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)
Affirmation and reaffirmation are necessary actions in these strange times.“A sincere response seems ironic in this strange time. Isolation Journal reflects two activities that I am focusing on these days — documenting books by artists for a video channel and writing quotes on a street front window to interact with… ⊕
A Chinese man in the 19th Century costume finds himself in a strange world. Does he belong to the past, the future, or the present time? The Visit tries to explore the concepts of travel, expedition and migration.
2023, 89:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 2188.01
Bittersweet Becoming is an intimate, character-driven film that follows Karla Rae James, a trans woman living in Toronto, as she sails with grace through the ups and downs of late life transition.
2022, 81:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 2188.00
As the longest occupation in modern history ensues, the Dead Sea, a sacred body of water in the lowest place on earth becomes a site where a politically-driven environmental disaster threatens a once flourishing environment. Eulogy for the Dead Sea is a poetic documentary chronicling the disappearance of the Dead Sea. The… ⊕
2022, 08:47 minutes, colour
tapecode 2173.00
Three performers, Holly Timpener, Mathew Moir and Tess Martens, pulled a 3-way rope in a game of tug-a-war at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse. They had to attempt to communicate using the laptops’ keyboard in front of them if they could reach it! There was a chatbox projected onto the paper on the window of the live chat… ⊕
