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93 EVENTS Jul-Dec 2024
73 EVENTS IN
TORONTO 20 EVENTS BEYOND
TORONTO
Last Month in Toronto
- Ottawa, Ontario -
A Coruña, Spain
Last November in Toronto
- London, Ontario
- Hamilton, ON
Moncton, New Brunswick
- Curitiba, Brazil
Last October in Toronto
- Montréal
- Victoria, BC
- Calgary, AB
Winnipeg, MB
- Joondalup, Australia
- worldwide
Last September in Toronto
- Hamilton, ON
- San Francisco
Last August in Toronto
- San Francisco, California
Esztergom, Hungary
- London, Ontario
Last July in Toronto
- Durham, ON - London,
ON
8 EVENTS LAST MONTH
18 EVENTS LAST NOVEMBER
18 EVENTS LAST OCTOBER
15 EVENTS LAST SEPTEMBER
6 EVENTS LAST AUGUST
8 EVENTS LAST JULY
8 EVENTS LAST MONTH
IN TORONTO!
Larriva Eleven presents a double feature
D. Golden's
Yugoslav Cartoon Festival
Esoteric animated shorts from Titoist Zagreb,
plus Sammy Edwards' songs with visuals!
Monday, December 30, 10pm, $pwyc
Tranzac Club,
292 Brunswick Ave., Toronto
(south of Bloor, between Bathurst & Spadina)
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
Bringing
Up Baby
(Howard Hawks, USA, 1938, 102 min.)
Introduction by Diana Sanchez.
Monday, December 16, 6:30pm, free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
PRECEDED BY
December
9 Moving Mountains (1980)
and Yes, We Can! (1984)
December
2 The Naked Island (1960)
November
25 The Pearl (1947)
November
18 Malombra (1942)
November
11 The Spanish Earth (1937)
November
4 The Tell-Tale Heart (1971)
October
28 So This Is Paris (1926)
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest
Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
Model
Shop
(Jacques Demy, USA / France, 1969, 97 min.)
Facebook
Friday, December 13, 9:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #68
Home for Christmas
(Rick Hancox, Canada, 1978, video, 47 min.)
plus two surprise shorts by Rick Hancox.
Total running time: 70 minutes.
Rick Hancox in person from Ottawa! for
the launch of his Blu-ray disc by Black Zero.
Facebook
Wednesday, December 11, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
Feminist Documentaries
Films by Canadian filmmaker Laura Sky,
with an introduction by Rachel E. Beattie.
Yes, We Can! (1984, 16mm,
29 minutes)
Moving Mountains (1980, 16mm,
26 min.)
Monday, December 9, 6:30pm, free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Blackmail
(Alfred Hitchcock, UK, 1929, 16mm, 85 min.)
Friday, December 6, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
TIFF
presents its series "Dimensional Excursions:
A Century of Innovation in 3D Cinema", programmed
and introduced in person by filmmaker Blake Williams.
3D Shorts:
Planes, Frames, and Autostereoscopy
3D vidoes, 1972-2023, by Blake Williams,
Jodie Mack, Peter Rose, Ken Jacobs,
Lillian F. Schwartz, Takashi Makino.
Total running time: 60 minutes.
Wednesday, December 4 , 6:30pm, $16
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
The
Naked Island
(Kaneto Shindo, Japan, 1960, 96 min.)
Introduction by Thomas Chan.
Monday, December 2, 6:30pm, free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
18 EVENTS
LAST NOVEMBER
IN TORONTO!
Toronto Metropolitan University's
Film and Photography Preservation and Collections
Management program, and its Student Chapter of
the Association of Moving Image Archivists, present
Home
Movie Day
Open screening! Show your home
movies, or come just to watch.
Expert inspections of your films.
Only 16mm, 8mm or super 8 film.
Friday, November 29, 6pm-10pm, free!
Artspace TMU, Lower Level 106,
401 Richmond St. W. (at
Spadina), Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Cruising
(William Friedkin, USA, 1980, video, 102 min.)
Friday, November 29, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Black
Swan
(Darren Aronofsky, USA, 2010, video, 108 min.)
