Philip Hoffman Movies

  • 1996
    Chimera

    Chimera

    Chimera

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    “In 1989 I finished the film Kitchener-Berlin and put a close to a cycle of work which dealt directly with myself, and how self is...

    Chimera
  • 1990
    Kitchener-Berlin

    Kitchener-Berlin

    Kitchener-Berlin

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    "As passing through/torn formations concerns his mother's family heritage, Kitchener-Berlin revolves around his father's family hometown. The slash...

    Kitchener-Berlin
  • 2017
    Ending

    Ending

    Ending

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    The clean 16mm image is processed normally in a lab, but the tinting and toning was done via 'green' processing with flowers. The shooting and hand...

    Ending
  • 2001
    What these ashes wanted

    What these ashes wanted

    What these ashes wanted

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    Completed in 2001, what these ashes wanted—which combines hand-processed film, video diaries, found sound, text and narration—is a ritual...

    What these ashes wanted
  • 1978
    On the Pond

    On the Pond

    On the Pond

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    “Hoffman’s film is in the experimental film tradition of the personal diary although in this case a beautifully paced mixture of family...

    On the Pond
  • 1986
    ?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)

    ?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)

    ?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)

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    A "subversive engagement with documentary convention" centered on the production of Peter Greenaway's film A Zed and Two Noughts.

    ?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)
  • 1983
    The Road Ended at the Beach

    The Road Ended at the Beach

    The Road Ended at the Beach

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    Film images, stills and sound collected over six years coalesce in The Road Ended at the Beach. Hoffman interrogates both the journey, involving...

    The Road Ended at the Beach
  • 1970
    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

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    "A community workshop held by the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham, Ontario, engages participants in a group phytogram creation...

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W
  • 2007
    ever present going past

    ever present going past

    ever present going past

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    Filmmaker Philip Hoffman and poet Gerry Shikatani combine to make a cine-poem about the making of gardens, films and poems. Excerpts from...

    ever present going past
  • 2017
    Ending 2

    Ending 2

    Ending 2

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    Processed with conventional photo chemicals and the following flowers: magnolia blossoms, hyacinth, hydrangea, daffodil, rhododendron, pond algae,...

    Ending 2