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)
2022, 02:58 minutes, colour
tapecode 163.140
Today I know nothing, only that I find beauty in the depths. Inspired by a walk with Amayah, a three-year-old granddaughter who confirms that reality is an illusion.
Adapted from his book of the same name, filmmaker Ho Tam’s animated short translates his literary work into a striking visual collage constructed entirely from international banknotes. By animating the historical iconography, faces, and symbols printed on global currency, Tam crafts a humor-infused, mesmerizing backdrop… ⊕
Inspired by Buster Keaton films and an interest in activated spaces, this video reconstructs the architecture of the set of his 1921 film: The Haunted House. On screen you can follow the action as it moves through the rooms. The section of the film used is a chase scene so the spatial connections between rooms encourage… ⊕
2024, 18:27 minutes, colour
tapecode 948.13
A collage of personal and public accounts, The Image Remains the Same contemplates water as an allegory of journeys filled with desire, belonging, hope, and demise stretching from the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles to the Mediterranean Sea in Lebanon, specifically the El-Mina port, where Ali El-Darsa speaks to… ⊕
Experimental and poetic, The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story investigates my experience of the Canadian Baby Adoption Mandate Era (1945-1985) when over 300,000 newborns were placed through forced adoption to new families. Most “birth mothers” were aged 15 to 19, and many lived in Canadian… ⊕
