Nocturnes
$10.50
The films in this collection explore how stories are documented and passed down, from beadwork and tattoo rituals, to phone numbers written on a bathroom wall. This program is rated 18A. (57 min)
The Faith Healer, Dir. Karen Remoto, 2024, Canada, 2 min
Two Filipino women casually discuss their peripheral experiences of superstition and sorcery. One claims dubious belief in one man’s judgement to have nails pulled out of his body while the other woman chimes in with her friend’s similar experience with paperclips from a different practitioner. Will these stories continue to be passed down generation to generation as a source of suspicion or hope?
Michif Land-Based Knowledge, Dir. Robyn Adams, 2024, Canada, 4 min
Weaving shots of historical and contemporary Métis beadwork with intricate flashes of prairie landscape, and native plants, this film explores relationship to the land through a place-based tactile knowledge. Featuring beadwork from Lor Brand and Jennine Krauchi this knowledge is shared throughout the film.
Bringing the Pieces Together, Dir. Dylan Baillie, 2024, Canada, 17 min
This documentary explores Renee Beaubien’s passion for creating quilts, most of which are then given away as unique, handmade gifts. While facing the challenges of getting older, Renee continues to engage with the limitless possibilities of working with fabric.
The Landmarks of Memory, Dir. Christina Hajjar, 2023, Canada, 7 min
A tattoo ritual and hookah session memorializes a pre-war flower shop. After seeing its storefront in archival footage of the Lebanese Civil War, a first-generation daughter seeks information and connection to place. Scenes of 1976 Beirut are paired with today’s modern landscape, while roses are etched and coconut coals burn in a snowy diasporic setting.
Tailor Made, Dir. Quan Luong, 2024, Canada, 12 min
Tailor Made is a short documentary about the passion and perseverance of Tam Nguyen, a refugee from Vietnam who came to Canada in the ‘80s as part of the Vietnamese “boat people” and used his masterful tailoring skills to craft a new life for himself and many others.
stationary (untitled), Dir. Nicole Shimonek, 2022, Canada, 1 min
“stationery (untitled)” is a performative experiment for “study untitled study” a gallery and proposal, run by Connie Chapel using Collin Zipp’s sculpture “untitled study”.
Taking The Piss, Dir. Tavis Putnam and Christina Dovolis, 2024, Canada, 4 min
Despite their pervading image as a bastion of utter grotesqueness, public bathrooms are a necessary community space. In theory, at least, they are a place for everyone. This film celebrates—in equal measure—the shared horror, refuge (and dare we say ecstasy?) of the public bathroom.
At the End of the Hallway, Another Door, Dir. Sylvia Matas, 2023, Canada, 4 min
This video was made with black and white photographs I took using unsecured streaming surveillance cameras. The subtitles start off as straightforward image description, but as the video progresses, the relationship between the images and texts unravels and becomes more mysterious.
Still Presence, Dir. Tracy Peters, 2023, Canada, 6 min
Still Presence tells the story about my relentless search for my great-grandmother’s hidden burial site. As I unearth the traumatic events of her life, my own experiences of loss, isolation and the will to keep going resurface through the meditative rhythm of digging. The distance that separates my great-grandmother from me seems to evaporate, bringing her into the present to begin again.
