CV
Education
2007—M.F.A. Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University
Awarded York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Thesis Prize
1991—B.A.H. Department of Film Studies, Faculty of Arts, Queen’s University
Works
2024 diario de verano (3:39, stop-motion and 35mm phytogram animation, exhibition is digital) collaboration with Cristal Buemi
2024 Beautiful lost things (02:39, collage animation with 16mm, exhibition is digital)
2024 Linea ver (03:36, phytogram animation on super 8mm, exhibition is digital)
2023 Research garden: a compendium of lost moments (installation, 16mm film loop, c-prints, mixed media sculptures)
2023 Compendium (07:12, experimental, 16mm, silent) 2022 Research Garden: Unwanted Flowers (AR experience as part of group show Site Unseen through PIX Gallery and the Artificial Museum)
2022 Research Garden: Unwanted Flowers (AR experience hosted by 8thWall) 2022 Research Garden: Unwanted Flowers [30:00 single channel video loop] 2022 SpheresWorld and FormsWorld (VR immersive experience prototype) 2021 Departures Ephemera [14:00 single channel video installation with digital prints] 2021 Vestigial [40:00, experimental documentary, 16mm and HD] 2021 Marginalia Memory Game [multiples, 24 cards 70mmx70mm] with Andrea Zittlau 2020 Wayfarers/Caminantes [7:00, 16mm and HD, film and sound performance] with Vanessa John 2020 change over time [04:21, experimental animation HD] 2020 gift of a dream, 1–4 [varying lengths, experimental 16mm and HD] 2019 Hay | 43°58'32.39" N -80°44'7.19" W [Digital photos on adhesive polypropylene] 2019 It Matters What [09:03, experimental animation, 16mm and HD] 2018 It Matters What and 45o12’ 35.5N”, 78W 23’ 11.3 [Digital photos on adhesive polypropylene] 2018 Retrato Oficial 5: Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights [18:03, experimental documentary, 16mm/HD]
2017 Retrato Oficial 4: 8401 [15:00, single channel video installation with audio, photographs]
2015 Pigeon Grid [Digital print, 36” x 112”]
2013 Centripede [07:29, experimental, installation HD, with Paul Shepherd]
2013 Red Portrait LOOP GRID [Digital print, 24”x24”]
2013 Red Portrait LOOP LINE [Digital print, 254” x 4”]
2013 Red Portrait LOOP 1, 2, 3 [00:05 video loops, animation, HD]
2012 Hemisphere [15:00, experimental, installation HD, with Paul Shepherd]
2012 Retrato Oficial 3: Even if my hands were full of truths [07:29, experimental, HD]
2009 Insecta Lepidoptera [10-DV loops, installation, with Paul Shepherd]
2009 Retrato Oficial 2 [04:00 minutes, experimental documentary, animation, DV]
2008–2010 Cold Food Series [various lengths, experimental animations, 16mm and HD]
2007 Mr. Edison's Ear [32:00, experimental documentary, 16mm, DV]
2006 In the Kingdom of Shadows (05:00, experimental, 35mm/DV)
2005 BOY [05:00 minutes, experimental, 16mm]
2004 Nazia (Doctor with Borders) [15:00 of 50:00 minute documentary, DVcam]
2004 Swing [02:00, animation, DV]
2004 Dominion [02:48, experimental, DV]
2003 Does this mean we’re going together? [03:30, experimental, 16mm]
2003 LaLa [02:00, experimental, DV]
2002 She was so young back then [03:00, experimental, 16mm]
2002 Retrato Oficial 1 [01:00, experimental, 16mm]
1995 Miami Blues [03:00, music video for Andrew Whiteman]
1991 Cuentos de mi Niñez|Tales From My Childhood [09:00, experimental documentary, 16mm]
Solo Screenings and Exhibitions
2023
•Research garden: a compendium of lost moments curated by Lesley Loksi Chan at Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice
2021
•Franci Duran Retrospective: In Departure’s Wake and Departures Ephemera curated by Cecilia Araneda at WNDX and Poolside Gallery at Video Pool Gallery in partnership with the Harbour Collective and Video Pool
2020
•MOCA: Museo Online de Cine Autobiografico, Cuentos de mi niñez and Boy, Galicia, Spain
•Nat Taylor Tuesdays, York University, Practice through Process with filmmaker Francisca Duran
2019
•Solo Screening and Visiting Artist Talk, Department of Arts, Culture and Media at University of Toronto Scarborough Campus
