F-O-R-M 2023 Program Guide

November 4 - 18

2023

@formvancouver

f-o-r-m.ca

Design by Jingyi Liu

ABOUT F-O-R-M

CONTENT ABOUT

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FESTIVAL LOCATIONS + ACCESSIBILITY

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OUR TEAM

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WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

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FORMations: Movement, Music and Filmmaking Jam

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HOLD_xyz Discussion and Demo

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Waving and Krump-based Freestyle Workshop

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FILM SCREENINGS

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Frames in Motion

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Embodied Extensions

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Mini Commissions Screening

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Commissioned Artists’ World Premieres

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Welcome to the eighth annual F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement)! In 2015, F-O-R-M became Vancouver’s first ever youth-focused movement-on-screen festival. 2023 marks our first ever festival that spans two weeks!

F-O-R-M was founded by dance artist Sophia Wolfe, with the support of Company 605 and Kristina Lemieux. F-O-R-M grew out of a desire for a platform in the city dedicated to youth and emerging artists to create and share films that centre around the body in motion. Since the festival’s inception, we have supported youth and emerging artists through commissioning and screening opportunities, while building audiences and a community of creators to share and present their work.

F-O-R-M inspires audiences to see movement from new perspectives. All of the films you will see over the course of the festival are made by artists who are in the very early stages of building their creative practices, and/or who are new to the process of making movement-based films. Many of the works shared at F-O-R-M are the artist’s first film, and for many more, F-O-R-M is their first experience having their film screened at a film festival.

We are excited to present a variety of films that deliver strong imagery of the human body in motion and uncover choreographic investigations between camera and movement. Our curatorial programming focuses on films that showcase diverse stories of young individuals told through the power of movement and film.

F-O-R-M 2023 features: 42 Short Films from 10 Countries, 15 world premieres from 17 Commissioned Artists, Public Screens, Technology and Interaction Installation, FORMations, Workshops, artist talks + more available on:

f-o-r-m.ca - Live In Cinema - Throughout Vancouver - Instagram - Public Screens

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With the festival taking place both in person and on digital platforms, we want to recognize that F-O-R-M is based in and works from so-called Vancouver, in what is colonially known as Canada, on the unceded and stolen traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. As uninvited guests and strangers to this land, F-O-R-M recognizes and extends our gratitude to the stewards of this land who have been here protecting it since time immemorial.

We take seriously the responsibility as an organization of artists and filmmakers to be in continuous conversation and relationship with Indigenous artists and to learn from, support and uplift their voices as the festival grows year to year. F-O-R-M continues to reflect on and bring attention and connection to bodies, land, and movement through filmmaking, documentation, and storytelling. We are grateful to share and witness these stories together while inspiring movement towards positive change—wherever you may be.

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FESTIVAL LOCATIONS SFU Woodwards - Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 149 W Hastings St Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7 Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre: 3rd floor World Art Centre: 2nd floor Small Cinema: Room 4955, 4th floor

KW Production Studio

111 Hastings St W, Vancouver BC, V6B 1H4

Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen (MPCAS) Intersection of Broadway & Kingsway, Vancouver, on the side of the Independent Building 168 BC-1A, Vancouver BC

On Main Gallery @ SunWah Centre 427–268 Keefer St. Vancouver BC, V5A1X5 4th Floor

The Polygon Gallery

101 Carrie Cates Court North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3J4 2nd Floor

Emily Carr Integrated Motion Studio (Wilson Plaza entrance) 520 East 1st Ave Vancouver, BC, V5T 0H2

Boombox

PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY

BY VENUE: All venues inside SFU Woodward’s are accessible by elevator.

Wheelchair spots are limited, so please notify the Front of House Manager (FOH) as soon as you arrive at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts by asking any usher or greeter at the door to contact the FOH, who will then make your seating arrangements.

44 W 4th Ave Vancouver BC, V5J 1G3

KW Studios is accessible from the atrium entrance on Hastings St and has wheelchair accessible washrooms.

Digital Library

On Main @ SunWah Center is a wheelchair accessible space with wheelchair accessible washroom facilities. There is an elevator accessible by ramp to the 4th floor.

Available with all festival passes

Instagram @formvancouver

Website www.f-o-r-m.ca

The Polygon Gallery is a wheelchair accessible space with accessible washroom facilities and an elevator to the 2nd floor.

The screening at Boombox takes place in the fully accessible parking lot. The artist talk takes place inside Boombox. Unfortunately, for now, Boombox itself is not wheelchair accessible due to a 4-step entrance.

Restrooms are accessible in the adjacent venue, The Birdhouse.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a wheelchair accessible space with accessible washroom facilities. Accessible parking is available in the underground lot at 565 Great Northern Way, located on the southeast side of campus and accessible from Carolina St. Please contact their Facilities Office in advance of your visit to arrange for an accessible visitor spot. If you prefer to call, phone 604-844-3800.

For other accessibility measures, please see the FAQ page on our website for more information.

If you have an access need that is not being met by the supports listed above, please email chiara@f-o-r-m.ca and we will do our best to accommodate your request. We are always looking for feedback on how to improve accessibility at the festival.

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OUR TEAM Artistic Director Tamar Tabori

Youth Programmer Erin Lum

Organizational Director Sophia Mai Wolfe

Creative Producer Chiara Lucchetta

Programming Assistant danielle Mackenzie Long

Communications Producer Chimgee Mendee

Graphic Designer Jingyi Liu

Design Mentor + Consultant Flory Huang

Accessibility Programming Consultant and Collaborator romham gallacher

Producing Consultant

OUR SUPPORTERS

Community Sponsors

Co-Presenter

Our 2023 Donors

SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

Our Funders

BC Arts Council, The Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, and Canada Council for the Arts

Co-Commissioning Partners

Kayla de Vos

BC Movement Arts, Company 605, Wild Mint Arts, UnivereSoul Dance

Festival Consultant

Commissioning Fund Production Partners

Kristina Lemieux

Cineworks, Charles Street Video, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, and VIVO Media Arts Centre

Artistic Committee

Creation Sponsors

Eryn Tempest Ashvini Sundaram Juan Imperial

grunt gallery, Polygon Gallery, Boombox Vancouver, Raven Spirit Dance, All Bodies Dance, ArtStarts in Schools, FakeNot

