Independent Animated Art Films
'Fusion' (2024 / 3:20min. / 35mm sound and picture drawn on film)...work in progress.
'Intersextion' (2022 / 4min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film)...two abstract energies fall in love, unite as one then disappear into a vanishing point.
'Hot Flashes' (2022 / 1min./ 16mm / picture drawn on film) a silent flicker film with pulsating frames of red, pink and orange.
‘Twilight’ (2018 / 2min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside of film projectors.
'TV' (2018 / 2min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) transformational vibrations: Inspirational mark making as a visual representation of handmade optical sounds.
‘Once Upon a Mountain’ (2014 / 3min./ 16mm / watercolour paintings.) based on true story of mountain climbing in the Canadian Rockies.
‘Element of Light’ (2004 / 4.5min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) abstract animation within the context of light as a natural element.
‘1:1’ (2001 / 2.5min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) exploring the ‘one to one’ relationship between sound and picture.
‘Sea Song’ (1998 / 4min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) an animated look into the sparkling ocean at night.
‘Linear Dreams’ (1997 / 7min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) images from the minds eye, music from the minds ear.
‘Zig Zag’ (1994 / 1min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) zig zag pictures dance to zig zag sounds.
‘Garbanzo’ (1993 / 2min./ 16mm / picture drawn on film) abstract forms painted on film move to original jazz music.
‘Major ReBeouf’ (1992 / 3min./ 16mm, cel + paper animation) mythology created for “Return to Exceptional Pass” group show, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff.
‘Story from the Stone’ (1991 / 1min./ 16mm, pastel/chalk on paper) inspired from pictographs at Writing on Stone Provincial Park.
Commissioned Animated Art Films
'Pencil Project' (2022 / 12 sec./ 35mm to digital) animating the Quickdraw Animation Society pencil logo for QAS website.
'Wood and Metal Bars' (2021 / 10.5min. / 16mm cameraless + digital editing) Meditative musical journey through colour, form and sound. Music Video for Frank Horvat Chamber Orchestra featuring percussionist Beverley Johnston, Toronto Canada.
'Four Elements of Change' (2019 / 5.5min./ 16mm cameraless and 16mm black+white hand processed films) Four short films inspired by theme of climate change created for 'Shifting Ground', group exhibition at Langham Cultural Centre, Kaslo BC, Canada.
‘Yarwood Trail’ (2009 / 4min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) inspired by paintings and sculptures of Walter Yarwood for the Toronto Animated Image Society 11 in Motion: Abstract Expressions in Animation commemorating the Painters 11.
‘Aura’ (2006 / 2.5min./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) 25 filmmakers celebrate film as an artform for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto: 25 Film Manifesto’s.
‘O.I.A.F. Signal Film’ (2002 / 24sec./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) signal film for Ottawa International Animation Festival.
‘CFMDC Trailer’ (1999 / 30sec./ 35mm / sound and picture drawn on film) Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre trailer.
Awards
Intersextion
2024 Best Experimental Animation, 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA.
2023 Jury Choice Award: First Prize, Thomas Edison Film Festival, USA.
2023 Nominee Cristal Award: Best Short, Annecy International Animation Festival, France.
2023 3rd Prize: Best Abstract Film, Punto y Raya Festival, Lisbon Portugal.
