FILM(dzama)

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]

  1. ^ Katherine Monk, "Movies: deco dawson". Vancouver Sun, June 6, 2002.
  2. ^ a b 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.