Alan McTavish Andrew Barrett Annie Clarke Anonymous David Cooper Jingyi Liu

Founding Producers

Company 605, Kristina Lemieux

Studio Support for Commissioned Artists

Modus Operandi

Commissioning Artist Mentors

grunt gallery, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

Alimzhan Alan Sabir Edzi’u Eric Cheung Evann Siebens

Workshop Venue Sponsors

Festival Music by

The Dance Centre, The Cultch

Public Screens Partners

KW Studios, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

Media Sponsors

Stir, OMNI Television

Our Sponsors

PuSh Festival, Dancer Transition Resource Centre, JJ Bean

Our Raffle Donors

STRETCH Yoga Studio, iDance Vancouver, Rio Theatre, Studio North, Firehall Arts Centre, Jaybird Studio, Cmmn Grnd, Cranio Sacral with Kelly McInnes

Jessica Wadsworth Jon Wiedemann Kristina Lemieux Norman Wolfe Pedro Chamale Tamar Tabori

Joshua Lam Nancy Lee Santi Henderson Sophia Mai Wolfe

Mana Saei

Recorded Movement Society Board Members:

Pedro Chamale, David Cooper, Andie Lloyd, Jennifer Su, Sonia Medel, and Aurora Martens (Board Member in Training)

Thank You

Naomi Brand, Jen Sunshine, Jules André-Brown, Kamana Ntibarikure, Kayla de Vos, Kristina Lemieux, Babette Santos, Liam Hurley, and Ella McCartney and thank you volunteers! We are so grateful to the volunteers who are helping make F-O-R-M possible this year. They’re lending us their skills and time as Box Office Support, Raffle Ralliers, Event Set-Up, and Workshop Activation.

Thank you volunteers—we couldn’t do it without you!

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2023 AWARDS

MESSAGE FROM THE TEAM

F-O-R-M is thrilled to announce three awards at our 2023 festival.

Favourite films from each category will be determined by designated committees: F-O-R-M’s 2023 Artistic Committee, SFU Youth Jury, as well F-O-R-M audiences, with cash prizes of $250 going directly to the filmmakers.

Welcome to the eighth annual F-O-R-M — a celebration of movement and the ever-evolving nature of film. This year, we’ve embarked on a journey that has seen us welcoming new team members, bid farewell to cherished ones, and constantly has us questioning and pushing the boundaries of what a film festival can be. Each of these elements has played a vital role in shaping us — a combination of our history and the endless possibilities we aspire to explore.

Audience Choice Award

We want to know what films moved YOU, the audience, physically, emotionally and energetically! We encourage you to cast your vote for your favourite film at the festival, starting on Sunday November 19th. Voting stays open until Saturday November 25th, the final day our Digital Library is available online. Award winners will be announced following the festival.

Most Memorable Youth Short Film - presented by SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

Thanks to the SFU Youth Jury members, comprised of students from SFU’s Dance, Film, and Interactive Arts + Technology Programs.

Artistic Committee Award - presented by F-O-R-M

As the Artistic Committee has been involved in this year’s festival since early 2023, they have a special experience of being with these films for an extended period of time. Their discussions and decisionmaking process will be informed by these unique perspectives and with the freedom to award a film based on what is meaningful to them.

Thanks to F-O-R-M 2023 Artistic Committee members: Ashvini Sundaram, Eryn Tempest, and Juan Imperial

At F-O-R-M, the process of continuous learning and adaptation is not just a concept; it’s an integral part of our identity. We’ve come to understand that growth often comes hand in hand with the sweet discomfort of change. This year, we invite you to join us as we question the very essence of movement— what it means, who has historically embodied it, and how we can continue to challenge and redefine the very concept of movement within the body and beyond.

So, with that, welcome to F-O-R-M 2023! We invite you to immerse yourself, be curious, and explore your own path through this year’s hybrid format of films, events, workshops and more. Join us as we celebrate this year’s artists and communities, and look forward to a future filled with endless creative possibilities. Thank you for being a part of our story, and for helping us shape the festival as we know it.

Enjoy the experience!

Sophia Wolfe

Chiara Lucchetta

Tamar Tabori

Erin Lum

danielle Mackenzie Long

Chimgee Mendee

Jingyi Liu

Flory Huang

For the first time ever, our festival spans two weeks: The first week is dedicated to exploring the intersection of technology and interaction, where we delve into how movement can create new experiences beyond the cinema. It’s a journey into uncharted territory, where we explore new spaces and inspire divergent modes of presentation.

In the second week, we come together as a community to celebrate the best way we know how: more screenings (in the cinema, outside and on our devices), workshops, and gatherings.

It’s a time to connect, share ideas, and revel in the collective spirit that defines our festival.

This year’s F-O-R-M is a testament to our willingness to try, to stumble, and to learn. It represents the beautiful, non-linear path of growth, and our commitment to continue creating spaces for artists and the festival to evolve and grow into the endless possibilities that movement, film and technology have to offer.

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WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS FORMations: Movement, Music and Filmmaking Jam with MAMM and OURO Collective

HOLD_xyz Discussion and Demo

Saturday November 4 @ 12pm - 4pm PDT

With Ralph Escamillan, Nancy Lee and Ian Nakamoto In partnership with FakeKnot

With Rina Pellerin, Eric Cheung, Shana Wolfe, Ben Brown and Raphaël Foisy In-Person

KW Production Studio - 111 Hastings St W

Our annual FORMations Jam returns with movement facilitation by OURO Collective and live music from Ben Brown and Raphaël Foisy of Music And Movement Mondays (MAMM)!

OURO Collective members Rina Pellerin, Eric Cheung, and Shana Wolfe will lead us through movement concepts influenced by OURO’s fusion of waacking, popping, and contemporary dance. While we experiment with movement through the lens of the camera, Ben and Raphaël will accompany with live improvised music (drums and bass) and guide us through music listening exercises. Participants will create and present their own short movement video by the end of the workshop.

FORMations is open to all dance backgrounds and experience levels, prioritizing participants between the ages 15 to 25.

