XP Restorations
In 2015, we proposed a first symposium on experimental cinema. Under the same title (Creating/performing/preserving) we are using the same formula: inviting filmmakers, researchers and specialists in experimental cinema to discuss current practice, the history of the practice and its place in our programming. We also offer, in the evening, high-level programs that intertwine recent short films, performances and screenings of films from the Songs series by Stan Brakhage, in 8mm, kept in our collections.
Robert Desrosiers and Jean Lafleur in attendance
In recent years the Cinémathèque québécoise has restored a number of experimental films. They are gathered here and some will be presented for the very first time. Most of these films are mentioned and analyzed in the book we co-edited with Somme toute (XPQ, traversée du cinéma expérimental québécois).
The film was made for the Man and Health pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal.
Poem in pictures and sounds.
The story of a young woman who is gradually dispossessed of various parts of her body.
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The representation of the body from a reflection on pornography.
On the famous American beach where most of the vacationers are from Quebec, a girl lets herself be seduced by her fantasies. Never before have so many lobsters been seen on a beach! An animation of paper cut-outs.
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