THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY
It’s hard to be a master and understand anything about love. This land is disposable and so are you. Film is made out of gelatin that comes from horses, and they say there’s a little vapor on Venus. New work from Canada and the United States.
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Wishful Thinking dir. Allan Brown
2018 | CA | 13.5 min | super 8mm on video | Manitoban premiere
Trotters come round the bend with Immanuel Velikovsky as race caller. Why can’t we believe in “if” anymore? -AB
3 Dreams of Horses dir. Mike Hoolboom
2018 | CA | 5.5 min | video | Manitoban premiere
Film is made out of gelatin that comes from horses. They’re waiting to be slaughtered, so that pictures can be made. -MH
A triptych in which the figure of the horse becomes a medium for meditation on its various incarnations as symbol, domesticated animal for human domination, and its abstract power as spirit. -Images Festival
I Know What I Saw dir. Gillian Waldo
2018 | US | 17 min | 16mm on video | World premiere
An essay film on landscapes in the American west. -GW
Cowboy Castle dir. Kaitlin Martin
2017 | US | 6 min | video | Canadian premiere
A cowboy makes his own curses. -KM
Onward Lossless Follows dir. Michael Robinson
2017 | US | 17 min | video | Manitoban premiere
A password-protected love affair, a little vapor on Venus, and a horse with no name ride out in search of a better world. Against the mounting darkness, a willing abduction offers a stab at tomorrow. -MR
*This program features rapid movement and flashing light*
In Association with Winnipeg Film Group
