Production Fund Films
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Aboard the Pater Noster (2008)
A little tribe of humans tries to make sense of their dehumanized lives while passing through Prague. At first, they ride a "pater noster," a cyclical, continuous elevator in which multiple, door-less cars are strung along the cables like beads on a rosary. Then they board a streetcar, cycling in an endless loop through Prague. We are submerged in our cities, so the cycles of our lives are invisible. This film offers new ways of looking, using variations on themes of circularity, the craving for human contact, and a sense of being simultaneously alone and together.
Girlfriend Experience (2008)
Why do men pay for sex? An entertaining peek into the world of prostitution from the client’s point of view.
Daniel doesn’t understand why he can’t have a relationship with his girlfriend Maddy and date prostitutes for fun on the side - a practice he calls GFE (Girlfriend Experience). But when Maddy dumps him and Daniel starts purchasing GFE from a mysterious prostitute, the lines between sex and love, fantasy and reality, begin to blur. Sometimes love can be a lot more expensive than sex.
"As a filmmaker, I simply want to reveal what is hidden - the john". Movies often portray sex-workers, but their customers remain well hidden – faceless and nameless. Girlfriend Experience calls attention to this bias, at the same time as it shifts the cinematic gaze onto the client.
Inside Passage (2008)
by Jeff Carter
Derived from a collection of Super-8 footage shot during extensive travelling along the ferry routes of coastal British Columbia. The images will be edited to a commissioned acoustic piano soundtrack. The result will be a sensuous and compelling visual and aural spectacle, capturing the rhythms unique to our part of the world.
Poe - Last Days of the Raven (2008)
by Brent Fidler
This character-driven film paints a psychological portrait of the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe, exploring the extraordinary life experiences that shaped his fascinating imagination. By weaving through the ethnography of Poe’s dreams and nightmares, particularly the dying moments of himself and his loved ones, a complex plot line of past and present intermingles while Poe hovers near death in his hospital bed...
Awash (2007)
by Naoko Sasaki
Awash is a meditation on cleansing and renewal, a song for the mortal depicted through images of, within and around water.
Afternoon of the Chimeras (2006)
Shot on the isolated west coast of Haida Gwaii, the fourth in a series of 35mm experimental dance films.
Flesh (2006)
by Tami Wilson
A character-driven documentary examination of what separates the women from the men in our meat-eating society.
Divine Waters (2005)
An experimental six-minute dance film featuring Nadia, an androgynous sea creature who washes up on a deserted beach and transforms into human form.
7 Universal Solvents (2004)
A lush dance film exploring human transformation as dancers partner with physical, social and metaphoric solvents.
LESTOCK (2004)
Named after one of the last to be demolished wooden grain elevators, Lestock is a 30-minute experimental art film intended to draw attention to the alarming deterioration of architectural heritage of the Canadian prairie landscape.