-
yaya/ayat
yaya/ayat explores identities, being lost in translation and distance. But at its core it’s about Shimby longing for a relationship with her geographically distant grandma and her journey to Greece to find her. This is an experimental documentary about how being a part of any diaspora shapes a person’s identity.
Biography
Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot was the first in her family to be born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada. In February 2010 she went to Greece to be with and film her maternal grandmother. The result of this trip was the experimental documentary yaya/ayat, which is her first film.
-
The Red Hood
Set in the Canadian prairies during the Great Depression, The Red Hood is a dark re-telling of the traditional fable Little Red Riding Hood.
-
IKWÉ
The re-imagination of the generational passage of traditional knowledge between a woman and her grandmother moon.
IKWÉ is an experimental film that weaves the narrative of one woman’s (IKWÉ) intimate thoughts with the teachings of her grandmother, the Moon, creating a surreal narrative experience that communicates the power of thoughts and personal reflection.
Biography
Caroline Monnet (Algonquin/French), born in Ottawa, Canada, is a self-taught award winning filmmaker and artist. She completed a B.A in Communication and Sociology at the University of Ottawa and Granada, Spain. She uses video, photography, and installation to explore the dualities of her social, political, and spiritual identity, developing a critical framework influenced by history, community, and unconventional memory. Monnet’s work has been exhibited across Europe, Canada and the US. She is currently based in Winnipeg where she is an active member of ITWÉ, a trans-disciplinary collective dedicated to research, creation, production and education in the field of Aboriginal digital culture.
-
Snapperdoodle
SNAPPERDOODLE was conceived by Arlea Ashcroft and Andrea von Wichert, in the summer of 2006, as a way to harness the power of the puss and discover a way to create art without resorting to becoming escorts, prostitutes, or kept women. They realized they could paint with their pinks and pave their own way.
SNAPPERDOODLE is a statement about the role women's sexuality plays in the art world and society. Are we just vaginas? Is a painting of a vagina worth more than a painting created with a vagina or vice versa? How strong is the need of an artist to create and to what lengths will she go?
A woman paints with her vagina to please the art hungry masses that crowd her gallery and her life.
-
Threefold
Three stories, three colours, three stages in a woman’s life. In this lush and ethereal short film, tales from classical mythology are turned upside-down to celebrate three powerful women. These ancient world ‘bad girls’ were punished for their curiosity, sexuality and knowledge, but in this film they are rewarded for their desire to understand and actively participate in the world around them. Expect the unexpected in Threefold.
-
rifting/blue
This film explores women and madness. It is devoted to breakages- to what they look like, what they feel like, and who those humans are who have been asked to hold them –in their pieces, as they disintegrate.
Through superimpositions and dissolves, and mixing formats of 16mm, stills and video, the film constructs, in cinematic collage, the “push/pull of appearance as expression and concealment” that madness is. The highly coded yet emotionally naked images become the multi-layered capacity to endure watching-that is the film.
-
Color Me Beautiful
Obsessed with beauty, Christie resorts to desperate measures to achieve a golden tan. Following a series of unsuccessful attempts, Christie finally believes she has found the answer in a drug called Tan-Adril. The results are short lived, and Christie once again finds herself searching in vain for a quick solution.
-
Snapperdoodle
SNAPPERDOODLE was conceived by Arlea Ashcroft and Andrea von Wichert, in the summer of 2006, as a way to harness the power of the puss and discover a way to create art without resorting to becoming escorts, prostitutes, or kept women. They realized they could paint with their pinks and pave their own way.
SNAPPERDOODLE is a statement about the role women's sexuality plays in the art world and society. Are we just vaginas? Is a painting of a vagina worth more than a painting created with a vagina or vice versa? How strong is the need of an artist to create and to what lengths will she go?
A woman paints with her vagina to please the art hungry masses that crowd her gallery and her life.
-
We're Talking Vulva
At long last, everything you've always wanted to know about 'down there' but were afraid to ask. A tender tale wherein our heroine, Ms. V..soul sisters her way into your heart with the hottest rap this side of the uterus. She sings!!! She dances!!! She's Big!!! It's a wear and care manual, it's a delightful tour, its a Rock Video.