VESLEMØY'S SONG

Audrey attempts to recover a recording made by the late Canadian violinist, Kathleen Parlow.

Starring Deragh Campbell, Joan Benac, Steve Benac

2018 / 8 min / Canada / English / 1:37.1

Completed

THE VIEW FROM HERE

A commissioned collaboration with Arts4All, Jumblies Theatre and the hands of over 50 community members. The View From Here is a comic opera about a couple who purchase a condo in Toronto, but begin to ask themselves existential questions about their origins.

2017 / 9 min / Canada / English / 1:78.1

Fantastic Fest, Austin, Texas, USA, 2017
Insomniac Film Festival, Toronto, 2017

MAISON DU BONHEUR

Maison du bonheur is a documentary that studies the day-to-day life of a Parisian astrologer, who has been residing in the same Montmartre apartment for over 50 years. [trailer]

2017 / 62 min / Canada / French / 1.37:1

Winner: Best Canadian Documentary, Vancouver Film Critics Circle, 2017

Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, USA, 2018
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Kingston, Canada, 2018
Cinemateca Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia, 2017
Rencontres International du Documentaire Montréal, 2017
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2017
Hot Docs Canadian Int Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017

A DROWNFUL BRILLIANCE OF WINGS

A short film exploring the mechanics of capture, based on the poem Arriving by Gillian Sze.

2016 / 8 min / Canada / English / 1.37:1

Fugue Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2016
Pleasure Dome, Toronto New Works, Toronto, Canada, 2016
Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, Canada, 2016
Strangewaves Film Festival, Paris, Canada, 2016

NEVER EAT ALONE

Never Eat Alone is an unorthodox feature-length docu-drama that explores a forgotten romance. The film examines the filmmaker's grandmother's attempt to reconnect with an ex-lover. [trailer]

Starring Joan Benac, Deragh Campbell, George Radovics

2016 / 68 min / Canada / English / 1.78:1

Halifax Indenpendent Filmmakers Festival, Canada, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Special Screening, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2016

Winner: Emerging Canadian Director, VIFF 2016

Z WIERNSZY NIE DRUKOWANYCH (LAST POEM)

Two filmmakers drive around the Icelandic countryside attempting to film their own projects.

2013 / 12 min / Canada / English / 1.78:1

BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Presented by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto, Canada, 2014
DoctorCLIP Poetry Film Festival, Rome, Italy, 2013
Birdtown & Swanville's "Friends and Outsiders", Toronto, Canada, 2013

DALSZA MODLITWA (ANOTHER PRAYER)

Dalsza Modlitwa explores the filmmaker's efforts to recreate a memory of her grandmother.

2013 / 6 min / Canada / English / 1.78:1

Halifax Indenpendent Filmmakers Festival, Canada, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2016 First Look, Museum of Moving Image, New York City, USA, 2015 TIFF Bell Lightbox, Presented by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto, Canada 2014
FAWN Opera, Synesthesia III, Toronto, Canada, 2014

WIECZÓR (AN EVENING)

Wieczór investigates the interior of a recently emptied home.

2013 / 19 min / Canada / Polish / 1.78:1

Halifax Indenpendent Filmmakers Festival, Canada, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2016 First Look, Museum of Moving Image, New York City, USA, 2015 TIFF Bell Lightbox, Presented by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England, 2013

MODLITWA (A PRAYER)

Modlitwa follows a widowed woman caring for her home as she meditates on God, labour and nature.

2013 / 7 min / Canada / Polish / 1.78:1

Halifax Indenpendent Filmmakers Festival, Canada, 2017
BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2016 First Look, Museum of Moving Image, New York City, USA, 2015 TIFF Bell Lightbox, Presented by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto, Canada, 2014

DUNDAS STREET

Dundas Street, co-directed by Joanna Durkalec, follows an elderly immigrant woman’s efforts to find meaning in an alienating city. As she questions the flaws and humanity of Dundas Street, she forms a connection with a Maltese fruit merchant and imagines escaping with him.

2012 / 9 min / Canada / Polish / 1.78:1

BAFICI - Retrospective, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017
Higher Learning: Emerging Filmmakers Talk Spiritual and Cultural Identity, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada, 2016
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Presented by the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Toronto, Canada 2014
Polish Short Waves Festival, Poznań, Poland, 2013
International Poetry Meeting, Münster, Germany, 2013
East End Film Festival, London, England, 2013
Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2012
TarpFest Poezijos Festivalis, Klaipėda, Lithuania, 2012
Okapi Czyli Zmieszani Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2012

FALLING WITH FORCE.

A mosaic of heartbreak and vulnerability.

2009 / 4 min / Canada / English / 1.78:1

Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009