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EVENTS Jan-Apr 2007

Fundraising Retrospective and Silent Auction
for the 16th Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival (Sept. 7).
Favourite films from the past 15 years. website

Sunday, April 29, 2-5pm, $10

The Stonegrill on Winchester, 51B Winchester St., Toronto

Short-Cuts: York University Graduate Student Films
Short videos and works-in-progress by Charlie Egleston,
Luo Lee, Barbara Mainguy, Chris McCaroll, Kathleen Mullin,
Xisela Franco, Aube Giroux, Shahin Hossein Karbalaeetaher,
Jane Kim, Michael Chronopoulos, Miguel Rocha, Noe Rodriguez.

Saturday, April 28, 1pm, $pwyc

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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Marc St-Aubin's An-aesthetic-h2O Show
Photography Exhibition from 6pm,
Video with live music soundtrack - 9pm,
A Bit of a Girl Band - 10pm.

Saturday, April 28, $pwyc

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

>>> Flicker NYC's bi-monthly Open Screening

Flicker NYC #19
New super 8 and 16mm films
by Max Chan, Craig Boyer, Barbara Price, Clay Walker,
Tad Davis, Gabriel Judet-Weinshel, Mike Sullivan,
Regina Robbins, Jeremy Bronson, Tim Reardon.
Prizes, Flicker Super 8 grant, and more.

Friday, April 27, 8pm, $8

Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave., Brooklyn, New York

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Lake Ontario (in my head) - 7pm
a new 16mm film by Penny McCann (5 minutes)
created for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
25th anniversary commissioning project: Film is Dead... Long Live Film!

followed by

Club SAW Film Exchange - 7:30-11pm
Open exchange of 35mm, 16mm, super 8 films, equipment, etc.
Screen, buy, sell and trade your celluloid treasures.

Thursday, April 26, free

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa (613) 238-7648
Info: Paul Gordon (613) 695-6133

>>> The Eclectic Screening Room 'zine's monthly screening

Cube Van
(Trevor and Todd Moores, Canada, video)
Filmmakers in attendance.

Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm, $5 (unclassified)

>>> Centre for the Arts, #513, 263 Adelaide St. W., Toronto

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kino21 presents

Bruce Baillie's last 16mm films
Roslyn Romance (Is It Really True?) (1978, 17 min.)
Quick Billy (1967-70, 60 min.)

Thursday, April 26, 8pm

Artists' Television Access (ATA), 992 Valencia St., San Francisco

Peripheral Produce presents

6th Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival (PDX)
April 25-29 35mm, 16mm, video.

Hollywood Theatre, Portland, Oregon

www.myspace.com/pdxfilmfestival
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdxfilmfestival/

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The Free Screen presents

Intermittent Movement: Recent Works by John Price
Hand-developed 16mm blown up to 35mm. 68 minutes.
A unique programme of new unseen works
in various states of completion.

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

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents

Horror & Terror Redux: What are YOU scared of?
Recent videos by Michèle Stanley, Lucie Potter, Carl Diehl,
Pablo Marin, Michael Davidge, Jennifer Dorner, Lisa Kennedy,
Christopher Rohde, Jenny Mitchell, Joshua Bailey, Anne Haydock,
Adam Trowbridge, Meiko Ando & Judith Sandiford. (43 minutes)
Curated by Joann Maplesden. First shown October 2006.

Saturday, April 21, 1pm, $pwyc

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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14th Hot Docs Documentary Festival
no super 8 (adults only)

April 19 - 29, Toronto

Struts Gallery + Faucet Media Arts Centre present their annual

Super 8 Hotel Film Festival
Artists took a super 8 filmmaking workshop a month ago,
then had 2 weeks to each shoot a 1-roll film, edited-in-camera,
which were then all shipped by Faucet to Toronto for processing,
to return in time for their first screening at the Super 8 Hotel Film Festival.

