Movies

  • 2011
    Forest Walk

    Forest Walk

    Forest Walk

    02011HD

    Commissioned for LIFT’s (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto) 30th anniversary, this brief black and white sojourn finds a father and...

    Forest Walk
  • 2020
    Zen Basketball

    Zen Basketball

    Zen Basketball

    02020HD

    In a series of simple frames, the often misunderstood practice of Zen takes shape as basketball bliss. Now in retirement, the greatest defensive...

    Zen Basketball
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

    102002HD

    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 2017
    Nursing History

    Nursing History

    Nursing History

    02017HD

    In a Red Cross hospital in Vietnam, the young white nurse tends his wounds. Drawn from the archives of the Red Cross in Geneva.

    Nursing History
  • 2018
    A Boy’s Life

    A Boy’s Life

    A Boy’s Life

    02018HD

    Originally cast as the second part of a six-part feature Panic Bodies (1998), the original 16mm negatives were rescued courtesy of the Cinematheque...

    A Boy’s Life
  • 2003
    Rain

    Rain

    Rain

    02003HD

    The epilogue of the 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

    Rain
  • 2019
    Father Auditions

    Father Auditions

    Father Auditions

    02019HD

    "Compilation" of five previous works of the director - Leaving Church, Damaged, 27 Thoughts About My Dad, Rain, Buffalo Death Mask - Father Auditions...

    Father Auditions
  • 2017
    Citizen Poet

    Citizen Poet

    Citizen Poet

    02017HD

    Based on Lisa Robertson’s The Nilling, the movie offers poetry as antidote to the exclusions of state and identity.

    Citizen Poet
  • 2004
    In the Theatre

    In the Theatre

    In the Theatre

    02004HD

    Commissioned for The Colin Campbell Sessions by Lisa Steele at Vtape, one of a half dozen shorts made in tribute to one of our video dads. Colin had...

    In the Theatre
  • 2003
    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    02003HD

    Part 9 of 9-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

    Imitation of Life
  • 1998
    In the Future

    In the Future

    In the Future

    01998HD

    Part one of the nine-part feature Imitations of Life (2003).

    In the Future
  • 1998
    In My Car

    In My Car

    In My Car

    01998HD

    A life lived in cars and a last race with the devil...

    In My Car
  • 1994
    Justify My Love

    Justify My Love

    Justify My Love

    01994HD

    Hoolboom takes the music video for Madonna's "Justify My Love" and runs it alongside a transgressive letter to Madonna from her schoolmate, Jason.

    Justify My Love
  • 1993
    1+1+1

    1+1+1

    1+1+1

    01993HD

    Devils fall in love in Seattle in a black comedy of sex, machines and flight. Photographed a frame at a time over three days, 1+1+1 shows us the...

    1+1+1
  • 1990
    Sugar Maple Stand

    Sugar Maple Stand

    Sugar Maple Stand

    01990HD

    Made on a sunny afternoon. A last stand of burning light. Shot in 1985, released in 1990 with a soundtrack by Kaiser Nietzsche (John Kamevaar, Thomas...

    Sugar Maple Stand