12th Antimatter Film Festival, Open Space Arts Centre, Victoria, Canada, 9 – 17 October, 2009

Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter has grown into the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west. Encompassing screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids, Antimatter provides a noncompetitive festival setting in Victoria, British Columbia, free from commercial and industry agendas. The highest standards of curatorial practice are employed to build thematic programs of innovative film and video selected from international submissions. In addition, the annual Foreign Matter series has become the incubator for hundreds of short films, all new to North American audiences, compiled and contextualized by international curators. The short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected for screening at this film festival on Friday 16 October at 7pm.