2023 Jury Award: Best Sound, GIRAF Animation Festival, Calgary Canada.
Twilight
2019 Jury Stellar Award, Grand Prize: Best Experimental Film, Black Maria Fest, USA.
2018 Best Non Narrative Film: GIRAF Festival, Calgary Canada.
Element of Light
2006 Audience vote Best Abstract Film: Melbourne Int. Animation Fest.
2005 Directors Choice Award: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
1:1
2003 Jury Citation Award: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
Sea Song
2001 Award of Merit: Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany.
2000 Directors Choice Award: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
Linear Dreams
1998 Best Canadian Animated Film: Ottawa Int. Animation Festival.
1998 Best Abstract Film: Zagreb Int. Animation Film Festival, Croatia.
1998 Award of the Academy of Fine Art: University of Zagreb, Croatia.
1998 Award of the Artiria Gallery: Zagreb, Croatia.
1998 Jury Choice Award First Prize: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
1998 Best Sound Design: Ann Arbor Experimental Film Festival, USA.
1998 Jury Award: Brisbane International Animation Festival, Australia.
1997 Best Canadian Short Film: Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax Canada.
1997 Best Animated Film: Alberta Motion Picture Awards (AMPIA).
1997 Best Experimental Film: Sea to Sky Film Festival, BC Canada.
1997 Best Canadian Short Film: Atlantic Film Festival.
1997 Best Animated Film: Victoria Independent Film Festival.
Film Grant Production Awards
2023 Canada Council for the Arts - Media Arts Production.
2022 Quickdraw Animation Society - Media Arts Production.
2020 Frank Horvat Chamber Orchestra, #FACTOR - Media Arts Production.
2019 British Columbia Arts Council - Media Art Production.
2018 LightPress Film Scan, Interbay Cinema Society, Seattle USA.
2018 Kaslo Cultural Centre, Canada - Media Arts Production.
2017 Canada Council for the Arts – Media Art Production.
2014 British Columbia Arts Council – Media Arts Production.
2008 Toronto Animated Image Society – Media Art Production.
2008 National Film Board of Canada - Filmmakers Assistance Program.
2006 Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto – Media Art Production.
2005 Canada Council for the Arts – Media Arts Production.
2001 National Film Board of Canada - Filmmakers Assistance Program.
2001 British Columbia Arts Council – Media Arts Production.
2000 Canada Council for the Arts – Professional Development.
1998 National Film Board of Canada - Filmmakers Assistance Program.
1998 Canada Council for the Arts – Media Arts Production.
1995 National Film Board of Canada - Filmmakers Assistance Program.
1995 Alberta Foundation for the Arts – Post Production.
1994 Canada Council for the Arts – Media Arts Production.
Collections
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Film Archive, Hollywood USA. (all 35mm prints)
National Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.(35mm prints)
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. (35mm prints)
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V., Germany. (35mm prints)
National Film Board of Canada, Montreal. (Linear Dreams)
IOTA Centre for Visual Music, Los Angles USA. (Linear Dreams / 1:1, 35mm)
Cinémathéque Québécoise, Montreal Canada. (Linear Dreams, 35mm)
Rhode Island School of Art + Design, USA. (Linear Dreams)
Newfoundland Filmmakers Coop , Canada. (original 16mm Sea Song)
Artist Talk with Presentation
2024 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan USA.
2023 Punto y Raya Festival of Abstract Art in Motion, Lisbon Portugal.
2023 Annecy International Animation Festival, France.
2019 7th Siding Festival of Film, Tivoli Theatre, Creston Canada. (Retrospect)
2019 Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle USA.
2019 Paris International Animation Festival, France.
2019 Portland Art Museum, Oregon USA. (Retrospect)
2018 Punto y Raya Festival of Abstract Art in Motion, Wroclaw Poland.
2016 Winnipeg Film Group Cinémathèque, Canada. (Retrospect)
2016 Iris Film Collective, Cineworks Studio, Vancouver Canada.
2012 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá Colombia.(Retrospect)
2011 Cordoba International Animation Festival, Argentina.
2011 Spirit Festival, Creston BC, Canada.
2009 Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, Michigan USA.
2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada.
2007 Pacific Cinémathèque, Vancouver Canada. (Retrospect)
2005 Images Festival, Toronto Canada.
2003 Dresden International Short Film + Animation Festival, Germany.
2002 National Film Board of Canada, Animation Summit, Montreal.
2001 Sheridan College Animation Department, Toronto Canada.
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany.
Turku International Animation Festival, Finland.
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden.
2000 Nordic + Baltic Int. Animation Festival, Fredrikstad Norway,
Leipzig International Documentary + Animation Festival, Germany.
Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental, Goias Brazil.
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany.
1999 Emily Carr Institute for Art + Design, Vancouver Canada.
Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver.
Atlantic Film Festival / Halifax Canada.
Toronto International Film Festival, Royal Ontario Museum.
Western Front, Vancouver.
1998 Dresden International Short Film + Animation Festival, Germany.
Stuttgart International Animation Film Festival, Germany.
Memberships
Quickdraw Animation Society, Calgary Canada. (Honorary Lifetime Member)
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto Canada.
KurzFilm Agentur Hamburg eV., Germany.
iOta Center for Visual Music, California USA.
Kootenay Film Society, Creston Canada.
Selected Screenings
Intersextion
April 2024: Brighton International Animation Festival, Brighton UK.
March 2024: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor USA.
December 2023: Animateka International Animation Festival, Ljubljana Slovenia.
November 2023: Animafest Gdansk, Gdansk Poland.
November 2023: GIRAF Animation Festival, Calgary Canada.
November 2023: Altered Images Festival, London UK.
November 2023: Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle USA, Official Selection.
October 2023: Punto y Raya Festival of Abstract Art in Motion, Lisbon Portugal.
October 2023: ANIMAGE International Animation Festival, Recife, Brazil, Official Competition.
September 2023: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canadian Panorama.
September 2023: Festival International du Court Métrage de Lille, Lille France, Official Selection.
August 2023: Imaginaria Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Animazione d'Autore, Conversano Italy, Official Competition.
August 2023: Turku Animation Film Festival, Turku Finland, Official Selection.
July 2023: Insomnia International Animation Festival, Kaluga, Russian Federation, Official Competition.
June 2023: Night of Animation, Nelson, Canada, Official Selection.
June 2023: Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Canada.
June 2023: Annecy Int. Animation Festival, France. Official Short Film Competition.
June 2023; Fest Anča, Žilina Slovakia.
May 2023: Animation Festival of Halifax, Canada.
May 2023: Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de Montréal.
May 2023: Future of Film Showcase, Toronto Canada.
March 2023: Monstra Lisbon Int. Animation Festival, Portugal, Perspectives Program Official Selection.
February 2023: Thomas Edison Film Festival, USA, Jury Choice Award: Experimental Film.
January 2023: Paris International Animation Festival, France, Official Selection: Experimental Category.
Twilight
May 2022: Dérapage 22 Film Festival, Norman McLaren Space, Cinémathéque Québécoise, Montreal Canada.
Aug. 2020: Fest Anča 2020, Zilina Slovakia.
Oct. 2019: ANIMA: Cordoba Int. Animation Festival, Argentina.
Sept. 2019: Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Festival. Kyiv Ukraine.
Sept. 2019: Paris International Animation Festival, France.
Aug. 2019: Quito International Film Festival, Quito Ecuador.
May 2019: New York City Independent Film Festival, USA.
Mar. 2019: Monstra Lisbon Int. Animation Festival, Portugal.
Nov. 2018: London International Animation Festival, UK.
Nov. 2018: 45th Northwest Film Festival, Portland Oregon USA.
Oct. 2018: Punto y Raya Festival of Abstract Art in Motion, Wroclaw Poland.
Sept. 2018: Ottawa Int. Animation Festival, Canada.
July 2018: AnimaMundi Int. Animation Festival, Brazil.
April 2018: La Truca Int. Animation Festival, Cali Colombia.
T.V.
May 2022: Halifax Animation Festival, Canada.
July 2021: Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia.
Aug. 2020: Fest Anča 2020, Zilina Slovakia.
Sept. 2019: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada Panorama.
Aug. 2019: Quito International Film Festival, Quito, Ecuador.
May 2019: 65th Oberhausen Int. Short Film Festival, Germany.
Mar. 2019: 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan USA.
Oct. 2018: Punto y Raya Festival of Abstract Art in Motion, Wroclaw Poland.
