What We Do Is Secret
new work by
Auden Lincoln-Vogel Eric Peterson Vyacheslav Ivanov
Rodrigo Baeza Tyson Houseman Jérémy Gagnon
Saturday, June 6 | 10:00 PM
"Come close, I want to tell you something...
Narrative is a conspiracy theory."
This program is rated 14A
Crime Film, dir. Auden Lincoln-Vogel
2025 | USA | 10 | 16mm on video | Canadian premiere
Shot on long-expired and mishandled 16mm film, a truck of similar age and decrepitude is inspected, tested, and sold. Though both seller and buyer may be honest and fair, it is a law of this life that nothing may go as planned.
Smoke Break, dir. Eric Peterson
2025 | Canada | 5 | 16mm on video | Manitoban premiere
A clairvoyant trapped in a city far from home, bums a cigarette & shares knowledge with a video store clerk on a smoke break.
Bad Batch, dir. Vyacheslav Ivanov
2024 | Russia | 10 | video | Canadian premiere
Bad sound, glitches, fisheye, laser – a guy and a girl communicate via voice messages and think about how to easily make money by filming “extreme videos.”
My House Got Burned, dir. Rodrigo Baeza
2025 | Chile | 19 | mini DV | Canadian premiere
Two university friends walk through a high and inhospitable hill in the middle of the city as they confront the idea of mortality following the sudden death of a university mate. Between dusk and dawn, the silences become increasingly deafening, and solitude in company slowly consumes them.
Endless Sunlight, dir. Tyson Houseman
2026 | Canada | 8 | video | World premiere
Centered around an audio recording of a conversation between kokum Penny Roan and Jennifer Houseman (Tyson's grandmother and mother), kokum Penny tells a story about her kokum's experience at a residential school in Southern Alberta, sharing that her uncle
burned down the school when he was seven years old. Six generations of matriarchal lineage are weaved across time through images of a young woman, Osa Roan, Penny Roan's granddaughter, harvesting birch bark at a camp in the summer
Pique-nique, dir. Jérémy Gagnon
2025 | Canada | 9 | 16mm on video | Manitoban premiere
Two welders observe an astral phenomenon during their lunch break. Faced with the sublime, they lower their masks.