipment sale, 100 tables

Sunday, March 19, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., Toronto

^^^

Pleasure Dome presents

Star Spangled To Death
(Ken Jacobs, USA, 2003, video, 6hrs, 42min.)

shown with 3 intermissions: 15, 30, 15 minutes

Sunday, March 19, 3pm (to 11pm), $5 att: from 20 to 15

Latvian House, 491 College St., Toronto

^^^

The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers presents

14th $100 Film Festival March 16-18, 7:30pm
Super 8 & 16mm film only

Stanford Perrott Theatre, 1407 14th Ave. NW, Calgary, Alberta

^^^

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa

Annual Open House
Tours, Screenings, Equipment Demos.
Shoot Super 8, Edit, Scratch & Paint on Film.

Saturday, March 18, 11am - 4pm

Suite 140, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave., Ottawa, Ontario

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1 (online)
hosts Barbara Goslawski and Daniel Cockburn discuss the new
Cinematheque Ontario season with a focus on David Gatten

followed by Cinephobia - 2:30pm
host Stuart Andrews interviews Dr. Annie Sprinkle.
Part of Stuart's series on Women and the Porn Industry.

Friday, March 17

David Yonge in person with his The Damned in 3D
(Canada, 2005, large screen 3D video, 45 minutes)

Thursday, March 16, 10pm

Grand 4-Plex, 345 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA

^^^

Images Festival (April 13-22), The Power Plant
and Celluloid Dreams present

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
new feature film by Brothers Quay

Wednesday, March 15, 7pm, $10/15 attendance: 300

The Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto

^^^

Pleasure Dome presents

Be Somebody
Paul Wong, Lisa Steele & Kim Tomczak in person
with their seminal videos (Canada, 1975-1985)

Wednesday, March 15, 8 pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Rivoli (back room), 334 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

ZOOM! Family Fun Events presents

16mm Cameraless Animation Hands-on Workshop
with filmmaker/administrator Michele Stanley from
The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS)

Sunday, March 12, 1 - 5pm, free

Zoom Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., Toronto

^^^

John Porter, Paularoid & CineCycle present

Monthly Open Screenings
#26 - since February 2004

Bring your films or videos, or just come to watch.
35mm, 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm, Super 8, VHS, DVD, MiniDV

Second Sunday at Seven
Sunday, March 12, 7pm, $pwyw (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(South of Queen St. W., and down the lane)

^^^

6th Kingston Canadian Film Festival
including Local Kingston Shorts. No film.

March 8-12, Kingston, Ontario (adults only, by law)

Super 8 Filmmaking Workshop
Facilitated by David Gregory

Saturday, March 11, 12-4pm, $35
(includes camera rental, 1 roll of film, processing & shipping)
shoot a film for Faucet's annual Super 8 Hotel Film Festival

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery
7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1
Barbara Goslawski celebrates International Women's Day with Lila Pine,
multimedia artist working with Women's issues, and former Frameliner.

Friday, March 10, 2pm

followed by Cinephobia with Stuart Andrews, 2:30pm

Windpath Films presents its first feature

Film Production Launch & Departure Party
Searching for Dragons, (Dan Gainsford, Forbes Campbell)
assisted by Independent Filmmakers Co-op of Ottawa

Friday, March 10, 7-10pm

Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Market Square, Ottawa, Ontario

^^^

Ed Video presents

The Winnipeg 19 curated by Dave Barber
Experimental Cinema & Avant Garde Video
by Jesse Peterson, Noam Gonick, Sol Nagler, Jenny Bisch,
Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan, Jack Lauder, Janet Bright Corne,
Nicole Shimonek, Sheridan Shindruk, Al Poruchynk, Daniel Barrow,
Amber Daniels & Liz Keeper

Friday, March 10, 8pm (unclassified)

Community Room, Quebec St. Mall, Guelph, Ontario

^^^

The School of Image Arts at Ryerson University
and The Loop Collective present

Screening & Discussion by Richard Kerr in person
16mm & video, 1991-2003, 92 minutes - Room 334

Thursday, March 9, 6:30pm, free attendance: 20

AND

Workshop & Artist Talk - Friday, March 10, 12:30-5pm, free
limited to 30 people, first come first serve - Room 109

The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, 122 Bond St., Toronto

^^^

Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival (May 10-14) and
Images Festival (April 13-22) present a collaborative fundraiser

I Love Peace
(Osawa Yutaka, Japan, 2003, 35mm, 118 minutes)
English subtitles. American Sign Language service.

