Matthew Taylor Blais

Born in the Night

Matthew Taylor Blais

A portrait of Kenya, the Hope Development Centre in Kikima, and their orphans. The main focus is an expedition called "Walking Home", a 150km walk through Kenya seen from the perspective of four of Hope's orphans: Mutuku, Baraka, Mulwa, and Keli.

So Happy We Are All Together

Matthew Taylor Blais

Haley Blais, Haya Kailani

Home movies in a new home.

Clouds of Autumn

Trevor Mack, Matthew Taylor Blais

Trinity Stump, Elias Louie

The carefree childhood existence of an Indigenous brother and sister is torn apart when the sister is forced to attend a Residential School far from home.

Millennium Line

Matthew Taylor Blais

Elias Louie, Trinity Stump

On the surface: finishing 'Clouds of Autumn'; a film for the sake of making one - meant to be watched on the internet, digital's greatest commodity is not $$$$ but time, and a new process, painters and poets, the personal costs $0, fuelled by ideas, reflections, 3 isolated days of editing, the next station is -

Forest Movie

Matthew Taylor Blais

Ana Escorse

A woman gets lost in the woods.

Popsong

Matthew Taylor Blais

Haya Kailani

The world appears black on black until it separates from itself, looks at itself, includes itself, and sees colour.

USB

Matthew Taylor Blais

Manny Mahal

A man comes home to find a mysterious box on his living room floor.

Honeymoon

Matthew Taylor Blais

A trip to Peru.

and now?

Matthew Taylor Blais

Isiah Medina, Haya Kailani

#13, glancing, or avoiding.

Images Out of Season

Matthew Taylor Blais

Nietzsche's Engadine. To the excitement of encountering original ideas, to the joy of reading, etc.

My Heart Is Walking Around Outside of My Body

Matthew Taylor Blais

Alma Odette Blais

Last autumn, a baby was born.

Best Friends Read the Same Books

Matthew Taylor Blais

Matthew Taylor Blais, Manny Mahal

An anxiety-free day. Trees, flowers, bridges, the ocean, and people reading (the same book).

Parental Leave

Matthew Taylor Blais

Alma Odette Blais, Haya Kailani

"Images and sounds culled from the first few months with my daughter, sometimes resembling that of a family group chat, where pictures and videos are shared; small moments. The film is full of joy, and full of uncertainty, barely holding itself together." A companion piece to 'My Heart is Walking Around Outside of my Body'.

I thought that you might want to see the sunset.

Matthew Taylor Blais

Haya Kailani

#5, transitions, 0$, form