Chinook Film Group

OIO…. A Masterful Short Film

Who is on the ‘World Schedule’for screening the remarkable art documentary OIO in 2006? Yes, it is the Chinook Film Group right along with Bangkok and Los Angeles where it is being featured in the Tiburin International Film Festival in March 2006.

OIO has just won the Roma Documentary Festival, 2005 Award for the Best Documentary on art. This is not a singular event as it is the 14th award won by OIO.

You might ask what is OIO? Try to imagine liquid paint being catapulted into the air and the cinemagraphic medium coming together to create a painting in motion. With image and music this creates “an emotional, dizzying trip toward great creativity”.
(International Federation of Film Critics, Annecy 2003.

For 11 years Eric Tinner followed the artist. Simon Goulet during the creative process of OIO. The result is fun and surprising and explores what creative madness and perseverance can achieve. Coupled with the music of Rene Dupre, OIO is a delight, which has been honoured at film festivals all over the world. Think, Spain, Italy, U.S.A., Japan, England, Canada, France the Ukraine and Germany!

This short film is a Canadian (Quebec) masterpiece. Viewers once again can appreciate the Chinook Film Group and Film Circuit for making it available to our audience March 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Cochrane Movie House.