VIDEO OF THE MONTH: Artists Union Rally, March 16, 1985, by Clive Robertson!
To celebrate May Day, and to put the focus on the pressurized situation in the arts, Vtape will be featuring Clive Robertson's Artists Union Rally, March 16, 1985 (1985) as our May Video of the Month, FREE online May 1 - 31, 2026!
Celestial Queer: The Life, Work, and Wonder of James MacSwain
TORONTO PREMIERE! Friday, May 8th at 7:00 p.m., join us at CineCycle for the Toronto premiere of Celestial Queer: The Life, Work, and Wonder of James MacSwain, a feature-length documentary about an iconic queer artist who defied convention for a life lived on his own terms. Filmmakers Eryn Foster & Sue Johnson in person!
Vtape x e-flux Staff Picks: LISA STEELE & COLIN CAMPBELL
The second in Vtape’s series of collaborations with e-flux Staff Picks came sooner than expected! This month e-flux features four works made by Colin Campbell and Lisa Steele during the artists’ Los Angeles sojourn in 1976-77: The Ballad… ⊕
Congratulations to Gail Maurice!
Vtape is thrilled to announce that the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival has chosen long-time Vtape artist Gail Maurice to be honoured with the 2026 August Schellenberg Award! Gail Maurice is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, director, writer, producer, and… ⊕
Recent Acquisitions
Discover what’s new at Vtape! These works have been acquired for distribution by Vtape within the past six months. New acquisitions can include older works that have recently been brought into distribution. Image credit: Don’t You Like the Green of… ⊕
