Keith Lock
Toronto 43° 39' 12.53" N, 79° 23' 2.16" W Academic and Education Artists Media Film Documentary Journalism Media Arts Activist Wrestler Person
About Keith Lock
Born in Toronto, Keith Lock holds an M.F.A. degree in film from York University. He worked as Claude Jutra's assistant as well as Michael Snow's cinematographer on a number of works. His student film, Flights of Frenzy, won the Best Super 8 Award at the UNESCO 10th Muse International, Amsterdam, 1969. Credited by Cinemaya as one of the first Chinese Canadian Filmmakers, he was a founding member and first chair of the Toronto Filmmaker's Co-op, which later morphed into LIFT.
Lock has presented three films at the Toronto International Film Festival including: the experimental film, Everything Everywhere Again Alive, (1975), which was presented in TIFF's Retrospective of Canadian Cinema in 1984, and the dramatic feature, Small Pleasures (1993). His half-hour film, A Brighter Moon, received a Gemini Award Nomination for Best Short Drama in 1987. Keith was the first recipient of the Chinese Canadian National Council's Media Applause Award in 1998. His television documentary, The Road Chosen: The Lem Wong Story, received the NFB Innoversity Conference Award, 2002 and his short film, The Dreaming House (2005), received the Best GTA Filmmaker Award at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Keith's short, Magical Coincidence, was the winner of the "So You Think You Can Pitch" competition at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2011.
For film profiles, visit [1]
Filmography (Selected)
Magical Coincidence (Working Title), 20 min., Red HD, 2012/13 Short Romantic Comedy Winner “So You Think You Can Pitch” competition, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2011 Premiere: Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, November 2012
The Ache , 88 min., HD, 2010 Dramatic feature film Premiere, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival University of Guelph, Cinema Studies, 2010 Uinversity of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2010
For an interview with Keith Lock about The Ache, visit [2]
ReGifted, 1 min, miniDV, 2006 Produced as a Video Gift to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival.
The Dreaming House, 6 min., 16mm/video, 2005, Personal Documentary Winnipeg Cinematheque,
“Between Here and There”'curated by Leslie Supnet, 2012 Hot Docs Library, 2009 Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, 2006 Best GTA Artist Award, Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto, 2005
The Road Chosen: The Lem Wong Story, video, 25 min. 1997 History Television series “A Scattering of Seeds”, Episode #3 NFB
Innoversity Media Conference Award, Toronto, 2002 Best Television Documentary Series, Worldfest, Houston, Texas, 1998. Media Applause Award, Chinese Canadian National Council, Toronto, 1998.
Tough Bananas, 25 min., 16mm, 1997'Drama Reel Asian International Film Festival, Toronto; New York Asian American Film Festival, New York; Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, Los Angeles
Small Pleasures, 86 min., Super'16/35mm, 1993 Dramatic Feature Film Toronto International Film Festival,1993 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, “Outlaw Chinese Cinema” Series,1995 Art house theatrical run; Toronto, Kingston, Calgary, 1994 Substation, Singapore, 1997
C.B.C., Movie Network, Movie Central
A Brighter Moon, 25 min, 16mm, 1986'Drama
Gemini Award Nomination: "Best Short Drama"', 1987 Stanford University; Taipei International Film Festival, many international screenings. National Film Theatre, London, England; Boston Museum o'Fine Art. Australian/New Zealand Assoc. of Canadian Studies, Australia, 2000; C.B.C., TVO, Access Alberta, Vision.
Chinatown 16mm, 25 min., 1984 Neighborhoods'(Series Title) C.B.C. Toronto
The Highway, 16mm, 25 min, 1983Drama Golden Sheaf Nomination,
Best Short Drama Yorkton Film Festival, 1983;
C.B.C. Canadian Reflections,
Denmarks Television', Denmark;
Jeannie Goes Shopping, 23 min, 16mm, 1981'Drama
MFA Thesis film, York University Going, 5 min., R8mm/16mm, 1976'Experimental
The Funnel, Euclid Theatre ,Summer Against Censorship, Toronto