•Solo Screening and Visiting Artist Talk, York University; Living Archives: Curatorial Approaches to Mediated History
2018
•Colectivo Toronto, Even if my hands were full of truths: A First Toronto Retrospective of Films by Francisca Duran, programmed by Guillermina Buzio and Hugo Ares, Toronto, Canada
2017
•Die Beginen Women’s Cultural Centre, 8401, Rostock Germany; programmed by Andrea Zittlau and Christoph Behrens for Gender and Queer Studies, University of Rostock
•Die Beginen Women’s Cultural Centre, Francisca Duran, Filmabend, programmed by Andrea Zittlau, Christoph Behrens for Gender and Queer Studies, University of Rostock, Rostock Germany
2012
•Canadian Film Institute, Club SAW Gallery, The Moving Images of Francisca Duran, programmed by Tom McSorley, Ottawa Canada
Group Screenings and Exhibitions
2023
•Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, It Matters What, Crossroads Festival 14th Retrospecive, San Francisco, US
•Close Up Cinema, It Matters What, in conversation with In Vivo by Karel Doing, London, UK
•Toronto Metropolitan University, It Matters What, In Memory in Motion, Toronto
•Bogoshorts, Traje de Luces in Festivaleando (VLAFF), Bogota Colombia
2022 •Nuit Blanche, Research Garden: Unwanted Flowers, Launchpad Artscape Daniels
•Nuit Blanche, Traje de Luces in Cinemobilia, Archive/Counter Archive, York University
•Independent Imaging Retreat, It Matters What, Mount Forest, Canada
•University of Applied Arts, Vienna, It Matters What in Lectures for Future, Vienna, Austria
2021
•Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, It Matters What in Fascinations: Roots, Ji.hlava, Czech Republic
•Analogica, It Matters What in: 10 Year Anniversary Screening, Bolzano and Zagreb, Croatia
•Dobra Festival, It Matters What in Rituals of Reclamation, Brazil
•Vector Festival, It Matters What in Of Ties and Tethers, Toronto, Ontario
•PIX Gallery and online, It Matters What in View/Regard, Toronto, Ontario
•Alucine, Wayfarers/Caminantes in Latinidad, Toronto, Ontario
•SBC Gallery, Cuentos de mi niñez in: An Exhaling Aviary of Scattered Flights curated by Michele Fielder, Montreal, Quebec
•CFMDC, It Matters What in: Experimental Film and Photochemical Practices: Spotlight on Film Farm, Toronto, Ontario
2020
•Santo Noise Experimental Noise and Music Festival, Wayfarers/Caminantes in: Luxando, Encounter Between Sound Art and Experimental Film, Argentina •San Francisco Cinematheque, It Matters What in: I am Bloodless/I am the Cosmos Crossroads Film Festival, San Francisco, California
•Art Gallery of Hamilton, It Matters What in: Programme 3, Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Hamilton, Ontario
•Vancouver International Latin American Film Festival, It Matters What in: Latinx Diversidad Programme, Vancouver, BC
•Analogica, It Matters What, in: Analogica Program 9, screened online
•West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Cuentos de mi niñez in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, West Chester, Pennsylvania
•Cosmic Rays Festival, It Matters What, Durham, North Carolina
•Film for Artists: Site and Cycle 2020 at Anima Casa Rural, It Matters What, Jalisco, Mexico
•RPM—Rotations Per Minute Festival, It Matters What in: Sights, Symbols and Signs, Boston
•Anthology film Archives, Cuentos de mi niñez in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, New York
•Mayselles Documentary Center, Cuentos de mi niñez in: The People’s Revolt: A Showcase of New Chilean Experimental Cinema, Virtual screening, Harlem New York
•Toronto Society of Architects (TSA), It Matters What in: TSA September Short Films Playlist
•Cinematheque Quebec, It Matters What in: Cineastes Independents, live screening, Montreal
•Experiments in Cinema, It Matters What online in Experiments 3, Albuquerque, New Mexico
•Greetings from Isolation, change over time online in A Capsule Collection of Short Canadian Isolation Movies, Toronto
2019
•Analogica, It Matters What, in: Analogica Program 9, Bolzano Italy
•La Cinematografica, It Matters What, Vigo, Spain
