super8porter
Super 8 Filmmaker John Porter, Toronto, Canada

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CineZine

Documenting the alternative film scene in Toronto and beyond since 2005,
hilighting film projection, super 8, and local film classification laws.

NEW - seminal screening series "New Films" in Toronto, 1977.

CineZine's Upcoming Events - CineCycle
Exhibits - Calls for Work - Workshops

Past Events: 2005 > 2006 > 2007 >
2008 > 2009 > 2010 > 2011 > 2012 >
2013 > 2014 > 2015 > 2016 > Recent

Past Exhibits Past Calls for Work

Filmmaker's Map of Toronto and
Toronto Alternative Film Directory

John Porter's CineScenes Photo Book (2015)

Dagie Brundert, Berlin super 8 artist at LIFT, Toronto, May 2012

NEW! - history of seminal series "New Films" in Toronto 1977.

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HISTORIES

Toronto Film Artists, 1949-1969

Toronto 8mm and Super 8, 1958-2008

First the8fest, Toronto, Feb 2008

Splice This! Toronto, 1998-2006

The Funnel Experimental Film Centre

Funnel > Frameline Radio 1986-2008

"New Films" Screening Series, 1977

Canadian Super 8 Distribution Centre

Maya Deren in Toronto 1950 & 1951

"Shoot & Show" Super 8 Screenings

Ontario Film Classification Act 1984

The Catherine Films

Sackville Taxi Driver

CineCycle by John Porter

CineCycle by Erin MacKeen

Genesis of the CFMDC
by Wyndham Wise 2007

Photo Archive Captions

Fifth Column Super 8

Helen Hill 1970-2007
photos by John Porter

Roberto Ariganello 1961-2006

 

 

 

 

 

OPINIONS

Pleasure Dome Crisis, 2018-2022

Pleasure Dome Film vs Video 2013

Love Letter to Super 8 (2017)

Video is not Film! (2005)

Ontario Film Classification Act 2005

Film Act Student Film Contest 2006

T.I.F.F.'s White World Premiere (2006)

REVIEW
Splice This! 2005
with Photos by John Creson

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SUPER 8 SCHOOL
Super 8 Camera Functions
Super 8 Shooting Tips
Super 8 Equipment Repairs
Buying Projector Bulbs

200 LINKS
Toronto Film Programmers, Venues,
Co-ops, Labs and Info Resources.
Film in Canada, USA, Europe, World.

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CineZine on paper available by mail for $5/copy
Detailed chronological review of events, with photos of artists at screenings.
12 pages, 7" x 8.5", photocopied, hand-bound as a continuous 41" strip,
folded accordian-style. Issues can be "spliced" together, end-to-end.

#1 - Sept-Oct 1999: CineZine Dogma and History
#2 - Oct-Nov 1999: Cinematheque "Province des Singes"
#3 - May 2000: Visiting Filmmaker's Map & Directory of Toronto

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