Directing
Kyle Armstrong
Place of birth
Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
11 titles
Kyle Armstrong is a filmmaker who focuses on engaging non-narrative short film. Often working with super8 and 16mm, as well as various video formats, Armstrong frequently uses hand-altering film techniques, employing bleaches, dyes, scratches, and paint to alter both his own footage and found films. His works have been screened at various galleries, during live performances and in traditional cinemas worldwide. His films are influenced by filmmakers as diverse as Stan Brakhage, Hollis Frampton, Bela Tarr, Alexander Sokurov, Guy Maddin and Andrei Tarkovsky. Kyle has been working with Guy Maddin on the acclaimed director’s ambitious Spiritismes project as a “deputized” director, 2nd Unit Dire…
Known for
NRA short documentary film contrasting the Northern Lights with decaying man-made debris littered throughout the landscape surrounding the town of Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Arctic. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature and the futility of mankind's struggle against natural processes of decay.
Magnetic Reconnection
2012
NRKarin leads a quiet life working at a truck wash and ushering part-time at the hockey arena. Her solitary routine is broken when she meets James, a truck driver seeking work in the city. As autumn approaches winter, Karin opens herself to the possibility of romance.
Figurine
2015
9.0A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
Hands That Bind
2023
No synopsis available yet.
Inside Outside
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9.0Follows an unnamed protagonist as he returns to his childhood home following the tragic death of his brother. He struggles with loss as fall gives way to winter and he reluctantly assumes responsibility for the dying family farm where his mother and sister still live. This quiet and intimate work draws the viewer into a meditative rural space as the man attempts to reconcile his past and present.
Until First Light
2018
NRTwo sisters living in an abandoned farmhouse wait for their father's return.
Abandoned
2014
Behind the camera
NRA short documentary film contrasting the Northern Lights with decaying man-made debris littered throughout the landscape surrounding the town of Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Arctic. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature and the futility of mankind's struggle against natural processes of decay.
Magnetic Reconnection
2012
NRKarin leads a quiet life working at a truck wash and ushering part-time at the hockey arena. Her solitary routine is broken when she meets James, a truck driver seeking work in the city. As autumn approaches winter, Karin opens herself to the possibility of romance.
Figurine
2015
9.0A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
Hands That Bind
2023
9.0A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
Hands That Bind
2023
9.0A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
Hands That Bind
2023
No synopsis available yet.
Inside Outside
—
9.0Follows an unnamed protagonist as he returns to his childhood home following the tragic death of his brother. He struggles with loss as fall gives way to winter and he reluctantly assumes responsibility for the dying family farm where his mother and sister still live. This quiet and intimate work draws the viewer into a meditative rural space as the man attempts to reconcile his past and present.
Until First Light
2018
9.0Follows an unnamed protagonist as he returns to his childhood home following the tragic death of his brother. He struggles with loss as fall gives way to winter and he reluctantly assumes responsibility for the dying family farm where his mother and sister still live. This quiet and intimate work draws the viewer into a meditative rural space as the man attempts to reconcile his past and present.
Until First Light
2018
9.0Follows an unnamed protagonist as he returns to his childhood home following the tragic death of his brother. He struggles with loss as fall gives way to winter and he reluctantly assumes responsibility for the dying family farm where his mother and sister still live. This quiet and intimate work draws the viewer into a meditative rural space as the man attempts to reconcile his past and present.
Until First Light
2018
NRTwo sisters living in an abandoned farmhouse wait for their father's return.
Abandoned
2014
NRTwo sisters living in an abandoned farmhouse wait for their father's return.
Abandoned
2014