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The rising sound of drums emphasises flashes of lights, images of our solar system and a post-apocalyptic imagining of the birth of our second sun.

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.

Light bends to reveal the caged garden. Movement by intuition and memory with seemingly endless time.

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.

Melvin, an idea living in a mediocre brain plans an escape in order to be realized.

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.

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.

A study of spectral colours during a walk through the streets of Winnipeg for WNDX's 6th annual One Take Super 8 event.

Gifted animator Leslie Supnet collaborates with Winnipeg storyteller Glen Johnson for this contemplative comic fantasy about a time-obsessed squirrel.

A meditation experience to unlock and reconcile with one's past in an effort to imagine a future actualized self.

This experimental film was made at the Independent Imaging Retreat. It is a visual and sonic exploration of the ties that bind beyond the last light.

An animated instructional video on how one should deal with people whose personalities are characterized by extreme shyness and reserve.

An animated tribute to Jeff Krulik and John Heyn's 1986 video documentary classic, Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Remaining faithful to no-budget filmmaking, Supnet reconstructs her favorite scenes using cut-out characters made out of aged paper, glue and ink.

In Still Time is an experimental animation that investigates the catastrophic image and spectacle through direct animation of still images onto 16mm film. The film uses still images found on the internet from the current Syrian civil war; these were laser printed directly onto the film, simultaneously abstracting these images and re-animating them.

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.