Allyson Mitchell

Allyson Mitchell Filmography 1996-2007

Unca Trans, 3 min, 2007

Genre: experimental, animation
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Set in an agrarian future, Unca Trans is a short animated Super 8 film in which the title character pontificates about gender theory and activism back in the 2000s.
Production Credits: Directed by Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler
Script: J. Bobby Noble, Vlad Wolanyk, Christina Zeidler and Allyson Mitchell
Voiceover: Adrien Whan
Screenings: Out on Screen (2007)

Melty Kitty, 3 min, 2006

Genre: experimental, animation
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please.
Production Credits: Directed by Allyson Mitchell
Music: Suicide is Painless, Lady and Bird
Screenings: Splice This! (2006)
Out on Screen (2007)

Feeding the Deer, 1 min, 2005

Genre: experimental
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Tragically hurt feelings at the petting zoo.
Production Credits: Directed by Allyson Mitchell
Poem: Paul Vermeersch
Voiceover: Matthew Hyland
Commissioned by the LIFT Poetry Projections Program
Screenings: Poetry Projections, LIFT (2005)

Big Trubs, 3 min, 2004

Genre: experimental. comedy
Exhibition Format: beta, DVD (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: You never know when big trouble is going to hit. Big Trubs follows an apocolyptic dolly through a miniature world of everyday worries while the narrator pontificates on the topic of trouble.
Production Credits: Written Directed and Produced by Allyson Mitchell
Narration: Allyson Mitchell
Super 8 Footage: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Screenings: Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival, Toronto ON (2004)

Free! Bake! Sale!, 4 min, 2004

Genre: experimental. documentary. feminist. activism
Exhibition Format: beta
Synopsis: Folllow fat activist Pretty Porky and Pissed Off as they take on the dieting hordes outside of a busy cafeteria. Broadsheets and sweet home baked treats crash diet beliefs.
Production Credits: Directed by: Allyson Mitchell
Camera: Roy Mitchell
Festival Screenings:
Rehab Festival, Toronto ON (2004)
Institutional Screenings:
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trinity Square Video, Toronto ON (2004)
NoLose! Conference, Cherry Hill NJ (2004)
Gallery Screenings: qu-Art Gallery (2005)

If Anyone Should Happen To Get In My Way, 3 min, 2003

Genre: experimental. animation. feminism.
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD
Synopsis: Shot from hi-con candy-coloured Lomo phtography, a girl in various animal states is seen licking her wounds. This is a mediation on female rage.
Production Credits: Directed and Edited by Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler
Produced by: Freeshow Seymour
Photography: Allyson Mitchell
Performer: Christina Zeidler
Music: Christina Zeidler (all rights reserved)
Screenings: Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2004)
Institutional Screenings:
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo NY (2004)

Glitter, 1 min, 2003

glitter still Genre: experimental. animation. comedy
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD
Synopsis: As two twits dance their fears away at a road side farmers market. Via costumery and choreography, they bring lesbian glamour where it was not ever.
Production Credits: Directed, Photograhed and Edited by Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler
Music by: Christina Zeidler (all rights reserved)
Produced by: Freeshow Seymour
Screenings: Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2004)
Institutional Screenings:
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo NY (2004)

Hideous Monster, 1 min, 2003

Genre: experimental . comedy
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: A one moment horror film about the family dog.
Production Credits: Written, Edited, Directed by: Allyson Mitchell
Institutional Screenings: Cinecycle (2003)

Sicker Lover, .5 min, 2003

sticker lover still Genre: experimental. animation. comedy
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot on 16mm)
Synopsis: This is a quick sweet flip through a well loved obsessive collection.
Production Credits: Written, Directed and Shot by Allyson Mitchell
Music: by Allyson Mitchell (all rights reserved)
Produced by: Freeshow Seymour
Screenings:
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2004)
Rehab Film Festival, Parkdale ON (2004)
Institutional Screenings:
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo NY (2004)
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)