Thursday, November 28, 7:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Limited capacity!
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #67
The Dangerous Telescope
Rare 16mm films, 1950-1972, by
American artist Ian Hugo (1898-1985).
Total running time: 58 minutes.
Wednesday, November 27, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
TMU's Film and Photography Preservation and
Collections Management program (F+PPCM) presents
Films from The Funnel
Super 8 and 16mm films by members of
The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre,
an artists' collective in Toronto, 1977-1987.
Midi Onodera, Martha Davis, Eldon Garnet,
Judith Doyle, David Anderson, John Porter,
Annette Mangaard, and Blaine Spiegel.
Some artists in person! Facebook
Monday, November 25, 7pm, free!
Room 307, School of Image Arts, 122 Bond St.
(2 blocks NE of Yonge and Dundas Streets),
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
The
Pearl
(Emilio Fernández, USA / Mexico, 1947, 85 min.)
Introduction by Christina Stewart.
Monday, November 25, 6:30pm,
free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Les
Diaboliques
(Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1955, video, 114 min.)
Friday, November 22, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Pleasure
Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group
and the Feminist Recycling Group present
Club Classics
Videos, 1993-2014, by Toronto artists
Judith Doyle, Paula Gignac, Margaret Moores,
Sonya Reynolds, Jorge Lozano & Samuel Lopez.
Total running time: 48 minutes, plus conversation
moderated by curator Jonathon Petrychyn.
Tuesday, November 19, 7pm,
free!
Tickets
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
NOT! at CineCycle.
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
Malombra
(Mario Soldati, Italy, 1942, 100 minutes)
Introduction by Alberto Zambenedetti.
Monday, November 18, 6:30pm,
free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
The
Long Goodbye
(Robert Altman, USA, 1973, video, 112 min.)
Friday, November 15, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #66
Films by Owen Land and Paul Sharits
16mm films, 1971-1982, by the two American
structural filmmakers, total 47 minutes.
Facebook
Wednesday, November 13, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
The
Spanish Earth
(Joris Ivens, USA, 1937, 53 minutes)
preceded by Land
Without Bread
(Luis Buñuel, Spain, 1933, video, 28 min.).
Introduction by Diana Sanchez.
Monday, November 11, 6:30pm,
free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest
Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
The
Stranger and the Gunfighter
(Antonio Margheriti, Italy / Spain, 1974, 107 minutes)
Facebook
Friday, November 8, 9:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Panique
(Julien Duvivier, Turkey, 1946, video, 100 min.)
Friday, November 8, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto,
Faculty of Arts & Science, and Dept.
of Italian Studies
present
Treasures from the
Mastrangelo Collection
Non-fiction 35mm films in Italian with English subtitles.
Mondo
Cane (Franco E. Prosperi & Paolo Cavara,
& Gualtiero Jacopetti, Italy, 1962, 35mm, 108 minutes),
Donne del sud, oggi
(Francamaria Trapani, Italy, 1968, 35mm, 11 min.)
and Confetto Falqui, a 1960s commercial.
Followed by Q&A with professors Luca Caminati,
Tess Takahashi, and Alberto Zambenedetti.
Wednesday, November 6, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #65
Paying
for It
(Sook-Yin Lee, Canada, 2024, video, 85 min.)
Director Sook-Yin Lee and graphic novelist
Chester Brown in person for this special
preview screening and book-signing.
Tuesday, November 5, 8pm, $10
Special ticketed presentation.
Cash and e-transfers at door.
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
The Tell-Tale Heart
(Steve Carver, USA, 1971, 16mm, 30 min.)
plus Magical
Death
(Tim Asch & Napoleon Chagnon,
USA, 1973, 16mm, 30 minutes)
Introduction by Colin Geddes.
Monday, November 4, 6:30pm,
free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Time
to Love
(Metin Erksan, Turkey, 1965, video, 84 min.)
Friday, November 1, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
18 EVENTS
LAST OCTOBER
IN TORONTO!
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Carrie
(Brian De Palma, USA, 1976, video, 98 min.)
a Hallowe'en costume contest!
