Go Between (2024)

Chris Kennedy (Canada) is an independent filmmaker, film programmer, and writer born in Easton, Maryland, in 1977. His work as an artist and programmer operates in dialogue with the history of film as art, exploring the medium’s materiality in a contemporary context. He received a BA in Film Studies from Queen’s University (1999), and an MFA in Filmmaking from San Francisco Art Institute (2008), where he was recipient of the James Broughton Film Award. His films have been exhibited at festivals, museums, and galleries internationally, including Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museum of the Moving Image, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, The Block Museum of Art, Havana Film Festival, National Gallery of Art (Washington), European Media Arts Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Nam June Paik Art Center, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and Los Angeles Film Forum, among others. Kennedy has also written extensively about film and music, including features on Akio Suzuki, Olivia Block, Ute Aurand, and others. Writing about his practice has appeared in Artforum, Reverse Shot, Mubi, and Filmmaker Magazine, among others. His film Watching the Detectives won the Ken Burns Award for the Best of the Festival at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (2018). He programmed for the Images Festival (2003–2006), Pleasure Dome (2000–2006), and TIFF Cinematheque’s The Free Screen/Wavelengths (2012–2019). He was also co-founder and co-programmer at Early Monthly Segments (2009–2018). He is currently Executive Director of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. He was a Media City Film Festival Chrysalis Fellow (2019–2022). He lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.