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.
Recent Acquisitions
2023, 08:41 minutes, colour
tapecode 2163.00
we would be freer (بنكون اكتر احرار) is a short film reflecting on the relationship between native plants and peoples living under settler-colonialism. Through storytelling, the film takes a look at the sumac plant as a medicine, a powdered… ⊕
Vibrations from Gaza offers a glimpse into the experiences of Deaf children in the colonized and confined coastal territory of Gaza, Palestine. Born and raised under siege and frequent onslaughts these children, including Amani, Musa, Israa, and others, provide vivid accounts of their encounter of bombardment and the constant… ⊕
At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy, as a serial killer and a new “gay cancer” lurk on the sidelines. Four decades later, in the midst of a new pandemic, the same man returns to the revamped nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long… ⊕
A trio of film poems exploring the individual's struggle for survival and stability on an overpopulated planet. Shot on hand-processed 16 mm combined with digital stills, found footage, and phytograms made by leaving organic matter on film stock in the sun.
In northern Québec, just after World War 2, a young Inuk woman is raped by an American soldier from an army base near her village. Torn between two worlds by the birth of her blond-haired, blue-eyed son, she struggles to come to terms with the implications of his dual heritage. Adaptation from Gabrielle Roy’s novel… ⊕