Thursday, October 31, 7:30pm, $25
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Limited capacity!
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #64
Films by
Eric Leiser and Guy Maddin
Eric Leiser in person from USA!
with his animated films.
Wednesday, October 30, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
University of Toronto Cinema
Studies Institute and
Media Commons Archives present "Pop-Up Cinematheque",
a new 8-screening series of 16mm films from the Archives,
with introductions, Mondays, October 28 - December 16.
So
This Is Paris
(Ernst Lubitsch, USA, 1926, 16mm, 80 min.)
Live musical accompaniment by
Jordan Klapman. Introduction by Charlie Keil.
Monday, October 28, 6:30pm, free!
Limited capacity. Registration
required.
Media Commons Theatre (Room 3025),
3rd floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.,
University of Toronto, Toronto
Pleasure
Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group
and Bleeding Edge present
The Films of Kalil Haddad
Recent videos by the local artist,
total 78 minutes plus intermission.
Monday, October 28, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Ross McLaren Memorial
Ross
McLaren (1953-2023) was a Canadian
filmmaker and educator based in New York City.
He co-founded the Toronto Super 8 Film Festival
(1976-1983), the first in Canada, and the
Canadian Super 8 Distribution Centre (1976/77),
and he co-founded and was the first director of
The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre in Toronto
(1977-1987). He also taught filmmaking at the
Ontario College of Art in Toronto, 1977-1990.
POSTPONED!
Sunday, October 27, 5pm-10pm
Location to be announced.
Pix Film Collective presents
Image Within Another
Lisa Truttmann in person from Vienna, Austria!
with her short videos, 2009-2022,
total running time: 75 minutes.
Friday, October 25, 7pm, $10 suggested / pwyc
Pix Film Gallery, Unit C, 1411 Dufferin St., Toronto
(2 blocks north of Dupont St.)
Home Movie History Project presents
22nd International
Home
Movie Day
Show your home movies, or come just to watch.
8mm, 16mm or super 8 film. Sorry, no video.
Facebook group
Sunday, October 20, 6:30pm-9pm, $5
Monkey's Paw Bookshop,
1067 Bloor St. W., Toronto
(between Dovercourt Road and Dufferin Street)
Film Inspection & Repair Clinic
6:30pm-8pm
View your films privately, select ones to show.
Get expert help with film repairs and advice.
Open Screening 7pm-9pm
Show your films.
The Photographic Historical Society of Canada (PHSC) presents
The Big One
49th Annual Fall Camera Fair
Canada's oldest, largest sale of used photo equipment.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.
Many tables.
Sunday, October 20, 12pm-4:30pm, $8
Trident
Banquet Hall, Unit 200, 145 Evans Ave., Etobicoke
(east of Islington Ave., south of the QEW / Gardiner Expwy)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Roger Corman double-feature tribute!
House
of Usher
(Roger Corman, USA, 1960, video, 85 min.)
preceded by
A
Bucket of Blood
(Roger Corman, USA, 1959, video, 66 min.)
Friday, October 18, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents
Brenda Boyer
LIFT's current artist-in-residence
in person from Spain!
with her videos and a Q&A.
Wednesday, October 16, 7pm, $5
LIFT, 1137 Dupont St. (east of Dufferin), Toronto
The Future of the Body
(Istvan Kantor, Canada, 2024, video, 40 minutes)
A trilogy by local artist in person with his intro.
Tuesday, October 15, 8pm, $10 / pwyc
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest
Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
Destroy
All Planets
(Noriaki Yuasa, Japan, 1968, 75 minutes)
Facebook
Friday, October 11, 9:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Silent
Hill
(Christophe Gans, Canada, 2006, video, 127 min.)
Friday, October 11, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #63
Ruins and Resilience
Karel Doing in person from UK!
with his 16mm films and videos,
1998-2024, total: 58 minutes.
Facebook
Thursday, October 10, 8pm, free!
Deluxe Screening Room (Room 222E),
Innis College, 2 Sussex
Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #62
Films by Jean Painlevé
Film scholar James Leo Cahill in person
to present and introduce the program of
four videos, 1928-1972, total 49 min.
