DISTRIBUTION HIGHLIGHTS: MARCHÂ 2025
Upcoming Screenings:
Noongom (dir. Nathan Adler) is screening at Toronto Queer Film Festival in a shorts program titled Dreams of Sunlight Through Trees
check out more info about the program here
Blushing Phantom dir. erÏn temp3st recently screened at Particle + Wave in Calgary AB
Blushing Phantom is a short experimental film that explores disappearance and camouflage in virtual spaces. It seamlessly blends dance and digital animation, culminating in a maximal collage of bodies, flowers, eyes, and butterflies and gesturing toward the iconography of divinity and online .gifs.
Full festival details here
Evening Escapades  dirs. Chantal Rousseau and Darcy Tara McDiarmid is screening at REGARD Festival International Du Court Métrage Au Saguenay. Full festival details here
An adventurous rabbit undertakes an enchanted evening escapade through a mysterious forest trail. The rabbit encounters dreaming wolves, and other mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden.
Evening Escapades is a combination of animated elements and Super 8 footage that was shot in and around DdhĂ€l Ch'Ăšl Cha NĂ€n / Tombstone Territorial Park in TrâondĂ«k HwĂ«tchâin territory in the Yukon, and then processed with plants harvested from the land
Handsome Devil (dir. Daniel Barrow) is screening at the San Diego Underground Film Festival next month 
Barrow uses Amiga software from the late 1980s (DeluxePaint 4) to create this romantic pink and green story of a "sissy devil" who probes the depths of internet intelligence, composing an âadvanced searchâ on an antiquated search engine. Simultaneously, a naked, green, feminine artist traces the contours of her devilish destiny on her sketch pad, and then within an imaginary dating app. The âadvanced searchâ becomes a kind of contemporary, queer, love poem.
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If you're interested in inquiring about the works in our catalogue please contact madeline@videopool.org
Recently Added Titles in Catalogue:
How to Interpret the Masquerade (dir. Judah Iyunade)
How to Interpret the Masquerade merges personal and found footage to explore the intersection of cultural heritage, colonial history, and spiritual practices within the Yoruba tradition. The film intertwines a series of clips, some created by Iyunade and others sourced from documentaries, to reflect on the significance of masquerading in Yoruba culture.
WĂźnipĂȘk (dir. James Dixon)
WĂźnipĂȘk explores Indigeneity within prairie settings while emphasizing feelings of disconnection and desire for kinship with the Land. The film contrasts experiences and landscapes that highlight the cultural dispossession of Treaty territories. It questions coexistence and contemplates the journey of finding our way back home and the enduring connection of where we come from.
a beaten path (dirs. Toby Gillies and Natalie Baird)
âA beaten pathâ is a study of urban prairie plant-life living between the cracks â thistles, burdock, plantain, etc â that spent the summer flourishing in surface parking lots and burned out demolition sites. A looping and constant push forward creates interconnecting cycles of growth and death of these creatures and spaces.
Oh Mother, Oh Prairies (dir. Ibrahim Shuaib)
"Oh Mother, Oh Prairies" is an exploration of prairie life through the filmmaker's lens in three parts: Acceptance, Observation, and Farewell.
If you're interested in inquiring about bringing your work into our catalogue please contact madeline@videopool.org