Thursday, April 19, 8pm, free

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

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The Free Screen presents

James Benning's Ten Skies
(USA, 2004, 16mm, 101 minutes)  

Wednesday, April 18, 6:30pm, free attendance: 90

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

The Vancouver Camera Show and Swap Meet
Biggest show on the west coast (604-941-0300)

Sunday, April 15, 10am-4pm, $5

Cameron Recreation Centre, 9523 Cameron St., Burnaby BC

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The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa (IFCO) presents

IFCO's Annual Open House - Saturday, April 14, 11am - 4pm
- Tours - Demonstrations - Shoot Film with a Super 8 Camera -
- Scratch and Paint Directly on 16mm Film - Film Projections -
- Food & Beverages -

IFCO, Suite 140, 2 Daly Ave., Ottawa, Ontario

plus this popular Canadian "shoot & show" super 8 event

One Take Super 8 Event - first time in Ottawa!
23 new super 8 films made by Ottawa artists within the last month!
Deniz Berkin, Dave Johnson, Tasha Waldron, Aimee Britten,
Warren Nightingale, Paul Gordon, Peter Hebert, Igor Ivanov,
Matthew Clark, Jeff Parenteau, Doug Wilkinson, Joey Abboud,
James Dysayon, Eric Asante, Dimitri Bouterakos, Roger Wilson,
Pascal Aka, Pasqual Lessard, Armen Ashekian, James Lumsden,
Luis Pena Salguero, Ainsley Walton & Sheilah Mackinnon & Greta Grip.
Each film shot on a seperate 3-minute roll of super 8, edited-in-camera, then
processed and premiered on super 8 without the artists seeing their films first.

Saturday, April 14, 7pm, $5 (unclassified)

Mercury Lounge, 56 ByWard Market, Ottawa, Ontario

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The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and Hart House present

Hart House Projection Expo
Special Projections and Projection Performances by
Stephanie Comilang, Jeremy Bailey and Zeesy Powers,
with musical guests from the Toronto indie music scene.

Friday, April 13, performances at 9pm, free
Doors at 7pm. Gallery Exhibit 5-8pm. Bar and food to follow.

The Great Hall and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery,
Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

Jim Murphy 1947-2007
Founding member of the Toronto Filmmakers Co-op in 1970,
Manager of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre 1972-'74,
early member of The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre 1978-'79,
and film distribution/marketing expert, died April 12 in Toronto.
Obituary in Playback Magazine. NSI Bio.

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4th Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 11-15, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
Dennis Jackson from Saskatchewan,
creator of Wapos Bay children’s First Nations animation series.
Stop-motion animation with armature ball and socket puppets.
All supplies included! No previous experience necessary!
RSVP: 416-533-7889 or tais at bellnet.ca

Wednesday & Thursday, April 11 & 12, 1-6pm

TAIS, 60 Atlantic Ave., Suite 102, Toronto

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>>> Ladyfest Leeds 2007 April 10-15 <<<
Arts events in venues across Leeds.
The first Ladyfest held by people living in Leeds.
Among 100 Ladyfests around the world since 2000.

Experimental film screenings on 16mm, 8mm, super 8, video:
>>> EXP24 - April 12, 8pm-12am; >>> Yaitrei ß - April 13, 6-7pm.

At Josephs Well, The Carriageworks, and Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, UK

The Richmond Moving Image Co-op presents its

14th James River Film Festival
16mm, super 8, video
Filmmaker-in-residence John Porter

April 9-15, Richmond, Virginia

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20th Images Festival of Independent Film and Video April 5-14

The Mythology Show
Ben Russel in person from Chicago with his recent 16mm films.

Sunday, April 1, 7pm, $9/6

Los Angeles Film Forum at the Egyptian Theatre,
6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, California

The Centre for Art Tapes (CfAT) presents

Sideshow Spectacular: Animated Anomalies
Recent, short, animated critiques of popular culture,
on 16mm & video. Curated by Lisa Morse & Amy Baker.

Friday, March 30, 7pm

Windsor Theatre, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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>>> The Eclectic Screening Room 'zine's monthly screening

Beatnick Night at the Movies
The Bloody Brood (1959, DVD, 70 minutes),
preceded by an hour of Beat Generation
shorts, documentaries, clips and TV shows.
Espresso served. Berets and black turtlenecks encouraged.
Plus launch of ESR's new Discoveries issue, selling for $4.

