FRI - SUN, JAN 31 - FEB 2 / 7 pm
FRI, FEB 7 / 7 pm
THU, FEB 13 / 7 pm
Directed by Katherine Knight & Marcia Connolly
2013, Canada, 67 min
February 2nd screening introduced by Spring Hurlbut
Cinematically gorgeous and beautifully crafted, Spring & Arnaud is a breathtakingly tender and intelligent love story about acclaimed Canadian artists Spring Hurlbut and Arnaud Maggs. Spring’s art focuses on mortality and the traces we leave behind: ashes, bones, preserved animals and old metal cribs that invoke the spirits of the deceased in her photography, video, sculpture and installations. Arnaud Maggs, winner of the Scotiabank Photography and Governor General’s award, remains fascinated by systems of identification, of repetition and the miniscule differences and similarities in collections of people, objects and ephemera while recognizing the authority of photography to express these ideas in massive installations. Whether singing “It’s only a paper moon” together as dusk falls on the French countryside or talking about the process of making art in their Toronto studios, their undying love for each other as they face the reality of Arnaud’s illness literally lights up the screen. —HOT DOCS
Playing with
Fraction / Directed by Alain Delannoy / 2012, Canada, 9 min
This hand drawn animated film follows the story of an elderly artist who, caught in a battle of time, struggles to complete his body of work.
