This workshop is made possible with the support of
PLATFORM Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts
Dates: Sat Aug 22 + Sun Aug 23, 2026 (11 AM – 4 PM)
Location: 4th floor, Artspace, Winnipeg
Instructors: Cecilia Araneda + Solomon Nagler
Open to: BIPOC and S2LGBTQIA filmmakers and creators
Experience level: No prior experience required
Max # of Participants: 6
Fee: Free
Application Deadline: Wed Aug 12 at 5 PM
Selected Applicant Notification: by Fri Aug 14 at 5 PM
go to: Application Form
This two-day Intro to 16 mm Experimental Filmmaking workshop will provide participants wth an introduction to shooting B&W16 mm film with a Bolex camera and hand-processing the shot film in a darkroom using eco-processing approaches.
The group will also review a number of basic direct animation approaches to add colour and other images onto the hand-processed film.
After the workshop, participants will have a basic understanding of some of the techniques used by practicing experimental filmmakers and will be able to begin independently experimenting with different artistic and technical processes.
* Please email info@wndx.org if you have any questions about this workshop
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Cecilia Araneda (she/her) – Chilean-Canadian filmmaker Cecilia Araneda has been experimenting with hand processing techniques for over two decades, working with both traditional photography chemistry and eco-processing techniques. Araneda’s films have screened at festivals and venues such as Rotterdam, Visions du Reél, Ann Arbor, Jihlava, Uppsala, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Images and TIFF Wavelengths. Solo career retrospectives of her work have been presented in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Buenos Aires. Aesthetically, Araneda’s art practice is strongly rooted in the examination of private and public memory as it connects to identity, consciously working against the idea of the fully controlled image. Her family’s experience fleeing Chile’s military dictatorship and arriving in Canada as refugees also plays a large role in her body of work. Most well-known for her work in analogue film, Araneda works in experimental, documentary and fiction forms. Araneda holds a BFA (hons) from York University and an MFA from UBC, and is the three-time alumna of the legendary Film Farm.
Solomon Nagler (he/him) – Most well-known locally as the filmmaker who brought hand-processing to the city in 2001, Solomon Nagler is one of Winnipeg’s most influential filmmakers, having triggered a new generation of experimental filmmakers to rise up in the mid 2000’s. His own films have been screened across the globe and have been featured in retrospective programs at Kino Arsenal in Berlin, the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal and other cinematheques, and festivals in Melbourne, Wellington, Paris, Ottawa, Calgary and Winnipeg. His work also includes 16mm celluloid installations that engage with experimental architecture in galleries and public space. These installations have been exhibited at the Biennale Warszawa, Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin, Toronto International Film Festival and Artspace Gallery (Sydney, Australia). In 2017, he co-edited Sculpting Cinema with Melanie Wilmink, a survey of contemporary Canadian expanded cinema practices that was published by the Pleasure Dome in Toronto. In 2021, co-edited Landscapes of Moving Image also with Wilmink, produced for WNDX. Nagler received his BA with an honours in Philosophy from the University of Winnipeg (1998) and his MFA in Film Production from Concordia University (2007). He is currently a Professor of Film Production at NSCAD University in Halifax.