Cineworks is proud to present ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, a free screening of two short analog films by John de Courcy. This is a 100% analog audio & visual screening produced in collaboration by Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society and the Analog Media Company.
๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ (2025, 25 minutes)
This print is a document of the changing seasons of human "love" and self-interest in contrast with the unchangeable nature of God. After turning away from the natural order for a self-mutilation of the mind through social media and other modern technologies, we reach a point at which the virtual will no longer suffice and our souls will demand the truth.
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๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ดรฉ ๐'๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด (2025, 9 minutes)
Conceived and executed during the weeks just before and during the spring melt in Gaspรฉsie, QC on the eastern seaboard of Canada. Spending the winter months in the hillside above the Atlantic Ocean with canvas, accordion, typewriter and wood stove. The Canadian winter requires this cycle of hibernation with the extreme temperatures and weather conditions. In this way the rural artist is closer to the rhythm of nature than the urban artist is, for he is forced to submit to the elements, not relying on electricity, running water or the importation of food to interrupt the natural flow. Therefore, being in closer contact to the forces which create life tends to diminish the importance of oneself and can alleviate the modern ailments created by the age of anxiety, the age of individuality. By this self-diminishing effect the artist can more clearly see and feel the creative power and find his place within the cosmic system of life. The art-product becomes more of a by-product of a unifying experience with the divine. We can start to see slivers of light through our veiled perceptions and effectively start the transition back to God.
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Thursday, September 25th, 2025, at 7:00 pm prompt (doors at 6:30).
The Black Box Studio at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society at 1131 Howe Street. Max capacity of 40. Our entrance is located in the back lane directly behind the Cinรฉmathรจque.
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b 1988, Vancouver
John de Courcy is interested in the traditional methods of art-making. These include analog recording of both film and audio, cooking on cast iron, serigraphy and woodworking. He recently spent 3 years working as a lead technician at Canada's last full-service motion picture film laboratory, Niagara Custom Lab.
De Courcy's work has been exhibited in the Paris short film festival, Esquejes film festival Madrid, Ediciones Originales Barcelona and ABOCA Arts centre, Salvador, Bahia. In Vancouver he splits his time between running the Analog Media Company and studying classical guitar.
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