Wednesday, March 8, 7:30pm, $15, (adults only, by law)

plus Silent Auction - preview begins 6:30pm

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

^^^

Cat Call presents

1st Super Reel Dames Film Festival
Women’s videos from Canada and Europe,
most shot on super 8

Monday, March 6, 8:30pm, $5

La Sala Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent, Montreal, Canada

Aimée and Hosay reel_dames@yahoo.ca

^^^

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
scholars in cinema, television, and the media

Annual Conference March 2-5
plenary theme: "Media and the Americas"

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC

^^^

ZOOM! Family Fun Events presents

16mm Cameraless Animation Hands-on Workshop
with filmmaker/administrator Michele Stanley from
The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS)

Sundays, March 5 & 12, 1 - 5pm, free

Zoom Room, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., Toronto

^^^

South Asian Visual Arts Collective (SAVAC), Toronto presents

Monitor 2: Contemporary South Asian Film + Video
videos from Canada, USA, Europe, Asia (60 minutes)
by Darshana Vora, Pamila Matharu, Amit Dutta, Kriti Arora,
Nurjahan Akhlaq, Jaishri Abichandani, Jaishri Abichandani.
Curated by Jane Kim. Q&A, followed by a reception.

Sunday, March 5, 3pm, $8 (adults only, by law)

NFB Spotton Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

^^^

launch of Global A's preservation of films by Arthur Lipsett (Canada)

Arthur Lipsett Revival
4 videos, 1 16mm film
plus re-mastered soundtracks on vinyl for sale

Saturday, March 4, 8:30pm, $5

Other Cinema, 992 Valencia St., San Francisco, California

^^^

Praxis Centre for Screenwriters, and Cineworks present

Midi Onodera from Toronto with world premiere
I Have No Memory of My Direction (2005, video, 77 min.)

Saturday, March 4, 7:30pm, $8

SFU Harbour Centre Terasen Cinema, 515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

IN CONJUNCTION WITH

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies,
scholars in cinema, television, and the media,

Annual Conference March 2-5
plenary theme: "Media and the Americas"

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC

^^^

Videos by Gregg Biermann
(2002-2005, 62 minutes)

Saturday, March 4, 8pm

Millennium Film Workshop, 66 East 4th St., New York, NY

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1
Barbara Goslawski interviews Avi Mograbi,
Dir: Avenge But One of My Two Eyes in Voices Forward Festival,
and Carla Nolan, director of the World of Comedy Film Festival.

Friday, March 3, 2pm

followed by Cinephobia with Stuart Andrews, 2:30pm

The Sackville Film Society presents

Graeme Patterson from Saskatchewan
in person with his new animation
Monkey & Deer (Canada, video, 12 min.) from his residency
at Struts Gallery / Faucet Media Centre, Sackville, 2004

followed by feature film Good Night & Good Luck

Thursday, March 2, 7pm, $5 

Vogue Cinema, Sackville, New Brunswick

^^^

Luis Recoder and Sandra Gibson in person
Recent Film Installations

Reception for the artists: Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm

Exhibition dates: March 4, 18, 25, 6pm-Midnight

Diapason Gallery, 1026 Sixth Ave., New York, NY

^^^

Dept of Film, Video & New Media, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
presents Conversations at the Edge Thursday night screening series

The Sharpest Point book launch and screening
authors & curators Chris Gehman & Steve Reinke
in person with animated 35mm, 16mm, video
(Canada/Europe/Japan/USA, 1908-2005, 70 min.)
by Emile Cohl, the Fleischers, Len Lye, Richard Reeves, Jude Norris,
Tsuji Naoyuki, Stephen Andrews, Tabaimo, Caspar Stracke, Aaron Ray.

Thursday, March 2, 6pm

Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., Chicago, Illinois

^^^

Pleasure Dome, Goethe-Institut Toronto
and Cinematheque Ontario present

Jim Jennings from USA, Karl Kels from Germany, in person
with a retrospective of 16mm films (1983-2005) by Jim Jennings,
curated by Karl Kels.

