curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Whitney Museum (New York) Independent Study Program, 1996.
Rutgers The State University (New Jersey)
Mason Gross School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1996.
Goddard College (Vermont)
Master of Arts in Critical Studies, 1991.
York University (Toronto)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1988.
Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel)
Archaeology and Art History, 1983 - 84.
AWARDS
Columbus International Film & Video Festival — Honourable Mention, Social Issues, 2006
Creteil International Women’s Film Festival — Best Documentary, 2006
Mumbai International Film Festival, Silver Conch Award 2006 — 2nd Place Best Documentary
Frameline 29 Festival, San Francisco, Michael J. Berg Jury Award 2005 — Best Documentary
Barcelona Mostra Internacional de Films de Donnes, Audience Choice Award 2005 — Best Documentary
Torino International Women’s Film Festival, International Documentary Award 2005 – Hon. Mention
Inside Out: Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Best Feature Award 2005 – Honourable Mention
GRANTS
Canada Council 2006 – Media Arts Commissioning Program
Canada Council 2004 — Media Arts, Production Film Video
Jerome Foundation, New York 2004 — Filmmaker Award
Ontario Arts Council 2004 — Chalmers Fellowship Award
Toronto Arts Council 2003 — Media Arts, film
Canada Council 2003 — Film and Video Research
Canada Council 2001 — Visual Arts
Toronto Arts Council 2001 — Media Arts
Canada Council 1999 — Millennium Fund, Film
Canada Council 1996 — First Projects, Media Arts, film
Ontario Arts Council 1996 — Emerging Artists, Media Arts, film
Canada Council Short-Term Grant 1994 — Photography
Ontario Arts Council ‘B’ Grant 1992 — Photography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
What Isn’t There. Akau Gallery, Toronto, curated by Cheryl Sourkes, June 15 – August 15, 2007.
Lacking Desire. Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, Rutgers, NJ, 1996.
Beyond Identity: Coalition Initiatives from the Left. Tangle Gallery, Toronto, 1992.
Crossing Borders, Israel/Palestine: a photographer’s peace initiative. Tangle Gallery, Toronto, 1991.
Images from the Intifada. Woman’s Common, Toronto, 1989.
The Eye of the Camera: Woman as Beholder? Concordia University Fine Art Gallery, Montreal, 1985.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Forum Expanded, Kunstwerke Center for Contemporary Art and Kino Arsenal, Berlin, 2006.
Out of The Frame, Toronto, 1998.
Whitney Museum ISP, New York, 1996.
420 W. Broadway, New York, 1996.
Walter's Gallery, Rutger's University, New Jersey, 1994.
York University Art Gallery, Toronto, 1986, 1988, 1991.
FILMS/INSTALLATIONS (director, writer)
What Isn’t There, Photo Installation, 2007
Bird on a Wire, dual screen projection with live music performance, 25 mins, 2006
Zero Degrees of Separation, 16mm/digital video, 89 mins, 2005
Once, super 8/DV (final format 16mm), 12 mins, 2002
Surviving Memory, 16mm, 9 mins, 1996
Lacking Desire, Photo Installation, 1993
Beyond Identity, series of 12 c-prints, 1992
Crossing Borders: A Photographer’s Place Initiative, series of 12 c-prints, 1991
SELECTED FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Bird on a Wire:
Ramallah, Al Kasaba Cinematheque (organized by the Geothe-Institut), March 2007
Taipei, Women Make Waves Film Festival, October 2006
Toronto Goethe-Institut, June 2006
Berlin International Film Festival, February 2006 (premiere)
Zero Degrees of Separation:
Columbus International Film and Video Festival, NOV-06 (award winner)
International Women’s Film Festival, Creteil, MARCH-06 (award winner)
Mumbai International Film Festival, FEB-06 (award winner)
Torino Women Film Festival "La Mo-Viola", OCT-05 (award winner)
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Festival–Frameline, JUN-05 (award winner)
Barcelona Mostra Internacional de Films de Donnes, JUN-05 (award winner)
Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film & Video Festival, MAY-05 (award winner)
Berlin International Film Festival, 10-FEB-05
Toronto Hot Docs, 22-APR-05
Jerusalem International Film Festival, 07-JUL-05
Calgary International Film Festival, 23-SEP-05
Reykjavik Film Festival, 29-SEP-05
Cork Film Festival, 09-OCT-05
Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, 10-OCT-05
