FILM(dzama)

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FILM(dzama)

2001 film

FILM(dzama) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Deco Dawson and released in 2001.[1] The film is a fictionalized biography of artist Marcel Dzama, as played by Dzama's real-life father Maurice,[2] shot on Super 8 film in a surrealist manner influenced by the films of Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray and Guy Maddin.[3]

Quick Facts FILM(dzama), Directed by ...

The film was the fifth and last in Dawson's FILM series of experimental short films, following FILM(luster), FILM(emend), FILM(knout) and FILM(lode).[2]

The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Katherine Monk, "Movies: deco dawson". Vancouver Sun, June 6, 2002.
  2. [2]
    Robert Enright, "Art Deco: The Films of Deco Dawson". Border Crossings, August 2008.
  3. [3]
    Robert Enright, "Art's deco". The Globe and Mail, November 4, 2000.
  4. [4]
    "Films from Nunavut, Manitoba big winners at Toronto Film Festival". Sudbury Star, September 17, 2001.


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