Images Festival 2018 Catalogue
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FUNDERS AND SPONSORS 1 PUBLIC FUNDERS We’re looking for the next SPONSORS generation of artists, designers, inventors, digital innovators and cultural leaders. Find out how to put your imagination to work at ocadu.ca/admissions 2 STAFF AND BOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Heather Keung Aily Nash Keli Safia Maksud Maegan Broadhurst Faraz Anoushahpour Emily Fitzpatrick Milada Kovacova Tyler Prozeniuk Mariam Zaidi Cecilia Berkovic PHOTOS BY SARDAR FaRROKHI. PHOTO OF AILY NASH BY GORDON NASH. STAFF VOLUNTEER MANAGER ADVISORY BOARD Funders and Sponsors Thanks EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Victoria Kucher Emelie Chhangur TORONTO 1 18 Heather Keung BOX OFFICE Sara Diamond TORONTO DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Barbora Racevičiūtė Atom Egoyan TORONTO Staff and Board Public Programming CODE OF CONDUCT All community Keli Safia Maksud FRONT OF HOUSE Marc Glassman TORONTO 2 and Education participants, including HEAD OF PROGRAMMING Amanda Clarke Shai Heredia BaNgaLORE 19 members and guests of members, event Aily Nash EVENT MANAGER Andrew Lampert NEW YORK Tickets and Pass hosts, sponsors, OPERATIONS MANAGER Brittany Higgens Janine Marchessault TORONTO Packages Off Screen presenters, exhibitors, Maegan Broadhurst FESTIVAL ASSISTANT Robyn McCallum TORONTO 4 31 and attendees, are expected to abide by PROGRAMMER Rowan Lynch Charlotte Mickie TORONTO the Images Festival Faraz Anoushahpour DRIVERS Serge Noël MONTREAL Presenting and On Screen and Live Code of Conduct COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Armand Sebris Andrea Picard TORONTO Community Partners 53 and cooperate with organizers who Emily Fitzpatrick Shaun Brodie Jody Shapiro TORONTO 5 enforce it. Images ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER COPY EDITOR Michael Snow TORONTO Spotlight Essay Festival insists that everyone who uses Milada Kovacova Andrew Wilmot Stefanie Schulte Program Quick View 68 the spaces remains GRAPHIC DESIGNER AUDITOR Strathaus BERLIN 6 mindful of, and Cecilia Berkovic David Burkes, C.A. Karen Tisch TORONTO Advertisers Index takes responsibility for, their speech WEB Mark Webber LONDON, UK Calendar 84 and behaviour. We Crrumb BOARD OF DIRECTORS 8 embrace respect and PROGRAMMING ASSISTANT Amar Wala CHAIR COVER IMAGE Title Index concern for the free expression of others, Tyler Prozeniuk Lise Beaudry TREASURER Brigid McCaffrey, Welcome Letters 87 but will not tolerate PRINT PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Mélanie Lê Phan SECRETARY Bad mama, who cares, 2016 12 words or actions that are racist, sexist, Mariam Zaidi Ariana Ayoub FESTIvaL TRAILER Artist Index and homophobic, ageist, Michael Chisholm Basma Alsharif Awards Biographical classist, transphobic, Julia Huynh PRINTER 16 Appendix cissexist, or ableist. Respecting physical Dylan Reibling TC Transcontinental Printing 89 and emotional Max Rothschild Jury boundaries, we 17 Map of Venues do not accept oppressive behaviour, 96 harassment, destructive behaviour, IMAGES FESTIVAL @imagesfestival or exclusionary 309-401 Richmond St W Toronto ON M5V 3A8 CANADA imagesfestival actions. To read the Images Festival is produced by the Northern Visions Independent Film and full policy, please visit facebook.com/imagesfestival imagesfestival.com. Video Association, a registered charitable organization since June 10, 1988. imagesfestival.com 4 TICKETS AND PASS PACKAGES PRESENTING AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS 5 Images Festival was founded by a passionate arts community who championed alter- natives to mainstream media and fought to open up critical dialogue. The festival is 90% run by volunteers and owes much of its success to our generous members. Please consider joining our membership today to receive benefits, and help us continue to build a platform for artists in Canada. STATEMENT ON AGE Opening Night $15/10* RESTRICTION Admittance to all Closing Night $15/10* screenings is restricted Live Programs $15/10* to those 18 years of age or older. Images Festival On Screen Programs $12/6* believes in freedom of Pay What You Can Events $5–15 suggested donation artistic expression and is against discrimination on the basis of age. Artist Talks are FREE However, under the Ontario Theatres Act, To reserve spaces for your class or group, contact: [email protected]. film and video festivals are required to adopt Please see p. 21 for more details. a blanket adult rating in order to hold public screenings without having Advance Tickets are available online at imagesfestival.com starting March 15. to submit all works for prior classification. Film and video are the Same Day Tickets (if available) will go on sale at the corresponding venues starting only forms of expression one hour before the event. Cash or credit cards accepted. subject to this kind of censorship system in Ontario. Images Festival complies with the Pass Packages Ontario Theatres Act Passes are available in person at the box office during the festival, by email at under protest. [email protected], and online at imagesfestival.com. