(California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia – approx. 75 min)

Introduced by Jonathan Marlow / post-screening discussion with Bruce Baillie and Janice Findley (schedules permitting)

An eclectic program of so-called “avant-garde” short films structured entirely around peculiar limitations: all films made along the Cascadia subduction zone (except for the first, due south but heading north); all films shot in 16mm and presented in the same format; all films selected from the Canyon Cinema collection, all films made prior to 2000. Starting with Gary Beydler’s rarely-seen (yet remarkable) Pasadena Freeway Stills, we progress northward with Greta Snider’s travelogue Portland and the award-winning Billabong by Will Hindle. Then further north to Janice Findley’s pixilated triptych Triple-time and Canyon co-founder Bruce Baillie’s extraordinary Roslyn Romance. Evermore to the north for whale-watching near Vancouver Island with Stan Brakhage’s Moilsome Toilsome and, last but not least, the view from the window in David Rimmer’s Canadian Pacific.

Pasadena Freeway Stills (1974) dir. Gary Beydler [California]
Portland (1996) dir. Greta Snider [Oregon]
Billabong (1968) dir. Will Hindle [Oregon]
Triple-time (1978) dir. Janice Findley [Washington]
Roslyn Romance (Is It Really True?) (1974) dir. Bruce Baillie [Washington]
Moilsome Toilsome (1999) dir. Stan Brakhage [British Columbia]
Canadian Pacific (1974) dir. David Rimmer [British Columbia]