Facebook
Monday, October 7, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Toronto Blues Society and Hugh's Room Live present
Leadbelly
The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll
(Curt Hahn, USA, 2021, video, 80 minutes)
plus performance and Q&A with Mike Daley.
Monday, October 7, 7pm, $20
Hugh's Room Live,
296 Broadview Ave.,
(south of Dundas St. E.) Toronto
The 17th Nuit
Blanche
Free all-night art installations and events
at 85 varied locations across Toronto,
indoors and outdoors. No super 8.
Saturday, October 5, 7pm-7am, free!
INCLUDING
Scopitones
Short, 1960s music films on 16mm!
CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Deep
Red
(Dario Argento, Italy, 1975, video, 128 min.)
Friday, October 4, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
15 EVENTS
LAST SEPTEMBER
IN TORONTO!
Metropolis
(Fritz Lang, Germany, 1927, video, 149 min.)
Live musical accompaniment by Tania Gill.
Facebook
Sunday, September 29, 4pm
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
Camerama Camera Show
Used photo equipment sales since 1996.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.
Many merchants tables. Facebook
Sunday, September 29, 10am-3pm, $9.
Japanese Canadian Cultural
Centre,
6 Sakura Way (formerly Garamond Court), Toronto
(north of Eglinton, between Don Mills Rd. and the DVP)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
The
Dirties
(Matthew Johnson, Canada, 2013, video, 83 min.)
Friday, September 27, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Scream
(Wes Craven, USA, 1996, video, 111 minutes)
Thursday, September 26, 7:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Limited capacity!
15 to 10
International Film Festival
New short videos by pioneering online creators
using platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram.
Facebook
Saturday, September 21, 8:30pm, free!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Limited capacity!
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Where is the Friend’s
House?
(Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1987, video, 83 minutes)
Friday, September 20, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
King of Super 8:
A Night with John Porter
World premiere of a short documentary
about Toronto film artist John Porter,
and shot at CineCycle, by TMU Media Arts
students Anthony Wegner and Charlie Hill.
Plus John's short Artist Talk illustrated by
his super 8 films and performance!
Facebook
Thursday, September 19, 7:30pm,
$15
Limited capacity, advance tickets
only!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
(LIFT) presents its
Fall Film, Video and
Interactive Art Workshops
16mm, 35mm, super 8! Analog & digital video.
Limited enrolments, first come - first served.
Registration began Tuesday, September 17
L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto
49th Toronto
International Film Festival (TIFF)
Mostly digital videos, no super 8 films.
September 5-15, $27-$95 each
TIFF Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto
including it's
24th Wavelengths
Series
New avant-garde digital videos and films.
Many international artists in person!
Super 8 and 16mm Films
Short films by local artists
Cullen Ritchie and Rennie Taylor
in person!
Friday, September 13, 7pm, free!
U. of T. Visual Arts Studies, Borden Building,
563 Spadina Crescent, Toronto
(between College and Harbord)
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Elephant
(Gus Van Sant, USA, 2003, video, 81 min.)
Friday, September 13, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Trash Palace Theatre, "Toronto's Classiest
Cinema" since 2007,
presents 16mm features and shorts, second Friday each month.
Facebook group
Classroom Films
Vintage educational short films.
Facebook
Friday, September 13, 9:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU)
presents
Free Friday Films - weekly repertory
movies.
Fast
Times at Ridgemont High
(Amy Heckerling, USA, 1982, video, 90 minutes)
Friday, September 6, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Pleasure Dome
Artists' Film Exhibition Group
presents its annual screening
New Toronto Works
Recent videos by local artists in person:
Adrienne Scott & Sara Constant, Nicholas Aska,
Leslie Predy, Robin Riad, Lokchi Lam, Lingxiang Wu,
Chris Kennedy, Federica Foglia, and Hannah Bullock.
Total running time: 58 minutes. Followed by a Q&A.
Tuesday, September 3, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
Magonia Films presents
Warrendale
(Allan King, Canada, 1967, video, 101 min.)
