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To unsubscribe see the link at the bottom of this email. *DEADLINES APPROACHING* Enter upcoming calls for entry here <http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?submission=enternew> ___________________________________________________________________________________ *sorted by submission deadline* 07.05.2021 Slamdance <https://slamdance.com/> (Early Deadline) 07.08.2021 Middle East Studies Association Film Festival <http://www.mesana.org/annual-meeting/film-festival> 07.12.2021 Jakarta Independent Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/JakartaIndependentFilmFestival> 07.15.2021 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/istanbulexperimentalfilmfestival> 07.15.2021 SFFILM New American Fellowship <https://sffilm.org/new-american-fellowship/> 07.16.2021 Darmstädter Sezession <http://www.curatorspace.com/opportunities/detail/das-projektion/5523> 07.30.2021 Media City Film Festival <https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/entries/> 07.31.2021 Ann Arbor Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/AAFilmFest> (Early Deadline) 07.31.2021 Ji.hlava IDFF <https://www.ji-hlava.com/prihlaseni-filmu> 07.31.2021 Viennale <http://www.viennale.at/en/submission> 07.31.2021 Fisura, International Experimental Film and Video Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/FISURAInternationalFilmFestival> (Regular Deadline) 08.02.2021 Punto y Raya Festival <https://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/blog/articles/2021/11> 08.06.2021 Sundance Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/Sundance> (Early Deadline) 08.15.2021 Imagine Science Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/ImagineScienceFilmFestival> 08.26.2021 28th Chicago Underground Film Festival <http://www.cuff.org> 09.04.2021 The 4th Annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium <http://www.fvpsociety.com> 09.19.2021 Punto de Vista <https://www.puntodevistafestival.com/en/edicion_actual.asp?IdSeccion=153> 10.15.2021 Thomas Edison Film Festival <https://filmfreeway.com/ThomasEdisonFilmFestival> *EVENTS* Enter your event announcements here <http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/thisweek.pl> ___________________________________________________________________________________ *complicated sorting but a true attempt, enjoy!* This week's programs (summary): - Cousins and Kin <https://www.sfcinematheque.org/video/cousins-and-kin/> [May 16-July 15, online] - 3 X Holly Fisher: Out of the Blue + Deafening Silence + Softshoe For Bartok <https://vimeo.com/showcase/hollyfisher> [June 16-July 6, online] - Gearwax: Old vinyl, Repurposed <https://gutsyradio.org/> [July 4, online] - The Long Conversation <http://riverwestradio.com> [July 4, online] - Yes: Diva Martinez / Robert Orlowski, Curated By Devon Narine-Singh <https://microscopegallery.com/yes-diva-martinez-robert-orlowski/> [July 5-July 8, New York, New York] - The 8 Fest <http://the8fest.com/> [July 9-July 11, online] - Ephraim Asili's the Inheritance <https://virtual.filmlinc.org/film/the-inheritance/> <https://virtual.filmlinc.org/film/the-inheritance/>[ongoing, online] - Ecstatic Static Screenings <https://www.ecstaticstatic.com/screenings/> [ongoing, online] *STARTING ON OR BEFORE JULY 3, 2021* *May 16 - July 15* Venue type: *online* *San Francisco Cinematheque* https://www.sfcinematheque.org/video/cousins-and-kin/ <http://www.sfcinematheque.org/> streaming 24/7, *COUSINS AND KIN* series curated by the Cousin Collective The Cousin Collective was formed in 2018 by Adam Piron, Alex Lazarowich, Sky Hopinka and Adam Khalil. The question of how to find other Indigenous filmmakers who are making work that is experimental and exciting was where we began. How to support and share their films is where we’re at now. The programs in the Cousins and Kin series are a culmination and a survey of the moving images we’ve curated individually and collectively over the years. We’re thankful to Steve Polta and San Francisco Cinematheque for this opportunity and this platform.We’re very proud to share these works, the artists and the conversations and communion they foster, between each other as well as across nations and time. (Cousin Collective) *program four Anti-Ethnography program curated by Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil program online June 16–July 15, 2021* For Indigenous peoples, the camera is a weapon that has been wielded against them since the device’s inception. Anthropology’s obsession with preserving images of so-called vanishing cultures, through ethnographic films or, relatedly, archives filled with boxes of ancestral remains, has long been a tool used to colonize and oppress Indigenous peoples. The ethnographer’s encapsulating gaze ignores the fact that, for Indigenous communities, tradition is not an immutable set of truths handed down by revelation, but a set of ever-evolving social practices whose continuity cannot be repaired by preservation, only elaborated through struggle and, finally, achieved under conditions of genuine self-determination. In the works assembled for this screening, the power of Indigenous people claiming the camera