This event is free to attend. Registration is required at f-o-r-m.ca as space is limited. All you need to bring is yourself, comfortable clothes to dance in, and a phone with space to record a few videos. Expect to play the role of dancer and filmmaker in this jam and see your short movement film come to life! *you do not need access to a smart phone in order to participate*

Wednesday November 8 @ 6pm - 9pm PST

In-Person

Emily Carr Integrated Motion Studio (Wilson Plaza entrance) - 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T 0H2

HOLD_xyz is a dance and XR research project led by artists Nancy Lee, Ian Nakamoto, and Ralph Escamillan. The presentation will offer a concise overview of figurative sculpture and sculptural theory, delve into the cultural significance of posing within ballroom culture, and explore the art of storytelling within XR technology.

This exploration is made possible through the integration of these conceptual frameworks and tools, facilitated by technologies like 3D scanning and 3D printing, which will be demonstrated during the talk.

HOLD_xyz started as a FakeKnot learning series to facilitate community seminars and artistic exchanges between artists Nancy Lee, Ian Nakamoto, Emmalena Fredriksson and Ralph Escamillan.

The intention was to build meaningful discourse on how we should approach dance and technological integration, and gain historic and political insights into our choreographic habits.

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#FORMingOurFuture

Waving and Krump-based Freestyle Workshop with Joanne Park, Adam Smith, and Colby McLean

Empower the next generation of movement-on-screen artists!

Saturday November 18 @ 2pm - 5pm PST In-Person

Help us raise our goal of $4500 by the end of this year! Each donation provides opportunities for youth and emerging filmmakers by covering commissioning costs, mentorships, workshop facilitation, and screening fees.

SFU Woodwards - World Art Centre, 2nd floor - 149 W Hastings St, Vancouver

We see the community recognizing the immense value and potential of movement-on-screen, and we’re finding new ways to continue supporting youth and emerging artists. We’re dreaming of a future where youth filmmakers are thriving, and we need your help to get there. As our community of creators grows, we want to grow in our ability to support them and their work.

Every year, one of our commissioned artists takes the lead in a festival workshop. This year, we’re thrilled to have Joanne Park and the collaborative team of Adam Smith and Colby McLean as co-facilitators for the festival’s final workshop!

Recorded Movement Society is now a recognized charitable organization! All donations over $25 will receive a tax receipt.

All donations made before November 25th will be entered into a draw to receive F-O-R-M tote bag!

The workshop will unfold in three parts: The waving section of the workshop will go over the basics of arm and body waves, then into a lab of integrating waving into each participants’ existing dance. Some popping techniques will be highlighted, but the main focus is to use waving with any style of dance. Any background of dance is welcome (including no background of dancing). The warm up will aim to activate everybody’s body for waving, regardless of past experience.

The krump section of the workshop is going to give some of the most fundamental ideas and movements used in krump in a way that can be applied to any style of dance; Having a major focus on character and applying foundations into freestyle. We will focus mostly on the conceptual aspect of movement rather than the technical aspect.

The freestyle section of the workshop will be a cypher based exploration of different idea generation exercises. The goal being to provide dancers with a tool kit for use in both a slower paced lab and faster paced freestyle setting. This will give the participants an opportunity to apply their learning from the previous sections in a guided environment. This section will have something for everyone!

Join Joanne, Adam, and Colby in this workshop to learn more about their processes, followed by our Closing Screening that same evening. Experience their films, along with four other world premieres, on Saturday, November 18th at 7 PM.

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Public Screens

A SEQUENCE OF MOVING PIXELS

In partnership with grunt gallery & Simon Fraser University

INTREPIDITY AND EXISTENCE

Kaila Bhullar (Canada) EMERGING Haley Jacques (Canada) YOUTH

UTATU film still from PMS: Pepper Mentrural Syndrome by Jasmine Mohan Zhu

opaqueREFUSALS

November 4 - 19

Digital Library

In-Person

danielle Mackenzie Long (Canada) YOUTH - World Premiere

Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen Intersection of Broadway & Kingsway, Vancouver, on the side of the Independent Building, and on screens around SFU Downtown, Burnaby and Surrey Campuses

NETTE - A KINESIC EXPERIMENT

Artemis Pyrpilis (Greece) EMERGING - Canada Premiere

SATURATED

Kristen-Innes Stambolic (Canada) EMERGING - Vancouver Premiere film still from Nette - A Kinesic Experiment by Artemis Pyrpilis

PMS: PEPPER MENSTRUAL SYNDROME Jasmine Mohan Zhu (Canada) YOUTH - World Premiere

Films will be running daily on screens at each location between November 4 - 18. For specific dates and times, please visit the event page here. If you can’t catch these films in person, you can watch them November 20th - 25th via our Digital Library by purchasing a festival pass.

Screens of all shapes and sizes have become a part of our daily lives — encounters with a screen have become inevitable. Our Public Screens program urges you to look up and beyond the screens at your fingertips, observe your surroundings, and engage with movement-on-screen as you move through your day.

Andy Dongan Liu (Canada) EMERGING

HERBARIUM

Regina Lissowska-Postaremczak (Poland) EMERGING

GARGANTA

Ysadora Miranda Dias (Canada) YOUTH

IL COSTUME DI VALDRADA film still from Herbarium by Regina Lissowska-Postaremczak

Silvia Autorino (Italy) EMERGING - Vancouver Premiere

Be Vardų, Be Kojų

In partnership with Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen (grunt gallery) and SFU, we invite you to find, pass-by, witness and enjoy a selection of vibrant films throughout the festival week. Stay for a minute, for half an hour or come back the next day.

Brigita Gedgaudas (Canada) YOUTH - Vancouver Premiere

FASHION BLOGGER

Iris Gao (Canada) EMERGING - World Premiere

If you see these screens, we invite you to snap a pic, or take a video and tag @formvancouver with #FORMvancouver2023

See full list of credits here 9 film still from Il Costume Di Valdrada by Silvia Autorino

Keeping the Distance: Sculpting Image in a Shifted Body A Collaboration by Olga Barrios and Edgardo Moreno Sunday November 12 - 14 @ 6pm - 8pm PST

Co-Presented with Raven Spirit Dance and Boombox

Opening Screening and Discussion with Sonia Medel Digital Library

November 12 @ 6pm PST

In-Person

Boombox - 44 W 4th Ave, Vancouver

Keeping the Distance: Sculpting Image in a Shifted Body, is a series of 6 (2 minutes each) experimental videos created during the pandemic lockdown—first created in isolated spaces to now be projected on public outdoor architectural surfaces. The project raises questions related to a political body and borders.