Precious Little Tiny Love, 3 min, 2003

precious still Genre: experimental. animation. comedy
Exhibition Format: Beta, DVD (originally shot in Super 8)
Synopsis: An ode by a socially conscious carnivore to creatures that get crunched.
Production Credits: Directed by Allyson Mitchell
Edited by: Alessa Cohene
Produced by: Freeshow Seymour
Music: sung by Allyson Mitchell, recorded by Pete Dako,
mixed by See Why Sound, All rights reserved.
Screenings:
Brampton Indie Arts Festival, Brampton ON (2005)
Hysteria: A Festival of Women Artists, Toronto ON (2005)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2004)
Toronto Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (2004)
Splice This! Super 8 Festival, Toronto ON (2004)
Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2004)
Planet In Focus Environmental Film Festival, Toronto ON (2004)
Toronto Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (2004)
Los Angeles Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (2004)
Institutional Screenings:
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo NY (2004)

Mayo Jar, 3 min, 2003

Genre: experimental. drama
Exhibition Format: Beta
Synopsis: Super 8 footage of deserted and destroyed family businesses along the lonely Northern Trans-Canada Highway accompanies a haunting song about betrayal and loss.
Production Credits: Shot, Directed and Edited by Allyson Mitchell
Music by Freeshow Seymour (all rights reserved)
Produced by: Freeshow Seymour
Screenings:
Splice This! Super 8 Festival, Toronto ON (2003)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2003)
Institutional Screenings:
Buffalo Media Resources (2004)

Inside Out Festival Trailer, 2002

Genre: experimental, animation,
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd
Production Credits: Directed, written and edited by Allyson Mitchell & Lex Vaughn
Music (all rights reserved): “Believe in the Good Of Life”
Composed by: Joel Gibb
Performed by: The Hidden Cameras
Festival Screenings:
Toronto Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (2002)
Broadcasts:
Bravo (2002)

Pink Eyed Pet, 3 min, 2002

pink eyed pet still Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Love can cause infections even topical treatments won’t cure.
Production Credits: Directed, produced and edited by: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Camera by: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Voice over: Allyson Mitchell
Festival Screenings:
Mix Festival New York (2002)
Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival Toronto (2002)
Ann Arbor Film Festival (2003)
Herland Feminist Film Festival Calgary (2003)
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2003)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2003)
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (2003)
MIX Festival New York (2003)
Pleasure Dome Toronto (2003)
Regina Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2003)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2003)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2003)
Institutional Screenings:
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo NY (2003)
Video Pool, Winnipeg MB (2003)
Broadcasts: CBC Zed TV March 20 2003- March 19, 2006 (exclusive broadcast 1st year only)

Believe, 1 min, 2002

Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Photo booth animation tries to conjure up faith for our tricky world
Production Credits: Directed, written and edited by Allyson Mitchell & Lex Vaughn
Music by: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn (all rights reserved)
Festival Screenings:
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2003)
Kinemathek Karlsruhe, Germany (2003)
Gallery Screenings:
Spin Gallery Toronto (2002)

Bon Bon, 3 min, 2001

pink eyed pet still Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: 16mm, vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis: A candyland town kicks up its sugary heels for a midday parade.
Production Credits: Directed, produced and edited by: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Camera by: Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Music Arranged and Composed by: Matt Reid (all rights reserved)
Candy Crafters: Aleesa Cohene, Jeff Crawford, Andrew Harwood, Melissa Levin, Allyson Mitchell, Tom Mitchell, Daphne Mitchell, Chris Mitchell, Roy Mitchell, Megan Richards, Abi Sloane, Megan Stanton, Mariko Tamaki, Lex Vaughn, R.M. Vaughan
Negative Cutter: Barbara Swift
Special Assistance by: Roberto Ariganello and Ken Fraser
Festival Screenings:
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival (2002)
Bologna Lesbian Film and Video Festival (2002)
Calgary Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2002)
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival (2001)
Minneapolis Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Regina Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (2001)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2001)
Tampa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Washington DC Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2002)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2003)
Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo NY (2003)
Institutional Screenings: Video Pool, Winnipeg MB
Broadcast:
Pride Vision Television
KETH Silicon Valley Public Television
CBC Zed TV March 20 2003- March 19, 2006 (exclusive broadcast 1st year only)

