Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy is an independent filmmaker, programmer and writer currently living in Toronto. He programmed film, video and live performance for the Images Festival from 2003-06 and served on the screening collective for Pleasure Dome from 2000-06. His short experimental films have screened at over 75 film festivals worldwide and he has presented film programs in Egypt, Belgium, Germany, the US and Canada. He holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he was co-founder and host of a weekly film salon. His work as an artist and programmer operates in dialogue with the history of film as art, exploring the medium's materiality in a contemporary context.
As director
Go Between
Lines Drawn
Origin of Species
Brisbane River
The North Sea
Trent-Severn
The Initiation Well
Watching the Detectives
Monte de San Pedro
Brimstone Line
Phantoms
Towards a Vanishing Point
349 (for Sol LeWitt)
Schuh Schnell Service
Genesee
One Roll in the Blackness
Colonnade
Lay Claim to an Island
Tamalpais
Gladstone
Simultaneous Contrast
Tape Film
The Acrobat
Lombard
Memo to Pic Desk
Late Spring
Jane's Window
4x8x3