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)
Night. The moon is a rock. The ears are stopped. A chair balances on the roof of a house. A silver box composes itself: a mysterious instrument. A marble rolls around in somebody’s head. Two rocks spin. Is it possible to stop the mind?
In 2024, an old 16mm print of Man and Mask: Oskar Schlemmer and the Bauhaus Stage surfaced from storage at the Goethe-Institut Toronto. The 1969 dance film is an interpretation of Oskar Schlemmer's choreographies conceived at the Bauhaus University in Dessau around 1925. Through chemical deterioration of the aging print, the… ⊕
Rabid Beach is a hand-painted animated music video created by Jesi Jordan for the band Pig Pen, featuring 600 individually painted animation frames.
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+… ⊕
2025, 09:55 minutes, colour
tapecode 2087.03
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… ⊕