•Klex Film Fest, It Matters What, in: Unless You are Living It: Dis/Integration, programmed by re:assemblage, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
•CODEC Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights in: Cadaver Exquisito | Exquisite Corpse, Mexico City, Mexico
•Proceso de Error, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights in: Texturas de la Realidad | Textures of Reality, Valparaiso, Chile
•Experimental Film Society, Queen Mary University of London, It Matters What, London UK
•Kassel DOKFest, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights in: Distributions in Profile: Vtape & CFMDC screening
•Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, It Matters What, Bilbao, Spain
•Planet in Focus Film Festival, It Matters What, Toronto
•Antimatter, It Matters What in The Shouting Flower, Victoria, Canada
•WNDX, It Matters What in Animals Future Past, Winnipeg, Canada
•Alucine, Latin Film and Media Arts Festival, It Matters What, Toronto, Canada
•Vastlab Experimental Film Festival. 8401, Traje de Luces and It Matters What, Vastlab Gallery, Los Angeles California
•Arkipel Jakarta Intrernational Documentary + Experimental Film Festival, It Matters What, in: Unless You are Living It: Dis/Integration, programmed by re:assemblage, Jakarta, Indonesia
•CineAutopsia: Bogota Experimental Film Festival, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights in: Otras Latitudes | Other Latitudes, Bogota Colombia
•Film Farm: 25 Years of the Mount Forest Independent Imaging Retreat Exhibition, Hay | 43°58'32.39" N -80°44'7.19" W, at TIFF Film Reference Library, Toronto Canada
•Film for Artists: Site and Cycle at Artscape Gibraltar Point, It Matters What, Toronto
•Edinburgh International Film Festival, It Matters What, Edinburgh, Scotland
•Muestra de video experimental de Medellin. Even if my hands were full of truths, in: Malas Lecturas | Misreadings, Ismo Ismo Ismo Cine Experimental en America Latina. Colombia
•Queen’s University Film Department’s 50th Anniversary, Cuentos de mi niñez | Tales from my childhood, Kingston, Canada
•Oberhausen Film Festival, It Matters What in: Distributors’ Screening, Oberhausen, Germany
•Screen/Society Duke University, Suit of Lights in The Madvo Collection Commissioning Project, Program 2, Durham, US
•Reina Isabel Museo, Even if my hands were full of truths, in: Malas Lecturas | Misreadings, Ismo Ismo Ismo Cine Experimental en America Latina. Madrid, Spain
•International Film Festival Rotterdam, Even if my hands were full of truths, in: True/False. Rotterdam, Netherlands
•London International Short Film Festival, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights, in: Seeing, Teaching, Living, London, UK
2018
•Anthology Film Archives, Even if my hands were full of truths, in: Malas Lecturas | Misreadings, Ismo Ismo Ismo Cine Experimental en America Latina. New York, USA
•Die Beginen Women’s Cultural Centre, Traje de Luces, Rostock Germany
•Gallery 44 Member’s Production Gallery, It Matters What, Group show About Veracity
•Festival Internacional de Talca, Traje de Luces, Talca, Chile
•Arkipel Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Traje de Luces, Jakarta, Indonesia
•Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Traje de Luces, Vancouver, Canada
•Defy Film Festival, Traje de Luces, Nashville, USA
•WNDX, Traje de Luces in: Image of the Beast, Winnipeg, Canada
•Alucine, Latin Film and Media Arts Festival, Traje de Luces, Toronto, Canada
•Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Traje de Luces, York, UK
•Revue Cinema, Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights, in: Madvo Collection Films, Toronto, Canada
•Los Angeles Film Forum, Even if my hands were full of truths, in: Malas Lecturas | Misreadings, Ismo Ismo Ismo Cine Experimental en America Latina. Los Angeles, USA
2017
•Die Beginen Women’s Cultural Centre, 8401, Rostock, Germany
•Die Beginen Women’s Cultural Centre, Francisca Duran, Filmabend, Rostock, Germany;
2016
•Alucine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival, Cuentos de mi niñez in: Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras: 20 years of Latin Canadian Cinema. Toronto, Canada