for themselves is explored. Screening includes work by Guillermo Gómez-Peña; Tonia Jo Hall; Shelley Niro; Diane Burns; Sky Hopinka; Kent Monkman; Axel Gerdau, Erik Olsen & John Woo; Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil & Jackson Polys; Olivia Camfield & Woodrow Hunt; Thirza Cuthand and others. *___________________________________________________________________* *June 16 - July 6* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Anthology Film Archives* https://vimeo.com/showcase/hollyfisher <http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/> streaming 24/7, *3 X HOLLY FISHER: OUT OF THE BLUE + DEAFENING SILENCE + SOFTSHOE FOR BARTOK* In November 2019, Anthology presented the most comprehensive retrospective to date devoted to the work of Holly Fisher, whose films range freely between the realms of documentary, essay film, personal meditations, and intricate juxtapositions of imagery and text. As a kind of sequel to the earlier retrospective, we’ll be focusing on Fisher’s work again this summer and fall, beginning with an online presentation pairing two brand-new films, OUT OF THE BLUE and SOFTSHOE FOR BARTOK, with an earlier film that has gained new relevance in the context of current events, DEAFENING SILENCE. OUT OF THE BLUE is a typically thought-provoking and contemplative work constructed from seemingly disparate elements: imagery recorded from the window of a plane during her trans-Atlantic travels, diary-like footage, found imagery and sound, and onscreen texts. The result is a highly personal, open-ended meditation on the passage of time, historical trauma, and liminal physical and emotional spaces that embodies Fisher’s radically multilayered approach: she juxtaposes multiple layers of visual and aural materials not only to create a rich visual experience, but to bring into play a dizzying and cross-pollinating array of ideas. The soundtrack features composer Lois V Vierk’s long-form piece, “Words Fail Me,” a work inspired by Vierk’s experience as an eyewitness to the fall of the World Trade Center, twenty years ago. DEAFENING SILENCE partakes of some of the same techniques to explore – firsthand as well as through the lens of the media – the sociopolitical situation in Myanmar/Burma in the early 2000s, and the oppression of the ethnic Karen population. The film features appearances from some of the same figures – such as Maung Zarni – who have been prominent commentators and witnesses during the more recent upheaval in Burma. As a special bonus we’ll also present the brand-new short film, SOFTSHOE FOR BARTOK, a digital reimagining of Fisher’s 16mm film “s o f t s h o e” (1987). In September we plan to host Holly Fisher in person for theatrical screenings of OUT OF THE BLUE, as well as her 2019 film, A QUESTION OF SUNLIGHT, which was made in response to the events of 9/11. Both films feature music by Lois V Vierk. *SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *GearWax* https://gutsyradio.org/ <http://%20https://gutsyradio.org/> 6pm-8pm PT, *GEARWAX: OLD VINYL, REPURPOSED* A bi-weekly online radio program featuring old LPs, 45rpm and 78rpm records. Hosted by Kathleen and Scott Stark from San Francisco. Every other Sunday 6-8pm Pacific time on Gutsy Radio @ https://gutsyradio.org/ *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Riverwest Radio* riverwestradio.com 8pm ET, *THE LONG CONVERSATION* THE LONG CONVERSATION...new episodes live every Sunday night! 8 pm eastern standard time & 7 by Xav Leplae and Stephanie Barber for Riverwest Radio, 104.1 or at riverwestradio.com ***& a new song by stephanie & xav for every episode*** *MONDAY, JULY 5, 2021* *July 5 - July 8 * Venue type: *Both physical and online* *Microscope Gallery* 7:30pm ET https://microscopegallery.com/yes-diva-martinez-robert-orlowski/ 525 W. 29th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001 *YES: DIVA MARTINEZ / ROBERT ORLOWSKI, CURATED BY DEVON NARINE-SINGH* Microscope presents a new edition of our emerging artist series YES, featuring works by Diva Martinez and by Robert Orlowski. Orlowski’s 16mm films are frequently concerned with the act of seeing, camera and light movements as well as with film’s ability to alter the experience of time and space. Martinez’s works combine archival and found footage — often related to the body — to which various processes such as video feedback, collaging, replication and others are applied, often with humor. From curator Devon Narine-Singh: “*Drawn together by a focus on analog techniques, Diva Martinez and Robert Orlowski exhibit works where process is front and center. Choice moments highlight this such as when Martinez explains creating her own video synthesizer and Orlowski deliberately removes his lens cap of his Bolex calling attention to its mechanical nature. Memory is key as well both in the format choices but in themes as well. Both filmmakers push the choice of analog as a way of living in a memory.