This artistic concept departs from the notion of a body as a place where vibrations of creation start, connecting with the idea of the Covid 19 pandemic, where the bodies are/were sick and need/ ed to be isolated. All activities were demanding the distance of bodies. Bodies were and continue to be sick, so distance seemed the only solution. But bodies vibrate in diverse ways. Working at a distance we were able to use digital technologies like the camera,

sound, editing programs, and choreography. We can connect and transcend borders, pandemics and space thereby creating a hybrid discipline.

The work presented here starts from recording a body in motion, to be later affected and shifted in editing by experimenting with various programs that respond to movement and sound. The work was developed with Olga in Colombia and Edgardo in Canada during July and August 2020.

Please join us on November 12th at 7PM for a conversation with the artists facilitated by Sonia Medel. Tea and Bannock will be provided courtesy of Raven Spirit Dance.

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Mini Commissions - World Premieres

Monday November 6

HERTZ

November 6 - 16 @ 12pm PST Daily

PULSE

Ryan Iwanaka (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Instagram @formvancouver

Bona Lee (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Co-Commissioned by: Univeresoul Dance

November 17 @ 6PM - 7PM In-Person

Monday November 13

@SFU Woodwards (in-person screening)

We’re thrilled to introduce you to the 9 inspiring young artists that are part of our 2023 Mini Commissions Program! F-OR-M launched this initiative in 2022 with a desire to provide a supportive space for high school aged youth (15-19 years old) from across Canada to explore movement-on-screen filmmaking. As a youth-driven festival, we’ve seen firsthand the power that young artists have when their creative voices are empowered.

In anticipation of creating their very own 1-2 minute short films, our cohort of artists met throughout May to August and were mentored by Youth Programmer Erin Lum. Exploration, experimentation, and education are values that guided this process. Artists asked questions like; what is ‘movement’ in film, and how can we push these boundaries? How can we use editing to tell a story? What can we learn about ourselves in the process of creating art? Creative workshops led by Daniela Rodríguez and Valentina Acevedo Montilla, Sophia Wolfe, Nita Bowerman, and SCOPE planted seeds to dive deeper into topics such as project planning, continuity editing, DIY filmmaking, and sound.

Every day from November 6-16, one Mini Commissions short film will premiere on the @formvancouver Instagram page. On November 17th (6-7:30 PM @ SFU Woodwards), we will be hosting an in-person Mini Commissions Screening for the community to gather, watch, and celebrate these films in each other’s presence.

Be inspired by these young artists’ playful, emotional, musical, and genre-bending explorations of what movement-on-screen can look like. The future of filmmaking is so bright.

Tuesday November 7

Tuesday November 14

SO FAMILIAR

BALD GIRL

Jada Chang (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Tanisha Kumar (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Co-Commissioned by: Univeresoul Dance

Wednesday November 8

Wednesday November 15

A CURE TO BOREDOM

AWAKEN

Era Bothe (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Thursday November 9

Thivya Jeyapalan (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

Thursday November 16

ANDROMEDA

Ash Szeto (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

RUN

Larkin Miller (Canada) YOUTH World Premiere

See list of full credits and synopsis here

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Technology and Interaction: calling tidal

by Jasmine Liaw November 5 - 10

On Main - Sun Wah Centre 427-268 Keefer St, 4th floor The gallery is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 1 - 6pm PST, and Wednesday: 12 - 5pm PST Artist-facilitated walkthroughs are available Monday through Thursday during gallery hours. We encourage you to sign up for a more in-depth exploration of the installation’s themes and interactive elements.

You are welcome to stop by and walk in whenever the gallery is open.

Co-Commissioned by: Charles Street Video

Opening Reception, Artist Talk, and Facilitated Jam Sunday November 5 @ 2pm - 5pm PST In-Person

Closing Reception | Resonating with Climate Change: An Exploration of ‘calling tidal’ facilitated by Chaprece Henry Friday November 10 @ 6pm - 9pm PST In-Person

“calling tidal” is a multi-sensory, interdisciplinary installation engaging with the movement of glaciers. As a responsive space, the work investigates a phenomenological approach to the memory of water, visualizing a future where water is memorable. Informed

by Queer Ecology and the ways inner nature worlds communicate their stress, Liaw utilizes interactive audio-visual technology to allow viewers to become a part of the space and meditate on their embodied relationships with the natural world. With web-found sound recordings of glaciers crashing worldwide, ‘calling tidal’ holds an aliveness with breath and quite literally cries, just like humans.

As “Metro-Vancouver” has one remaining glacier, Liaw is interested in how society publicizes climate change and how it connects with others’ anxieties surrounding the future. Thus, the work’s perspective is exploring the ways glacial environments are communicative with their rapid changing form locally and non-locally. Liaw’s interactive approaches to the installation are inspired by the ways geoscientists document the changes in glacial

shape-shifting through LiDAR and colour recordings. Within a complex world that is more-than-human, Liaw is intrigued by how depth of equity is issued and how it can be embraced through the fluidity of non-human and human bodies, depicting a time-capsule of water.

Installation by:

Jasmine Liaw

Sound Design Collaborator:

Dino Hajdarovac

Climate Dramaturge:

Chaprece Henry

New Media Mentor:

Nancy Lee

Thank you to our Co-Commissioning Partner Charles Street Video for their support on this initiative.

Jasmine is F-O-R-M’s 2022-23 Technology and Interaction Artist in Residence. Click here to learn more about her residency and development of this project over the last two years.

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FILM SCREENINGS OPENING NIGHT

Frames in Motion Live Talkback Facilitated by Chiara Lucchetta Saturday November 4 @ 7 - 9 PM PDT

Screening rating | SFU Woodwards - Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre, 3rd floor - 149 W Hastings St & Digital Library Doors: 6:30pm PDT

Digital Library

In-Person

Film still from The Body Of My Name 名自字体 by Rosie Chood Pidcock

Our opening screening is an homage to the various ways movement is expressed, observed, and experienced in film.