2013
•John Hansard Gallery, Cuentos de mi niñez in: Agency of Truth: Documentary and Contemporary Art, South Hampton, UK
•Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Even if my hands were full of truths, Vancouver, Canada
•Winnipeg Cinematheque, Even if my hands were full of truths in: 40 Years On. Winnipeg, Canada
•LIFT, Even if my hands were full of truths in: 30x30, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto Anniversary Screening. Toronto, Canada
•Japan House, FH Düsseldorf, Red Portrait LOOP 1, 2, 3 and Red Portrait LOOP in Art and Gender Exhibition (Enginyart), Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
•Art Gallery of Alberta, BOY in: Canadiana, Visions of the Country by Independent Filmmakers, Calgary, Alberta
2010
•Signal and Noise Festival at VIVO, Retrato Oficial 2, Vancouver, Canada
•International Film Festival Rotterdam, Retrato Oficial 2, in: Distributors’ Screening (cfmdc), Rotterdam, Netherlands
•International Film Festival Oberhausen, Retrato Oficial 2, in: Distributors’ Screening (cfmdc), Oberhausen, Germany
•McMaster University, Retrato Oficial 2 at the: Reframing the Archive Conference, Hamilton Canada
•Ben Russell Gallery, In the Kingdom of Shadows in: Original/Primitive group show, Chicago, USA
2009
•WNDX, Various works screened at: A Fragile Transition: Past and Present in Chilean Canadian Cinema
•Signal and Noise Festival at VIVO, In the Kingdom of Shadows, Vancouver, Canada
•Images Festival, Retrato Oficial 2 in Various Small Fires and Ice, Toronto, Canada
•44th International Popular and Scientific Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava Film Festival, Mr. Edison's Ear, Jihlava, Czech Republic
2008
•London International Film Festival, In the Kingdom of Shadows in: Experimenta
•DOK Leipzig, Mr. Edison's Ear, Leipzig, Germany
•Hot Docs, Mr. Edison's Ear, Toronto, Canada
•BFI Theatre Southbank and LOMAA, Cuentos de mi niñez, and BOY in Double Vision (CFMDC/Images 30 Year Retrospective), London, UK and London, Canada
2007
•Worldwide Short Film Festival, In the Kingdom of Shadows, Toronto, Canada
2006
•Ann Arbor Film Festival, In the Kingdom of Shadows, Ann Arbor, Michigan
•Calgary $100 Film Festival, BOY, Calgary, Canada
•Calgary’s $100 Film Festival, Does this mean we’re going together, Calgary, Canada
2005
•The 51st Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Retrato Oficial 1 in: Cinema and History: Piling Wreckage Upon Wreckage, Hamilton, New York
•San Francisco Art Institute, She was so young back then in: Best of LIFT $99 Film Festival tour
•Alucine, BOY, Toronto, Canada
•Alucine, Swing, Toronto, Canada
2004
•The LIFT No Excuses $99 Film Festival Tour, She was so young back then, various cities, Canada
•The LIFT No Excuses $99 Film Festival Tour, Does this mean we’re going together, various cities, Canada
2003
•Durham Art Gallery, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Durham, Canada
•Winnipeg Film Group, Cuentos de Mi Niñez in: Our Own September 11th, Winnipeg, Canada
•Winnipeg Film Group, Retrato Oficial 1 in: Our Own September 11th, Winnipeg, Canada
•Images Film Festival, She was so young back then, Toronto, Canada
•Images Film Festival, Retrato Oficial 1, Toronto, Canada
1996
•Pacific Cinematheque, Cuentos de Mi Niñez in: Experimenting Women, Vancouver, Canada
•Ontario Cinematheque, Cuentos de Mi Niñez in: LIFT Carte Blanche, Toronto, Canada
1995
•Allegheny College, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Meadsville, USA
•The London Filmmakers' Co-op, Cuentos de Mi Niñez in: Narrative Signs, London, UK
1994
•National Film Board Theatre, Cuentos de Mi Niñez in: Sappho Speaks, Toronto, Canada
•Independent Film and Video Alliance Conference, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Toronto, Canada
•1993
•Glenbow Museum, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Calgary, Canada
•Toronto International Film Festival Retrospective, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Toronto, Canada
