Winged Victory & Other Fantastic Films by Victoria Prince

The amazing Canadian filmmaker Victoria Prince has outdone herself in Winged Victory. 

Winged Victory is an over-the-Big-Top experimental, silent-era-styled, frame-by-frame scratch-and-paint animated, 7-minute and 40 second, 16mm film. Set in a Circus Ring, a sideshow freak Chicken Lady (Prince) dreams of being the main stage flying trapeze act. A bearded Stongwoman and a two-headed magical Unicorn painted in pixilated sparkles guide the Chicken Lady in achieving her goals. However, constantly taunted and teased by scratch-animated clowns and a whip-wielding Ringmaster (Prince), there is only one way for her to achieve victory...a death-defying act. 

"Groundbreaking! The spellbinding visual universe of Victoria Prince is at once nightmarish, flabbergasting, and very, very funny! The films and videos in this marvelous collection trace the emergence of one of contemporary Canada's very finest artists." - L'Atelier national du Manitoba

"Like the masters of darkness and light, The Brothers Quay, and Jan Svankmajer, Victoria Prince's stunning videos reveal a dream world that is eerie, mysterious, and strangely compelling." - Dave Barber, Cinematheque Programmer (1982-2021)

Other Shorts by Victoria Prince included on the DVD:

• My Hear the Slayer (3:00, 2003)
• Memory Pictures (7:00, 2003)
• The Particular Perversion (00:30, 2003)
• The Stretching (4:00, 2003)
• Claygirl (4:00, 2002)
• The General (5:00, 2006)

DVD Special Features:

• Synopses
• Director's Biography
• Director's Filmography
• Photo Gallery
• Behind the Bolex (9:00, 2006)

Total Run Time: 42:00