Thursday, March 2, 7pm, $5 attendance: 30

Kinowelt Hall, Goethe-Institut, 163 King St. W., Toronto

^^^

The Canadian Film Institute's Café Ex series (since 1999),
with SAW Video Co-op and SAW Gallery, present

The Moving Images of Robert Kennedy
in person, from Toronto, with premieres of his latest short films

Thursday, March 2, 7:30pm, $9

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

^^^

Colléctif Jeune Cinéma presents

Guy Sherwin from London, UK in person
with his 16mm films & video (1975-2005, 60 minutes)

Thursday, March 2, 8pm, 5€

Cinéma La Clef / Images d'ailleurs, 21 rue de la Clef, Paris, France

^^^

Cineworks and Spartacus Books present Vancouver premiere of

Marie Tyrell (Flick Harrison, Canada, 2004)
short interactive video, and a conversation with the artist

Wednesday, March 1, 7pm, $ by donation

Spartacus Books, 319 W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC

^^^

Goethe-Institut Toronto and The Free Screen,
assisted by Media City, Windsor, present

Karl Kels from Germany, in person
with his 16mm & 35mm films (1981-1997)

Wednesday, March 1, 6:30pm, free attendance: 70

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

The iotaCenter presents

Abstraction and Visual Music:
Contemporary Animation by Los Angeles Artists
16mm by Mar Elepano, Adam Beckett. 35mm by Kathy Smith.
Video by Michael Scroggins, Jim Ellis, Vibeke Sorensen,
JWalt Adamczyk, Mondi, Jules Engel.
Some artists present for discussion.

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30pm, free

UCLA James Bridges Theatre (Melnitz 1409), Los Angeles

^^^

The Aurora Picture Show microcinema presents

How to be a Canadian
Videos by Brett Kashmere, Jake Kennedy, Shari Boyle,
Jeremy Bailey, Tom Sherman, Jubal Brown, Jim Munroe,
Daniel Barrow, Jon Sasaki, Dorion Berg, Paige Gratland.
Curated by Astria Suparak & Brett Kashmere.

Monday, February 27, 9pm, $5

Clark's, 314 Main St., Houston, Texas

^^^

Pittsburgh Filmmakers presents

Luis Recoder and Sandra Gibson in person
from New York with their film performance & installation

Sunday, February 26, 7pm

installation Light Spill on view in gallery to March 19

Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave, Oakland, Pennsylvania

^^^

16mm Films (1967-1970) by Bruce Baillie
Quick Billy (56 min.), Valentin De Las Sierras (10 min.),
uncut camera rolls #14, #41, #43, #46, #47, #52 (16 min.)

Sunday, February 26, 8pm, $7

Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois

^^^

24e Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
16-26 février, 8$/une, 90$/pass

Montréal (et 20-26 février à Québec), Canada

^^^

Canadian Art Foundation presents

3rd Canadian Art Film Series and Symposium
video documentaries & discussions about artists

launch of Vtape's Video Art in Canada website (English, Francais)

February 24-26, $40/50, $8/10 each (adults only, by law)

Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave., Toronto

^^^

Greta Snider's View-Master Spectacular
Her 3-D photo documentary shown on a View-Master projector.
Hand-processed 3D by Johunna Grayson, Lee Krist, Erick Lyle.
Bring your own View-Master reel to project on the big screen!
Pad McGlaughlin with other 3D photo formats.
Music by Telescape. Free popcorn!

Saturday, February 25, 8:30pm

Other Cinema, 992 Valencia St., San Francisco, California

^^^

Artcite Inc. and House of Toast present

12th Media City Festival
International Experimental 16mm & 35mm Film, & Video Art
including solo screenings by Karl Kels & Vincent Grenier in person

February 21-25, $8/night (adults only, by law)

Capitol Theatre & Art Centre, 121 University Ave. W.,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

^^^

The Harry Smith Archives, assisted by Anthology Film Archives, presents

Harry Smith's Film #18: Mahagonny
(USA, 1970-80, 16mm, 141 minutes)
his final film, magnum opus, epic, four-screen projection masterpiece
newly restored & composited on 35mm