Once Upon a Mountain
2015: Animation with Love Festival, Halifax Nova Scotia.
2015: GIRAF Animation Festival, Calgary Alberta.
Yarwood Trail
2011: Winnipeg Film Group, Canada.
2011: Cordoba Int. Animation Festival, Argentina.
2009: Cinematheque Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.
Element of Light
2006: London Int. Animation Festival, England.
2006: Leipzig Int. Documentary + Animation Festival, Germany.
2006: Anima Mundi, Int. Animation Festival, Rio + Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2005: Images Festival, Toronto Canada.
1:1
2003: Fantoche International Animation Festival, Switzerland.
2002: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
2002: Northwest Film Forum, Visual Music Series, Seattle USA.
2001: Stuttgart International Animation Festival, Germany.
2001: Toronto International Film Festival, Perspective Canada.
Sea Song
2001: Dresden Int. Short Film + Animation Festival, Germany.
2000: Annecy International Animation Festival, France.
2000: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada.
1999: Toronto Int. Film Festival, Perspective Canada.
Linear Dreams
2018: Louvre Museum, Paris France.
1999: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris France.
1998: Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada.
1998: Stuttgart International Animation Festival, Germany.
1998: Zagreb International Animation Festival / Croatia.
1998: Annecy International Animation Festival, France.
1998: Black Maria Film Festival, USA.
1997: Toronto International Film Festival, Canada.
1997: Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada.
Other Animation Related Work :
Collaborations
2021 : Music Video for II Cosmic studio song "Weaving Some Karma", video with special effects shot at Kootenay Lake, Canada.
2017 : la Fundación SERENDIPIA, 'Afrovisions', National Museum of Colombia, Bogotá. "Sea Song" with live music from 19 youth musicians.
2016 : Foundation Kaleidoscope of Dreams, National Museum of Colombia, Bogotá. "Sea Song" animation with live music.
2014 : 'House of Mazers' Wynndel Arts Centre, BC. Multi projection light show using liquid light slides, motion picture film loops, mirrors, lasers, mylar and interactive animation.
2013 : Music video for II Cosmic studio song “Dark City”, time-lapse animated b+w hand processed super8 film shot in Prague, Czech Republic.
2013 : Digital zoom and panning of paintings for outdoor projection ‘Travel Posters @ the Night Gallery’, produced and directed by Canadian artist Alison Masters.
2012 : Canadian Coordinator for online animation anijam collaboration “Mar de Fondo 2”, involving groups of animators in Canada, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Colombia and USA. Artists sharing artwork through an online server to up and download artwork as an anijam.
2011 : C'est la vie: The Chris J. Melnychuk Story, documents award-winning animators battle with cancer. Building on live footage from Chris's last unfinished film, C'est La Vie was created posthumously through collaboration of 19 animators at Quickdraw Animation Society.
2005-2007 : ‘RAIN’ (Beatles Tribute Band) live music concerts, ‘A Day in the Life’ to Garbanzo and Linear Dreams animated films.
2002-2007 : ‘LaForge’ Compositeurs Improvisateurs Jazz Group, France live jazz music with animated film Sea Song, various concerts in Europe.
2003 : 'Optical Orchestra' live group performance, multi-film projection, 16mm violin, optical sounds. Opening Night: CSIF $100 Film Festival, Uptown Theatre, Calgary.
2002 : 'Scratch Track’, directing live performance 4 person 5 projectors, Ottawa International Animation Festival Opening and Closing nights at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.
2001 : Multi projection light show's for live music using liquid light slides and motion picture film loops. Events at Pender Island Hall, BC.
2001 : ‘LaForge’ Compositeurs Improvisateurs Jazz Group and children make live music with animated film Sea Song. Banlieues Bleues Jazz Festival, St. Denis France.
1999 : ‘Orchestra Regional de Jazz’: Rhone Alps, live music with animated film Linear Dreams. Grenoble Jazz Festival, France.