Thursday, March 29, 7:30pm, $5/pwyw (unclassified)

>>> Centre for the Arts, #513, 263 Adelaide St. W., Toronto

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The Free Screen presents

Hans Richter's
Dreams That Money Can Buy (USA, 1947, 16mm, 99 minutes)
plus Rhythmus 21 (Germany, 1921, 16mm, 3 minutes)
and Rhythmus 23 (Germany, 1923, 16mm, 2 minutes)

Wednesday, March 28, 6:30pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

Toronto International Camera Show
Used photographic equipment sale. 100 tables.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, March 25, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., Markham, Ontario
suewootten@hotmail.com, 705-857-2659

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Syracuse Experimental Film & Media Workshop presents

One Take Super 8 Event - first time in Syracuse!
16 new super 8 films made within the last month!
Brett Kashmere, A. Suparak & Brett Kashmere, Ryan Tebo,
Stacy Barton, Kyle Corea, Briana Fischer & Jason Kohlbrenner,
Jess Lance, Chiyoung Lee, Ty Marshal, Kevin Meegan, Frank Olive,
Sebastien Park, Sejal Patel & Ryan Tebo, Nick Ramsdell, Ryan Silveira,
Ken Keech, Vanessa Keech, Kazuo Keech, Jason Kohlbrenner & Briana Fischer.
Plus selections from the sixth annual Regina One Take Super 8 Event, 2006
by Sarah Abbott, Dennis Evans, Shawn Fulton, Terry Mialkowsky & Shannon Jardine,
Kyle Ketchemonia, Beatrix Moersch, Alex Rogalski, Katherine Skelton, and Ken Wilson.
Each film shot on a three-minute roll of super 8, edited in-camera, then
processed & premiered on super 8 without the artists seeing their films first.

Saturday, March 24, 8pm, $5/10 attendance: 100

Funk 'n Waffles, 727 S. Crouse Ave., Campus Plaza, Syracuse, New York

syracusefilmworkshop at yahoo.com

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Pleasure Dome presents

At the Heart of a Sparrow - Barry Doupé, in person
from Vancouver with his animated videos.

Saturday, March 24, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

The Mythology Show - a Cinematic Salon
Ben Russel in person from Chicago with his recent 16mm films,
followed by Q & A moderated by Ben Donoghue.

Saturday, March 24, 7-10pm, free

Cineworks Studio, 1131 Howe St. (back lane), Vancouver, BC

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Hungry Ghost Cinema presents

Last Refuge for the Senses, or Noise Hippies Against All War
Recent 16mm & 35mm films from Providence, Rhode Island by
Ben Russell, Mat Brinkman, Jo Dery, Xander Marro, Forcefield.
Cameraless processes and live soundtracks. 63 minutes.
Curator and Filmmaker Ben Russell in person.

Friday, March 23, 9pm, $5, Vancouver, B.C.

location and info: 604-682-3269 (x7466)

preceded by Ben Russel artist talk
Friday afternoon, Emily Carr Institute of Art, Vancouver

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The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op presents

The 1st Halifax Independent Film Festival, March 21-23, $5-9

and Is Film Dead? March 23 & 24, free
A Symposium on the State of Celluloid.
Artists (including John Porter), presenters,
and artist-run centre reps from across Canada.
Five panels and two keynote speakers including Rick Hancox.
To be published as In Focus - A Report On The Future Of Film In Canada.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis St.; CBC Radio Room, 5600 Sackville St.;
Empire 8 Park Lane Cinemas, 5657 Spring Garden Rd.; Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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4th Canadian Filmmakers Festival

March 22-25, Beta & 35mm (adults only, by law)

Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton St., Toronto, Ontario

5th London Canadian Film Festival

March 22-25, Beta & 35mm (adults only, by law)

Rainbow Cinemas, Galleria, London, Ontario

The Images Festival (Toronto)
and Anthology Film Archives (NYC) present
a six-month series of Canadian artists' films & videos
rarely seen in New York City, and a published monograph, including

Super 8 Films and Performance by John Porter
Two different programs

Wednesday & Thursday, March 21 & 22, 8pm, $8/5

Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St.), New York, NY

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The 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival
16mm, 35mm, video

March 20-25, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Homemade Movies presents

B.Y.O.H.M. Screening (Bring-Your-Own-Home-Movies)
View your films privately or show them on the big screen.
16mm, 8mm, Super 8.

Sunday, March 18, 7pm, free attendance: 25

Home Movie Clinic 6-8pm Advice and minor repairs.

Cool Hand of a Girl coffeeshop, 2804 Dundas St. W. Toronto (E. of Keele)

homemademovies@hotmail.com
co-sponsored by Big Daddy's DVD Shop, 3044 Dundas St. W.