Movement in film goes beyond mere action; it captures an emotional journey, the play of light and shadow, a fleeting glance, the subtlest of gestures. Join us to witness works where artists push and reshape boundaries, both within the body and beyond.

Here, we explore the impact of motion, encompassing the tangible and the intangible, as we question and redefine the very essence of what it means to move in film.

This screening features some films that explore deeply emotional and challenging subjects. Prior to each of these films, a 20-second trigger warning slide will notify audiences of the content. As part of our screening advisory, we strongly encourage you to prioritize your comfort. You’re welcome to step out of the cinema before, during, and/or after the film, taking any necessary moments for emotional well-being. We encourage you to take control of your viewing experience.

opaqueREFUSALS

UNDERTONES

danielle Mackenzie Long (Canada)

Kat Castro (Canada)

UNHOME EMERGING

Ella Saini (Canada)

Duration: 5:17

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 7:16

World Premiere

Duration: 1:32

Director, Animator, Dancer, Editor:

danielle Mackenzie Long

Director, Editor:

Kat Castro

Director:

Ella Saini

Sound Designer:

Miya Kosowick Mawatari

Movement Artists:

Jayson Collantes, Kosi Eze,

Producer:

Reese Barrow

New Media Support:

Freya Björg Olafson, Casey Koyczan

Frances Antoinette Honoridez

Cinematographer:

Tarneem Allati

Music Producer:

Doomgurl / Mandy Sanchez Cruz

1st AC:

Emma Kutlesa

Colourist:

Jerick Collantes

Sound Recordist:

Gwen Farbridge

Picture Editors:

Vanessa Fajek and Justin Cao

Sound Designer:

Gwen Farbridge

VFX:

Vanessa Solivio and Ella Saini

Colourist:

Tarneem Allati

Composer:

Daniel Little

A ribcage embodies a dance, refusing to allow its movement to be constrained by a diaphragm made of bubble wrap.

Using animation software and motion capture data from a nonbinary dance artist’s movement a dance is presented through non-gendered means of performance. opaqueREFUSALS is the first volume of a work-in-progress interdisciplinary project combining movement, digital media, installation, online game design and live performance. The work aims to empower genderqueer dance artists to exist in a world where gender is neither binary, nor defined.

Humans are like existential onions. There are many layers to uncover, hence the title name, Undertones. The project is an experimental movement film that focuses on the relationship between the underlying layers of architecture, music & sound, and the movement artists. It plays with themes of curiosity, tension, connection, and release. Through movement, it explores how personal experiences and emotions are not only affected by other individuals, but also by the elements in the environment that surrounds us. The relationship is cyclical in nature and as the cycle repeats, we gain more awareness within and outside ourselves.

This poetic documentary explores the impact of gentrification in Scarborough. It features three Scarborough residents who share their personal memories and reflect on the changes they have witnessed over the last 5-10 years in their neighbourhoods. Through their stories and scrapbook imagery, UNHOME explores the pain of nostalgia in the face of a lost community.

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AU-DELÀ DU HORS-CHAMP Axel Robin (Canada) Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 9:38

Director:

Axel Robin

Choreographer:

Laurence Wells

Music composer:

Louis Parent

Cinematographer:

Léa Barsalou

Production designer:

Éloïse Carpintero

Production manager:

Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu

A film crew is preparing to shoot a scene in a colourful studio. As the filming goes, their gestures gradually slip into dancing, revealing the beautiful choreography of film sets.

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IN THE WHITENESS

FRAGMENTS

Niya Abdullahi (Canada)

Andreas Antonopulos (Trinidad and Tobago)

EMERGING

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 4:48

World Premiere

Duration: 12:00

Director, Writer, Producer:

Niya Ahmed Abdullahi

Director:

Andreas Antonopoulos, Depoleena Paul

Editor:

Sonya Mwambu

Choreographer:

Deboleena Paul

Cinematographer:

Riv Mendis

Cinematographer, Editor:

Andreas Antonopoulos

Music:

Khion De Laz

Dancers:

Christie Millette, Giselle Pascall, Kdissa Davis, Marquise Brow, Natalia Williams, Okia Brathwaite, Quisha Christopher Davis, Steve Ghany

IN THE WHITENESS is a poetic exploration of identity through the eyes of a Harari woman, displaced via war, now living in “Canada”.

She uses poetry and movement as a meditative method of reconnecting with her roots and in doing so, establishes a magical bond with her ancestors.

INTERMISSION - 10 MINUTE S

Fragments is a collaboration project between filmmaker Andreas Antonopoulos and choreographer Deboleena Paul. The film explores the movement and architecture of Trinidad and Tobago in a historical context.

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PAPAYA Dédé Chen (Canada)

EMERGING

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 10:53

Director:

Dédé Chen

Productor:

Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival

Dancer:

Meihan Carrier-Brisson

Director of Photography:

Laurence Ly

Director of Animation:

Fanny Lord-Bourcier

Director of Sound:

Chittakone Baccam Thirakul

Set Designer:

Gong Li

Art Designer:

Emmanuelle GP

Cinematography collaborator:

Corinne Jiao-Yuntao Beaumier

Voice collaborator:

Cynthia Wu-Maheux

Photographer:

Ange Guo

A Sino-Canadian adoptee breaks the silence of incest by responding to her family archives through dance. In the ritual sacrifice of a papaya, she reenacts her traumatic past to emancipate her adult self.

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I(n)finite

BELLYDANCE VOGUE

Eric Cheung (Canada)

EMERGING

Hadi Moussally (Spain)

World Premiere

Duration: 4:26

Film Director, Editor:

Alim Sabir

2nd AC:

Ben Smallz

Choreographer, Dance Artist:

Eric Cheung

VFX:

Luke Bellissimo

Creative Director:

Sebastian Palencia

Swing(s):

Carson Lower, Brian Gregory,

Director of Photography:

Brad Stuckel

Producer:

Pique Production

DMT:

Ben Smallz

Music Composer:

Mathew Tomkinson

PA:

David Falco, Catrina Chen,

Assistant Director:

Michael Falco

Gaffer:

Artur Vetstein

Production Designer:

Sam Sziget

Steadicam:

Miha Matevzik

Costume:

Acronym

1st AC:

Teo Weyman

EMERGING

Duration: 4:55

Kurtis Watson

Director:

Hadi Moussally

Music:

“Bellydance Vogue” by Hadi Zeidan

Producer:

h7o7

Director of Photography, Post-Production:

Olivier Pagny

Jack Peros

Hadi’s birthday landed on the 3rd of April, 2020, during lockdown, and for the first time he celebrated it all by himself.