Itchy Ya Ya, 2 min, 2000

Genre: experimental, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd (originally shot on Super 8)
Synopsis: Slapstick imp fends off fabricated fruit fly.
Production Credits: Film by Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Camera: Allyson Mitchell
Actor: Lex Vaughn
Music: Benny Hill Show Theme Song (no rights reserved)
Festival Screenings:
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Philidelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Washington DC Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Bologna Lesbian Film and Video Festival (2001)
Herland Feminist Film and Video Festival, Calgary AB (2001)
Minneapolis Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
New Zealand Gay and Lesbian Film and Video (2001)
Oslo Lesbian And Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago (2001)
Frieburg Lesbian Film Festival (2002)
Gallery Screenings: ED Video Media Arts Centre (2000)

My Life in 5 Minutes, 7 min, 2000

my life still Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis:
Production Credits: Directed and produced by: Allyson Mitchell
Editing and Effects Wrangling: Christina Zeidler
Music by: “Argyle Rocks”- Allyson Mitchell, Lex Vaughn, Christina Zeidler, Deanne Lehtinen (all rights reserved)
Festival Screenings:
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2005)
Amsterdam Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2005)
Rendevous With Madness (2005)
Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2004)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2004)
Rehab Film Festival Toronto (2004)
Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo NY (2004)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2004)
Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2004)
Women in the Directors Chair, Chicago IL (2004)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2003)
Gallery Screenings:
Tallulah’s Cabaret, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto ON, 2003
Institutional Screenings:
Concordia University, Montreal PQ (2005)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2005)
Wilfred Laurier University, Kitchener ON (2005)
Trent University, Peterborough ON (2005)
York University, Toronto ON (2005)
Trinity Square Video, Toronto ON (2004)
Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax NS (2003)
Broadcasts:
CBC Radio 3 web broadcast non-exclusive Jan 05-April 05, 2005
CBC Zed TV March 20 2003- March 19, 2006 (exclusive broadcast 1st year only)
CBC web broadcast non exclusive March 24, 2000- March 24 2001

Hair Pie, 3 min, 2000

Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: 16mm, vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis: A tale of sweet revenge between two bake-off buckaroos. Comissioned by the Images Festival of Film and Video, “Revenge is Sweat “ programme.
Production Credits: Directed, written and edited by Allyson Mitchell and Lex Vaughn
Music and Borrowed Images: No rights reserved.
Festival Screenings:
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Regina Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Milan Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Pittsburgh Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago (2001)
Parkdale Film Festival Toronto (2003)
Gallery Screenings: Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh PA (2001)

Candy Kisses, 4 min, 1999

candy kisses still Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: 16mm, vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis: Big-eyed girls and bubble text tell a stop motion animated tale of woe and lousy relationship negotiations. Sad candy teardrops dance on the screen to try and figure out why non-monogamy sucks so badly.
Production Credits: Film: Allyson Mitchell
Written by: Allyson Mitchell and Jane Farrow
Music: G. Morgan, “Candy Kisses”, Unichappell Music Inc.
Rights reserved under certain conditions
Festival Screenings:
Boise Idaho Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2003)
Pleasure Dome Toronto (2003)
Denver Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Freunde Der Deutschen Kinemathek E.V. (2001)
Regina Queer City Cinema Festival (2001)
Vienna Queer Film Festival (2001)
Winnipeg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Barcelona Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Boston Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Brisbane International Film Festival (2000)
Calgary Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Freiburg Lesbian Video and Film Festival (2000)
Kingston Lesbian and Gay Film festival (2000)
London Lesbian Video and Film Festival (2000)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Madrid Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival (2000)
Milan Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2000)
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
New Zealand Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival (2000)
Regina Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Sydney Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (2000)
Toronto New Works, PleasureDome (2000)
Austin Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival (1999)
Hamburg International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1999)
Kingston Ontario Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (1999)
Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1999)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
San Antonio Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Washington DC Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1999)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Institutional Screenings:
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, Vancouver BC (1999)
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto ON (2000)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (2000, 2001)
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (2001)
Neutral Ground Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan (2001)
York University, Toronto ON (2001,2002,2003)
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto ON (2003)
Buffalo Media Resource Centre, Buffalo NY (2004)
Broadcasts: CBC Zed TV March 20 2003- March 19, 2006 (exclusive broadcast 1st year only)
Collections: Queen’s University, Kingston ON

