Philip Hoffman Movies

Filmmaker Philip Hoffman and poet Gerry Shikatani combine to make a cine-poem about the making of gardens, films and poems. Excerpts from...

A kinetic journey through Expo 67, revisiting Canada’s centennial through the symbols, choreographies, and built environments of the...

Kokoro Is for Heart features poet Gerry Shikatani and explores the relationships surrounding language, image and sound, set to the backdrop of a...

A hand-processed, darkroom manipulated, walk to the pond with Phil and Astrid, at Film Farm 2013

"A community workshop held by the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film in Durham, Ontario, engages participants in a group phytogram creation...

This motion picture photogram was made during a 5 hour plunge into the darkroom; a procession of herbs.

Filmed over 2 years (2020–2022), at home and away, Deep 1 is a diaristic meditation, flower/plant processed.

Processed with conventional photo chemicals and the following flowers: magnolia blossoms, hyacinth, hydrangea, daffodil, rhododendron, pond algae,...

"Slaughterhouse has all the ingredients of history but its collage form forces a reading less linear, and more conducive to seeing history anew.."...

“Hoffman’s film is in the experimental film tradition of the personal diary although in this case a beautifully paced mixture of family...