The Transformable Moment: The Films of Stephen Broomer, edited by Scott Birdwise and Tom McSorley, features new essays on Broomer’s work, a complete filmography, and an extensive interview with Broomer. Contributors include R. Bruce Elder, Dan Browne, Clint Enns, Zoë Heyn-Jones, Brett Kashmere, Scott Miller Berry, Cameron Moneo, Andréa Picard, and Michael Sicinksi.

“Having devoted his life to the art of cinema in his various capacities as a filmmaker, scholar, preservationist, and poet, Stephen Broomer is on his way to establishing himself among the most aesthetically and historically engaged experimental filmmakers in Canada. His practice is indeed ‘experimental’ in the best sense of the term: his films are imbued with a clear awareness of the great strengths and weaknesses of what was, the limitations and possibilities of what is, and the mystery and wonder of what could be.” Scott Birdwise, York University / Canadian Film Institute

Comment vivent et travaillent, à l' «ère du numérique», les cinéastes expérimentaux? Qu’en est-il de leur attachement à la matérialité de l'objet-film? Quels sont leurs outils, leurs rapports à la création, leurs manières de penser, de fabriquer et d'habiter les images et les sons? Comment financent-ils leurs projets? Quel regard portent-ils sur leur parcours et sur les mutations décisives que connait aujourd'hui le cinéma, y compris «expérimental», envisagé dans sa dimension esthétique, pratique, technique, économique et institutionnelle?

Entretiens avec Martin Arnold, Frédérique Devaux, Olivier Fouchard, Ken Jacobs, Christian Lebrat, Rose Lowder, Nicolas Rey, Silvi Simon, José Antonio Sistiaga.

Filmmaker, painter, and multimedia artist, Joyce Wieland (1930–1998) created startlingly original art, influenced by feminism, nationalism, and environmentalism. In 1971 the National Gallery of Canada celebrated Wieland with its first solo show dedicated to a living Canadian woman artist.

Johanne Sloan is Professor of Art History at Concordia University.