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Date produced: 1950

Filmmaker(s):

Michel Sanouillet

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Country of Production:

Canada

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16mm

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Third Annual Canadian Film Awards, 1951 - Honourable Mention, Amateur Category

Description:

"What would YOU think if you saw a youth lying on a snowy sidewalk pointing a camera up at a parking signs? No matter how crazy it sounds, this and other such peculiar antics on the part of University of Toronto students last year resulted in an Honourable Mention at the Canadian Film Awards. The name of the film in question: 'Parking on This Side.' Its producers: the members of the U. of T. Film Society. 'Parking', a short experimental film directed by Michel Sanouillet was the Society's major production last year and is bringing wide recognition to the U.T.F.S. among other universities and film makers across the continent" The Varsity.

Resources:

Parking on This Side is noted as being one of Canada's first avant-garde films.

"Film Soc Plans Varied Features." The Varsity, The University of Toronto. Wednesday, October 3, 1951.

Club Affiliation:

Toronto Film Society

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