Tuesday, September 3, 7:15pm,
$pwyc, $5 suggested. tickets
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
6 EVENTS
LAST AUGUST
IN TORONTO!
Charlie Huisken (of This Ain't The Rosedale Library)
presents
Val Vale & Marian Wallace
in person from San Francisco! with Marian's experimental
videos and their stories about making films and
self-publishing in San Francisco, 1970s & 80s,
including at No Nothing Cinema and
Val's RE/Search Publications.
Facebook
Saturday, August 24, 3pm-6pm, $10-$15
Eyesore
Cinema, 1176 Bloor St. W., Toronto
(west of Dufferin Street)
Charlie Huisken (of This Ain't The Rosedale Library)
presents
Val Vale of
RE/Search Publications
in person from San Francisco! with his talk about
his self-publishing in San Francisco, 1970s & 80s.
Plus his multi-media show with his partner,
experimental filmmaker Marian Wallace.
Facebook
Friday, August 23, 7pm, $25 at door
advance
tickets $20
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Death
Proof
(Quentin Tarantino, USA, 2007, video, 127 min.)
Thursday, August 22, 7:30pm, $10
SOLD OUT!
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
(LIFT)
presents its Summer 2024
Summer Workshop
Wrap-Up Screening
New videos & films including works-in-progress,
accumulated from a recent call for submissions.
Wednesday, August 14, 7pm, $5
Limited space. Advance registration. Tickets online.
LIFT, 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto
Oneness
Film Festival
Recent short videos by local artists.
Saturday, July 27, 6:30pm, $24
Sunday, August 11, 7pm, $24
It's OK# Studios, 468 Queen St. W., Toronto
Cinema
Studies Institute at University of Toronto and
Ad Hoc
Film Collective present Ad Hoc's screening #61
Gariné Torossian
Local artist in person with nine of her
short 16mm films! Total: 62 minutes.
Facebook
Saturday, August 3, 7pm, free!
Innis
Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
(at St. George, 1 block south of Bloor)
8 EVENTS
LAST JULY
IN TORONTO!
17th Annual the8fest
A Little Festival for Small Films
Super 8, 8mm, 9.5mm, UltraPan8!
Performances, visiting artists, workshops.
8mm home movies by John Porter's parents!
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Friday-Sunday, July 26-28, 2024
Beaver
Hall Gallery, 29 McCaul St., Toronto
(north of Queen St. W., west of University)
Final Girls Film Club presents its monthly screening
Jennifer's Body
(Karyn Kusama, USA, 2009, video, 102 min.)
Thursday, July 25, 7:30pm, $10
Martin Heath's CineCycle,
behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto
re:assemblage collective
and wave~form~projects
present
Fertile Memory
(Michel Khleifi, Palestine / Belgium, 1981, video,
99 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles)
Followed by a discussion with Danah Owaida.
Free snacks & drinks!
Wednesday, July 24, 7pm, free!
The Music Gallery, 918 Bathurst St., Toronto
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
(LIFT)
presents its Summer 2024
Open Screening
Videos and a 16mm film from a recent call for
submissions, now closed. Artists included are
Jonathan Blackman, Becca Willow Moss, Scrim,
Sarah Genge, Kiarash Dadgar, Rennie Taylor,
James Chen, Wuzheng Cui, Rowan Campbell,
Devani Dianna, and Christopher Beaulieu.
Total running time: 70 minutes.
Tuesday, July 23, 7pm, $pwyc
($5 suggested)
Limited space. Advance registration. Tickets online.
LIFT, 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto
22nd Annual
Female
Eye Film Festival
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July 18-21, 2024
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto
The Revue Cinema presents
The
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
(Eugène Lourié, USA, 1953, 16mm, 80 minutes)
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Saturday, July 20, 6:30pm, $18.50
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
Neon Dreams presents
Bring
Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
(Sam Peckinpah, USA/Mexico, 1974, 35mm, 112 min.)
50th anniversary screening! Facebook
Friday, July 19, 9:30pm, $19.50
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto
Dangerous Times
Live music by the band Dangerous Times,
plus a few new short videos by veteran
local artist Gary Popovich in person!
