SUMMER 2025

June 26 - 29, 2025: 70th Flaherty Film Seminar: Toronto Pod

Cinecycle at 401 Richmond, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON

FLAHERTY PODS: TORONTO ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Join me as one of three local co-hosts (along with Theo Cuthand and Zinnia Naqvi) for the 70th Flaherty Film Seminar Pod in Toronto from June 26-29, 2025, presented in partnership with Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) at Cinecycle. Screenings will take place in the Cinecycle Space at 401 Richmond, with individually curated programs on each day of the seminar (Thursday June 26, 7PM, Friday June 27, 7PM, Sat June 28 2PM, 730PM, Sun June 29, 2PM, 730PM). Flaherty 2025 Programmers are Janaina Oliveira, Carlos A Guitierrez, Richard Herskowitz. 

Flaherty Pods bring the Flaherty Seminar experience to local communities worldwide and create accessible spaces where participants can engage with curated programs and discussions in their own languages and contexts, while connecting to a global film dialogue happening simultaneously across multiple locations. The Toronto Pod offers screenings and discussions led by local curators, artists and scholars. Registration includes five curated programs over four days and access to the Online Experience through July 31.

โ€œ'๐Ž๐๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ!', ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ, ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ?โ€ (text: The Flaherty Seminar)

โ€œA key ethos of the Flaherty is non-preconception : the belief that discovery begins when we let go of expectations. Entering the Seminar without any prior knowledge of the films invites deeper attention, curiosity, and collective inquiry." (text: The Flaherty Seminar)

Registration is limited to 50 participants. Visit the Flaherty Website for complete details.

July 21, 2025: Screening / Artist Talk at Gallery 44

Minimum Charge No Cover (1976) Dir: Janis Cole & Holly Dale

Join me for a Screening and in-person Artist Talk with Director Janis Cole (Hookers on Davie, Prisoner For Women) and Gallery 44 Curator Sameen Mahboubi on Monday July 21, 2025 (evening) at 401 Richmond St West, Toronto.

The program will include Director Janis Cole and Holly Daleโ€™s two earliest short films, Minimum Charge No Cover (1976) and Cream Soda (1975).

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We Could Break Performance (FADO Performance Art Centre, Toronto)

I spoke with hosts Vanessa Godden, James Knott and independent curator and independent curator Shalon T Webber-Heffernan for the final We Could Break Performance Podcast, shared to FADO Performance Artโ€™s Website.

ERASURE OF URBAN DETRITUS: TORONTOโ€™S SIN STRIP

I have contributed an article to the July 2025 special issue of peer-reviewed journal Architecture Media Politics & Society (London, UK) titled ERASURE OF URBAN DETRITUS: TORONTOโ€™S SIN STRIP, which explores the 1977 campaign to clean up Torontoโ€™s Yonge Street Red-Light District.