Workman Arts Members: Born To Be An Artist

Image Credit: Music Box, Don Vaillancourt and Naomi Hendrickje Laufer

SHORT FILMS | CANADA | 66 MINUTES | ENGLISH WITH OPEN CAPTIONS

GENRE: VARIOUS
TYPE: FILM | IN-PERSON
KEYWORDS: AUTOBIOGRAPHY | EXPERIMENTAL | PETS & SERVICE ANIMALS | SPOKEN WORD

 

The short film program “Born To Be An Artist” explores different methodologies in filmmaking as a way to express something that is true or unique to the idea of self. Featured artists: Shabnam Sukhdev and Ishaa Chopra, Don Vaillancourt and Naomi Hendrickje Laufer, Emily Sweet, Shantell Powell, Dorothy Ogda Laxton, Amy Ness, Victoria Brecht and Gladys Lou  

 

Unfinished | Shabnam Sukhdev And Ishaa Chopra | 2021 | Doc | English, Hindi with open captions

Music Box | Don Vaillancourt and Naomi Hendrickje Laufer | 2023 | Experimental | English with open captions

Interspecies Antics | Emily Sweet | 2020 | Experimental | English with open captions

Chinchilla Theatre Episode 1 – The Director’s Cut | Shantell Powell | 2020 | Experimental 

The Reluctant Messenger  | Dorothy Ogda Laxton | 2023 | Spoken Word | English with open captions

Amys Fight | Amy Ness | Documentary | English with open captions

Coffee & a Smoke | Victoria Brecht | 2023 | Documentary | English with open captions

Breathe Easy | Gladys Lou | 2021 | Experimental/performance art | English with open captions

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UPON, REFLECTION: RECENT SHORT FILMS BY WORKMAN ARTS AND SATELLITE MEMBERS

W.I PISTOLARY | Conilyn Herrera | Canada | 2022 | 4 minutes
EXPRESS YOURSELF | Sirene Qureshi & Luis Estores | Canada | 2018 | 4 minutes
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October 30th at Rendezvous With Madness enjoy an in person screening of recent short films by Workman Arts and Satellite members. Post-film screening talk with filmmakers moderated by James Buffin

Upon, Reflection is an anthology of recent short films by Workman Arts members and Satellite program artists. Filmmaking is a medium that allows us to tell stories and reflect on our own personal journeys. Each film presented in this series speaks to the vastness of storytelling and how it can transform us to make lasting and meaningful connections.

For accessibility Upon, Reflection: Recent Short Films By Workman Arts And Satellite Members is also available online via Workman Arts & Cinesend from October 27th to November 6th 2022  

For accessibility Mis Dos Voces / My Two Voices and Under the Full Moon are also available online via Workman Arts & Cinesend from October 27th to November 6th, 2022 

Keywords: Artists | Experimentation | Healing | Resilience
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Films from Workman Arts’ Satellite program were made possible thanks to generous support from The Slaight Family Foundation.

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PROCESSING DURATION: RECENT SHORT FILMS BY WORKMAN ARTS MEMBERS

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Various artists / 2018-2021 / Canada / 60 Mins+

Processing Duration is an anthology of recent short films by Workman Arts member artists that contemplate subjects of service, restriction, healing and embodied time. Through movement, ritual,
montage and song, these short films highlight nuance and storytelling. Ice On The Window Like A
Thousand Small Bees, Troubled Amplitude and Ice Into Fire experiment with urban and natural environments as a way to work through layered feelings. Looking inwards, the films Therapy Fragments Body Language, Fuck, Romberg’s Sign and The Space Without use self-documentation to explore vulnerability, growth, and resilience. While, the films Disability Video, The Beats, and Melody prove
the power of nature, music and narrative.

 

BODY LANGUAGE (Tara Clews | 2019 | 2 min)

DISABILITY VIDEO (Sirene Koser Qureshi | 2021 | 2 min)

FUCK (Emily Schooley | 2021 | 3 min)

ICE INTO FIRE (Anja Sagan | 2020 | 12 min)

ICE ON THE WINDOW LIKE A THOUSAND SMALL BEES (Catherine Jones | 2020 | 3 min)

MELODY (John Perera | 2021 | 3 min)

ROMBERG’S SIGN (Laura Shintani | 2021 | 2 min)

THE BEAST (Amy Ness | 2021 | 10 min)

THERAPY FRAGMENTS (Blanca Lopez | 2021 | 13 min)

THE SPACE WITHOUT (Emily Sweet | 2019 | 3 min)

TROUBLED AMPLITUDE (Jan Swinburne | 2018 | 9 min)

 

Keywords: Artists | Experimentation | Healing | Music | Resilience
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