*” *In-person* General admission $10 Member admission $8 Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required at the door Online tickets will be available at the above link starting at 7pm ET on Monday July 5th. *Diva Martinez* was born in Havana, Cuba and emigrated to the United States as a political refugee at the age of three alongside her family. She studied photography at Miami Dade College, CUNY LaGuardia where her interest in video grew. She currently studies Film Production at CUNY Brooklyn College. Her passion for photography has driven her to experiment with image creation both still and moving. Fueled by nostalgia and the desire to time travel, Diva uses archival footage as the canvas with which she creates. Using any resources available to her, Diva combines a mixture of analog and digital technologies to create visceral works of moving images that reflect a time before today. *Robert Orlowski* is a filmmaker currently based in Brooklyn, NY who works across documentary, experimental and narrative films. His short films have shown internationally at festivals such as the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Fracto Experimental Film Encounter, ICDOCS, Mono No Aware Festival, and the Transient Visions Festival of the Moving Image. In 2019 he was a finalist for the Tribeca If/Then American Midwest grant, for his work with Kati Rehbeck on their film, Lake Arrowhead. He is currently working on his first feature length film titled, Everything I Had Known About You. *FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2021* *July 9 - July 11* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *The 8 Fest* http://the8fest.com/ streaming 24/7 *THE 8 FEST* Our 14th annual festival is online July 9 – 11th, 2021 the8fest is a festival for anyone using small-gauge to create rough little gems on film. A unique Toronto-based film festival that presents all forms of small-gauge film: 8mm, Super 8 and 9.5mm, as well as works in installation, loops, personal, handmade, experimental, animations, diaries, essays, collage, cut-ups, performance/film, music/film and ‘proto-cinema devices’ like zoetropes. *ONGOING* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Film at Lincoln Center Virtual Cinema* https://virtual.filmlinc.org/film/the-inheritance/ streaming 24/7 *EPHRAIM ASILI'S THE INHERITANCE* Pennsylvania-born filmmaker Ephraim Asili has been exploring different facets of the African diaspora—and his own place within it—for nearly a decade. His feature-length debut, The Inheritance, is a vibrant, engaging ensemble work that takes place almost entirely within the walls of a West Philadelphia house where a community of young people have come together to form a collective of Black artists and activists. Based partly on Asili’s own experiences in a Black liberationist group, the film interweaves a scripted drama of characters attempting to work towards political consensus with a documentary recollection of the Philadelphia liberation group MOVE, which was the victim of a notorious police bombing in 1985. Asili’s film is an endlessly generative work of politics, humor, and philosophy, referencing the legacies of the Black Arts Movement and featuring Black authors and radicals, members of MOVE, as well as poets Ursula Rucker and Sonia Sanchez. An NYFF58 selection. A Grasshopper Film release. Note: Films are available in the U.S. and U.S. territories only. Users may have up to two registered devices. Learn more in our FAQ. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Ecstatic Static* https://www.ecstaticstatic.com/screenings/ streaming 24/7 *ECSTATIC STATIC SCREENINGS* We host regular online screenings of artists’ films and videos on the landing page, as a way to share work both new and rare, that may otherwise have a limited release. For more information on each artist and ways on how to support their work, please see the links below. *Screening No. 2: Five Films by Jodie Mack* Jodie Mack, Wasteland #1: Ardent, Verdant. 2017, 4min, 30 sec Jodie Mack, Something Between Us. 2015, 9 min, 30 sec Jodie Mack, Razzle Dazzle. 2014, 5 min Jodie Mack, Undertone Overture. 2013, 10 min, 30 sec Jodie Mack, Blanket Statement #1: Home is Where the Heart is. 2012, 3 min *Screening No. 1: The Ecstatic Static* Luca Werner, Schöngeising. 2020, 1 min, 10 sec Kersti Jan Werdal, Slow Shapes. 2017, 12 min, 54 sec Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Wrestlers. 2015, 7 min Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Black Beach/Horse/Camp/The Dead/Forces. 2016, 8 min Simon Liu, Signal 8. 2019, 14 min Anna Marziano, La Veglia. 2010, 2 min Andrea Franco, East Los Angeles Punk. 2012, 7 min Jeano Edwards, Familiar Strangers. 2020, 2 min, 22 sec. Melanie Smith with Rafael Ortega, Parres Trilogy. 2004, 12 min, 56 sec Gillian Garcia, YDS. 2021, 3 min, 49 sec ------------------------------ *Let us know about your alternative film/video event!* Enter your event announcements by going to the Flicker Weekly Listing Form <http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/thisweek.pl>. To receive the weekly listing via email, send a message to Subscribe <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a4860b9ed1>. To unsubscribe see the link at the bottom of this email. *Copyright © 2020 Flicker, All rights reserved.* Longtime recipient of This Week in Avant Garde Cinema This Week in Avant Garde Cinema · everywhere · Durham, NC 27701 · USA
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