In a cultural exchange with Winnipeg – the fabled film power-spot in the Canadian prairies – ambassadors Scott Fitzpatrick and Aaron Zeghers bring down this exotic sampling of their native experimenta! A vibrant community short on professional gear has yet managed to cultivate its own ingenious aesthetic. Artists engage in a dizzying array of appropriation modes—whether applying temporary tattoos to 35mm trailers (Mike Maryniuk’s Tattoo Step), reconfiguring early educationals (Darryl Nepinak/Clint Enns’ I for NDN), or forming new works from scraps (Jim Pomeroy’s Re:cycled, Rhayne Vermette’s Turin). Featuring no less than eighteen Manitoba makers—including Guy Maddin, Scott Fitzpatrick, Walter Forsberg, Heidi Phillips, Leslie Supnet, and Matthew Rankin — a special feature of this 100 min. program is its showcasing of S8mm & 16mm projection as well as filmmakers in attendance.

These Are some of My Friends, dir. Stéphane Oystryk (3, 2013, super 8 on video)

Fahrenheit 7/11, dir. Walter Forsberg (14, 2011, video)

I for NDN, dirs. Darryl Nepinak + Clint Enns (1.5, 2012, video)

A Bit Transcendental, dir. Patrick Lowe (5, 2000, 16mm)

Loving the Bomb, dir. Alison Davis (4, 2009, 16mm)

Erasure, dir. Chance Taylor (2.5, 2012, video)

Sinclair, dir. Guy Maddin (4, 2010, video)

Holland, MAN, dir. Aaron Zeghers (20, 2015, super 8, 16mm and video on video)

54 TRT

Dingbat’s Revenge, dir. Scott Fitzpatrick (7, 2015, 16mm)

Forsaken, dir. Heidi Phillips (4.5, 2012, 16mm)

5 Cents a Copy, dirs. Ed Ackerman + Gregory Zbitnew (5, 1980, 16mm)

First Sun, dir. Leslie Supnet (2.5, 2014, super8 on video)

Tattoo Step, dir. Mike Maryniuk (1.5, 2008, 35mm on video)

Re:cycled, dir. Jim Pomeroy (5.5, 2014, 16mm on video)

Turin, dir. Rhayne Vermette (7, 2014, 16mm on video)

Mynarski Death Plummet, dir. Matthew Rankin (7.5, 2014, 35mm on video)

41 TRT