TV Did This To Me, 3 min, 1999

Genre: experimental, animation, lesbian, comedy
Exhibition Format: 16mm, vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis: TV Did This to Me is about how a crush on a girl can feel as intense as the addiction to tv watching. Especially when the girl in question provides as much fun and entertainment as 200 channels could.
Production Credits: Directed, written and edited by Allyson Mitchell
Photography: Eileen Yaghoobian
Actor: Jane Farrow
Music: no rights reseved
Made with the assistance of a LIFT Production Grant
Festival Screenings:
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2005, 1999)
Images Festival Educational Tour (2005)
Buffalo Media Resources (2004)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2003)
Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2000)
Regina Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Austin Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival (1999)
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Philidelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1999)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)

Cup Cake, 3 min, 1998

candy kisses Genre: experimental, comedy, queer, animation
Exhibition Format: (originally shot on super8) VHS, Beta, DVD
Synopsis: Cupcake is Girl as chubby eye candy. She takes us on a quest for the perfect dessert. She is proof that eating is sexy. Cupcake talks without shame, about desserts that she loves.
Production Credits: Written Directed and Edited by: Allyson Mitchell
Narration and acting: Eileen Yaghoobian
Camera: Allyson Mitchell
Sound Mix: Lisa Hayes
Music: “Popcorn” by Hot Butter – no rights reserved
Screenings:
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video (1998)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1998)
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago (1999)
Seattle Underground Film Festival (1999)
Splice This! Valentines Screening, Toronto (2002)
Pleasure Dome, Toronto ON (2003)
Institutional Screenings:
York University, Toronto ON (1999)
MacMaster University, Hamilton ON (200, 2001)
Buffalo Media Resource Centre, Buffalo NY (2004)
Broadcasts: CBC –contract May 30 2000 – May 30 2001. – web non exclusive

My Very Own After School Special, 4 min, 1997

Genre: experimental. drama. lesbian. youth
Exhibition Format: vhs, beta, dvd
Synopsis: Sometimes life is too real, even for TV. This short video tells the tale of teen break up. Set inside a high school cafeteria, it shows the very bitter and not so sweet pain of two girls who can’t work it out. Girl troubles like this never made it to ABC.
Production Credits: Director: Allyson Mitchell
Writer: Megan Rivers-Moore
Camera: Allyson Mitchell
Casting: Megan Rivers-Moore
Narrator: Megan Rivers-Moore
Cast: Megan Rivers-Moore, Jennifer Brewer, Damian Becerra, Saskia Dunn, Matthew Carter, Natalie Eta, Giti Fatemi, Liz Martin, Danilo McDowell McCallum, Kate Symes
Thanks: Lisa Hayes, Jane Farrow, City School, Carlton Village School
Produced by: On the Fly Video Festival
Music (with permission): “Joyful Girl” Written and Performed by Ani DiFranco, Copyright 1996 Righteous Babe Music (BMI),
Courtesy of Righteous Babe Records
Festival Screenings:
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival (1997)
Bern Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Switzerland (19997)
Honolulu Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1997)
Montreal Lesbian & Gay Video and Film Festival (1997)
On the Fly Festival of Short Films Toronto (1997)
Paris Lesbian Film and Video Festival (1997)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Santa Barbara Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Tampa Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (1997)
Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Video & Film Festival (1997)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
Austin Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (1998)
Herland Feminst Film Festival Calgary AB (1998)
Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1998)
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1998)
London Lesbian Video and Film Festival (1998)
Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1998)
Paris Lesbian Film & Video Festival (1998)
Turku Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival – Finland (1998)
Institutional Screenings:
University of Toledo, Toledo OH (1998)
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana IL (1998)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL (1998)
Northwestern University, Chicago IL (1998)
Washington University, St. Louis MO (1999)
Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR (1999)
Macalester College, St Paul MN (1999)
Harold Washington Public Library, Chicago IL (1999)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN (1999)
Detroit Women’s Coffeehouse, Detroit MN
York Univsersity, Toronto ON (1999)
McMaster University, Hamilton ON (2001, 2002)
Tours:
Women in the Director’s Chair, Ninth Annual National Festival Tour (1998-99)
Women in the Director’s Chair, Les/Bi Film and Video Tour (1999-2000)

