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.

• Tape Film

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  Tamalpais

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• Brisbane River

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  4x8x3

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  Simultaneous Contrast

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  Watching the Detectives

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  Brimstone Line

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  Jane's Window

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  Lines Drawn

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• Origin of Species

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• 2024Go BetweenDirector
• 2023Lines DrawnDirector
• 2023Origin of SpeciesDirector
• 2023Brisbane RiverDirector
• 2022The North SeaDirector
• 2020The Initiation WellDirector
• 2020Trent-SevernDirector
• 2017Watching the DetectivesDirector
• 2016Monte de San PedroDirector
• 2013Brimstone LineDirector
• 2012PhantomsDirector
• 2012Towards a Vanishing PointDirector
• 2011One Roll in the BlacknessDirector
• 2011ColonnadeDirector
• 2011349 (for Sol LeWitt)Director
• 2011Schuh Schnell ServiceDirector
• 2011GeneseeDirector
• 2009GladstoneDirector
• 2009TamalpaisDirector
• 2009Lay Claim to an IslandDirector
• 2008Simultaneous ContrastDirector
• 2007Tape FilmDirector
• 2007The AcrobatDirector
• 2007LombardDirector
• 2006Memo to Pic DeskDirector
• 2006Late SpringDirector
• 2005Jane's WindowDirector
• 20044x8x3Director