Friday, February 24, 7:30pm, $7

Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

^^^

Gallery 101's Performance on Film Feb.23-Mar.25, including

The Damned in 3D (unclassified)
(David Yonge, Canada, 2005, large screen 3D video, 45 minutes)

Thursday, February 23, 9pm (artist in person from Vancouver)

then each Tues., Wed., Fri., 12 & 4pm; Sat., 11am, 2 & 4pm, free

Gallery 101, 236 Nepean St., Ottawa, Ontario

other screenings attended by David Yonge
Saturday, February 25, 7pm, 9pm, 12am
Video-In, 1965 Main St., Vancouver, BC
and
West Coast USA - March 2, 3, 4, 16

^^^

Berks Filmmakers presents

Open Screening
Bring your own films, tapes, DVDs. All works screened

Thursday, February 23, 7:30pm

Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania

^^^

MassArt Film Society presents

16mm films by Harry Smith and Kenneth Anger
curated by Saul Levine

Wednesday, February 22, 8pm, $4

Massachusetts College of Art Film Department,
Screening Room 1, East Hall, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

^^^

Berks Filmmakers presents

Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder in person from New York City
with their recent collaborative 16mm films and performance

Tuesday, February 21, 7:30pm

Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania

^^^

Notes from the Underground variety night and Frankie Martin present

What's Up With Milwaukee?
fresh video art from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
by Cecelia Condit, Marc Escribano, Chuck Quarino, Kimberly Miller,
Theresa Columbus, Polina Malikin, Frankie Martin & Bobby Ciraldo,
Andy Puls, Frankie Latina, Scott Reeder, Lindsay & Allison Halter

plus live music, dance and a fashion show

Tuesday, February 21, 9pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

Filmforum presents

An Evening with Peter Tscherkassky and Eve Heller
from Austria, in person with their 35mm & 16mm films

Sunday, February 19, 7pm

Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California

^^^

24e Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (16-26 février)

Art et expérimentation
35mm de Claudie Lévesque, et video de
Claudie Lévesque, Denis Côté, Deborah Vanslet, Kara Blake,
David Nadeau-Bernatchez, Witkacy (Allan Brown), Karina Mariano

Dimanche, 19 février, 15h30, 8$

ET

les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et Main Film
convient cinq cinéastes à créer une installation pellicule super 8

Éphémérides - Super 8
Henri Chalem, Karl Lemieux, Nicolas Renaud, Nancy Baric, Hosay
Animation: Claudie Lévesque

Dimanche, 19 février, 5 à 7, entrée libre

Cinémathèque québécoise, 335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal

^^^

ZOOM! Family Fun Events presents

Cameraless Animation Hands-on Workshop
with Michele Stanley from
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)

Sundays, February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 1-5pm, free

York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., Toronto

^^^

Kino05 Post Valentine's Day Screening
videos made for past Kino Kabaret 48-hour challenges
of this Toronto chapter of Kino international video group

Saturday, February 18, 10pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Marquee Video, 1037 College St., Toronto

^^^

5th U of T Film & Video Festival (Feb.14-18) presents

4th Super 8 Circus
super 8 films made for the screening by Brian Cram, Mariah Mills,
Chris Jodoin, Leehe Lev, Joel Barnes, Cris Rossel, David Eng, Jo Dickins,
Andrea Whyte, Andrei Tanasescu, Andrew MacDougall, Maggie McDonald,
John Greyson, Koom Kankesan, Stephanie Kern, Tuca Labihari, Justin Lovell,
Rick Palidwor, Andrew Chiang, Jennifer Newcombe, Shireen Seno, John Porter

with live musical accompaniment by jazz band GUH

Friday February 17, 9pm, $8/night (adults only, by law)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

AND

Closing Gala Party
with commissioned super 8 film loop projections

Saturday, February 18, 9:15pm (unclassified)

Debates Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

^^^

The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
and Eastman Kodak present

18th United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival

February 17-19

Scott Hall #123, 43 College Avenue, College Avenue Campus,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1
Barbara Goslawski reviews Why We Fight (Eugene Jarecki, USA, 2005),
& Daniel Cockburn reviews a little known, almost cult movie from the 80s

followed by Cinephobia, 2:30pm
Stuart Andrews interviews Eugene Jarecki

Friday, February 17, 2pm

^^^

5th University of Toronto Film & Video Festival
Video, 35mm, 16mm, Super 8

February 14-18, $8/night (adults only, by law)

including, co-presented by The Hart House Art Committee,

Isaacs Gallery Artists' Films & Videos 1950s-1970s
16mm by Joyce Wieland, video by Michael Snow, Warren Collins.

