About
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.
Filmography
Go Between2024 · Director
Lines Drawn2023 · Director
Origin of Species2023 · Director
Brisbane River2023 · Director
The North Sea2022 · Director
The Initiation Well2020 · Director
Trent-Severn2020 · Director
Watching the Detectives2017 · Director, Editor
Monte de San Pedro2016 · Director
Brimstone Line2013 · Director, Screenplay
Phantoms2012 · Director
Towards a Vanishing Point2012 · Director
One Roll in the Blackness2011 · Director
Colonnade2011 · Director
349 (for Sol LeWitt)2011 · Director, Writer
Schuh Schnell Service2011 · Director
Genesee2011 · Director
Gladstone2009 · Director
Tamalpais2009 · Director
Lay Claim to an Island2009 · Director