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An Evening with Wendy Tilby

Wendy Tilby in Person
Screening on Film

From the release of her first student film, Tables of Content, in 1986 to her most recent work, When the Day Breaks (co-directed with Amanda Forbis), which was awarded the Palme D’Or for short films at the Cannes International Film Festival and the Grand Prix and Critics Prize at the Annecy International Animation Festival, Canadian animator Wendy Tilby has enjoyed international critical acclaim. In addition to her own three works, Wendy will present a selection of Canadian animated films which she admires, has been influenced by, or wishes she had made.

PROGRAM

  • Tables of Content

    Directed by Wendy Tilby.
    Canada, 1986, 16mm, color.
  • Waving

    Directed by Ann Marie Fleming.
    Canada, 1987, 16mm, color, 16 min.
  • Blackfly

    Directed by Christopher Hinton.
    Canada, 1991, 35mm, color, 5 min.
  • Strings

    Directed by Wendy Tilby.
    Canada, 1991, 35mm, color, 10 min.
  • The Village of Idiots

    Directed by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove.
    Canada, 1999, color, 11 min.
  • The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa

    Directed by Caroline Leaf.
    1977, 16mm, black & white, 10 min.
  • Primiti Too Taa

    Directed by Ed Ackerman and Colin Morton.
    With poem by Kurt Schwitters.
    Canada, 1988, 35mm, color, 3 min.

  • When the Day Breaks

    Directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis.
    Canada, 1999, 35mm, color, 10 min.

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