Leslie Supnet

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Leslie Supnet

Leslie Supnet is a moving image artist who utilizes animation, found media, and experimental practices on film and video. Her work has shown internationally at film festivals, galleries and microcinemas including TIFF (Short Cuts Canada), International Film Festival Rotterdam, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Experimenta India, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, WNDX, Edge of…

Known For

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand GuignolTheatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol · 2025
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025
MovieDocumentary
In 1897, when Bram Stoker published Dracula, Oscar Méténier invented the Grand-Guignol. Live depictions of death, bloody melodramas, screams of the victims and the audience: here is the story of this Parisian theater of horrors that revolutionized the depiction of death in art.
The Phantom of the CinemathequeThe Phantom of the Cinematheque · 2008
The Phantom of the Cinematheque
2008
MovieComedyHorror
On the 25th anniversary of his employment, Dave Barber, the visionary workaholic programmer of Winnipeg's beloved Cinematheque, dies tragically in an avalanche of VHS tapes while working late to finish the programming calendar. His workaholic ghost returns to the land of the living to finish the calendar and haunt the Cinematheque by night.
spectroscopyspectroscopy · 2011
spectroscopy
2011
Movie
A study of spectral colours during a walk through the streets of Winnipeg for WNDX's 6th annual One Take Super 8 event.
The Stone ForestThe Stone Forest · 2025
The Stone Forest
2025
MovieDocumentary
Newly commissioned short film by Severin shot on shooting location of Pobiti Kamani for their release of Morgiana in the House of Psychotic Women Volume 2 boxset.
Ways + MeansWays + Means · 2017
Ways + Means
2017
Movie
Using the texture and colours of the urban landscape, Supnet offers a hyperkinetic wandering through Toronto. Everyday imagery of the city speeds by, and the familiar is transformed into a new discovery through the camera lens. Made for Pleasure Dome’s Art Spin 2015.
The IdeaThe Idea · 2011
The Idea
2011
Movie
Melvin, an idea living in a mediocre brain plans an escape in order to be realized.
Allan GardensAllan Gardens · 2013
Allan Gardens
2013
Movie
Light bends to reveal the caged garden. Movement by intuition and memory with seemingly endless time.
gains + lossesgains + losses · 2011
gains + losses
2011
Movie
Through situational vignettes, gains + losses illustrates Leslie Supnet's thoughts on death and other personal, day-to-day anxieties. Made as a goodbye letter to a deceased beloved, the work touches on internal grief, tempered with a playful sense of humour and lo-fidelity charm.

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