In celebration of Solomon Nagler receiving Arts Nova Scotia’s Established Artist Recognition Award, Fleapit Cinema is proud to present a new retrospective of the Winnipeg-born, Halifax-based filmmaker's work.

Much has been said about Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin’s penchant for strange films that look like they were made in a secret warehouse in the 1920s, but the films of Solomon Nagler often seem to exist outside of time entirely, rather excavated from some crate beneath some ancient and decayed ruin before our very eyes. The craft at play in these works is at once astounding but often untraceable, through layers of emotional and material decay that render the films as experiences beyond perceivable human forethought and creation. They are archives in themselves, investigating self, body, movement, history and Jewish diaspora through analog forms.

We are so happy to present the Atlantic Premieres of many of Nagler’s films, while also projecting the very first 16mm prints in Fleapit history. Special thanks to projectionist extraordinaire Kenny Lewis for making it happen. We’ll be joined by Sol himself for a Q&A after the screening. It’s going to be a special evening.

PERHAPS/WE (2003) *
NOTES ON GESTURE (2007) *
FUGUE NEFESH (2007)
THE SEX OF SELF-HATRED (2004)
DAYS OF DOUBT (2017)
J. (2008) *

*16MM PRINT

CONTENT WARNINGS: Nudity, Flashing Lights, Depiction of Suicide