Slow Process: A Celluloid Filmmaking Residency in Wells, BC
Join us for our inaugural artist residency tailored to new and experienced experimental filmmakers working with celluloid film.
Set against the backdrop of Wells, BC, this week-long stay offers a unique opportunity to dive into analogue filmmaking with hands-on mentorship from practicing filmmakers Lindsay McIntyre and Steven Woloshen.
This self-directed residency allows you to focus on a new or existing project, while receiving personalized one-on-one mentorship from filmmakers who specialize in analogue techniques. Workshops and daily studio hours (except for Wednesday, July 23rd) will offer in-depth exploration of celluloid film, giving space to experiment in a highly creative environment.
A final screening of works in progress will take place on July 26th - an opportunity to share your creations with the IMA community, mentors, and fellow artists! Local artists and artists from the Cariboo region are strongly encouraged to apply.
Logistics
Dates:
July 18 - 27th, 2025, with special welcome on Friday July 18th.
Registration Details:
Cost: $750 + GST
Registration closes May 15th, 2025.
Payment Plans are available!
The cost for the 9-day (8 night) program participation is $750.00 + GST. This includes studio space, mentorship, and a modest breakfast and lunch canteen. We ask that artists not plan to camp in their vehicles on the streets of Wells for the duration of their stay, as this will result in reprimands for IMA and potential non-continuances for the future of this program.
Camping, hotel rooms, homestays and more exist as accommodations in Wells and the surrounding area - check it out here. If accommodation costs are a major barrier to you, please get in touch with IMA directly and we will work to source a solution for you.
Transportation to and from Wells is the responsibility of the Artist. IMA will work to assist with the organization of ride shares, if desired.
About the Mentors
Learn More about Lindsay’s Work
Website: https://tinymovingpictures.com/
Lindsay McIntyre
Lindsay is an artist and filmmaker of Inuit descent who explores place-based knowledge, material practices and personal histories in her experimental and documentary shorts. Process cinema techniques, celluloid manipulation, and handmade emulsions support her autoethnographic explorations, which often extend to expanded cinema performances. She has made over 45 films and received many awards and accolades.
Her current project, Tuktuit, is an experimental documentary that considers the intricate and intimate connections between caribou, lichens, Inuit, and habitat disruption and is made on caribou-gelatin handmade emulsion. Her recent leap into narrative with NIGIQTUQ ᓂᒋᖅᑐᖅ (The South Wind) (2023) garnered her Best Short at imagineNATIVE and Oscar qualification. Her related dramatic feature, The Words We Can’t Speak (currently in development) won the WIDC Feature Film Award (worth $250K), and has been supported by programs with Women in View: Five in Focus, Women in the Director’s Chair, Sundance, Women in Film + Television, and the Whistler Talent Labs. She is a fellow of Sundance Native Lab (2024), Forge Projects (2024), Media City (2021) and the COUSIN Collective (2022), and she teaches Film + Screen Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on unceded Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver.
Learn More about Steven’s Work
Website: https://scratchatopia.wordpress.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scratchatopia/
About Steven WolosHen
Steven Woloshen was born in Laval, Canada in 1960. For more than 30 years, he has passionately created over 50 award-winning, abstract films and time-based installations for festivals, galleries and museums. Twice nominated for Canada's Governor General's award, he has received numerous research and creation grants and, most recently, was awarded the 2016 René Jodoin lifetime achievement award, 2015 Wiesbaden Lifetime Achievement Award. Woloshen is a teacher, film conservationist, animator, craftsman and the author of two books, Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker (2010), a hands-on manual for decay, renewal and other handmade, analogue film techniques, and Scratch, Crackle & Pop! A Whole Grains Approach to Making Films without a Camera (2015). Under his own banner, Scratchatopia, Woloshen has hosted solo retrospectives and taught handmade filmmaking techniques at workshops and master classes in Argentina, Morocco, USA, Slovenia, Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Mexico as well as across Canada.