Film shot in lockdown.

Set in a neo-noir-inspired landscape, the narrative follows Eric’s never-ending journey and obsession with the infinite as a source of meaning. Eric portrays his internal conflict through choreographic distorted, repetitive, and looping movements. As he progresses through the real world, he gradually transforms and merges with the environment around him until he reaches a perceived infinity. At this point, Eric transcends into a 3D virtual world. A vacuum of space where time does not exist, where he sees glimpses from his past, present, and future. Eric then leaves this virtual space back to reality, beginning a new cycle. Ultimately leading to the end of the film’s beginning - an infinite loop.

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SILK PAPER AND BRUISES

WAVE RIDER

Gabriella Engdahl (UK)

EMERGING

Dustin Chok (Canada)

EMERGING

Canada Premiere

Duration: 2:58

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 8:56

Director, Cinematographer, Designer, Writer:

Gabriella Engdahl

Directory:

Dustin Chok

Composer:

Maria Rojas Gomez

Primary Dancer:

Daniel E “Future” Kelley III

Voice Actress:

Ciara Amas

Primary Dancer:

Sekou Sonko-Boisclair

Camera assistant:

Peter Lundhall Ortiz

Cinematographer:

Colin Waugh

Editor:

Dustin Chok

Music:

Oveous + Don Kamares

SILK PAPER AND BRUISES is an experimental dance film exploring norms, expectations, and body ideals within the contemporary dance industry. The film, made in stop motion, takes the audience on a poetic journey among colourful changing rooms, untouched sandwiches, and broken bodies. Through Barbie dolls in the lead roles, the film depicts how women’s bodies are represented, presented, and talked about.

House music is widely recognized in popular culture, though its roots tend to be overlooked. Legendary House dancer Future shares stories of his decades-long experience in the sub-culture. His journey from dancer to teacher is achieved through his mentorship with Edmonton House dancer Sekou Sonko-Boisclair. Together, they weave a wonderful mosaic of body movements alongside thumping house beats. The pair, tagging in and out during the invigorating dance sequences, is a sight to behold.

A beautiful and poetic sharing of House dance knowledge between generations, almost a passing of the torch to ensure that the culture lives on.

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INSIGHT OUT

THE BODY OF MY NAME 名自字体

Jessie Huggett (Canada)

EMERGING

Vancouver Premiere

Duration: 13:22

Choreographer, Director:

Jess Huggett

Dancers, Collaborators:

Robert Chartier, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Rachel Gray, Moni Hoffman, Dylan Phillips, Maureen Shea, Renata Soutter, Shara Weaver, Elizabeth Winkelaar, and Russell Winkelaar

Starring:

Creative Consultants:

Rachel Gray (text), Maureen Shea (movement), Bryce Morison (smudging music), and Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson (rehearsal director and support)

Writer, Director:

Rosie Choo Pidcock 朱薇颖

Audio Editor:

Rachel Gray

Producer:

Jasmin Wanzheng Lyu 呂宛錚

Video Editor, Closed Captioning:

Matthieu Hallé

Director of Photography:

Belen Garcia

Editor:

Evelyn Starks

Composer:

Eimear MacCarrick

Sound Designer:

Kyle Cashen

Colourist:

Cam McCutcheon

Insight Out is a choreopoem about identities—it was a collaborative process in words and movement and the music is our voices and silence. A collaborative creation in words and movement choreographed

by Jess Huggett with Robert Chartier, Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Rachel Gray, Moni Hoffman, Dylan Phillips, Maureen Shea, Renata Soutter, Shara Weaver, Elizabeth Winkelaar, and Russell Winkelaar.

Creative consultants: Rachel Gray (text), Maureen Shea (movement), Bryce Morison (smudging music), and Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson (rehearsal director and support). Audio editing by Rachel Gray. Video editing and closed captioning by Matthieu Hallé. Insight Out was created through Propeller Dance’s Emerging Choreographers Program under the mentorship of Shara Weaver. Jess Huggett gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the City of Ottawa.

A collaborative creation in words and movement choreographed by Jessie Huggett through Propeller Dance’s Emerging Choreographers Program under the mentorship of Shara Weaver and with financial support from the City of Ottawa.

Rosie Choo Pidcock (Canada)

EMERGING

Duration: 3:51

Kallie Hu 胡家贤, Jennifer Tong 唐沛玲, Johnny Wu 吳光翔, Katrina Teitz 嘉敏, Alger Liang 梁家傑

Five Chinese Canadians return to their elementary school to reclaim their names through dance.

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EMBODIED EXTENSIONS A Relaxed Screening of Extended Shorts

As F-O-R-M continues expanding our understanding of ‘recorded movement’, we are also expanding our awareness of the variety of barriers inherent to artistic practices that engage with film and movement, as well as the traditional structures in which we are expected to view these mediums.

Co-presented by The Polygon Gallery and F-O-R-M

Using multiple approaches to embodied storytelling, from animation to poetry to theatrical dance breaks, these films address varied questions of access (to resources, to safety, to community) and how they intersect and influence each filmmaker’s approach to moving through the world on a daily basis.

Thursday November 16 @ 7pm - 8:30pm PST

The Polygon Gallery - 101 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3J4 Doors: 6:30pm PDT

Digital Library

In-Person

Making space to highlight stories that are explored over longer durations, we invite audiences to bring awareness to their body through a short facilitated sensory exploration prior to the start of the screening. Encouraging viewers to come and go throughout the space during the screening, we want to challenge the rigid structure traditional cinemas often impose on our bodies.

This screening will have: - ASL interpretation - the house lights will remain on throughout the duration of the screening - Masks are strongly recommended at this event, as a form of practising collective community care For more detailed information regarding the physical accessibility of the venue please visit our FAQ page.