Hamburg Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 11-OCT-05
Barcelona International Film Festival of Human Rights, 17-OCT-05
East Hampton Hamptons International Film Festival, 19-OCT-05
Montréal Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, 10-NOV-05
Leeds International Film Festival, 10-NOV-05
Tuebingen Terres des Femmes Film Festival, 17-NOV-05
Dream and Trauma Film Festival, Berlin, 9-DEC-05
10th International Film Festival of Kerala, 9-DEC-05
ZINEGOAK, Bilbao, 17-JANUARY-06
Sguardi Altrove Women’s Film Festival, Milan, 22-FEBRUARY-06
Cleveland International Film Festival, 16-MARCH-06
One in Ten Film Festival, Pennsylvania State University, 23-MARCH-06
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 11-APRIL-06
Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 24-APRIL-06
International Independent Film Festival, Buenos Aires, 11-APRIL-06
Manchester Commonwealth Film Festival, 28-APRIL-06
Stockholm Jewish Film Festival, 6-MAY-06
Brussels Pink Screens Film Festival, 12-MAY-06
IV Florence Queer Film Festival, 20-MAY-06
Vancouver Documentary Film and Video Festival (DOXA), 23-MAY-06
Flaming Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 25-MAY-06
Makor/92nd Street YMCA, New York City, US, 11-MAY-2006
New York Jewish Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 3-JUNE-06
Durban International Film Festival, 14-JUNE-06
Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 16-JUNE-06
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 6-JULY-06
Sydney QueerDoc Australia Film Festival, 7-SEPT-06
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, US, 9-SEPT-2006
Tucson Lesbian Looks Film Festival, 26-SEPT-06
Kinemathek Karlsrue, Germany, 26-SEPT-2006
Los Angeles All Roads Film Festival, 28-SEPT-06
Southwest Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Sante Fe, 30-SEPT-06
Washington, DC All Roads Film Festival, 05-OCT-06
Vermont International Film Festival, Burlington, 11-OCT-06
Seattle Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 13-OCT-06
Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taipei, 13-0CT-06
Antwerp Film Museum, Belgium, 22-OCT-2006
Madrid International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2-NOV-06
Mix Brasil Film Festival, 6-NOV-06
Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 11-NOV-06
Image & Nation: the Montreal Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 16-NOV-06
Other:
Austin Jewish Film Festival, 2004, London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2004, Maine Jewish Film Festival, 2003, Recontres International Paris/Berlin, 2003, Outfest, 2003, The New Festival, 2003, San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2003, Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 2003, Berlin KinoForum, Arsenal 2003, Inside Out Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival, 2003, Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 2003, Berlin International Film Festival, 2002, Jerusalem International Film Festival, 2002, Turin Film Festival, 2002, 1997, Milan International LGFF, 2002, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 2002, San Francisco International LGFF, 2002, 1997, New Festival, New York Gay and Lesbian Film Fest, 2002, 1996, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, 2002, Image & Nation, Montreal, 2002, 1997, Hallwall's Contemporary Art Centre, Buffalo, 1996, Out on Screen, Vancouver, 1997, Honolulu LGFF, 1997, Mix NY, 1997, Inside Out, Toronto, 1996.
REVIEWS
Washington Post, October 7, 2006; In Magazine, Los Angeles, September 2006; Jerusalem Report, August 2005; Variety, July 2005; SF J News, June 2005; Xtra!, April, 2005; Toronto Star, April 2005; Eye, April 28th, 2005; Screen, February 2005; Curve, October 2003; Real Screen, October 2003; Daily Californian, June 20, 2003; Bay Area Reporter, June 19, 2003; Ourwordmagazine.com, June 12, 2003; San Francisco Bay Times, June 12, 2003; Time Out New York, June 5th, 2003; Jewish News, Vancouver, August 8th, 1997; Jean Noble, Centre/fold 9, winter 1995; Sandra Haar, Fuse 16:2, 1993; Gil Kezwer, Outlook Dec. 1992; Deirdre Hanna, NOW Oct. 1992.
PUBLICATIONS
“Sexualized Nazis and Contemporary Popular Political Culture” A Not So Foreign Affair: Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy, Andrea Slane, Duke University Press, 2001.
