Each month, DARC highlights one of our incredible Members and one of the many exciting projects they’re working on. This month, our Member Highlight is Penny McCann, a local filmmaker and Extended Access member of DARC!
MEET PENNY
Penny McCann‘s body of work spans three decades and encompasses narrative, documentary and experimental films. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at numerous festivals and galleries. Formerly the Director of SAW Video (now DARC) from 2004-2018, she remains actively involved in the Ottawa community as a founding member of the Lightproof Film Collective.
Penny’s most recent work is Buses don’t stop here anymore (7:28/2024), a chronicle of the closure, abandonment, and demolition of Ottawa’s Greyhound bus station. Filmed on Ektachrome Super 8 over a three year period, the film is a requiem for a building, once so present and vital, and now a ghost of the past.
Completed in late 2024, Buses don’t stop here anymore is starting its exhibition life with its international festival premiere at IFFO – the International Film Festival of Ottawa.
As a DARC Member, Penny gets access to equipment, facilities, grants, residencies, workshop discounts, and so much more! Want to become a member like Penny? Check out the DARC membership page to get started.
Psst! Want to be featured in our next Member Highlight? Active DARC Members can apply now through the Member Highlight submission form.
