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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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Becoming Mighty Real

Andrew Zealley

2022, 10:17 minutes, colour

tapecode 2183.04

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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… ⊕

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… ⊕

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… ⊕

Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul

Andrew Munger, Graeme Mathieson

2025, 83:52 minutes, colour

tapecode 754.01

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Play it Loud! is a feature documentary that tells the little-known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture. The film reveals a social and cultural migration that made Canada a mecca for Jamaican music, recognized around the world, but little heralded at home. This story is told… ⊕

Somewhere, but not here.

Karel Malkoun

2025, 23:59 minutes, colour

tapecode 2196.00

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Miles away, I watch the slow erasing of my home, Lebanon. Scattered between two places, I no longer am. Somewhere, but not here. traces filmmaker Karel’s journey as she moves to Toronto from her homeland, Lebanon. Caught between two time zones, she teeters on the edge of despair, when troubling news from Lebanon flashes… ⊕

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