Steven Woloshen

Directing

Steven Woloshen

Born 1960-01-01 · Laval, Québec, Canada

Steven Woloshen is a Canadian animator born in Laval in 1960. He studied film at Concordia University, where he initially made documentaries and collage films. 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. He is 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.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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When all the voices have been silenced, only one will remain. And when this last voice is no longer heard...

Free Speech

2012

The Zolle Suite poster
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A dead woman wanders through the shadowy space between memory and reality, tracing the lines of her identity through the land she once walked—an immigrant in death as in life.

The Zolle Suite

2021

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Jack MacDonald painted in both worlds: figurative and the abstract. Playtime pays homage to his dedication, spirit and wonderful subject matter—both real and imaginary.

Playtime

2009

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Penned under the alias Luther Cartier; an abstract "rebuttal" to J.P. Morton's (aka Bill Plympton) mock abstract film Spiral.

Rebuttal

2005

National Tapestry poster
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"Created as a silent, large-scale installation for public spaces, National Tapestry draws our focus to the weft and the warp of the woven image. The materiality of a distressed patriotic symbol echoes the struggles and ambitions of a culture, land and history that are both loved and despised by many. This is Steven Woloshen’s first film exploring ethnology and politics in film."

National Tapestry

2015

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Found footage film of a man dismounting a horse.

Fleeing Rotland

2008

The Lost World poster
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With the aid of usb microscopes and X-ray scanners, this is the first of many test films, peering into the surface structure of decayed and rotted 35 mm celluloid film. Thank you Brian Eno for the music.

The Lost World

2013

The Lost World poster
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With the aid of usb microscopes and X-ray scanners, this is the first of many test films, peering into the surface structure of decayed and rotted 35 mm celluloid film. Thank you Brian Eno for the music.

The Lost World

2013

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In 1914, a man abandoned his horse and escaped the impending disaster that loomed overhead. Man, horse and barn. They are all either dead or destroyed. But they live forever.

Carbon Copies

2010

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I think my daughter is a puzzle. Just when I thought everything was okay, the chicken pox struck...

Changing Evan

2006

Organic poster
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Joy, vitality, and a steampunk organ. A perfect recipe for direct cinema. Organic was created with the ancient mariner’s technique called scrimshaw. This film was originally commissioned for the closing ceremonies of the 2019 Annecy International Animation Festival.

Organic

2019

Organic poster
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Joy, vitality, and a steampunk organ. A perfect recipe for direct cinema. Organic was created with the ancient mariner’s technique called scrimshaw. This film was originally commissioned for the closing ceremonies of the 2019 Annecy International Animation Festival.

Organic

2019

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The bull fights are over. Now the bulls invite you to the world's biggest party.

Fiesta Brava

2011

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A short film about love and loss and the Matabeleland tribe of Southern Rhodesia.

Chronicle Reconstructions

2008

Perf Dance poster
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A visual reinterpretation of dance and animated found footage.

Perf Dance

2022

Territoires parallèles poster
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Territoires parallèles

2025

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Shards of film fly from the screen with the frenetic sounds of Fats Waller on the piano.

Snip

2004

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An experimental animation that recalls a treacherious, winter journey across a Montréal landmark.

Crossing Victoria

2013

1000 Plateaus poster
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Made entirely in the front seat of a car with simple art tools direct to film, this handmade short celebrates the joy of Montréal road maps, travel and jazz music.

1000 Plateaus

2014

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Combining celluliod manipulation techniques with footage of swimmers, this experimental short work is an ode to light, movement, time, memory, and joy.

Rhythm in the Backstroke

2019

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"In the summer of 2008 my father butted heads with hospital bureaucracy. Using found footage loops, mechanized sounds and photograms, EDITORIAL tells the story of redundancy, repetition and fighting for your life." Steven Woloshen

Editorial

2009

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An archeological journey into light and time.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

2018

Visual Music for 10 Voices poster
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In Barthes' essay, "The Grain of the Voice", the concept of the "genosong" was evoked to separate the sound of the voice from its language. Visual Music for Ten Voices distinguishes the physicality of the optical vocal track as having a unique identity from its actual resonance in sound films. Designed as a 10-foot black box projection loop, this film focuses on the rhythm and materiality of ten 35mm optical soundtracks. Each musical passage maintains its original length and linear harmony with the other tracks, collectively creating a new sense of motion and repetition.

Visual Music for 10 Voices

2011

The Babble on Palms poster
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This lush and vibrant animation combines found footage, scratch and inking techniques. A fine demonstration of individual experience within the common world.

The Babble on Palms

2002