Philip Hoffman Movies

  • 1970
    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W

    01970HD

    "A community workshop held by the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham, Ontario, engages participants in a group phytogram creation...

    451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W
  • 2023
    Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)

    Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)

    Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)

    02023HD

    This motion picture photogram was made during a 5 hour plunge into the darkroom; a procession of herbs.

    Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)
  • 2023
    Deep 1

    Deep 1

    Deep 1

    02023HD

    Filmed over 2 years (2020–2022), at home and away, Deep 1 is a diaristic meditation, flower/plant processed.

    Deep 1
  • 2007
    ever present going past

    ever present going past

    ever present going past

    02007HD

    Filmmaker Philip Hoffman and poet Gerry Shikatani combine to make a cine-poem about the making of gardens, films and poems. Excerpts from...

    ever present going past
  • 2017
    Ending 2

    Ending 2

    Ending 2

    02017HD

    Processed with conventional photo chemicals and the following flowers: magnolia blossoms, hyacinth, hydrangea, daffodil, rhododendron, pond algae,...

    Ending 2
  • 1984
    On Land Over Water (Six Stories)

    On Land Over Water (Six Stories)

    On Land Over Water (Six Stories)

    01984HD

    "In cinema one extracts the thought from the image; in literature the image from the thought" (Levinson). This reflection was the catalyst for the...

    On Land Over Water (Six Stories)
  • 2015
    By the Time We Got to Expo

    By the Time We Got to Expo

    By the Time We Got to Expo

    62015HD

    A kinetic journey through Expo 67, revisiting Canada’s centennial through the symbols, choreographies, and built environments of the...

    By the Time We Got to Expo
  • 2014
    Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse

    02014HD

    "Slaughterhouse has all the ingredients of history but its collage form forces a reading less linear, and more conducive to seeing history anew.."...

    Slaughterhouse
  • 2001
    What these ashes wanted

    What these ashes wanted

    What these ashes wanted

    02001HD

    Completed in 2001, what these ashes wanted—which combines hand-processed film, video diaries, found sound, text and narration—is a ritual...

    What these ashes wanted
  • 1996
    Chimera

    Chimera

    Chimera

    01996HD

    “In 1989 I finished the film Kitchener-Berlin and put a close to a cycle of work which dealt directly with myself, and how self is...

    Chimera