Canada’s representative at this year’s Venice Biennale is a film directed and shot by a dog. “For all its carefree frolicking 35 cm above ground, Stanley’s [the dog] perspective and Jana Sterbak’s editing produce a profoundly affecting piece that is shown on six screens zig-zagging across the length of the Canadian pavilion. It conveys both the exuberance of a young pup’s discovery of the world, but also his nervous, toddler-like dependency on the people looking after him.