Directing
An erotic poem, a video camera is accidentally left on during a thunderstorm.
Froglight is a film about having faith in the unknown
The combination of constantly moving abstract imagery and a familiar-yet-cryptic soundtrack in HERE reflects the struggle of being aware and present in life’s moment(s).
PATCHING is the metaphoric intermingling of a journey, a flat tire, a break-up and tips for getting back on the road. PATCHING is the second tape in a series known as BICYCLE DIARIES.
A terminally ill woman describes the circumstances of her love life while images of a domestic interior taken from a single and static viewpoint simultaneously construct and deconstruct the narrative.
In the Minds of All Beings: Tsogyal Latso of Tibet takes us to the 8th century birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, the founding mother of Tibetan Buddhism, and the greatest enlightened woman in Tibet. Blending legend and history, the film recounts an ancient story and shows how the wisdom and blessings of Yeshe Tsogyal have continued to our present time.
A haunting, experimental narrative that merges the roaming voice of a battered wife with popular images of women to question the conventional ideology of representation and the denial of domestic violence. Alternating between provocative poetry and submissive prose, the voice echoes terrifying thoughts of the abused woman while gradually deconstructing - and reconstructing- manipulated found footage.
Through choreography and performance by Susanna Hood, and editing and effects in exposure caused by hand-processing, "The Light in Our Lizard Bellies" reflects the intensities that discombobulate us as we go through change and face parts of ourselves previously denied or unknown.
Drummond takes a humourous look at a single incident from his youth and isolates the jelling of personality in relation to how we form our sexual/love molds.
Perception and intelligence in plant life have been gaining scientific attention and recognition in recent decades. Gestures Toward Plant Vision offers a cinematic meditation on how plants might visually perceive their worlds and inspires viewers to consider other ways trees and plants, in all their varieties, might neurobiologically create images to see in stillness, motion, layers, form, colour, light, shadow, and/or time. Imagery and sound for the film were collected and created at the Workshop on Art, Nature, and Technology 2016 led by plant scientist Dr. Stefano Mancuso and held at the garden home of Daniel Spoerri in Tuscany, Italy.
Abbott reflects on her unfortunate experience with childhood love.
Unable to remember a violent incident, a young woman, Iona, returns to a place of magic and love to look for answers. Through interracial relationships and the healing potential of a talking circle, the film explores violence in young relationships and the moment of choice we face when the urge to be violent surfaces.
LOOKING BACK TO SEE is a journey through a dreary, artificial landscape accompanied by ghostly sounds that speak of escape at the same time that they remind us of worlds that have been paved over "to make life better." LOOKING BACK TO SEE is the first in a series of videos known as BICYCLE DIARIES.
On a night so cold it hurts to breathe, Soft as Snow and Cold as Ice meet Thomas, a drunk young man, who's been dumped on the outskirts of town. When Thomas suggests the two men should walk back with him, they persuade him to stay the night.