Thursday, February 16, 7pm attendance: 25

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

^^^

The Loop Collective (Toronto), Double Negative Collective (Montreal),
and Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University present

Secret History of the Dividing Line: A True Account In Nine Parts
(16mm, 1996-2002, 97 minutes) by David Gatten, in person

Thursday, February 16, 5pm & 9pm, $7

Ex-Centris.com / Cinéma Parallèle, 3536 boul. St-Laurent, Montreal

AND

The Loop Collective (Toronto) presents

Time Crosses Space: a meditation on time inside the image
A Benefit Screening for the Double Negative Collective (53 min.)

16mm by Gariné Torossian, Joyce Wieland, Christina Battle,
Erika Loic, Rick Hancox, John Gagné, video by Michael Snow

Friday, February 17, 8pm, $5

Double Negative Collective, #100, 5535 rue St-Dominique, Montreal

doublenegatif@gmail.com

^^^

5th University of Toronto Film & Video Festival
Video, 35mm, 16mm, Super 8

February 14-18, $8/night (adults only, by law)

including 4th Super 8 Circus - February 17, 9pm and

Closing Party w/ super 8 loop projections - February 18, 9:15pm

^^^

MassArt Film Society presents

16mm films by Marjorie Keller, Mary Filippo, Su Friedrich
curated by Saul Levine

Wednesday, February 15, 8pm, $4

Massachusetts College of Art Film Department,
Screening Room 1, East Hall, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

^^^

straight 8 2006 (since 1999)
one super 8 cartridge, no editing

Entry Deadline: February 15. Films by March 20

Entry Fee: £65 includes film & developing.
No winners, but possible inclusion in any of several
international public screenings including Cannes.

London, England | see CINEZINE

^^^

9th Videoex  International Experimental Film & Video Festival
May 18-28  Zürich, Switzerland - 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, video

extended Entry Deadline: Wednesday, February 15. No fee

3rd Calgary Underground Film Festival
April 19-22. All film formats, & most video.

Deadline: Wednesday, February 15. No fee. Awards.

Becka Barker Screening & Artist Talk
from Halifax, Nova Scotia with her
animated & hand-crafted short films.

Wednesday, February 15, 7pm, free

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre,
7 Lorne Street, Sackville, New Brunswick

^^^

The Free Screen presents

Praise! Recent Work by Barbara Sternberg, in person
3 16mm films, 1 video - 60 minutes

Wednesday, February 15, 6:30pm, free attendance: 65

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
(Sagar Mitchell & James Kenyon, UK, 1900-1913, 71 min.)

Recently discovered, preserved, nitrate footage, restored & re-released.
A "lost world" of workers, school children, fish mongers, streets, factories,
carnivals, parades, rugby matches, trams & trains shot across the UK.
On video, with a specially commissioned score by The Nursery.

Wednesday, February 15, 8:45pm, $10.10 attendance: 200

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

The Aurora Picture Show microcinema presents

How to be a Canadian
curated by Astria Suparak & Brett Kashmere

videos by Brett Kashmere, Jake Kennedy, Shari Boyle,
Jeremy Bailey, Tom Sherman, Jubal Brown, Jim Munroe,
Daniel Barrow, Jon Sasaki, Dorion Berg, Paige Gratland

Mondays, February 13, 20, 27, 9pm, $5

Clark's, 314 Main St., Houston, Texas

^^^

Studio 303, MAI, and La Chapelle/Vasistas present

mini projo 2006
16mm by Yuiko Matsuyama (Japan), Sol Nagler, Daichi Saito.
Video by Claudette Lemay, Ijosé Bénin, Josianne Lapointe,
Joe Hiscott, Michael Stecky, Nicole Shimonek.
Plus performances, installations, interdisciplinary art.