•Hispanic Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Toronto, Canada
1992
•Calgary Status of Women, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Calgary, Canada
•One World Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez,
•Images Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Toronto, Canada
1991
•Toronto International Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Toronto, Canada
•Ann Arbor Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Ann Arbor Michigan
•Kingston International Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Kingston, Canada
•Vancouver International Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Vancouver, Canada
•Montreal International Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Montreal, Canada
•Yorkton Film Festival, Cuentos de Mi Niñez, Yorkton, Canada
Awards and Commissions
2019—Alucine Festival, Local Heroes Award for It Matters What 2018—Alucine Festival, Best Experimental Film Award for Traje de Luces 2018—Alucine Festival, Local Heroes Award for Traje de Luces 2017—Traje de Luces | Suit of Lights for Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)’s Films made from the Jacques Madvo Collection (commissioning grant) 2011— Even if my hands were full of truths for LIFT 30th Anniversary (commissioning grant) 2008—York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Thesis Prize for Mr Edison’s Ear 2006—In the kingdom of shadows for LIFT’s Film is Dead! Long Live Film! (commissioning grant) 2003—Retrato Oficial 1 for One-minute Movies at the Images Festival (commissioning grant) 1992—TVOntario Telefest, First Prize Short Documentary for Cuentos de mi Niñez, 1991—Kingston International Film Festival, Local Heroes First Prize for Cuentos de mi Niñez •Regina National Student Film and Video Showcase (RNSFVS), First Prize Film for Cuentos de mi Niñez •RNSFVS, First Prize Documentary for Cuentos de mi Niñez
Publications 2023 •Lesley Loksi Chan, “Conversation between Lesley Loksi Chan and Franci Duran,” Curatorial essay and interview for Francisa Duran: Research garden: a compendium of lost moments at Centre[3] https://centre3.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FD-and-LLC-Conversation.pdf 2021
•Araneda Cecilia, Franci Duran: In Departures Wake, Curatorial Essay in partnership with the Habour Collective/WNDX/Video Pool, 2021
https://www.ceciliaaraneda.ca/franci-duran-in-departures-wake/#essay
•Payne Simon and Vallance Andrew, “Karel Doing/Francisca Duran, Ecology, Ethics and the Unintelligible”, Film Talks: 15 Conversations on Experimental Cinema, Contact, 2021
•"Franci Duran and Anto Astudillo in Conversation”, Corrientes Online Magazine, https://www.corrient.es/astudillo-duran-eng
•Rico, Angie, “Poet Father Bullfighter Father” https://reissue.pub/articles/poet-father-bullfighter-father
2020
•Hernandez Paloma, “Entrevista con Francisca Duran” http://museomoca.com/franci-duran
•Knowles Kim, “Process and Perception”, Experimental Film and Photochemical Practices. MacMillan Palgrave, 2020 •Knowles Kim, 43°58’32.39" N -80°44'7.19" W (Book cover photo), Experimental Film and Photochemical Practices. MacMillan Palgrave, 2020
•Ustarroz, Cesar, Traje de Luces (still image featured in Art Works Section), Found Footage Magazine Issue #6, 2020
2019
•Rusalen Francesa and Zazzin Francesco, “It Matters What”, Emergeree del possibile, November 2019, https://emergeredelpossibile.blogspot.com/2019/11/it-matters-what.html
•Szalay Dorottya. “Közös zászló alatt A társadalomtudatos kísérleti film a 21. században” (“Under a Joint Banner: Socially Engaged Experimental Film Practice in the 21st Century”). Metropolis 2019 v2. October 2019
•Zittlau, Andrea. "Fragmented Visions of Control: Franci Duran's Cinema of Cuts and Puzzles." Other Places: Reflections on Media Arts Practices in Canada. Edited by Deanna Bowen. MANO and Public Books, 2019
2018
•Schniedermann, Wibke. “Interview With Franci Duran about her Video Art Installation 8401.” On_Culture: The Open Journal for the Study of Culture 6, 2018. <http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2018/13903/>.
