Co-presented by The Polygon Gallery and F-O-R-M
Doors at 6:30pm
Film Programme starts at 7pm
Artist Q&A at 8pm
FREE EVENT - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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.
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.
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
This event will also feature Rock Garden, an interactive installation by Sarah Wong and Ileanna Cheladyn. Click here for more on the installation.
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.
FILMS
FANTASMA NEON
Leonardo Martinelli | BRAZIL | YOUTH
Duration: 20:00
A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
Director, Writer: Leonardo Martinelli
Producer: Ayssa Yamaguti Norek, Leonardo Martinelli, Rafael Teixeira
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
MY BODY IS A POEM/THE WORLD MAKES WITH ME
Brandon Wint | CANADA | EMERGING
Duration: 27:48
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.
Director, Writer, Performer: Brandon Wint
Editor, Motion Designer: Noah Lefevre
Music production, Mixing, Mastering and Arrangement: Brian Raine
Cinematography: Caelin Moore, Brian Raine
Special Thanks: Titilope Sonuga, Matthew James Weigel, Edmonton Heritage Council
INSTALLATION
ROCK GARDEN
By Sarah Wong and Ileanna Cheladyn
Rock Garden is an interactive installation featuring hand-crafted cushions inspired by the movements of shapeshifting within the life cycle of rocks. The work seeks to honour rocks as teachers for surrendering to transformation and to bring light to the relationship between resistance, rest and renewal. Through the integration of choreography and textile design, our rock garden aims to be a soft place to land that reminds audience members to slow down, release, and tend to their embodied needs.
Venue Information
Location: The Polygon Gallery, 2nd Floor— 101 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3J4
Wheelchair accessible space, wheelchair accessible washroom facilities.