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Pleasure Dome presents

Schadenfreude
Recent international video by Paul Chan,
Miguel Calderon, Erik Van Lieshout, Marcin Koszalka,
Sener Ozmen, Ahmet Ogut, Christoph Buchel, Akram Zaatari.
Curated by Tirdad Zolghadr.

Saturday, March 17, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

A touring project of The Artists Cinema, a Frieze Projects/LUX collaboration.

Faucet's annual Super 8 Hotel Film Festival presents

Super 8 Filmmaking Workshop
Facilitated by David Gregory.
An introduction to super 8 filmmaking,
then 2 weeks to shoot a roll of film for the
annual Super 8 Hotel Film Festival - Saturday, April 14.

Saturday, March 17, Noon-5pm, $30/25
Fee includes camera rental, 1 roll of film, processing & shipping.
Limited quantities of film! Reserve your roll today!

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

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4th Les Nomades: Toronto International French Short Film Festival
March 15-17, $12/8 per programme Video & 16mm film (unclassified)

including, with the Toronto Animated Image Society and the Images Festival (April 5-14),

Only the Hand - Live Animation Performance and Lecture
Pierre Hébert, from Quebec. Introduction by Chris Gehman.

Friday , March 16, 7pm, $12/8

All screenings at the Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto
info: 416-533-7889

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>>> Super Reel Dames / Dames Super Réel 2007 <<<
sonic sceneries / scènes sonores where film and music meet
featuring the work of / en vedette:
Karina Garcia Cassanova, Marielle “Lela” Quesney, Brigitte Henry,
Justine Ricard & Julie Lowe, Anita Abassi & Erica Ruth Kelly,
Vanya Rose, Amber Goodwyn, Sarah Spring, Julie Rocque,
Kristy Heeren & Casey Woodfine & Jason Gondziola,
Mary Williamson, J.J. Khan & Rebecca Macleod.

Tuesday, March 13 / mardi le 13 mars, doors 8pm / portes 20h00, $5

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

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Pleasure Dome presents

Bad Boys
Videos by Steve Reinke, Joshua Thorson,
Ryan Trecartin, David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd.

Saturday, March 10, 8pm, $5 attendance: 50

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre presents its
monthly Factory Works! screening (2nd Friday every month)

An Evening with Norman McLaren
A selection of works from the National Film Board of Canada's
Norman McLaren: The Master's Edition DVD box set.

Friday, March 9, 7pm (classified)

The Factory, 126 James St. North, Hamilton, Ontario

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The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) presents its

15th Annual $100 Film Festival, March 8-10
recent shorts projected on super 8 and 16mm

Thursday, March 8, 7pm, $10/8
  Mark Borowski, Ian Mozdzen & Mia van Leeuwen, Jaimz Asmundson,
Mike Maryniuk, Julia Ain Burns, Sonia Edworthy, Christina Battle,
Jason Britski, Hans Olson, Daniel Suchoboki, Norene Smiley,
Norwood Cheek, Kemi Craig, Tristin Deveau, S.T. Elliot.

Friday, March 9, 7pm, $10/8
Rhys Bevan-John, Megan Wennberg & Rosemary Hanson,
Damien Ferland, John Driftmier, Jill Barber, Joshua Baydala, Alex Rogalski,
Justin Lovell, J. Scott Portingale,  Mark Borowski, Jeanne Ju, Mike Maryniuk.
Quickdraw Animation Society Student Works: Anna Wasnioshka,
Charise Bates, Guillaume Carlier, Eveline Kolijn, Melissa Thorne.

Saturday, March 10, 7pm, $10/8
Lars Henning, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, Anu Jindal, Peter Stinson,
Chris Spencer-Lowe, Danielle Sturk, Veronique MacKenzie, Dawna Rose.
Awards Ceremony.

The Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Rd. NW, Calgary, Alberta

Advance Tickets: Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, 403-205-4747;
Casablanca Video at Marda Loop, 403-240-3472; at Mission, 403-244-4502.

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Projectionists' Exhibition Night
Hand-Manipulated Projections
by Jonny McCurley, Sandy Plotnikov, Renee Lear,
Jamie Shannon, Yulka Benivolski, Stephanie Comilang,
Zeesy Powers, Sing-Saw Skateboard Psychedelia Show of Shadows,
and General Chaos accompanied by The Singing Saw Shadow Show.
A compilation DVD will be available.