February 10-12, 6pm-midnight, $pwyc
same programme each night

MAI (Montréal, Arts interculturels), 3680 Jeanne-Mance, Montreal

^^^

John Porter, Paularoid & CineCycle present

Monthly Open Screenings
2nd Anniversary!

Bring your films or videos, or just come to watch.
35mm, 16mm, 9.5mm, 8mm, Super 8, VHS, DVD, MiniDV

Second Sunday at Seven
Sunday, February 12, 7pm, $pwyw (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
(South of Queen St. W., and down the lane)

^^^

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa
and the Canadian Film Institute present

IFCO Winter Gala 2006
10 new videos shot on film by IFCO members:
Tommy Marshall, Keltie Robertson, Deniz Berkin,
Steve Laflamme, Pixie Cram, Jean-Claude Batista,
David Elver, Roger Wilson, Petr Maur, Ryan Barnett

Saturday, February 11, 7pm, $10 (adults only, by law)

National Archives Auditorium, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

^^^

Pleasure Dome, CFMDC & Vtape present Pleasure Dome's

13th New Toronto Works Show
curated by Beth Biederman, Lauren DiMonte,
Michelina Williamson, and Mary-Theresa Lawlor

Videos by Caroline Ross, Istvan Kantor, John Forget,
Jeff Sterne, Jamie Phelan & Adrienne Reckage, Cameron Grove,
Jill Rosenberg, Adam Garnet Jones, Geoffrey Pugen, Lex Vaughn,
Andrew Paterson, Jeremy Bailey, Samuel Kiehoon Lee, Barb Taylor.
Video installations by Elysha Poirier & Dan Driscoll, Su Rynard.

Saturday, February 11, 8 pm, $5 attendance: 170

Latvian House, 491 College St., Toronto

^^^

The Metro Cinema Society, Edmonton and Ed Video, Guelph present

7th Alberta Prairie Tales Tour
Curated by Leslea Kroll, 2005

videos by Lindsay McIntyre, Valerie LeBlanc, Kendra L. Sherick,
Sheryle Carlson, Lyle Pisio, Richard Reeves, Jim Thalheimer,
Art Curry, Lorna Thomas, Kari McQueen, Aaron Munson,
Kevin D.A. Kurytnik & Carol Beecher, Michael C. Breuer

Friday, February 10, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Community Room, Quebec St. Mall, Guelph, Ontario

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm

Barbara Goslawski interviews Barbara Sternberg re: Feb.15, 6:30pm

Daniel Cockburn talks about New Toronto Works - Feb.11, 8pm

Friday, February 10, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1

followed by Cinephobia with Stuart Andrews 2:30pm

^^^

Flicker NYC presents Flicker #16
new super 8 and 16mm films by local filmmakers in attendance:
Steve Daniels, David Rogers, Maxine Chan, Kevin T. Allenakers,
Mike Sullivan, Craig Boyer, Tracey Izatt, Kate Balsley, Jones Downs

Raffle for super 8 stock. Film & entry forms for
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Reels - April 13

Thursday, February 9, 8pm, $8

Brooklyn Lyceum, 225 4th Ave., Brooklyn, New York

In Ottawa listen to Click Here Wednesdays, 5 pm
host Mitchell Caplan interviews local filmmakers
Pixie Cram and Roger Wilson re: Feb.11, 7pm

Wednesday, February 8, 5pm, CHUO-FM 89

^^^

The Toronto Animated Image Society presents

Art Book-making and Animation Workshop
by Rick Raxlen from Victoria, B.C.

Tuesday, February 7, 6:30-10pm, $30 (includes all supplies)

at T.A.I.S., Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

limited space, RSVP 416-533-7889 tais@bellnet.ca

AND

The Toronto Animated Image Society & The Free Screen present

Rick Raxlen Screening & Carte Blanche
his recent 16mm film & video animations, and his favourites
by Arthur Lipsett, Gilbert Taggart, and early studio cartoons

Wednesday, February 8, 6:30pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

MassArt Film Society presents

16mm films by Alan Ross, Marjorie Keller, Gunvor Nelson
curated by Saul Levine

Wednesday, February 8, 8pm, $4 attendance: 55

Massachusetts College of Art Film Department,
Screening Room 1, East Hall, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