Thursday, July 18, 9pm, $16 at door,
advance
tickets $14.
Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W., Toronto
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Last Month in Ottawa,
Ontario - A Coruña,
Spain
Last November in London,
Ontario - Hamilton,
Ontario
Moncton, New Brunswick
- Curitiba, Brazil
Last October in Victoria,
BC - Montréal,
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Esztergom, Hungary
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The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) presents it's Café Ex series
Pixie Cram
Local artist in person to introduce
and discuss her videos, 2003-2023.
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Tuesday, December 10, 7pm, $pwyc
Club
SAW, Galerie SAW Gallery,
67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario
LAST MONTH IN
A CORUÑA, SPAIN!
8th Annual
Sellier
Film Festival
Super 8 films.
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Friday-Sunday, December 5-8, free!
Museum of Contemporary Art,
171 Avenida de Arteixo, A Coruña, Spain
LAST NOVEMBER
IN
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK!
38e Festival international du cinéma
francophone en Acadie (FicfA)
November 19-24, 2024
INCLUDING
Galerie Sans Nom et Film Zone présente
Acadie Underground 28
Super 8 films made for this screening by local artists!
New films shot last month, in one day, edited in-camera,
on one roll, then processed and premiered on super 8,
silent, or with recorded sound or live performance.
Followed by voting for the "Crowd Favorite" prize.
Friday, November 22, 8:30pm, $12
Salle Bernard-Leblanc, 3rd floor, Aberdeen
Cultural Centre,
140 Botsford St., Moncton, New Brunswick
LAST NOVEMBER
IN
LONDON, ONTARIO!
FRAMES Film Series presents
Animated Frames: Volume 8
The
Tune
(Bill Plympton, USA, 1992, 16mm, 70 minutes),
preceded by One of Those Days
(Bill Plympton, USA, 1988, 16mm, 7 minutes).
Followed by a live video Q&A with Plympton.
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Friday, November 22, 7pm, $10
TAP
Centre for Creativity,
203 Dundas St., London, Ontario
2 EVENTS
LAST NOVEMBER
IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO!
Films of Mike Cartmell
Retrospective screening of short videos, 1985-2007,
by Hamilton artist Mike Cartmell (1954-2014).
Total 60 min., followed by a short discussion.
Wednesday November 13, 7:30pm, free!
You Me Gallery, 330 James St. N., Hamilton, Ontario
Factory Media Centre and Dandelion Film Collective present
The Botanical Turn
Plant-based videos and 16mm films,
2011-2024, by Franci Duran, Larissa Fan,
Derek Jenkins, Yuula Benivolski, Bea Haut,
Dawn George, Siyau Guo, Cecilia Araneda,
Robin Riad, Karel Doing, and Cristal Buemi.
Curated by Franci Duran & Derek Jenkins.
Total: 56 minutes, followed by a Q&A.
Saturday, November 2, 7pm, free!
Playhouse Cinema, 177 Sherman Ave. N., Hamilton, Ontario
LAST NOVEMBER
IN
CURITIBA, BRAZIL!
Curta
8
19th International Festival of Super 8 Cinema
October 31 - November 3, 2024
Curitiba, Brazil
27th Antimatter
Media Art Festival
International Media Art and Experimental Cinema.
Videos, 16mm, 35mm, and super 8 films.
Screenings and installations. Facebook
October 17-27, 2024
Deluge Contemporary Art,
636 Yates St., Victoria, British Columbia
Visions Collective presents
Image Within Another
Lisa Truttmann in person from Vienna, Austria!
with her short videos, 2009-2022,
total running time: 75 minutes.
Wednesday, October 23, 7:30pm,
voluntary contribution $10-$50.
Limited seating, reservations required.
la lumière, #506, 7080, rue Alexandra, Montréal, Québec
22nd International Home
Movie Day
Show your home movies, or come just to watch.
8mm, super 8 or 16mm film!
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Saturday, October 19, free!
Venues in many cities, many countries.
U. of Calgary Dept. of Communication, Media & Film
and the Calgary
Public Library present
22nd International Home
Movie Day
Bring and show your own home movies,
or come just to watch.
