The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) is excited to welcome our 2017 Scholar in Residence, Dorottya Szalay. This residency will…
“Brilliant Pinkish Flare”: Cataloguing Queerness in Experimental Film
This blog post is the result of the work carried out on the CFMDC’s collection in relation to the Archive/Counter-Archive…
Terraforming the Film Archive
This blog post is the result of the work carried out on the CFMDC’s collection in relation to the Archive/Counter-Archive…
Film Inspection and Preservation
Before CFMDC sends out physical films for screenings, we always do a film inspection in our vault to make sure…
artinCINEMA: avant-garde films of the Eastern Block
I launched artinCINEMA about four years ago. In the beginning it was just a simple blog where I would share…
The Elusive Present: Chris Gallagher’s Seeing in the Rain
By Stephen Broomer This short text was written to accompany Chris Gallagher’s Seeing in the Rain (1981), for the liner…
On Jack Chambers’ Hybrid
By Stephen Broomer The following text is an excerpt from my ongoing writings on the films of Jack Chambers. It…
CREATIVE CONDITIONS PART 1: NON-THEATRICAL REVOLUTIONS
By Stephen Broomer The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre was founded in 1967, out of a pressing need in Canada –…
Inaugural CFMDC Scholar In Residence
The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) is very excited to welcome member filmmaker and scholar, Stephen Broomer, as our inaugural Scholar In…