^^^

The Aurora Picture Show microcinema presents

How to be a Canadian
curated by Astria Suparak & Brett Kashmere

videos by Brett Kashmere, Jake Kennedy, Shari Boyle,
Jeremy Bailey, Tom Sherman, Jubal Brown, Jim Munroe,
Daniel Barrow, Jon Sasaki, Dorion Berg, Paige Gratland

Mondays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, 9pm, $5

Clark's, 314 Main St., Houston, Texas

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm, CKLN-FM 88.1
Barbara Goslawski interviews Kirsty Evans, NFB Mediatheque re:
New Perspectives on African Canadian Culture (including film & video)

and Aubrey Reeves, Trinity Square Video re: new exhibition Breach.

Friday, February 3, 2pm

^^^

NFB Film's Ciné-jeudi (1st Thursday of every month)
with Alliance Française, Bureau du Québec, Cinéfranco,
and the Consulate General of France in Toronto present

The Best of the 2005 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
France's second-largest film festival after Cannes

all on video, and in French with English subtitles

Thursday, February 2, 7 & 9pm, $6 (adults only, by law)

NFB Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

^^^

The Free Screen presents

Fred Frith: Step Across the Border
by Nicolas Humbert & Werner Penzel
(West Germany/Switzerland, 1990, 35mm, 90 minutes)

Wednesday, February 1, 6:30pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts and CKLN-FM 88.1 present

Trigger Cut - DVD Release
Jonathan Culp: Film and Video Works 2005-1989

2 video programmes, and live music, by Jonathan Culp

Sunday, January 29, 8pm, $5 (free with DVD purchase)

The Cameron House back room, 408 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

Reelout Festival, Kingston (Jan.26-Feb.5) and Pleasure Dome present

When We Were Very Young
Early Films from the Queer Avant-garde (1947-1988)

with a rare super 8 print of Barbara Hammer’s first film (1967),
and 16mm by Wrik Mead, Midi Onodera, Su Friedrich, Jack Smith,
Kenneth Anger, Nathaniel Dorsky, James Broughton, Mike Hoolboom,
introduced by curators Scott Berry & Chris Kennedy.

Saturday, January 28, 8pm, $5 attendance: 85

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

AND

Sunday, January 29, 2:30pm, $8 (adults only, by law)

Wilson Room, 2nd Floor, Kingston Frontenac Central Public Library,
130 Johnson Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

^^^

The Toronto Animated Image Society presents

In Tribute to Derek and Don
animation on video by Derek Lamb and Don Arioli

and Best of the 2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival
videos by Andreas Hykade, Will Krause, Robert Seidel, JJ Villard,
Steven Woloshen, Marek Skrobecki, Gaëlle Denis, Oury Atlan,
Thibault Berland & Damien Ferrié, Gil Alkabetz, Bruce Alcock,
Reuben Sutherland, Lauren Indovina & Lindsey Mayer-Beug

Friday, January 27, 7pm, free (adults only, by law)

NFB Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

^^^

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto presents

Memories of Moments from Here and There
recent 16mm & 35mm films by Christina Battle

part of L.I.F.T.'s "New Directions in Cinema" series

Friday, January 27, 7:30pm, $7 (unclassified)

The Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

Patrick & Kitty Productions presents the North American Premiere of

Speed, Madness and Flying Saucers
(Martin Deckert & Chloe Griffin, 2005, Canada, 30 min.)

Friday, January 27, 8:30pm, free

Metro Theatre, 667 Bloor St. W., Toronto

^^^

The University of Regina and First Nations University of Canada
present Site Readings (Dec.9-Mar.19), including

Media Studies & Production Faculty Screening
a super 8 film performance by Gerald Saul,
16mm by Elaine Pain, Gordon Pepper, Mark Wihak,
video by Christine Ramsay.