Wednesday, March 7, 9pm sharp, doors 8:30pm, $5/pwyc

Adrift Skateshop, 299 Augusta Ave., Toronto

After-party Projectjam starting at 11pm
with bands Bruce Trail, All Under Heaven and Death & Taxes in
Poor Pilgrim night at the Press Club, 850 Dundas St. W., Toronto
Bring flashlights and things to jam with light.

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The 6th University of Toronto Film & Video Festival (March 1-3) presents its

5th Super 8 Circus
Super 8 films made for the screening by Andrei Tanasescu, Rick Palidwor,
Jo Dickins, Chris Jodoin, Naoki Okura, Tim Rothwell, Lauren Pincente,
Pollux Steif, Jesse Beecher, Ivan Zadounaer & Salome Nikuradze,
Tejpal Azzi & Carrie Terracino, Steffen Reinhart, Anita Corsini,
Joel Barnes, David Eng, Sandy Henderson, John Porter.
With live musical accompaniment by jazz band GUH.
Super 8 film loop projections in the lobby
at 6:30pm, and during intermission.

Saturday, March 3, 7pm, $8 attendance: 100

Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

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Hamilton Media Arts Centre The Factory's First Friday Films,
Hamilton Artists Inc., and The Art Gallery of Hamilton present

Kenneth Anger Programme
Anger Me (video, Canada, 2006, 83 min) by Elio Gelmini, in person,
Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome (1954, 39 min, on DVD) and
Fireworks (1947, 15 min, on DVD) by Kenneth Anger.

Friday, March 2, 7:10pm, $5/4 (adults only, by law)

The Art Gallery of Hamilton, 123 King St. W. Hamilton, Ontario

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The Ontario College of Art & Design's (OCAD) Integrated Media program,
and the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) present

Frances Leeming, Master Class & Screening

Friday, March 2, 7:30pm, $pwyc (adults only, by law)
TAIS members and OCAD students: free

OCAD Auditorium (Rm 190, Level 1), 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario

416-533-7889 | tais@bellnet.ca

The Free Screen presents

. . . Via Lima, Veracruz Y Valparaiso!
World premiere of a new 16mm film by Marcos Arriaga (in person),
Canadian premiere of a new 16mm film by Jesse Lerner (USA),
and a 35mm archival print of a 1963 film by Joris Ivens.

Wednesday, February 28, 6:30pm, free attendance: 75

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

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312, with Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, presents its second

312 OnScreen
A night of video art from across Canada, USA & Europe, curated by Mark Prier.
Videos by by N.B. Aldrich & Zach Poff, Adam Trowbridge, Micheline Durocher,
Célia Riboulet, Dana Sperry, Alyssa Andrews, Brooke White, Dominque Blais,
Blake Carrington, Christine Dehne, Linda Rae Dornan, Benjamin Bellas,
Joseph Farbrook, Alla Girik & Oksana Shatalova, Gruppo Sinestetico,
Sinasi Günes, Jesika Joy, Sarah Knobel, Liz Knox, Argyro Koutsibela,
Jean-François Leboeuf, Su-Ying Lee, Suyin Looui, Jelka Milic.

Refreshments served at intermission.

Wednesday, February 28, 7pm

Room FC2014, Forestry Centre, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College,
Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador

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An Evening of Short Animated Film & Video
new work from young Montreal-based artists 
Anne Koizumi, Karin Zuppiger, Josh Bonnetta, John Bride,
Logan Macdonald, Jessica Maccormick and Elisabeth Belliveau.
Presented by Elisabeth Belliveau, current Open Studio artist-in-residence
at Struts Gallery + Faucet Media Arts Centre.

Hot beverages, pink popcorn treats, home baked goods will be served!

Tuesday, February 27, 8pm, free

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

Pleasure Dome presents its

14th Annual New Toronto Works Show
Recent experimental film and video
by established and emerging Toronto artists.
Curated by Rachel McRae, David Frankovich, Jamie Phelan.

Saturday, February 24, 8pm, $5 attendance: 130

Latvian House, 491 College St., Toronto

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The Free Screen presents

The Theory of the Responsibility of Birds
Films/videos by Irene Bindi, Michael Gitlin, Peter Greenaway.

Wednesday, February 21, 6:30pm, free (adults only)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

The Goethe-Institut and Pleasure Dome presents

Drawing Cobblestones - Helga Fanderl, in person from Germany
with her one-roll, edited-in-camera, super 8 cine-poems, 1990-2006.
Pleasure Dome says she will be projecting her camera originals!