Chow Down, 3 min, 1997

Genre: experiemental. feminist. queer. comedy.
Exhibition Format: VHS, Beta, DVD(originally shot on super8)
Synopsis: A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert. Trouble is, nothing fits. Rather than being frozen by body image badness, the star of Chow Down finds the perfect outfit then ventures down to the kitchen where a kick ass band serenades her from the fridge.
Production Credits: Written, directed and edited by: Allyson Mitchell
Camera: Christina Zeidler
Actor: Allyson Mitchell
Music: No rights reserved.
Festival Screenings:
Three Minute Rock Star screening, Toronto (1997)
$100 Film Festival, Calgary Society of Indepent Filmmakers (1997)
MIX Festival New York (1998)
New York Lesbian and Gay Film & Video (1998)
Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1999)
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2000)
Calgary Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (2001)
Herland Feminist Film and Video Festival, Calgary AB (2001)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Winnipeg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
MIX Festival New York (2002)
Three Minute Rock Star compilation video launch party Toronto (2002)
Institutional Screenings:
York University, Toronto ON (1999)
MacMaster Universtiy, Hamilton ON (2000, 2001)

Don’t Bug Me, 1 min 1996

Genre: comedy . animation . lesbian
Exhibition Format: 16mm, beta, dvd
Synopsis: Messy lives, messy relationships, messy sock drawers. This short and sweet animation will show you how to tidy it all up in less than 1 minute.
Production Credits: Written, directed and edited by: Allyson Mitchell
Animation and artwork: Allyson Mitchell
Music by: Allyson Mitchell and Jane Farrow (all rights reserved)
Thanks: Roberto Ariganello, LIFT, Lisa Hayes, Jane Farrow
Screenings:
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1996)
San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1996)
Berlin Lesbian Film Festival (1997)
Images Independent Film and Video Festival, Toronto (1997)
London Lesbian Video and Film Festival (1997)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1997)
Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival (1997)
MIX Festival, New York (1997)
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (1997)
Milwaukee Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
Montreal Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (1997)
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Paris Lesbian Film and Video Festival (1997)
Philidelphia Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Pittsburgh Internatinal Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Portland Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1997)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Video and Film Festival (1997)
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1997)
Turku Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1997)
Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Video & Film Festival (1997)
Washington DC Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (1997)
Western Australia Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival (1997)
Freiburg Lesbian Video and Film Festival (1998)
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1998)
London Pride Festival (1998)
MIX Festival Mexico (1998)
New Toronto Works Show, PleasureDome (1998)
Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (1998)
Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival (1998)
Bologna Lesbian Film & Video Festival (1999)
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video Toronto (1999)
Kinemathek Karlsruhe E.V. (2000)
Los Angeles Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2001)
Gallery Screenings:
A Space Gallery, Selfish Slaves of Zines and Animation, Toronto (1998)
Artspace Gallery, Peterborough Ontario (2001)
Institutional Screenings: Georgetown University, Washington DC (1998)
York University, Toronto ON (1999)
MacMaster University , Hamilton ON (2000, 20010
Collections: Queen’s University, Kingston ON