Mike Hoolboom
Mike HOOLBOOM (1959, Canada) began as a filmmaker with his father's Super-8 camera at a young age. He explored many experimental film strategies and eventually established his name with the short film White Museum (1986). Hoolboom worked as artistic director of the Images Festival and experimental film coordinator at the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. His 2015 short movie Scrapbook won Best Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2017, he received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.
Filmography
(selection) Song for Mixed Choir (1980, short), Now, Yours (1981, short), White Museum (1986, short), Indusium (1991, short), Mexico (1992, short, co-dir), Escape in Canada (1993, short), House of Pain (1995, short), Letters from Home (1996, short), Panic Bodies (1998, doc), Tom (2002, short), Imitations of Life (2003), In the Dark (2003, short), Public Lighting (2004), Fascination (2006, doc), Mark (2009, doc), Lacan Palestine (2012, doc), Buffalo Death Mask (2013, short), Scrapbook (2015, short doc), We Make Couples (2016, mid-length), Identification (2017, short), Aftermath (2018), 3 Dreams of Horses (2018, short), 27 thoughts about my father (2019, short), Father Auditions (2019), Zen Basketball (2020, short), Judy Versus Capitalism (2020, mid-length)
Mike Hoolboom at IFFR
Sleepy haven
15'
Germany
IFFR 1994
Sternenschauer
2'
Germany
IFFR 1995
Sleepy Haven
15'
Germany
IFFR 2001
Imitations of Life
75'
Canada
IFFR 2003
Fascination
85'
Canada
IFFR 2006
What Talking Means
8'
USA
IFFR 2006
School
52'
Canada
IFFR 2008
Mark
70'
Canada
IFFR 2010
Lacan Palestine
70'
Canada
IFFR 2012
Scrapbook
18'
Canada
IFFR 2016
We Make Couples
57'
Canada
IFFR 2016
Identification
29'
Canada
IFFR 2017
27 thoughts about my father
Poignant portrait of the filmmaker’s father, who died last year, told in 27 brief contemplations, including personal moments and exceptional archive footage.
25'
Canada
IFFR 2019
Judy Versus Capitalism
Canadian feminist, activist and journalist Judy Rebick reflects on her political and personal life in this experimental, biographical portrait.
63'
Canada
IFFR 2020