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)
A love story. A liberation story. A story of queer resistance and how building community can transform us. Explore the ephemeral legacy of Vancouver’s historic Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium. Before the internet, we relied on printed materials and a central gathering place. How do we create a deep personal… ⊕
2024, 14:25 minutes, colour
tapecode 2189.00
The Unstoppable Man is a powerful short documentary that delves into themes of resilience, human potential, and the courage to challenge societal norms. Focusing on the world’s first HIV+ person to summit Everest Gopal Shrestha. The film highlights his journey of breaking barriers and overcoming personal and societal… ⊕
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… ⊕
M U S I C commences with a waiting piano and a collage of chattering voices at a concert hall. The voices chatter consistently for four minutes and thirty three seconds. There is a montage of various musical images but no music. Then the voices stop and there is another definitely non-musical sound. There is another closing… ⊕