The Tectonic Screen

Abstracted recollections and imagined futures intertwine in this collection of experimental shorts, highlighting the best in contemporary queer artists’ film and video work.

Michael Blyth

Total running time 73 mins

Famous Diamonds

Once there was a diamond. And once there was a mine.

Director Daniel McIntyre
Canada 2016
7 mins

Fugue

An abstract study in image, sound and movement.

Director Kerstin Schroedinger
Canada-Germany 2015
8 mins

Normal

Rediscovered videotapes paint a portrait of forgotten youth.

Director William Westley
USA 2015
6 mins

Flowers and Bottoms

Bottoms and flowers.

Director Christos Massalas
Greece 2016
6 mins

Sal Mineo’s Locker

A queer re-appropriation of cinematic ghosts.

Director Chance Taylor
Canada 2015
9 mins

Self and Others

Bisexual desire and the moving image.

Director Patricia Silva
USA 2015
6 mins

Yi-Ren (The Person of Whom I Think)

Double channel evocations of object and emotion.

Director Tzuan Wu
Taiwan 2015
14 mins

When We Are Old(er) Men

A silent study of aging and intimacy.

Director Marc Adelman
USA-Germany 2015
3 mins

Cosmic Crystals

Children’s educational TV as kaleidoscopic dreamscape featuring Paul Falcone's The Cosmic Crystal and music from Nyles Lannon.

Director Jonathan Caouette
USA 2015
8 mins

She Will (Not) Die

Cosmic diaspora and ancient futurism.

Director Shahir Krishna
Canada 2015
8 mins