Sunday, February 18, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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Super 8 Films & Performance by John Porter

Saturday, February 17, 7:30pm

Starting From Scratch Festival #5 (February 13-18)
at Cinema de Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Artcite Inc. and House of Toast present

13th Media City Festival
International Experimental Film and Video Art

February 13-17, 2007 (adults only, by law)

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

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Super 8 Films & Performance by John Porter

Tuesday, February 13, 8pm

Starting From Scratch Festival #5 (February 13-18)
at Vera Zienema, Groningen, Netherlands

>>> The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa <<<
presents it's 15th Anninersary annual Winter Gala

Get Into Our Shorts!
15 new shorts by Ryan Handoyo, Pascal Aka,
Daniel Cardinal, Deny Trudel, Deniz Berkin, Joey Abboud,
Paul Crivellari, Petr Maur, Pixie Cram, Bridget Farr, Ben Hoskyn,
Aimee Britten, Paul Gordon, Christopher Redmond, Jean-Claude Batista.
After-Party at Bay Street Bistro, 160 Bay St. (very near to the screening).

Saturday, February 10, 7pm, $12 (unclassified)

National Library & Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

Advance Tickets: IFCO, Ste.140, (or Arts Court front desk), 2 Daly Ave.

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Pleasure Dome presents

Daddy Knows Best - Guy Ben-Ner in Person from Israel
with his videos 1999 - 2006

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

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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Super 8 Films & Performance by John Porter

Sunday, February 4, 4pm
(Videos from Canada's annual One Take Super 8 Event
curated by One Take organizer Alex Rogalski - this show only!)
Cogcollective at Candid Arts Trust, 3 Torrens St, London, UK

AND

Tuesday, February 6, 7:30pm (sold out!)
Lumen, Monarch House, Queen St., Leeds, UK

Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center presents

A Tribute to Helen Hill
films, videos, live music,
spoken word, cotton candy and vegan cakes.
The first in a series of planned tributes to Helen Hill.

Saturday, February 3, 7pm

Zeitgeist, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana

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Pleasure Dome presents

Landscape of Mind: Location, Location, Location
Films & videos by Emmanuel Lefrant, Frederic Worden,
and Julie Murray. Curated by Barbara Sternberg.

Saturday, February 3, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

The Images Festival, The Power Plant and Celluloid Dreams
present the Toronto theatrical premiere of

Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9
(USA, 2005, 35mm, 145 minutes)
Soundtrack by Björk

Wednesday January 31, 7pm, $12/15 (adults only)

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

Advance Tickets:
Images Festival office, Pages Books, Soundscapes, The Power Plant.

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Trinity Square Video and Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts present

It Can Happen Here
A "reality collage" video about art, activism and madness
by Jonathan Culp

Wednesday January 31, 7:30pm, $4 (unclassified)

CineCycle, 129 Spadina Ave. (down the alley), Toronto

jonathan@satanmacnuggit.com | 905-562-7267

Starting From Scratch Festival #5 (Februay 13-18) presents

Super 8 Films & Performance by John Porter

Saturday, January 27, 8:15pm
Monday, January 29, 2:15pm

Lantaren 2, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands

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LIFT and Pleasure Dome present

Japanese Animation Trips
Japanese avant-garde animation, 1988-2005, on 16mm & video,
by Keiichi Tanaami & Nobuhiro Aihara, Nobuhiro Aihara,
Kurosaka Keita, Fujiwara Osato, Hiratake Shinya.
Curated by Ken Okubo. After-party w/ DJ.

Saturday, January 27, 8pm, $10 (unclassified)

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art MOCCA, 952 Queen St. W., Toronto

A benefit screening for an annual award in memory of Roberto Ariganello,
presented by LIFT, Pleasure Dome, Available Light Collective, CFMDC,
The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa, Images Festival,
Charles Street Video, Ed Video, imagineNATIVE Festival, Inside Out,
Moving Pictures Festival, Niagara Custom Lab, Reel Asian Festival,
Media City Festival, Trinity Square Video, Vtape, Saw Video,
The Toronto Animated Image Society, IMAA, MOCCA.