16mm, 8mm, super 8 films, VHS tapes.
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Saturday, October 19, 1pm-4pm MST,
free!
1pm-2pm: Film inspections and check-in.
2pm-4pm: Home Movie Open Screening.
Memorial
Park Library,
1221 - 2nd Street SW, Calgary, Alberta
LAST
OCTOBER IN
JOONDALUP, AUSTRALIA!
Revel-8 Super 8 Film Fest (2008-2017) presents
Revel-8 Retrospective
Super 8 films by Australian artists,
each shot on 1 roll of film, edited in-camera, and
made for the Revel-8 Super 8 Film Fest, 2008-2014.
This event celebrates International Home Movie Day and
the 10th anniversary of the last Revel-8 shown on film.
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Saturday, October 19, 1pm AWST
Joondalup Public Library, 102 Boas Ave.,
Joondalup, Western Australia
19th WNDX
Festival of Moving Image
Recent experimental 16mm and 35mm film,
video, installations, performances. Facebook
Wednesday-Sunday, October 2-6
Winnipeg
Cinematheque,
100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba
INCLUDING
The 18th Winnipeg
One
Take Super 8 Event
30 new super 8 films made for this screening by local artists!
Each film edited in-camera on one reel of super 8,
then shown as shot, the artists not seeing them first.
Sunday, October 6, 7-10pm, $10 or pwyc
Manitoba Museum
Auditorium,
(Planetarium entrance, Concourse level)
190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
LAST SEPTEMBER
IN
HAMILTON, ONTARIO!
Factory
Media Centre, Hamilton Artists' Inc.
and
McMaster University School
of the Arts present their first
Fluxus
Experimental Film Festival
Three screenings of contemporary
short videos, films and media art.
Friday-Sunday, September 20-22
Factory Media Centre, 366 Victoria Ave. N.
(at Shaw Street), Hamilton, Ontario
LAST SEPTEMBER
IN
SAN FRANCISCO!
Other Cinema presents
Made by Hand
Philip Hoffman and 5 other artists
in person with their 16mm films!
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of
Philip's Film Farm in Ontario, Canada.
Saturday, September 21, 8pm, $14
Artists' Television Access Gallery,
992 Valencia St. (at 21st), San Francisco, California
LAST AUGUST
IN
SAN FRANCISCO, CA!
San Francisco Cinematheque presents
The 15th Annual Crossroads
Festival of Moving Image Arts
Recent avant-garde digital videos
and 16mm and super 8 films, plus
performances, and many artists in person.
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Friday-Sunday, August 30 - September
1,
10 screenings, $12 each, $110 Pass
Gray Area, 2665 Mission St., San Francisco, California
LAST AUGUST
IN
ESZTERGOM, HUNGARY!
Celluloidra
Revolverrel
International Experimental Film Festival and Conference.
All digital video projection. Facebook
Thursday & Friday, August 29 & 30
Kaleidoscope House,
Pazmany Peter utca 9, Esztergom, Hungary
FRAMES Film Series presents
Rhythmic Hypnosis
16mm films, 1967-2013, by Amy Halpern, Pat O'Neill,
Chris Welsby, Mike Stoltz, Gary Beydler, Peter Lipskis,
Ellie Epp, Daïchi Saïto, Sophie Michael, Karen Holmes.
Total running time: 57 minutes, plus intermission.
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Friday, August 16, 7pm, $10
TAP
Centre for Creativity,
203 Dundas St., London, Ontario
The Grey Zone Collective presents
18th
Fabulous
Festival of Fringe Film
Video screenings, installations, performances
in various venues, including outdoors!
Programmers and some artists in person!
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July 11-13 & 18, 2024
Durham, Ontario (2-hour drive NW of Toronto)
Nonormal and Frames Film Series present
Hated:
GG Allin &
the Murder Junkies
(Todd Phillips, USA, 1993, 16mm, 90 min.)
preceded by The Urine Man
(Greta Snider, USA, 2000, 16mm, 6 min.).
Thursday, July 4, 7pm, $10
Sevens Social, 149 Carling St., London, Ontario
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