BackBone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema 1967 – 1981 - 2013 / HDcam 16:9 / BluRay / 58min / color / sound / stereo 5.1

Celebrating artistic innovation in Vancouver, the BackBone documentary follows a period when Canada was an international hub for experimental film. Vancouver artists, on Canada’s West Coast, created a dynamic scene that inspired an electrifying body or work.

Website and Extended Interviews:  http://www.backbonefilm.ca/

2018 - DGCBC Director's Showcase September 2018

Fovea @ La Zonme Nice France (Special Presentation) May 2018

AVIFF Cannes France (Special Presentation) May 2018

The Cinematheque Vancouver / The Image Before Us / March 26 2018

2016 - Cinematheque Quebecoise / Montreal / April 26-29

2014 - Daimon Ottawa / October

International House Philadelphia / October 3+4

(documentary screenings and short film screenings - 4 films by Richard Martin)

Open Space / MediaNet  / Victoria  B.C.  / Sept 5

FIFA 32nd International Festival of Films on Art / Cinematheque Quebecoise Montreal / March 23

11th Reel Artists Film Festival / Toronto / TIFF Bell Lightbox / February 23

40th Northwest Filmmaker's Festival Portland / Nov 14

Innis Town Hall / University of Toronto / Nov 9

TIFF Bell Lightbox / Toronto Canada / Short Films / Nov 7

York University / Toronto / Graduate Seminar / Nov 7

Cinematheque / Winnipeg Film Group / Oct 24

Northwest Tracking / Portland Experimental Film Festival / May 29

DOXA Documentary Film Festival / World Premiere / May 4/12