“All For You” Tangled Sheets ed. Karen Tulchinsky, Women's Press, Toronto (1995)
“Lacking Desire” Border/Lines, Issue 37 (1995)
“Inqueery.” Border/Lines, Issue 32 (1994)
“Lesbian Peep Show” The Girl Wants To ed. Lynn Crosbie, Coachouse Press, Toronto (1993)
“Beyond Identity: Coalition Initiatives from the Left.” Fireweed 36 (1992).
Photo-essay on Jewish Identity and Location. Fireweed 35 (1992).
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Director, Producer, “Bird on a Wire: a Five City Symphony”, film/video dual screen projection with live music accompaniment, 2006
Director, Producer, “Zero Degrees of Separation”, feature length documentary, coproduced w/ NFB, 2005
Conference Co-Director, “Terms of Address” curatorial symposium, Centre for Media and Culture in Education, University of Toronto, 2003
Conference Director, “Persistent Vision” San Francisco Frameline 25th Anniversary conference. 2001
Producer, “Year of Grace” feature film in progress.
Executive Director, Inside Out: Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival. 1996-1999
Course Director, Rutgers University. Theory of Technology and Computer Arts. 1994 -1995
Board Member, Images Festival: 1997-current, Fireweed: 1992 – 1995
Advisory Board Member, CMCE (Centre for Media and Culture in Education), Sexual Diversity Studies Program at UofT, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
Film/Video Programmer, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival of Toronto 1996-1999
Juror, Canada Council Media Arts Annual Programs, Chicago International Film Festival Documentary Jury: 2000. Toronto Arts Council, Visual and Media Arts: 2000, Outfest LA Foreign Feature Jury: 1999, Berlin Film Festival,1999.
Editorial Member, Fireweed 1991 – 1994
Film Curator,
“Exquisite Corpse” Inside Out, 2002
“Seeking Identity in Exile: films about the Middle East,” Euclid Theatre, Toronto, 1993
“Fags & Fagettes; Dirty Pictures & Sweet Obscenities,” Euclid Theatre, Toronto, 1995
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS/SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Guest Lecturer, University of Montana, Missoula, US, March 2007
Guest Lecturer, Ithaca College, New York, US, February 2007
Guest Lecturer, Middlesex University, London, UK, 2006
Guest Lecturer and Panelist, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, London, UK, 2006
Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Canada, 2006
Guest Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, US, 2006
Guest Lecturer, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, 2006
Guest Lecturer, Temple University, Philadelphia, US, 2006
Guest Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2006
Guest Lecturer, York University, Toronto, Canada, 2006
Guest Panelist, SCMS Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2006
Guest Lecturer, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 2006
Guest Lecturer, Royal Holloway College, “Is it Cinema? Activism and Documentary” University of London, UK, 2005
Guest Lecturer, Goldsmiths College, “Is it Cinema? Activism and Documentary” University of London, UK, 2005
Guest Lecturer, “Religion and Sexuality in the Middle East” University of Toronto, 2005
Presenter, Sauvé Scholars Program, “Documentary and Activism” McGill University, 2005
Presenter, “Memory and Diaspora” University of Amsterdam, 2003
Guest Lecturer, "Return to Exile" Making Scenes Ottawa Gay and Lesbian Film Fest. 1996
Panelist, “Remembering Ourselves Differently, Memory, Trauma & Representation”, From Memory to Transformation, Jewish Women's Voices Conference, Toronto, 1996
Slide Presentation/ Lecture with Prof. Becki Ross, Sexuality & Censorship, York University, 1993
Guest Lecturer, anti-Semitism in popular culture, Racism in Popular Culture York, 1993
Featured in “Feminism and Censorship,” Ideas programme, CBC, October 11 and 12, 1993
Workshop, “Jewish and Lesbian,” with Sandra Haar, at Jewish Women’s Voices/Past and Present: a weekend of scholarship, culture and celebration, Toronto, 1993
Panelist, “Women and Social Change in Israel,” Jewish Women’s Voices, 1993
Programmer/producer of “Fags, Fagettes & Inbetweens: Dirty Pictures & Sweet Obscenities,” June 25 - 26, 1993. Film symposium, An Evening of Enlightenment about Erotica.
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