FILM(dzama)
Directed byDeco Dawson
Written byDeco Dawson
StarringMaurice Dzama
CinematographyMyles Langlois
Edited byDeco Dawson
Release date
  • September 9, 2001 (2001-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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]

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


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