DAWN GEORGE
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2018 Independent Imaging Retreat – Film Farm, Mount Forest, ON
Professional Development, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
Experimental Forum, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Concept to Realization Grant, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Nova Scotia, Creation Grant
2017 Research and Creation Grant, Explore and Create Program, Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant, Arts Across Canada, Canada Council for the Arts
Analogue Creation Grant, Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Halifax, NS
Handmade Film Institute, Wilderness Film Expedition Workshop, Colorado, USA
Jury Award for Creative Achievement, Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ USA
Honorable Mention - Experimental Category- Humboldt International Film Festival, Arcata, CA, USA
2016 Director's Choice Award - Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ, USA
Nominated Best Experimental Film, Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Finalist - Blowup Art House Film Fest, Chicago, IL USA
Arts Nova Scotia, Professional Development Grant
Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Honorable Mention, Animal Film Festival, Grass Valley, CA, USA
Celluloid Creation Grant, Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Halifax, NS
2015 Experimental Eisenstein Award, Official Selection - Blowup Art House Film Fest, Chicago, IL USA
Best Experimental Film - Yosemite Film Festival
Award of Excellence Experimental Category - Canada International Film Festival
Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Nova Scotia, Presentation Grant
Arts Nova Scotia, Creation Grant
Nominated Golden Sheaf Award Experimental Category, Yorkton, SK
2012 Open Grant, Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Halifax, NS
Nova Scotia Communities, Culture, and Heritage Grant to Individuals, Halifax, NS
2012 Winner Best Film, Afcoop Holiday Film Challenge, Halifax, NS
2011 Nominated Best Canadian Film, Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
2010 Centre for Art Tapes Media Arts Scholarship Program, Halifax, NS
2008 Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative One-Minute Film Program, Halifax, NS
PROJECTS
2017 See Weeds, Super 8mm, 16mm, digital, 3 min. distributed by Video Pool
2016 Before, I was...snow, Super 8mm, colour, silent, 3 min.
2016 We R the World/Mold, digital video, 7 min. distributed by VideoPool
2016 Submission, HD video loop
2015 Ants on a Log, 16mm, hand painted, film loop, distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
2015 Bees 'n Trees, documentary, 12 min.
2014 Christmas in the Town, Super 8mm, colour, silent, 3min
2013 Negative Nature, Super 8mm and HD video, 6min. distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
2013 Adaptation, HD video, recorded image and CG animation, 11 min.
2012 Christmas Laundry, Super 8 mm, colour, silent, 3 min.
2011 Tough Times for Turkey, recorded image with stop motion animation, Super 8mm, colour, silent, 3 min.
2010 Gratitude, HD video, recorded images with CG animation, 6 min.
2009 Life on the Inside, 16mm black and white non-synced sound, 1 min.
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2018 Indie Street Film Festival, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Selezione D’oro, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Alchemy Film and Video Festival, Berwick, Scotland, UK
2017 Kaunas International Film Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
London Experimental Film Festival, London, England, UK
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England, UK
WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, MB
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, QC
Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC
Cine Eco, Seia, Portugal
FIN – Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, NS
Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO, USA
Black Maria Film Festival at Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
GAZE #16 Screening Series, San Francisco, CA, USA
Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, QC
4th International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AX, USA
Humboldt International Film Festival, Arcata, CA, USA
Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Dawson City, YT
From Her Point of View: Animated Short Films Directed by Women, WIFT-AT Screening, Halifax
Carbon Arc, Halifax
2016 South Texas Underground Film Festival, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton, ON
Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Charlottetown Film Festival, Charlottetown, PEI
WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, MB
Pile of Bones Underground Film Festival, Regina, SK
Hebrides International Film Festival, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Toronto Independent Film Festival, Toronto, ON
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
Kinofilm, Manchester, Manchester, England
Colorado Environmental Film Festival, Golden, CO
2015 Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Hamilton Film Festival, Hamilton, ON
Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC
Sunrise Film Festival, River John, NS
Lunenburg Doc Fest, Lunenburg, NS
Woodstock Museum Film Festival, Woodstock, NY
Columbia Gorge Film Festival, Camas, WA
All You Need Is a Camera, Curated Screening at Echo Park Film Centre, Los Angeles, CA
Indendence Film Festival, Denver, CO, USA
Front Range Film Festival, Longmont/Niwot, CO USA
FLEXfest, Gainesville, FL, USA
2014 Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI
Parrsboro Film Festival, Parrsboro, NS
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, SK
2013 Long Island University Big Mini Media Festival, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
King Street Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, ON
2012 Afcoop Holiday Film Challenge, Halifax, NS
Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Awareness Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 Afcoop Holiday Film Challenge, Halifax, NS
Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI
Out of the Centre Scholarship Screening, Halifax, NS
2009 Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, Halifax, NS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2018 Grow-Op 2018 – After the Flood, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Bow Arts Centre, Carmelite Cafe, London, UK
2016 Archives of the Future, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival Lobby Installation, Neptune's Studio Theatre, Halifax, NS
2014 Black and White Ball, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
2012 Animation Automation, Curator Liz MacDougall, Khyber Centre for Arts, Halifax, NS
COMMUNITY
2008 - 2018 Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative -- Member
2010 - 2018 Centre for Art Tapes -- Member
2013 - 2018 Visual Arts Nova Scotia -- Member
2011 - 2018 Juror for various artistic granting bodies
PRESENTATION AND INSTRUCTION
2018 Workshop, The Power of Plants, Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB
Workshop, Caffenol and Beyond, LIFT, Toronto, ON
Programmer, Halifax Independent Filmmakers, Festival
2017 Workshop, Eco-Processing Film by Hand, Afcoop, Halifax, NS
Q&A, See Weeds, Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC
Q&A, See Weeds, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, QC
Programmer, Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
2016 Panelist, Pushing Film Boundaries, Films on the Edge, Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, NB
Q&A, We R the World/Mold, WNDX, Winnipeg, MB
Workshop, Cafenol and Beyond - Eco-Processing Film by Hand, Afcoop, Halifax, NS
Artist of the Month, CFAT-July, Halifax, NS
2015 Q&A, Lunenburg Doc Fest, Lunenburg, NS
Q&A, Negative Nature, FLEXFest, Gainesville, FL, USA
2014 Artist Talk, Negative Nature, Afcoop, Halifax, NS
Q&A, Negative Nature Film, Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, SK
Artist Talk, North High School - Denver CO
EDUCATION
2018 Handmade Emulsion, Cameraless Filmmaking, Pinhole Cameras, Lindsay McIntyre, Halifax, NS
2017 Handmade Film Institute, Wilderness Film Expedition Workshop with Robert Schaller, Colorado, USA
Expanded Cinema Workshop with Alex MacKenzie, Denver, CO
Echo Park Film Center - Eco-Processing, Tinting and Toning Workhop with Lisa Marr
2008 - 2012 Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (Afcoop) and Centre for Art Tapes (CFAT)
1995 - 1996 American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York, NY
1992 - 1995 Bachelor of Applied Arts Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
1989 - 1991 Claude Watson School of the Arts, Toronto, ON