This event is free to attend. Registration is required as space is limited. Please register here.

Film still from Fantasma Neon by Leonardo Martinelli

FANTASMA NEON

MY BODY IS A POEM/THE WORLD MAKES WITH ME

Leonardo Martinelli (Brazil)

Brandon Wint (Canada) Duration: 20:00

EMERGING

Duration: 27:48

Director, Writer:

Leonardo Martinelli

Director:

Brandon Wint

Producer:

Ayssa Yamaguti Norek, Leonardo Martinelli, Rafael Teixeira

Cinematographer:

Caelin Moore

Musical Director, Producer, Mixer:

Brian Raine

Motion Design, Animation, Editor:

Noah Levefre

Special Thanks:

Titilope Sonuga, Matthew James Weigel, Edmonton Heritage Council

Starring:

Dennis Pinheiro, Silvero Pereira

Cinematographer:

Felipe Quintelas

Editor:

Lobo Mauro

Music:

Ayssa Yamaguti Norek, Carol Maia, José Miguel Brasil, Leonardo Martinelli

Choreographer:

Soraya Bastos

A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.

MY BODY IS A POEM/THE WORLD MAKES WITH ME is a personal documentary about belonging, familial love and Canadian colonial histories by director and poet Brandon Wint. At the intersection of Blackness and disability, the film is an artistic kaleidoscope composed of animation, illustration, poetry, and photography bending genres and flirting with experimentalism. With a colourful soundscape and cinematography to match, Wint’s directorial debut floats off the screen and echos as a defiant, assured visual language. The film also depicts some of the beauty and difficulty of life in the Canadian prairies, as histories of racism and ableism mix with the beauty of the land, and the resolve of racialized communities to create a life that is at once brutal and beautiful, joyful and rugged for Black Canadians.

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MINI COMMISSIONS SCREENING in Partnership with ArtsStarts Friday November 17 Doors @ 6pm Screening from 6:30-7:30pm PST

SFU Woodwards - Small Cinema — Room 4955 (4th floor) 149 W Hastings St Digital Library Digital Library

In-Person

In partnership with ArtsStarts, we are beyond excited to host an in-person screening event for our Mini Commissions Program (for the first time ever!). Join our community as we gather, watch, and celebrate 9 brand new short films from young artists across Canada in each other’s presence. A pre-recorded talkback featuring this year’s 2023 Mini Commissions cohort will follow the screening, giving audiences insight into how their films came together.

These films will be premiering virtually on Instagram ahead of this screening from November 6-16th. Be sure to check out our Instagram @formvancouver to support these young artists!

Space is limited (the Small Cinema Room has a maximum capacity of 35 people). Either ticket purchase or registration for passholders is required at f-o-r-m.ca.

Film still from So Familiar by Jada Chang

CLOSING NIGHT

Film still from Lost Paradise by Satya Mari

Commissioned Artists’ World Premieres Live Artist Talkback Facilitated by Simran Sachar Saturday November 18 Doors @ 6:30 PM Screening @ 7:00 - 8:30 PM PST

SFU Woodwards - Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre, 3rd floor - 149 W Hastings St Digital Library

In-Person

Digital Library

F-O-R-M’s Commissioning Fund Program is at the heart of the festival. It’s a catalyst for youth and emerging artists to explore and play at the intersection of movement and film. Every year, we witness artistic processes fueled by imagination and personal exploration, resulting in innovative films that take us beyond the screen and into the intimate worlds imagined by these emerging creatives.

Our 2023 Commissioned Artists are based across “Canada”: Coast Salish Territory, including xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver; in Treaty 7, the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, and the Métis Nation (Region 3), also known as Calgary; and Whitefish (Goodfish) Lake First Nation #128 in Treaty 6 Territory. The artists blend movement and film in distinctive ways, using this medium to connect with their individual identities and experiences. Their authentic and vulnerable approach creates a sense of community, inviting audiences to connect beyond the screen as their journeys intersect.

From June to October, the artists worked independently and collectively, participating in creative workshops led by Nancy Lee, Joshua Lam, and SCOPE on topics like collaborative care, film production, editing, and sound for film.

Mentorship is integral to the Commissioning Fund program, and we’re delighted to have the support of incredible artist mentors: Alimzhan Alan Sabir, Nancy Lee, Joshua Lam, Evann Siebens, Eric Cheung, Edzi’u, Santi Henderson, and Sophia Mai Wolfe.

We extend our thanks to our Co-Commissioning Partners: BC Movement Arts, Company 605, and Wild Mint Arts for supporting the next generation of artists in shaping the future of movement-on-screen. These works were made possible through the contributions of our Commissioning Fund Production Partners: Cineworks, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Charles Street Video, and Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, who provided memberships, equipment rentals, and facility spaces. We also appreciate the support of our Creation Sponsors, The Dance Centre and The Cultch, for their in-kind venue, personnel, and technical assistance in creating these films.

We’re thrilled to be able to support these artists in manifesting these powerful works that move us in more ways than one, and are excited to premiere them at the festival on the big screen for all to witness and experience.

TELL THE TRUTH (BUT TELL IT SLANT)

Co-Commissioned by: BC Movement Arts Creation Sponsor: The Cultch

Joanne Joo-Yeong Park (Canada) World Premiere

Duration: 5:10

Creative Director, Assistant Editor: Joanne Park Mentors: Nancy Lee and Eric Cheung Makeup: Xander Terrin Chen Videography: Cameron Anderson Videography, Assistant Editor: JaeHee Kim

LOST PARADISE Satya Mari (Canada) World Premiere

Colourist: VFX: Dancers: The Man:

Patrick Gong Dallas McKinnon Juan Imperial, Erin Lum Dorian Issa

“Anger rumination is a cognitive-emotional process that refers to the tendency to dwell on frustrating experiences and to recall past anger experiences (Sukhodolsky et al. 2001)... rumination may preclude the use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies such as cognitive reappraisal and problem solving (Connor-Smith et al. 2000; Nolen-Hoeksema et al. 2008)” In an attempt to move forward, to move on, Joanne internally dissects her memories, feelings, self, until there is nothing left.

All to look back and see that she has not taken a single step from where she was.

It may not be something that one can do alone.

