This program brings together seven handcrafted film works by Australian analogue experimentalists Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie. Across five years of creative exploration, these films stand as individual experiments in form and structure, each imbued with its own poetic resonance.
This special screening brings together distinct perspectives on how ritual and celebration reshape public space, memory, and identity in the UK. ‘New Territories (spectacle is king)’ by Rhea Storr (2025), ‘The Flora Faddy Furry Dance Day’ by Richard Philpott (1989), and ‘Syncopated Green’ by Arjuna Neuman (2022) recall personal and cultural histories and traditions as they explore Caribbean carnivals, a Cornish festival, and outdoor raves as sites of both joy and resistance.
The 8fest call for submissions for 2025 festival are now open until 11:59pm EST, August 17th. This year's festival will take place on November 28th - 30th 2025, in Toronto.
Toronto-based curatorial collective Triptych is presenting a film programme in collaboration with Haft-Cinema (H-C) on the evening of August 13th, in Toronto.
Film Program: No Dead Nature: Still Life with Moth, Flower, and Spit curated by Haft-Cinema, presented by Triptych
Mothlight Stan Brakhage | 1963 | 3 min
The Garden of Earthly Delights Stan Brakhage | 1981 | 2 min
Chinese Series Stan Brakhage | 2003 | 2 min
Still Life [طبیعت بیجان] Sohrab Shahid Saless | 1974 | 90 min
Join us on August 4th for a special spotlight featuring Al Wong, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) alum (MFA 1972) and former faculty, in conversation with curator and writer Tanya Zimbardo. This discussion will explore Al Wong’s life in art, the evolution of his practice, and his reflections on teaching, experimentation, and legacy. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a pioneering voice in West Coast conceptual art and experimental film.
Petra Graf & James Edmonds are visual artists from Austria and England, currently based in Berlin. As a duo they create site-specific installations, performances, films and sounds. In their collaborative films they explore everyday phenomena with an intuitive eye, drawing formal connections between spaces, environments and objects with a quiet sensitivity which is both meditative and structured.