•Zittlau, Andrea. “Million Followers: Popfeminismus und Online Kunst.” Kunstforum International, Aus. Bd. 257, 2018 https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/million-followers/
2014
•Rusty Talk with Francisca Duran by Mike Vass http://www.therustytoque.com/rusty-talk/francisca-duran-filmmaker
2011
•Hoolboom, Mike, “Franci Duran: Poetry of Exile.” Projections of Beauty: Made in Canada Catalogue Winnipeg Cinematheque http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=242
2010
•Hoolboom, Mike, “Trust: An Interview with Franci Duran” http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=19638
2009
•Araneda Cecilia, “A Fragile Transition: Past & Present in Chilean Canadian Cinema” WNDX: Winnipeg’s Festival of Film & Video Art , Sunday October 10, 2009 http://www.ceciliaaraneda.ca/chilean-canadian/
Collections
•MOCA: Museo Online de Cine Autobiográfico (Vigo, Spain): Cuentos de mi Niñez and BOY
•Hotdocs Online Library (Toronto, Canada): Mr Edison’s Ear and Cuentos de mi Niñez
•Queen’s University Department of Film Studies (Kingston, Canada): Cuentos de mi Niñez
Residencies and Working Groups 2022–23 •Reciprocal Relations Public Programs collaboration with with Nada El-Omari, CFMDC •Platforms collaborator/mentor, Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice and Agile Films Collective •Site Unseen Augmented Reality Project, Pix Gallery, Alucine Artificial Museum (Vienna and Toronto) •Ray Ferris Tech Springboard participant, Artscape
2018
•Independent Imaging Retreat (Phil Hoffman’s Film Farm), Mount Forest, Canada
2016
•Body and Experience in Research: Approaches to Racism, Memory, and Punishment work group at Encuentro eX-céntrico: dissidence, sovereignties, performance conference. Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University
Community Work, Mentorships and Juries
2023-24
•Board of Directors, WNDX Festival of Moving Image
•Phytography mentorship for Eva Kolcze
2022
•Artist mentor analogue film processing traditional & eco-processing for Rolla Tahir (OAC)
•Artist mentor phytogramming for Morgan Sears-Williams (OAC)
2020-21
•Artist mentor Process cinema (analogue filmmaking) for Tram Nghiem (OAC)
•Artist mentor phytogramming for Elida Shoght (CCA)
2019
•Selection committee for Handmade Film Screening, Handmade Analogue Filmmakers Collective, Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op
•Jury Member, CineSiege Undergraduate Film Awards, York University Department of Film,
2018
•Josephine Massarella Artist Award, founding member, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
2017, 2016, 2013–2014
•Education and Outreach Coordinator, short term contracts, various LIFT, 2017, 2016, 2013–2014 •Artist mentor for FilmAccess Program for Artists with Disabilities Program, LIFT 2016 •Production Grant Selection Committee, LIFT 2014
2007–2014
•Board of Directors, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
2007 •Production Grant Selection Committee, Cinema + Disjunction, LIFT 1997-99 •Board of Directors, Cineworks Independent Film Society 1993–1995 •Board of Directors, LIFT 1994-5 •Member of founding committee, Southern Currents
Academic Appointments, Workshops, Guest Lectures 2024
•Direct Animation Workshop, for Abstract Animation class taught by Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea, Department of Experimental Animation, Winter 2024, OCADU
•Collaborative Phytogram Animation Workshop, for Blurring Boundaries class taught by Cristal Buemi, Department of Experimental Animation, Winter 2024, OCADU •Course Director (team-taught with Phil Hoffman), GS/FILM 5021 Process Cinema, Winter 2024, York U., Keele Campus 2022/23
•Phytogramming with Francisca Duran, Centre[3], Factory Media Centre, Dandelion Collective, Fall 2023
•Experimental Filmmaking with Found Footage Workshop, the 8Fest Film Festival, Summer 2023
