Ez sez: “Do good things with great people.”
Portrait by Ilana Block
Thank you for dropping by. I’m Ezra Soiferman, aka “Ez”. I’m a Montreal filmmaker, photographer, foodie and friend.
In addition to my film and photo work, I was also the world’s first Artist-in-Residence at a cannabis company when I landed a dream gig with Tweed, a division of Canopy Growth (click here for CBC article and radio interview on the residency). You can watch the short video I made about the Tweed residency experience here.
Solar Eclipse by Ez - April 8, 2024
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As a warm-up to your exploring of my site, below is a slideshow gallery of a few choice photos I’ve taken around the world as well as some posters from a few of my film and TV projects… (If viewing on a smartphone, turn phone horizontal to view larger.)
Using the Menu at the very top of the page, you can visit the Photo Series+ section to explore some of my photo series and projects and to view images I’ve created throughout my travels in cities across our big ol’ world.
Click here to watch my music photeo featuring “This Is Home” by Peter Gabriel
My latest short film project is a ‘music photeo’ featuring the new Peter Gabriel song “This Is Home” off his album i/o which went to #1 on the UK album charts. You can visit this page to read about the project which Peter saw and gave his blessing for me to release in November 2023. This video, featuring my wildlife images and shots of Gabriel live in concert, was also featured in the February 2024 issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine.
“Montréal, Snowbec” on the cover of the Montreal, Gazette
My popular 2023 short film project was “Montréal, Snowbec”, a 5-minute CBC Creator Network short that explores winter in Montreal with a spotlight on the city’s world-renowned snow-clearing operations. You can watch the film, read Bill Brownstein’s front-page Montreal Gazette column on the film, watch me talking about the film on CBC’s “Our Montreal” TV show, and listen to me talk about it on SRC, CJAD and The CJN Daily Podcast on the dedicated “Montréal, Snowbec” page.
Another recent short film of mine, “The Junk On My Roof,” features the whimsical and magical rooftop sculpture garden of Montreal renaissance man, Dr. Michael Dworkind, aka Dworko. A physician, environmental activist, medical cannabis guru and recycled art sculptor, Dworkind took me on an intimate tour of his otherworldly rooftop that you can now watch in the short film right here. The film was profiled on Global TV Montreal News here.
You can also watch the sequel to “The Junk On My Roof”, called “The Junk At My Cottage”, here. This short features Dworko’s weird and whimsical forest sculpture garden at his country home in the picturesque Laurentians.
Music Photeos?! I got them! To read about and watch all of my ‘music photeos’ (my own signature brand of slideshow-meets-music-video) that bring life to my photos against a backdrop of some incredibly cool music by various talented artists, click here.
My latest music photeo is “Stages of Psychosexual Development” (watch), featuring music by Ryan Stotland. Another recent music photeo is “Purple Clouds” (watch), a collaboration with uber-talented Québécois singer-songwriter James Forest.
“The Wildlife - The Walled Life” (watch) is a wildlife themed music photeo I created with gifted wildlife photographer Ilana Block. It features Ilana’s incredible wildlife photos combined with my photos of stunning animal murals on walls throughout Montreal.
To order a copy of my book “Last Game at The Forum” about the Montreal Canadiens old home, the legendary Montreal Forum, click here.
To read about all my films, photos and other fun projects, please visit the About section.
To learn about Hemp for the Homeless and The Ezra Burger, featured on the front page of the Montreal Gazette, click here.
Finally, please contact me anytime with any questions, media requests, or to purchase limited edition signed and framed prints of any photo you see on this site or on my Instagram page. Feel free to follow me on Instagram too.
Ez sez: Love to all from M♥️ntreal!
A typical winter moment in town, in a scene from my short film “Montréal, Snowbec”.