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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: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)

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Animals on the Verge

Jillian McDonald

2024, 10:04 minutes, colour

tapecode 698.04

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Via augmented reality, Google’s ready-made 3D animals, once promoted as the “perfect quarantine activity,” are juxtaposed with hand-drawn depictions of holes in the Earth. Animals stand tentatively at the edge, tread water in, or seem trapped within these crevasses. Some of these holes are moulins —… ⊕

Anthem

Robert Hamilton

2026, 04:05 minutes, colour

tapecode 066.29

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Anthem is a reimagining of the traditional television broadcast sign-off. Before the era of 24-hour digital streaming, televisions went to sleep. The daily broadcast sign-off was a ritualistic farewell, wrapping viewers in a blanket of stylized patriotism and nostalgic imagery accompanied with a national anthem before fading… ⊕

Anywhere (Nooj Goji)

Evelyn Pakinewatik

2024, 19:18 minutes, colour

tapecode 2168.01

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The global pandemic rages on even as authorities loosen regulations, leaving two immunocompromised Anishinaabe lovers vulnerable to a world that wants to abandon them. George lives with his Gokmis on a northern reserve, while his partner Eileen lives in Toronto. The universal stressors of long-distance relationships are… ⊕

As If by Chance ...

Vera Frenkel

2025, 61:16 minutes, colour / black & white

tapecode 122.30

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The title, As If by Chance ..., alludes to a card game, evidence of which was found by the police after a Toronto art centre was closed by the City. A voice-over tells us that Natasha, the Centre's founder, (surname unknown), has disappeared, and is now officially designated a missing person. We know that she… ⊕

Beauty Revenge

Atif Y. Siddiqi

2024, 14:00 minutes, colour

tapecode 609.06

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The filmmaker aka Tranie Tronic tells the tale of the incident that inspired their latest album Transgression and brings awareness to the potential dangers of dating men online. The film illustrates the therapeutic power of creating art from trauma.

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