•Collaborative Phytogram Animation Workshop, Analogue Resilience: Film Labs Gathering, Spring 2023
•Phytograms Workshop, Images Festival, Spring 2023
•Course Director (team-taught with Phil Hoffman), GS/FILM 5021 Process Cinema, Winter 2023, York U., Keele Campus
•Taller Fitogramas, Ficwallmapu, Summer 2023, Temuco Chile
•Course Director, FA/DESN 3009 Motion Graphics, FALL 2022, York U., Keele Campus 2021/22
•Phytogram Workshop, Music and Sound in Kensington Market Project, Kensington with University of Toronto Ethnomusicology graduate students, supervisor Farzaneh Hemmasi, Fall 2022 •Phytograms, Workshop Instructor at the8Fest Film Festival
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 3009 Time-Based Communication 1 FALL, York U., Keele Campus
•Temporary Course Director, FA/FILM 3003/4003 Alternative Project Workshop I and II, WINTER 2022, York U., Keele Campus. (Covering a leave)
•Phytogram Animation, Workshop Instructor at WNDX Festival
2020/21
•Course Director (team-taught), FA/FILM 3003/4003 Alternative Project Workshop I and II FALL/WINTER, York U., Keele Campus •Course Director, FA/YSDN 3009 Time-Based Communication 1 FALL, York U., Keele Campus
2019
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 3009 Time-Based Communication 1, York U., Keele Campus
•Phytogram Animation, Workshop Instructor at La Cinematografica, Vigo Spain
•Phytogram Animation, Workshop Instructor at Film for Artists: Site and Cycle, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto
2007–2019
•Workshop Instructor at LIFT in Rotoscope Animation and Experimental Animation Studio
2014–2016
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 4002 Type in Motion, York/Sheridan Department of Design (FA/YSDN), Oakville Trafalgar Campus
2013
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 3013 Time-Based Communication 2, Oakville Trafalgar Campus
•Teaching Assistant CUPE Unit 2, FA/FILM 2030 New Neo-Realism, Social Justice Fiction FilmProduction, York University, Department of Film Fine Arts (FA/FILM), Keele Campus
2012
•Teaching Assistant CUPE Unit 2, FA/FILM 1900 Anatomy of the Feature Film, Keele Campus
•Supervisor—Human 4W03/3W03—Applied Humanities Experiential Learning Course, McMaster University, Faculty of Humanities (5-course supervisions)
•Course Director, MM2H03 Advanced Digital Animation, McMaster University Department of Multimedia and Communications, Faculty of Humanities, (McMaster MMCS)
•Course Director, MM1B03 The Digital Image (core course), (McMaster MMCS)
2011–2012
•Supervisor—Undergraduate Independent Study: Time-Based Media (supervisor for 4 students) McMaster University (Faculty of Social Science)
2011
•Course Director, MM2H03 Introduction to Animation (McMaster MMCS) •Course Director, MM4A03 Management of Multimedia (McMaster MMCS) •Course Director, MM4A03 Management of Multimedia (McMaster MMCS)
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 3013 Time-Based Communication 2, York U. Keele and Sheridan Campuses
2010
•Course Director, Socsci3H03 Inquiries into Digital Media: The Individual, McMaster University Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences
2009–2013
•Course Director, MM2B03 Introduction to Video (core course)
2009–2011
•Course Director, MM2A03 Vector Graphics
2009
•Course Director, MM3I03 Advanced Digital Media, McMaster University Arts and Science Program
2008–2010
•Course Director, FA/YSDN 3009 Time-Based Communication 1, Keele Campus and Oakville Trafalgar Campus
2006–2007
•Guest Lecturer, Early Cinema, Graduate level course, course director: Sharon Hayashi, York University
•Course Director at The Art Institute of Toronto (now closed): Typography Traditional, Typography Hierarchy, Typography—Expressive & Experimental, Design Layout, Design Fundamentals