Friday, January 27, 8pm, free

Shumiatcher Theatre, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

^^^

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
and The Free Screen present

Seoungho Cho from New York, in person
with his 6 recent videos, total 57 minutes

Wednesday, January 25, 6:30pm, free attendance: 60

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

^^^

The Centre for Media and Culture in Education and the
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
present the world premiere of a new documentary:

Uncomfortable: The Art of Christopher Cozier
(Richard Fung, video, 2005, 48 minutes)

followed by a talk with Richard Fung and Christopher Cozier

Wednesday, January 25, 7:30pm, free (unclassified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

^^^

Shtiller the Series (4th Tuesday of every month) presents
silent Yiddish movies with live experimental klezmer by Reena Katz

videos on a 54" monitor
by Edwin S. Porter (USA, 1907) and locals Tighlyway Productions,
Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay.

Tuesday, January 24, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

The Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

radiodress@sympatico.ca

^^^

Notes from the Underground presents

animated videos (some from Pittsburgh & Portland, USA)
by Takeshi Murata, Paper Rad, Slow Dance Recyttal, Hooliganship,
Drew Pavelchak, Bobby Ciraldo + Frankie Martin, Michael Bell Smith,
Cassandra C. Jones, Francine Spiegel, Gretchen Hogue, Jim Trainor
Philippe Blanchard, Martha Colburn, Jim Duesing, Amy Lockhart,

plus music & performance by Slow Dance Recyttal,
Animal Monster, Warren Arcan, Makesi Arthur

Tuesday, January 24, 9pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

Camerama 2006 Camera Show
used photographic equipment sale

Sunday, January 22, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., Thornhill

Gary Perry 416-738-1791 canphoto@sympatico.ca

^^^

The Power Plant presents

Hubbub!
avant-variety show hosted by Terence Dick.
Artist Robert Linsley and theoretical physicist Lee Smolin
discuss duration, consciousness, art and science.

preceded by
Metronome (Daniel Cockburn, video, 2002, 11 minutes)

Saturday, January 21, 2pm, free attendance: 85

The Rivoli, 334 Queen St. W., Toronto

^^^

in Toronto listen to Frameline Fridays, 2pm CKLN-FM 88.1
with hosts Barbara Goslawski and Daniel Cockburn

Friday, January 20, 2pm
Daniel Cockburn interviews Richard Fung re: Jan.25, 7:30

followed by Cinephobia with Stuart Andrews 2:30pm

The Toronto Still Camera Video Festival (here)
32 videos by Amy Lam, James Anderson, Jonathan McCurley,
Sandy Plotnikoff, Steven Kado, Eugene Slominerov, Sean Lerner,
Su-Ying Lee, Steve Kado, Iris Fraser, Ashley Long, Maico & Chris,
Trevor Homeniuk, Wes Allen, Jordan Gowanlock, Xenia Benevolski,
James King, Peter Venuto, Nicole Torok, Temple Bates, Matt Smith,
Heather Keung, Jonthon McCurley, Dead Coyol, Jace, Jamie Shannon,
Julia Benevolski, Matt King, Monsieur Tortiere, Nikki Woolsey, Peter Burr,
Christopher Doulgeris, C. Jones, Peter Venuto, Tim Comrie, Christina Hsu,
Josh Thorpe, Lewis Murrone, Victoria Cheong, Zeesy Powers, Ashley Long.

Friday, January 20, 7:30pm, $5 attendance: 70

Lucky Dragon Restaurant, 416 Spadina Ave., Toronto

^^^

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto presents

33 Filmmaking Workshops Jan.31-Apr.19
including Filmmaking for Visual Artists, Super 8-to-Video Making,
Hand-Processing B&W Film, and the $99 No-Excuses Film Festival.

Registration begins Tuesday, January 17, 10am

at L.I.F.T., Suite 301, 171 East Liberty St., Toronto

^^^

The Toronto Animated Image Society presents

Jewish Animation Celebration
video and 35mm film

Monday, January 16, 7:30pm, $15 (adults only, by law)

NFB Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

^^^

The Ottawa Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery and British Council
present Body: New Art from the UK (Nov.25-Feb.5) (here) including:

Top Spot (Tracey Emin, UK, 2004, video, 63 minutes) (here)
followed by a panel discussion on recent changes
to film & video classification in Ontario, with
Veronique Couillard, Su Ditta, James Missen, David Poole

Co-presented by OAG and Available Light Screening Collective

Thursday, January 12, 6:30pm, free (unclassified)

Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa

^^^

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