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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: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)

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The Voice of Weather

Kelly O'Brien

2025, 04:40 minutes, colour

tapecode 903.17

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What starts out as a short nature documentary inspired by the mating sounds of male wood frogs in a southern Ontario forest, slowly reveals itself to touch on the fragility of life, the cycle of the seasons, the wonder of the natural world, and, in an echo of the Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus’ maxim that you… ⊕

Most of the Time I Can Just Be

Kelly O'Brien

2025, 04:21 minutes, Black & White

tapecode 903.16

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 A young woman (my sixteen-year-old daughter, Emma) dances on a subway platform to music only she can hear. As we watch her move through this public space with unselfconscious expression, we hear her thoughts on the vulnerability of dancing in front of others, the poetry of interacting with strangers, and the wonder of… ⊕

How Does Life Live?

Kelly O'Brien

2017, 03:30 minutes, Black & White

tapecode 903.15

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In this non-narrative short film, shot on 16mm and voiced entirely in questions from a young girl, the filmmaker weds footage of her daughters playing in an abandoned quarry with the inexhaustible curiosity of a child. The youngest daughter’s questions address a vast range of knowledge, moving, as she and her sister… ⊕

All the Beauty in the World

Kelly O'Brien

2023, 03:21 minutes, Black & White

tapecode 903.14

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In this three-part short film, filmmaker Kelly O’Brien begins with her daughter Emma’s reflections on her disabled brother Teddy and how she imagines he sees the world. O’Brien then shifts into the past to address the question of how to depict disability on the screen while a young Emma dances around Teddy.… ⊕

On and On and On

Evelyn Pakinewatik

2024, 10:18 minutes, colour

tapecode 2168.00

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I’ve spent my whole life listening to and often recording interviews with different members of my family and extended community. One of the phrases I hear most often is “on and on and on” as a way to conclude a point; or to extend it. Anishinaabe often talk in circles, or maybe to be colonized is to see how… ⊕

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