Biography
Paul Neudorf has several years experience editing and directing video. His film Strands, an experimental dance film supported by Bravo!FACT and the National Film Board of Canada, was awarded 1st place in the ‘experimental narrative’ category at the 58th Columbus International Film + Video Festival and a Golden Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival. Strands is screening across Europe and North and South America.
His first experimental film, Refractions, also funded by Bravo!FACT, has screened internationally, premiering March 2009 at the Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) in Montréal. Recently Paul completed a short documentary On the male side of middle about transgender Mennonite Calvin Neufeld and his family.
He edits video for various clients, both private and corporate, such as: National Geographic Channels International, The Banff Centre, Women in the Director’s Chair, L’Ensemble contemporain de montréal+, McGill Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Montréal singer/songwriter Amanda Mabro, Concordia University Television (CUTV), and directors such as Clark Ferguson, Paramita Nath, Karen Chapman and Mechthild Reinders, among others.
From 2007-2009 Paul taught video to youth in an innovative new video and media education program for youth at the Segal Centre’s Academy for Performing Arts.
Since September 2010, he has been participating in the Digital Film and Media program’s video editing work-study at The Banff Centre in Alberta. He edits video on projects such as the Banff Mountain Film Festival, Women in the Director’s Chair program, video art installations, publicity spots and editing various short documentary and fiction films for visiting directors.
Filmography
The Impermanence of Light, Space and Self, 2012 – Experimental
Director, Editor IN PRE-PRODUCTION
On the male side of middle, 2011 – 12′ – Documentary
Director, Editor
Strands, 2010 – 6’15 – Experimental live-action /animation dance film.
Director, Editor
Refractions, 2008 – 6’15 – Experimental dance film.
Director, Editor
Superwoman in the Making, 2007 – 4’21 – Music video for Amanda Mabro
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Director of Photography, Editor
What’s Your Pleasure?, 2007 – 1’20 – Music video trailer for Amanda Mabro.
Co-Director, Editor
Room 6, 2005 – 17:45 – Documentary about a homeless artist in Montreal.
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Awards
- Strands – Golden Palm Award – Category: Short Films – Mexico International Film Festival (2011)
- Strands – 1st place – Category: Experimental shorts – 58th Columbus International Film + Video Festival (2010)
Grants
- The Banff Centre 7-wk self-directed post-production residency – Spring 2012
- The Banff Centre tuition scholarship, Video post-production work-study – Fall 2010 – Fall 2011
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec travel grant – December 2010 – InShadow dance film festival, Lisbon, Portugal
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec travel grant – March 2010 – Festival Int’l du Film d’Aubagne, France
- SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles); OFQJ (Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse) travel grant – February 2010 – Festival Int’l du Film d’Aubagne, France
- Canada Council for the Arts travel grant – November 2009 – INVIDEO video art festival, Milan Italy
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec travel grant – October 2009 – INVIDEO video art festival, Milan Italy
- National Film Board ACIC (Aide au cinéma indépendant) post-production grant for Strands – October 2009
- Bravo!FACT production grant, Strands – March 2009
- Bravo!FACT production grant, Refractions – March 2008
Festivals
On the male side of middle
- Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival, January 2012 – Kingston, Canada
- Toronto Queer West Film Festival, August 2011 – Online Festival
Strands
- VIDEOFORMES: Video Art & Digital Cultures, March 14 – 17, 2012 – Clermont-Ferrand, France
- XONTAKT 2011, December, 2011 – Split, Croatia
- São Carlos VIdeodanca Festival, October, 2011 – São Paulo, Brazil
- /si:n/2 Festival of Video Art & Performance, June 6 – 12, 2011 – Ramallah, Palestine
- Montréal Underground Film Festival, May 12 – 14, 2011 – Montréal, Canada
- LOIKKA Dance Film Festival, March 24 – 27, 2011 – Helsinki, Finland
- Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, March 22, 2011 – Aubagne, France
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, February 20, 2011 – Montréal, Canada
- Ada Studio und Bühne Dance Film Series, January 21, 2011 – Berlin, Germany
- InShadow – 2nd International Festival of Video, Dance and Technologies, December 7 – 11, 2010 – Lisbon, Portugal
- DANSCAMDANSE Dancefilm festival, November 11 – 13, 2010 – Ghent, Belgium
- 58th Columbus International Film + Video Festival & Awards Ceremony, November 16 – 21, 2010 – Columbus, Ohio (USA)
- 23rd Instants Vidéo numériques et poétiques, October 28, November 17, 2010 – Aix-en-Provence & Martigues, France
- 15th Int’l VideoDanzaBA, September 4 – 12, 2010 – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Refractions
- Montréal Underground Film Festival, May 12 – 14, 2011 – Montréal, Canada
- DANSCAMDANSE Dancefilm festival, November 11 – 13, 2010 – Ghent, Belgium
- Festival International du Film d’Aubagne, March 15 – 20, 2010 – Aubagne, France
- INVIDEO: International Exhibit of Video Art and Cinema Beyond, November 11-15, 2009 – Milan, Italy
- Vancouver International Film Festival, October 1-16, 2009 – Vancouver, BC
- Festival OFF Trans Amerique, May 21 – June 6, 2009 – Montréal, QC
- Festival International du Film sur l’Art, March 19-29, 2009 – Montréal, QC
Room 6
- Winnipeg Global Justice Film Festival, March 2006 – Winnipeg, MB
Press
- Article on Strands in TURBULENCES VIDÉO, no. 72, July 2011. Title Révolution de la mémoire ou mémoire de la révolution by Marc Mercier
- Article on Strands in Revue 24 Images, No. 152, May 2011. Title Révolution de la mémoire ou mémoire de la révolution by Marc Mercier