From the archive, this was the 2008 Terminal Cinema program:
The Experience by Dan Rocque
The Experience is a harrowing investigation into the nature of human
decision. Presented in a stark, existentialist piece revolving around
one man blinded by anxiety, paranoia, and guilt.
Dan Rocque is a giallo inspired cinematographer and director who
sacrificed financial security and lucrative oil patch wages to attend
film school in Vancouver and work in the film industry. His professional
career walks the line between the analogue and digital worlds.
Buffalo Farm by John Woods
A visual poem about the development of the Canadian West, contrasting
the relationship between time, nature and mankind.
John Woods is a fake electrician living in East Vancouver. Sometimes he
makes movies, most of the time he makes fluff. Until recently his
completed work has been few and far between.
GOOD FRIENDS ARE HARD TO DINE by Dale Bredeson
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The ground breaking "One-Minute Film Festival" opener, closer and
middle act. This ground breaking festival never did break
any ground. It never happened. There's an empty lot somewhere in
East Van with a gold shovel laying flat on the earth.
Dale Bredeson is a professional Japanese Bear Fighter. It is not that
he is Japanese himself, just that he fights exclusively Japanese Bears.
He has nothing against the Japanese,just their Bears. He understands
that his career draws a lot of controversy. SURPLUS by Blair Dykes
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| Surplus tells the story of Gus, a young clerk who has worked his whole
life in Big Jake’s Sizzling Army Surplus Store, never setting foot
outside. Gus’ world consists of sword canes, soda pop and psychopathic
patrons in a realm of combat and camouflage.
Blair Dykes is no one famous.
Frog Jesus by Ben Peters He thought he could make a Frog Jesus.
Ben Peters runs a film production company called Kijo in Vancouver, BC
along with Toby Gorman, that is currently concentrating on short films.
Bully Solution by Kryshan Randell
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| Shy eight-year-old Timmy has been picked on his whole life, until
school groundskeeper Jack Raddick gives Timmy some tools to deal with
bullies that will put an end to his problem forever.
Born and raised in BC, Kryshan has been making and watching films for
as long as he can remember. In previous years, he ran the
Vancouver-based fast film events The 24 Hour Film Contest and The Great
Canadian Commercial Contest. Most recently, he received a Kickstart
grant and completed the dark relationship comedy Glimpse, which
premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Jouez Avec Ca, Henri by Terry Mialkowsky
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| | In a world driven mad by war, Henri makes a dark deal with forest
witches so he may see his true love once more. Angst. Poverty. Success. Malaise. Black outs. Re-invention. True love.
Terry lived in turn of the millennium Vancouver for several years and
created over a dozen shorts before temporarily relocating to the
Vancouver suburb of Regina,Saskatchewan where he toils on B-level
motion pictures in their surprisingly robust film industry. He is
currently in post on his opus, "Ahh, youth!". Terry and his partner,the
delicious Shannon Jardine are the founders of Prairie Threat Entertainment,
home to the in-development television projects "The Land of The Yodeling
Mushroom People" and "The Shamrock Hotel". Shot on B/W 16mm film and
developed by hand in the director's bathtub.
Unicorn Ragazzo by Sean Macpherson
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| | The tale of an imaginary unicorn who is doomed to wander the earth,
watching over the child who first imagined him, but now no longer believes
in him, as she grows up and her life leads to tragedy. Shot on black & white
Super 8 film and developed by hand. Sean came to Vancouver from Alberta to pursue a music career but found his
way into filmmaking. In two years he has completed 3 short films and has
recently begun post-production on a feature film.
Topsy & Tallulah in The Inheritance or... The Perils of Peabody
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| | Topsy & Tallulah, the twin heiresses to a fortune cookie fortune,
finally come into their inheritance. But when their beloved feline,
Mr. Peabody, is kidnapped and held ransom, it's up to our intrepid
heroines to save him and solve the mystery of Chokyu Bubblegum! Marina Montiel and Ariel Kirk-Gushowaty became creative collaborators
over 10 years ago when Marina was in film school at Ryerson University,
and Ariel was studying Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Since
then they have moved back to their home turf, and work on projects
together whenever they can. Part Two of Topsy and Tallulah's adventures
is now in pre-production!
| Voices by Peter Kepkay | | Despite crushing poverty, the people of a small African nation find
strength in their sense of community. This documentary film showcases
the lives and songs of African choirs. Peter's work as a sound mixer has taken him around the globe several
times over. But a job on a film shot in Africa opened a new sense of
purpose in his life and made him start his own charity group focused
on the fight against AIDS in Africa. This documentary is his debut film | | VETA by Luke Newsom An Inuit hunter meets his match. Animation from the perspective of a redneck. Spare time stop motion
animator Luke Newsom has only just began regurgitating his ideas
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