Mediatheque

Mediatheque is an innovative project aimed at building an online exhibition space for media arts.  You may browse over 100 independent films and videos from across Canada below in live-streaming format. If you wish to submit a video to be added to the Mediatheque, please click the submit button.

Title Artist Original Media Year Produced
Tears for Susan Anthony Seck

A little film about maple syrup by a small group of Croatian filmmakers.

2001
Tasty 168 Solid Firuz Daud

Life isn’t easy for any seventeen year old girl, but Strawberry Milk has it rough.

DV 2002
Tapette!!! Luc Desjardins

A paradoxical and poetic look at manifestations of a non-traditional sexuality within a traditional French Canadian family.

VHS 2002
Swan Song Phil Rose

A short clip of a swan is repeated and increasingly slowed down. In the process, the image - the swan - breaks down. Short sentences reflect on the encounter. The swan song of a swan’s image.

Hi8 2001
Stravaig / Errance Nikki Forrest

An experimental portrait of a place, Scotland. You are looking for something. What you find is something else. "Stravaig / Errance" (Gaelic for wandering) is techno tourism of a personal nature.

Betacam 1999
Straighten Up Susan Terrill

A short, bloody tale of a girl's fantasies, featuring a shifty wolf, a convertible, a large hockey player, and his progeny.

DV 1996
Still Life Dan Sokolowski

Driftwood images through a day.

16mm 1991
State of the Union Marc Adornato

On September 20th, 2001, George W. Bush gave a 45 minute "State of the Union" speech live on television which contained 33 standing ovations.

DV 2003
Spirits of an Amber Past Ramona Macdonald

Lithuanian folk art in Canada as practiced on the grounds of the artists Antanas and Anastasia Tamosaitis.

16mm 1978
Spick and Span Rob Thompson

Armed with a bucket of cleaning utensils and a pragmatic approach to life, Jane, the hero of this dark comedy, attempts to scrub away the blood and guilt that’s left behind from a grisly suicide.

Betacam 1994
Spectrum in White Lois Siegel

"Spectrum in White" is an unusual film of colour and transformations and optical illusions. Pure graphics are scratched directly onto the film surface.

16mm 1971
Spacemen, Go-Go Girls, and the True Meaning of Christmas Brett Kelly

Uranus is in trouble! A war with Jupiter is leaving the planet's source of fuel in short supply. Its fuel-mistletoe! Aliens from Uranus come to Earth to steal its supply of mistletoe.

Hi8 2007
Spacemen, Go-Go Girls, and the Great Easter Hunt Brett Kelly

The Easter Bunny has been kidnapped. It's up to 2 aliens from Uranus and 3 go-go dancers to save the day. A parody of 50's sci-fi trailers.

Hi8 2001
Songs You Can Never Play Live Marc Adornato

From the award-winning pilot TV show, "Clone TV", comes a ridiculous experimental segment not to be missed.

DV 2002
Solitude Lois Siegel

"Solitude" is a film about the nature of the individual in the world as he moves from one space to another, shadowed by structures.

16mm 1978
Sleeping Beauties Sheila Chapman 1998
Sky Light Dan Sokolowski

Real clouds become tactile animations.

16mm 1998
Shore Lines Dan Sokolowski

Three sculptures interact through composition and editing.

16mm 1994
Shopping Melina Young

Music: Doris Au, Techno Step, Techno Brat. Statement: Tranquillity of the suburbs silences those who don't fit in.

Hi8 1996
Shock and Awe Don Monet

The start of the war in Iraq - "Shock and Awe" is Rumsfeld’s metaphor - we watch from televisions in the snow; in the spaces through our windows, you can see the changes in light and texture on the

Super 8 2003
Shared Visions Liisa Rissanen

Features two female painters and their paintings. Artists Susan Feindel and Joyce Devlin.

1981
Shafig Madi Mohammed

Mahamme Shafig, an exiled writer from Morocco, has never given an interview in his life. I got to him through his sons in his home in Belgium.

DV 2002
Scale Sean Butler

Johnass sets out to conquer the mountain, but, when he gets to the top, realizes it is only a big anthill.

Betacam 2002
Sandspit to Dildo Chris Mullington

Shot on Video 8, the first small format video documentary aired on CBC Television (1989).

¾" 1989
Sailor's Warning Mike Wert

This is a one-hour documentary exploring the little-known history of Long Point on Lake Erie. Over the last 200 years, Long Point alone has claimed over 163 shipwrecks.

DV 2001
Robot Sapien Jean Rene

Artistic video of robotic life: A women buys a male robot for domestic work.

2002
Ring of Vision Claudia Jurt

A doorway to the past is opened when the ring of vision is found. A group of friends use the magic ring to search for the reason behind Aunt Chloe's deep depression.

DV 2003
Riley's Outreach Ranch Riley Rempel

Description: Stuck with an excess of fame and money, pop star Riley Rempel attempts to diminish her feelings of guilt by opening a ranch for underpriviliged children. Hilarity ensures.

DV 2002
Ride Home Ryan Stec

Almost totally devoid of people, this piece focuses on the methods of transport which move us through our urban environments.

Hi8 1998
Resonance Dino Koutras

An individual's journey through the cold urban landscape armed only with some cigarettes and a camera. Statement: I love making movies. I love film noir. This is an example of my two loves.

16mm 1996
Reserve Dogs Joseph Dandurand 1994
Remix: POW Neill Petersen

Description: With clips from an episode of "The National" on CBC, I made a short 'video collage'. Did you know that I tied for third place in the event with Riley Rempel? Yup - it's true.

VHS 2002
Remix: Opening Véronique Couillard

Everything is familiar, nothing is at the right speed.

DV 2002
Remix: Knee-Jerk Religion Riley Rempel

Remixing one hour of CBC's "The National".

VHS 2002
Remix: Affirmative Chris Anderson

A one hour episode of CBC's "The National" remixed.

VHS 2002
Regan Sees Red Ramona Macdonald

Experimental political satire.

16mm 1980
Red Bull Marc Adornato

Marc, Dave, and Matt got all dosed up on American Red Bull energy drinks, and moved some furniture.

DV 2002
Recipe to Cook a Clown Lois Siegel

"Recipe to Cook a Clown" involves one character who enters a city and meets bizarre people: a deaf-mute boy, a solicitous young man, and a somewhat neurotic young lady.

16mm 1978
Rebirth Marc Adornato

Shot, edited, and produced within 24 hours, this short segment, conceived by David Wilkinson and co-written/directed by Adornato, features Adornato's performance characters, Mabus and Sirus.

DV 2002
POW: Drugs #6 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #5 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #4 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #3 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #2 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
POW: Drugs #1 Thomas Mann

Une série de spécialistes internationaux bien connus citent des points de vue inédits sur la tragédie de la guerre américaine contre la drogue.

DV 2000
Popsicles Gloria Camiruaga

Video art using the signs and symbols which make up my existence. In this tape, the space, symbols, and the historical context in which I live as a woman on this side of the continent interact.

¾" 1984
Plug Monique Moumblow

The walls are thin. A young girl plays with plugs. A woman puts her ear next to an electrical socket. Are plugs the portals to another world, or at least to the next apartment?

Betacam 1997
Plastic Dreams Lois Siegel

Through the use of pixilation, this zany film introduces strange characters and happenings.

16mm 1988
Pieces of Her Become You Marika Jemma

A lyrical rendering of a ‘Day in the Life’ of a lesbian couple & their cats.

VHS 1996
Peaceful Pictures of the World Nena Toth 16mm 1993