Extra thank you to my waacking, popping, and krump teachers and influences: Rina Pellerin, Denny Kang, Eric Cheung, and Rexx Franklin.

Extra love to the street dance community in Vancouver for finding me in 2019 and changing me for the better. I always feel like my dance journey is just beginning, and it is so exciting.

Co-Commissioned by: Company 605

Duration: 7:00

This film contnains strong language

Director:

Satya Mari

Music Score:

Satya Mari, Where Did You Sleep Last Night by Lead Belly, Call Me When You Can by Chris Petra

Editor:

Satya Mari

Cinematographer:

danielle Mackenzie Long

Sound:

Ethan Volberg

Lighting and extra help on set:

Kaya Tsurumi, Audrey Sides

Performers:

Allie Shiff, Satya Mari, Ryan Jackson, Kate Franklin, Carla Van Messel, Susan the cat

Post Production Engineer:

Santi Henderson

Post Production Mentors:

Santi Henderson, Joshua Lam

LOST PARADISE is at home and out of time. It explores the dynamics of three different maternal relationships through familiar, unusual, and sticky states.

Thank you: Kira Radosevic, Abby Hunter, Emily Clark, Clare Downie for the beautiful set treats, F-O-R-M for this great opportunity, Tamar Tabori, Sophia Wolfe, Out Innerspace Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond for the time and space to film in studio, Rio Theatre Crit Group for all the feedback and knowledge, Gavin Cameron, Cineworks, Colin Williscroft, Terra Breads, Chris Petra, Mason Graham, Alex Chisholm, and Santi Henderson. Thank you everyone who made this possible, much love, was a dream.

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SPANOCHNONGA

Creation Sponsor: The Dance Centre

Raven Grenier (Canada)

Adam Smith and Colby McLan (Canada)

World Premiere

Duration: 5:00

This film contains strobe effect and dark content

Artistic Director, Choreographer, Formline Design, Sound producer, Song, Spoken Word: Raven Grenier Creation Sponsor:

RELINQ

The Dance Centre

Set designer, Creative producer, Digital design, Editor: Andrew Grenier

World Premiere

Duration: 14:02

Directed and Produced by

Colby McLean, Adam Smith

Sound Mentorship:

Edziu

Assistant Director:

J. L. McLean

Dramaturge:

Charles Koroneho, Margaret Grenier

Assistant Producer:

Justin Larioza

Collaborating Interpreters:

Atamira dance company

Shot by

Nicholas Alford, Benjamin San Martin

Attire:

Brandi Lancaster x Raven Grenier

Sound Design and Arrangement by

Adam Smith

Edited by

Colby McLean, Justin Larioza

Videographer, Colour:

Eric Sanderson

Film Director:

Kira Doxtator

Indigenous Nail Art:

Waaynexwi7 day spa

Mentors:

Sophia Mai Wolfe, Eric Cheung, Alim Sabir

Sound Design:

Ted Hamilton, SCOPE

Make-up:

Sam Kronstal

Dancers (in order of appearance):

Colby McLean, Eunice Faye Dionisio, Adam Smith, Skargfy, Samantha Nicole Alvarez Lindo, Justin Larioza

SPANOCHNONGA is an analysis and approach to mental health diagnoses through an Indigenous lens. Specifically, with the artistic director’s personal experience with schizophrenia and seeing and hearing supernatural beings (nochnonga), and understanding being accompanied by voices through the cultural relevancies of her Gitxsan roots. It is also a theoretical response to Alica Elliot’s a Mind Spread Out On the Ground in the spoken words elements and soundscape. Through digital design, lighting and special effects, contemporary dance, and sound, experience one’s physical body being taken over and transported to SPANOCHNONGA, a place where monsters used to go that were once nochnochs.

Thank you to my friend and young Indigenous female director Kira Doxator for her talents and incredible passion, my parents for all of their support and my family for the encouragement!

RELINQ inverses the relationship between dance and music. Sounds created by dancers have been warped and moulded to produce a piece of music led by dancers, rather than a dance piece led by music. Through this mixture of movement and sound, RELINQ captures the unfiltered energy of the Session and offers it to the viewer without external interference.

Through the viewfinder of a camera, the audience is invited to experience the session as a dancer, a spectator, and a fly on the wall.

Special thanks to Jami Reimer for pushing us to submit an application, and to Yimu Wang for creating the space through which our group flourished.

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NOTHING CAN STAY Marisa Gold and Darryl Ahye (Canada)

EMERGING

World Premiere

Duration: 7:00

Producers:

Marisa Gold, Darryl Ahye

Director:

Darryl Ahye

Performer:

Marisa Gold

Writer:

Marisa Gold

Cinematographer:

Darryl Ahye

Editors:

Darryl Ahye, Marisa Gold

Voice-over / Vocals:

Marisa Gold, Darryl Ahye

Music:

Pixabay

Audio mixing:

Marisa Gold, Darryl Ahye

All things exist in a continuous cycle. Each end leading to a new beginning. Inhale leads to exhale, growth to disintegration, and death to life. We can slow things down, but Nothing Can Stay.

Nature teaches that we must surrender everything in time to be alive once more. The rhythm is relentless, gentle and unstoppable.

A big thank you to the whole F-O-R-M team, to Colin and Dan of Cineworks, and GearBASE! 27

4, 6, 2, 0,

Co-Commissioned by: Wild Mint Arts

Aerial Sunday-Cardinal (Canada)

EMERGING

World Premiere

Duration: 15:00

Director/Producer/Editor:

Aerial Sunday-Cardinal

Cinematographer:

Andriy Lyskov

Sound design:

Matt Leibowitz

Editors:

Joshua Lam, Aerial Sunday

Mentor:

Joshua Lam

Hunter:

Jayroy Makokis

Craftsman:

Samson Bull

Jingle Dress Dancer:

Danni Daysky Okemaw

Elders:

Carl Quinn, Toni Steinhauer, Emma Jackknife

Special Thanks To:

Saddle Lake Powwow Committee and Attendees

A short film documentary that takes place on Whitefish Lake First Nation #128 and Saddle Lake Cree Nation, offering an insight into and a reminder of Nehiyawak traditions and values.

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THANK YOU

@formvancouver

f-o-r-m.ca

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