Gariné Torossian
" Already one of Canada's most original filmmakers" --Liam Lacey, film critic , the Globe & Mail
FILMS:
2008 COME AROUND (3min) Produced by PEN Authors festival Toronto
2007 ELECT THE DEAD ( 4min music video – Serj Tankian)
2007 STONE TIME TOUCH (70min Digibeta, Colour + B&W) Director, Producer, Editor, National Film Board of Canada
2005 HYPNOTIZE/MEZMERIZE – SYSTEM OF A DOWN (14min, Video, Colour + B&W) Director, Editor, SONY BMG
2004 SANDIAS EUSTASY (7min, Video, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor
2003 GARDEN IN KHORKHOM (14min, Video) Director, Editor, Cinematographer
2002 SHADOWY ENCOUNTERS (15min,16 mm) Director, Editor, Cinematographer
2001 BABIES ON THE SUN (5min,16 mm) Director, Editor, Sundance Channel Production
2000 HOKEES (25 min,16mm, Colour) Director, Canadian film centre production
2000 DEATH TO EVERYONE (6min,16 mm, Colour) Director, Editor, Cinematographer
2000 DUST (6min, 16mm) Director, Editor, Cinematographer
1999 SPARKLEHORSE (9min,16mm, Colour) Director, Editor, Cinematographer
1999 RED BRICK (5min, Video) Director, BRAVO FACT. Cinematographer
1998 FIND YOUR HOLY SELF (14min, Video) Director, Producer 1998 POMEGRANATE TREE (3min,16 mm,Colour) Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
1997 PASSION CRUCIFIED (22min. 16mm, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor
1996 MY OWN OBSESSION (30min, 16mm, Colour) Director,Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
1995 DROWNING IN FLAMES (25min,16mm, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
1994 GIRL FROM MOUSH (5min,16mm, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
1993 PLATFORM (8min, 16mm, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
1992 VISIONS (4min, 16mm, Colour) Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
RETROSPECTIVES:
2011 Halifax Cinematheque Canada
2010 Ottawa Cinematheque Canada
2007 Arsenal Berlin Berlin 2006 Silver Lake Film Festival Los Angeles 2005 Café X Cinematheque Ottawa 2005 LUX Cinema London England 2004 Arevag film festival Beirut 2004 Metro Cinema Edmonton 2003 Pleasure Dome Toronto 2002 Cinematheque Vancouver 2001 Stan Brakhag’s First Person Colorado 2002 Cinematheque Winnipeg 2002 Bruce Mau Studio Toronto 2000 Telluride Film Festival Cinema Colorado 1998 Arsenal Berlin 1998 Cinematheque Yerevan 1998 Cinematheque Ottawa 1997 University of Toronto Toronto 1996 Museum of Modern Art New York 1995 Hallwalls Buffalo New York
AWARDS:
2007 Best Documentary Feature STONE TIME TOUCH at Warsaw International film festival 2007 DAAD fellowship Berlin, Germany 2004 International Filmmaker Spotlight: Garine Torossian (Canada) 2003 eKsperim[E]nto Film Fest Philippines 2002 Panorama short film prize Berlin International Film Festival BABIES ON THE SUN 2000 Best short Affma Film Festival HOKEES 2000 Best experimental drama Houston Film Festival HOKEES 1999 Honorable mention Berlin International Film Festival SPARKLEHORSE 1994 Kino award Melbourne International Film Festival GIRL FROM MOUSH
PUBLICATIONS:
2010 Elective Identities: The moving images of Garine Torossian, Canadian Film Institute 2000 Inside the Pleasure Dome- Fringe film in Canada, by Mike Hoobloom 2001 The Skin of the film, by Laura U. Marks 2004 Subtitles: On the Foriengness of film, by Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour 2006 Imaginary Homeland, by Monique Tchofen 2006 Trash, Alphabet City
JURY:
2011 Golden Apricot short films competition, Yerevan 2005 Canada council for the Arts- film/media 2004 Ontario Arts Council – film/ media 2001 Toronto International film festival- Canadian short film program. 1998 Ontario Arts council – film/media 1997 Canada Council for the Arts – film/ media GRANTS & RESIDENCY:
2007 Ontario Arts Council- NOISE OF TIME
2007 Canada Council for the Arts- NOISE OF TIME 2004 Canada Council for the Arts- STONE TIME TOUCH 2002 Ontario Arts Council grant- STONE TIME TOUCH 2001 Canada Council for the Arts-SHADOWY ENCOUNTERS 2000 Sundance Channel-BABIES ON THE SUN 1999 Canadian Film Centre- Director Resident 1998 Canada Council for the Arts- Script writing grant-AGAINST THE GRAIN 1998 Bravo Fact-RED BRICK 1997 L.I.F.T- MY OWN OBSESSION 1996 Banff Centre for the Arts- Residency- PASSION CRUCIFIED 1995 Canada Council for the Arts –PASSION CRUCIFIED 1995 Ontario Arts Council –PASSION CRUCIFIED 1994 Ontario Arts Council – DROWNING IN FLAMES