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I Am Rubber - 1999 Made by: Jennifer McNeely, Megan Stanton Description: A super 8 home-style movie about a girl's first driving lesson. Winner of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film at EyeLens 2000, 2nd Place for Post Secondary Experimental at Cascadia Festival of Moving Images, Vancouver, BC, Honourable Mention for Best Experimental at the National Student Film & Video Festival in Regina, SK. Screened at the New York Queer Film Festival, InsideOut Film Festival in Toronto, Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival in Toronto, Images Film Festival in Toronto and the Canadian International Annual Film Festival.		Length: 4:11

Magic Carpet Ride - 2000 Made by: Phillip MJ Bacon, Matt Meagher Description: Old style silent movie: Dude finds suitcase with a surprise magic carpet ride in store, and the consequent problems -- this one has a sting in the tail!		Length: 9:00

On Stay'n Calm - 2000 Made by: Ms. Moustache, Tamar Eylon Description: An attempt to show the influence of audio on perception.		Length: 4:43

The Adventures of A.D.D. Girl - 2000 Made by: Lauren Mainland, Terra Poirier Description: Using live action, paint on film, pixelation & hand processing, this film is a cheeky & triumphant exploration of different-mindedness.		Length: 4:04

Callaesthetics - 2001 Made by: Callianne Bachman, Asa Goldstein, Bronwen Marsden, Rebecca Simonetti Description: Callaesthetics is an experimental super8 film with stopmotion and scratch animation that explores the struggle of a girl dealing with the repercussions of sexual abuse, who learns how she is still beautiful.		Length: 2:31

Rigor Mortis - 2001 Made by: Lauren Mainland Description: The poetic response of a young woman to the death of her father in a car accident, Rigor Mortis offers a serious yet whimsical look at grief and resilience.		Length: 2:52

Elle - 2006 Made by: Caitlin Vliet Michaela Manson Sidney McMillan Erin Green Description: why can't the crayfish grow without molting?		Length: 4:05

Troika - 2006 Made by: Wayne Robinson Dylan Caldicott Caitlin Vliet Description: An experimental non-linear short shot on 8 mm film that combines scratch animation, contact printing, and painting on film. Our protagonist is souless as he leaves a notebook on a beach that attracts "lost" souls such as his.		Length: 4:40

Journal of a Heartbroken ex - 2006 Made by: Brock Littlejohn Description: A music video shot in super 8/experimental film. A mans journey on a regular day.		Length: 3:15

Sorry, I was eating my noodles - 2006 Made by: Dylan Caldicott Brock Littlejohn Michaela Manson Sidney McMillan Wayne Robinson Caitlin Vliet Description: cameraless animation		Length: 3:05

Mockery of a Monelith - 2008 Made by: Stu Burke and Caitlin Lahue Description: Mockery of a Monolith is a commentary of religion, consumerism and greed.		Length: 4:11

Toast - 2008 Made by: Fran Breden, Pat Suveg, Josina deBree and Damon Guy Description: "Toast", a super 8 masterpiece. features Sergei, a Soviet cosmonaut, whose two vices are toast and vodka as he crash lands on an alien planet.Sergei introduces toast to the alien society, but the new food proves too popular.		Length: 5:26

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