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in Toronto or online, listen to Frameline on CKLN-FM 88.1
Hosts Barbara Goslawski and Daniel Cockburn

Friday, January 26, 2pm (and every Friday)

followed by Cinephobia at 2:30pm with host Stuart Andrews

The Available Light Screening Collective presents

Stellar Regions
An anthology of jazz films on 16mm and video, 1937-2002,
by Len Lye, Dick Fontaine, David Rimmer, Norman McLaren,
Steven Woloshen, Shirley Clarke, Michael Snow, John Whitney.
Curated by Christopher Rohde: christopher@jjex.com

Thursday, January 25, 7:30pm, $5/3 (unclassified)

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa

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8. dresdner schmalfilmtage (January 25-27) presents

Super 8 Films and Performance by John Porter

Thursday, January 25, 9pm

Motorenhalle, Wachsbleichstraße 4a, Dresden, Germany

The Faculty of Art of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) presents

OCAD alumnus Michael Snow in conversation with Bruce Elder
Part of Art Creates Change, an annual series of presentations.

Thursday, January 25, 6:30 pm, free

OCAD Auditorium, 100 McCaul St., Toronto

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The Images Festival (Toronto)
and Anthology Film Archives (NYC) present
Six Of One, Half-Dozen Of The Other: Images From Canada
an 8-month series of Canadian artists' films & videos
rarely seen in New York City, and a published monograph, including

Like Mangoes in July:
The Videos Of Richard Fung, in person!
Wednesday, January 24, 8pm, $8/5

AND

Facing South
Short films and videos by Gilles Groulx,
Joyce Wieland, Arthur Lipsett, Richard Kerr, John Price.
Thursday, January 25, 8pm, $8/5

Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St.), New York, NY

^^^

The Free Screen presents

Loving James Tenney (1934-2006)
Films (1952-1998) by Stan Brakhage and Carolee Schneemann
in which Tenney appears, or for which he composed sound.
Introduced by Bart Testa.

Wednesday, January 24, 6:30pm, free (adults only)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

Camerama 2007 Camera Show
used photographic equipment sale

Sunday, January 21, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Ave., Thornhill

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

^^^

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

Camera-less 16mm Filmmaking Workshop
Scratching, Painting, Collage. Go analogue
in this hands-on workshop sans-caméra!
Instructor: Madi Piller, President of TAIS.

Saturday & Sunday, January 20 & 21, 11am-6pm,
$80 includes all supplies! RSVP - limited to 10!

The films produced will be screened at Les Nomades:
Toronto International French Short Film Festival,
Drake Hotel, March 15-17, 2007.

^^^

Vancouver Film Experiments
New and recent super 8, 16mm and 35mm films, and videos by
Alex Mackenzie, Zoe Gordini, Julie Saragosa, Amanda Dawn Christie,
Christoph Runne, Yun Lam Lee, Chris Brabrant, Amy Kazymerchyk,
and including a live optical sound performance by Ben Donoghue.
Curated by Ben Donoghue. He and Amy Kazymerchyk in person.
Many Toronto premieres!

Saturday, January 20, 8pm, $10/5 attendance: 35

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

info: cameraobscura333@hotmail.com

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The Free Screen presents

Final Thoughts - Steve Reinke in person
First-ever screening of his entire series of recent videos

Wednesday, January 17, 6:30pm, free (adults only)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

Followed by a DVD launch and reception at Art Metropole, 788 King St. W.

^^^

Ed Video Media Arts Centre presents

Super 8 Films and Performance by John Porter
including premiere of "Guelph Remember Rings"

Friday, January 12, 8pm, $pwyc attendance: 22

Guelph Community Room, Old Quebec Street Mall, Guelph, Ontario

>>> John Porter Super 8 Workshop <<<
Recommended in national newspaper Globe & Mail! <<<

Saturday, January 13, 10am-4pm, $100

Ed Video Media Arts Centre, 16A Wyndham St. N., Guelph, Ontario

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American/Canadian Filmmaker Helen Hill (1970-2007)

Helen died in New Orleans, January 4.

Visitation - Tuesday, January 9, 7-9 pm
Dunbar Funeral Home, 3926 Devine St., Columbia, South Carolina

Three Screenings of Helen's Films
Wednesday, January 10, 10am, 11am, Noon
Nickelodeon Theater, 937 Main St., Columbia, South Carolina

Funeral - Wednesday, January 10, 2pm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1715 Bull St., Columbia, South Carolina

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