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)
2016, 04:42 minutes, colour
tapecode 430.03
An experimental music video in honour of the Appin Massacre (1816), where people of the Dharawal nation were chased off the cliffs for settler expansion of their country. Using Google Earth and Google Streetview images, computer-generated jump-cut splicing created raw footage virtually filmed to depict a journey from… ⊕
2025, 61:16 minutes, colour / black & white
tapecode 122.30
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… ⊕
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.
2022, 10:17 minutes, colour
tapecode 2183.04
Becoming Mighty Real explores an intergenerational, serodiscordant relationship through the lens of the disco (music and physical space) as a form of queer world-making. Two men speak to the issues through a glory hole. The glory hole acts as a sexual portal and a form of confessional. The soundtrack comprises spoken word and… ⊕
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.
