An integral member of Toronto 's film community , Mangaard has served on the boards of directors for various arts organizations including : Planet in Focus , The Toronto Arts Council , LIFT ( The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto ) , The Funnel , Visual Arts Ontario and the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre . Mangaard is also co-founder and executive director of A common connection between Mangaard 's earlier 16 mm films stems from a longing to escape the limiting social constructs that humanity has surrounded itself with . By incorporating eroticism , travel and the power that goes along with it , Mangaard 's commentary on the futility of the human experience is laid out in such films as '' She Bit me ... Seriously '' ( 1984 ) , a lyrical and abstract account of simple gestures of power . '' Her Soil is Gold '' ( 1985 ) , '' There is in Power ... Seduction '' ( 1985 ) and '' The Iconography of Venus '' ( 1987 ) , all contain loose historical references that are tinged with structural critique . Historical detail enters her work again with '' The Tyranny of Architecture '' ( 1987 ) , a film that overtly reverts back to Mangaard 's autobiographical concern . After producing '' North Bound Cairo '' ( 1987 ) , Mangaard 's move from the ethical questions of experimental documentary , to fiction and narrative filmmaking is present in '' Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You '' ( 1992 ) , a personal work that deals with the act of appropriating the artist 's life and the life of her lover
Planet in Focus
Planet in Focus
Annette Mangaard