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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: Don’t You Like the Green of A?, by Nelson Henricks (2025)

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The Urge to Run a Lap

Lesley Loksi Chan

2017, 14:04 minutes, colour

tapecode 193.17

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A woman returns to the home where she lived as a pregnant teenager. Told through text, found objects, found footage and assemblage sculpture, this work questions and challenges conventional images and narratives of “teen pregnancy” and reflects on contemporary experiences of self-representation and ways of… ⊕

Meteor

Atefeh Khademolreza

2023, 10:00 minutes, colour

tapecode 2087.04

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Meteor is a visually stunning piece that employs animated surrealist imagery to delve into the narrator's profound grief over losing her best friend within the repressive Islamic Republic of Iran. Meteor juxtaposes the international "women, life, freedom" protest movement with the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+… ⊕

Father Tree

Atefeh Khademolreza

2025, 09:55 minutes, colour

tapecode 2087.03

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Father Tree is a poignant animated short film that explores the profound bond between a father and daughter, blending personal experience, mythology, and poetic storytelling. When a young woman returns to care for her ailing father, she discovers his illness is transforming him into a tree. As his transformation progresses, she… ⊕

Escorpiônikas—countermanifesto

Matheus Mello, Bruna Kury, Nisha Platzer

2025, 12:42 minutes, colour

tapecode 2191.00

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Escorpiônikas is a daring exploration of resistance and defiance that spans three continents, weaving together the lives of those who stand at the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. The film follows a collective of trans women, sex workers, and racialized and gender-dissident voices as they challenge the… ⊕

Am I Mourning What I Never Lost?

R. James Edwards

2025, 02:12 minutes, colour

tapecode 2192.00

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The title Am I Mourning What I Never Lost? refers to the mundanities of living with a permanent hearing loss from birth, therefore never having technically “lost” anything. Artist R. James Edwards documents his experience with the medical system and the ways his disability is viewed and grieved for by outsiders… ⊕

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