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. A Charitable Limited- Preferred Festival Donation Tax edition Box Office Pass Voucher Receipt ($100) Tote Bag Privileges Festival Tickets reserved Supporter 2 4** 2 until 15 mins $250 before curtain THE Individual Tickets reserved COMMONS Membership 1 1 until 15 mins $60/40* before curtain Tax receipts may be issued for a portion of * * Students, seniors, underemployed; appropriate ID required. memberships. Please ask for details. Our charitable All ticket and pass prices include HST. registration number is * * Vouchers redeemable beginning 13 April at the Box Office. Vouchers not redeemable online. #12741 8762 RR0001. While vouchers can be exchanged for tickets, we can’t guarantee availability for any given The Images Festival screening. For this reason, we recommend arriving 30 minutes before the scheduled start time Membership Program is non-voting. to redeem vouchers. Vouchers are not valid for Opening and Closing Night. 6 PROGRAM QUICK VIEW PROGRAM QUICK VIEW 7 SHAKEDOWN, Leilah Weinraub, p. 54 The Rare Event Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, p. 59 Black Friday, Sophia Al-Maria Bullet Points for a Hard Western Mercer Union, p. 42 (after Walter De Maria) Lucy Raven and Deantoni Parks, p. 57 “Mere” Recording? Documentary, Contemporary Art, What Weakens the Flesh is the Flesh Itself Public Intimacies and the Orthodoxy of Ecstatic Truth James Richards and Steve Reinke, p. 64 Jon Wang, Dani Restack, and Sheilah Restack Erika Balsom, p. 62 Super 8 Hotel, p. 43 Communing with Others, p. 55 Shorts Program Djamilia Hemlock Forest, Moyra Davey, p. 63 Biologue, Trisha Baga, Gallery TPW, p. 33 Aminatou Echard, p. 79 Lafawndah, p. 80 8 CALENDAR CALENDAR 9 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION OFF SCREEN ON SCREEN LIVE PARTY 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM 12 AM 1 AM Thu OPENING NIGHT 7–9 PM 10 PM–2 AM 12 April Feature: SHAKEDOWN Opening Night Party with Myst Milano at Unit 2 p.96 Royal Cinema $15/10 p. 54 $10 or free with SHAKEDOWN stub/Festival pass OFF SCREEN 7–11 PM Black Friday opens at Mercer Union FREE p. 42 Biologue continues at Gallery TPW FREE p. 33 Fri ARTIST TaLK 3–5 PM 13 April Annie MacDonell and Maïder Fortuné Gallery 44 FREE p. 21 OFF SCREEN 4:30–7 PM LIVE 10–11 PM Steve Reinke Vtape FREE p. 21 Bullet Points for a Hard ON SCREEN 5–7 PM ON SCREEN 7–9 PM Western 11 PM–2 AM Shorts: Communing with Mid-length: Mediums TMAC Cam Lee at TMAC Others, Innis Town Hall Innis Town Hall $12/6 p. 56 $15/10 p. 57 $10 or free with Bullet Points $12/6 p. 55 Sat OFF SCREEN 12–1 PM Public Intimacies Reception 14 April 12–6 PM Exhibition open at the Super 8 Hotel FREE p. 43 GALLERY TOUR 12–2 PM OFF SCREEN ARTIST TALK 3–5 PM Meet at Super 8 Hotel 2 PM Oraib Toukan ON SCREEN 5–7 PM ON SCREEN 7–9 PM ON SCREEN 9:30–11 PM 11 PM–2 AM Lobby FREE p. 21 Oraib The Commons FREE p. 21 Shorts: Space Without Feature: The Rare Event Guest Program: BAMBII at Cinecycle Toukan Path or Boundary Innis Town Hall The Informants $10 or free with The Informants stub/ YYZ Artists’ Innis Town Hall p. 58 $12/6 p. 59 Innis Town Hall Festival pass p.96 Outlet $12/6 $12/6 p. 60 FREE p. 34 Sun OFF SCREEN 12–6 PM Public Intimacies at the Super 8 Hotel FREE p. 43 ON SCREEN 7–9 PM LIVE 9:30–11 PM 15 April Mid-length: Mid-length: LECTURE 3–4 PM ON SCREEN 5–7 PM What Weakens the Flesh Excavated Erika Balsom Mid-length: is the Flesh Itself Narratives Innis Town Hemlock Forest Innis Town Hall $12/6 p. 64 Innis Town Hall Hall Innis Town Hall $15/10 p. 65 FREE p. 62 $12/6 p. 63 10 CALENDAR CALENDAR 11 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION OFF SCREEN ON SCREEN LIVE PARTY 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM 12 AM 1 AM Mon OFF SCREEN 12–6 PM Public Intimacies at the Super 8 Hotel FREE p. 43 16 April ARTIST TaLK 3–5 PM ON SCREEN 7–9 PM ON SCREEN 9–11 PM Jon Wang, Dani Restack Mid-Length: Canadian Artist and Sheilah Restack Watching the Detectives Spotlight: Steve Reinke The Commons FREE p. 21 Innis Town Hall Innis Town Hall $12/6 p. 66 $12/6 p. 67 Tue ARTIST TaLK 3–5 PM ON SCREEN 7–9 PM ON SCREEN 9–11 PM 17 April Onyeka Igwe International Student Feature: Streetscapes and Aliya Pabani Showcase: Liminal States [Dialogue] The Commons FREE p. 21 Innis Town Hall Innis Town Hall $12/6 p. 72 $12/6 p. 74 Wed PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION 1–4 PM OFF SCREEN Bárbara Wagner 18 April Images Research Forum 6–9 PM & Benjamin de Burca The Commons FREE p.