AD HOC #90 - Recent and Rediscovered Canadian Experimental Films

Name: AD HOC #90 - Recent and Rediscovered Canadian Experimental Films
Start: 2026-03-24T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Innis College

Schedule

Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Innis College | Toronto, ON

AD HOC #90: RECENT AND REDISCOVERED CANADIAN EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
Innis College, room 222
March 24, 2026, 8PM
Free admission and open to the public! Seating is limited to 35, first come, first served.
Co-presented with Black Zero
With this screening of recent and rediscovered Canadian experimental films, we have chosen to emphasize work made by artists located (primarily) in southern Ontario, many of them local to Toronto. The majority of the films shown will reflect consistent themes of experimental film, of the body and the figure in space, of the scene mediated by selective masking, of the line and image animated by hand, of compositions that investigate the apparatus itself.
With artists in attendance!
Programmed and with an introduction by Dr. Stephen Broomer
Programme:
All work will be exhibited digitally. Format listed reflects original finishing format.
Marrow of My Bones (Karly McCloskey, 2024, 16mm-on-digital, sound, 2:11)
Slap Happy Jim (James Anderson, 1987, 16mm, sound, 7:30)
Depending on a Particular Relation (Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof and Monique Tschofen, 2022, Super 8-on-digital, sound, 2:03)
Gate 4:3 (Madi Piller, 2026, 16mm, sound, 2:40)
LIGHTLOVEFILM (Mark Loeser, 2000, 16mm, silent, 9:45)
Abgad Hawaz (Robin Riad, 2024, 16mm, sound, 1:30)
Flash Mob (John Creson and Adam Rosen, 2016, digital, sound, 6:33)
Grain Exchange (Stephen Broomer, 2024, digital, sound, 2:33)
Whispers Mary (Justine McCloskey, 2024, 16mm-on-digital, sound, 12:50)
Bridge (Drayden DeCosta, 2016, 16mm-on-digital, sound, 4:21)
Birds (Madi Piller, 2023, 16mm, sound, 2:40)
Raptures of the Deep (Miranda Ramnares, 2026, 16mm-on-digital, sound, 5:20)
This Town of Toronto (Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, 2012, 16mm, silent, 3:40)
TRT: 63:39
Plus a surprise preview of a new work!
AD HOC aims to rethink what an experience of cinema can be. We seek to reposition historical landmarks and buried treasures within the on-going tradition of experimental and other non- commercial modes of filmmaking, drawing on work from Toronto, throughout Canada, and internationally. Within these parameters, we aspire to diversity in programming, as well as to multimedia and interdisciplinary screening events that bring together varied communities.
AD HOC = Stephen Broomer, Madi Piller, Jim Shedden, Bart Testa.
AD HOC would like to thank Alberto Zambenedetti, Denise Ing, Charlie Keil, Eyan Logan, Rob Trevisan, Thom Chan, and the staff of Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute.