RHIZOMEMIND

​​​Day 1 – Animated Ecologies

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9:00–9:30 AM    Coffee and refreshments 
9:30–9:45 AM    Welcome and opening remarks by Prof. Mark Daley
9:45–10:45 AM    Screenings (animation)
10:45–11:45 AM    Extended screening – Director Messages
12:00-1:30 PM    Lunch Break 
1:35 PM    ☺︎Door Prize Draw☺︎
1:45–2:30 PM    Screenings (short films)
2:30-3:30 PM    Featured speaker & Q&A: Katherine Bruce
3:30–4:00 PM    Wrap-Up & Thanks​​

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Day 2 – Cinema as Expressive Infrastructure

 

9:00–9:30 AM    Coffee and refreshments 
9:30–10:50 AM    Screening (feature)
11:00-12:00 PM    Featured speaker & Q&A: Anita Lee
12:00–1:30 PM    Lunch Break 
1:35 PM    ☺︎Door Prize Draw☺︎
1:45–3:00 PM    Screening (feature)

3:00–3:30 PM    Q&A with Director
3:30–3:45 PM    Break
3:45-5:00 PM    Emerging Visions: Student Showcase
 

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Day 3 – Body-Work in Latent Spaces

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9:00–9:30 AM    Coffee and refreshments 
9:30–10:30 AM    Screenings (short films)
10:45–11:30 AM    Extended screening – Director Messages
11:45-1:15 PM    Lunch Break 
1:20 PM    ☺︎Door Prize Draw☺︎
1:30–2:15 PM    Screenings (short films)
2:15–3:30 PM    Featured Talk & Q&A: Karin Denson and Shane Denson
3:30–5:30 PM    Festival Wrap-Up & Reception (light catering at The Wave)

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Additional Highlights

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Virtual Reality Experience

 

Arc of View

Dir. Edison Qin | Canada | 2025 | 6 min | VR 180° Film

Via Meta Quest headset | sign up at the station

 

Xian’er (Chinese Immortals)
Dir. Fang Zhou | China | 2025 | 14 min | VR 360° Film
Via Meta Quest headset | sign up at the station

 

Location: McKellar Room front area (UCC, 2nd floor) — VR Booth
Dates: Nov 7–9
Booking: Time slots open soon.
Access: sign up at the station

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Digital Art Installation

GlitchesAreLikeWildAnimalsInLatentSpace!
Karin + Shane Denson| pre-recorded video loop on TV monitors

Location: McKellar Room front area (UCC) — foyer installation

Dates: Nov 7–9 | Access: Drop-in during festival hours (free)

Description: Inspired in equal parts by glitch-art vernaculars, the chronophotography of Eadweard Muybridge and Étienne-Jules Marey, the cut-up methods of Brion Gysin and William Burroughs, and generative practices from Oulipo to Brian Eno and beyond, our ongoing series GlitchesAreLikeWildAnimalsInLatentSpace! stages an encounter between human imagination.