Café Ex: Trevor Anderson
60 minutes | Canada
Inaugurated in 1998, Café Ex is the Canadian Film Institute’s ongoing visiting artist series presenting artist-curated evenings of independent experimental film and video.
Chronicling an exquisitely complicated relationship to his hometown, family, and himself, Edmonton's Trevor Anderson brilliantly transforms ugly truths into radiant, laugh-out-loud realities. Articulated literally in his own voice, Anderson's films power wash the surface of Dirt City with show tunes and impeccable comedic timing to reveal a deeply heartfelt, reluctant affection for Canada's wild rose country. Drawing on everything from animation to musical theater, Anderson's films have screened multiple times at many A-list and LGBTQ film festivals, including three times at Sundance. His newest short and latest Sundance success, Docking, is screening at IFFO in front of past Café Ex alum Matthew Rankin's first feature film, The Twentieth Century, on Friday, March 27th.
Trevor is joined after his Café Ex short programme by fellow filmmaker and long-time friend, Matthew Rankin, who will moderate what promises to be an electric conversation about Anderson's filmmaking process and career (thus far).
- Keltie Duncan
Program
Rock Pockets (2007)
Carpet Diem (2008)
The Island (2009)
Punchlines (2009)
The High Level Bridge (2010)
The Man That Got Away (2012)
The Little Deputy (2015)