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2001 film

FILM(dzama)
Directed by	Deco Dawson
Written by	Deco Dawson
Starring	Maurice Dzama
Cinematography	Myles Langlois
Edited by	Deco Dawson
Release date	September 9, 2001 (2001-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time	23 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

FILM(dzama) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Deco Dawson and released in 2001. The film is a fictionalized biography of artist Marcel Dzama, as played by Dzama's real-life father Maurice, shot on Super 8 film in a surrealist manner influenced by the films of Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray and Guy Maddin.

The film was the fifth and last in Dawson's FILM series of experimental short films, following FILM(luster), FILM(emend), FILM(knout) and FILM(lode).

The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.

References

Katherine Monk, "Movies: deco dawson". Vancouver Sun, June 6, 2002.
^ Robert Enright, "Art Deco: The Films of Deco Dawson". Border Crossings, August 2008.
Robert Enright, "Art's deco". The Globe and Mail, November 4, 2000.
"Films from Nunavut, Manitoba big winners at Toronto Film Festival". Sudbury Star, September 17, 2001.

External links

FILM(dzama) at IMDb

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film
Stealing Images (1989) Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990) The Making of Monsters (1991) Letters of Transit (1992) Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993) Frank's Cock (1994) Reconstruction (1995) Letters from Home (1996) Cotton Candy (1997) When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) Discharge (1999) The Hat (2000) FILM(dzama) (2001) Blue Skies (2002) Aspiration (2003) Man. Feel. Pain. (2004) Big Girl (2005) The Days (2006) Pool (2007) Block B (2008) Danse Macabre (2009) Little Flowers (2010) Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011) Keep a Modest Head (2012) Noah (2013) The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014) Overpass (2015) Mutants (2016) Pre-Drink (2017) Brotherhood (2018) Delphine (2019) Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020) Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) Simo (2022) Motherland (2023) Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film

Stealing Images (1989)
Shaggie: Letters from Prison (1990)
The Making of Monsters (1991)
Letters of Transit (1992)
Save My Lost Nigga Soul (1993)
Frank's Cock (1994)
Reconstruction (1995)
Letters from Home (1996)
Cotton Candy (1997)
When Ponds Freeze Over (1998)
Discharge (1999)
The Hat (2000)
FILM(dzama) (2001)
Blue Skies (2002)
Aspiration (2003)
Man. Feel. Pain. (2004)
Big Girl (2005)
The Days (2006)
Pool (2007)
Block B (2008)
Danse Macabre (2009)
Little Flowers (2010)
Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
Keep a Modest Head (2012)
Noah (2013)
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer (2014)
Overpass (2015)
Mutants (2016)
Pre-Drink (2017)
Brotherhood (2018)
Delphine (2019)
Benjamin, Benny, Ben (2020)
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice (2021)
Simo (2022)
Motherland (2023)
Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? (2024)

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