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International Short Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=53f1abbcaf&e=857b71a9cb> 09.24.2022 Melbourne Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9caae1ecba&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 09.24.2022 San Diego Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=39c6932d81&e=857b71a9cb> (Late Deadline) 09.26.2022 Josephine Massarella Artist Award <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=34f39ab5c3&e=857b71a9cb> 09.30.2022 Harkat 16mm Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2f659c1d83&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 09.30.2022 San Francisco International Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=65fd22287b&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 10.01.2022 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=37d4a80a9f&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 10.01.2022 MONO NO AWARE XVI <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=cce7064cd5&e=857b71a9cb> 10.10.2022 Handmade Film Workshop @ VSW <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=11b49d98d0&e=857b71a9cb> 10.15.2022 Thomas Edison Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6627edc210&e=857b71a9cb> 11.01.2022 Experiments in Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f8b737dc64&e=857b71a9cb> 03.01.2023 Fracto Experimental Film Encounter <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=90e65e6140&e=857b71a9cb> *EVENTS* **** Enter your event announcements here <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b549096cba&e=857b71a9cb> **** ___________________________________________________________________________________ *complicated sorting but a true attempt, enjoy!* This week's programs (summary): - Jonas Mekas 100! <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5a3c48274d&e=857b71a9cb> [November 1, 2021-January 25, *2023*, worldwide] - Refresh <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f37d29c50f&e=857b71a9cb> [March 2022 - Fall 2022, Denver, CO] - The New England Triennial <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f55deab6c3&e=857b71a9cb> [April 8-September 11, Lincoln + Harvard, MA] - LaborBerlin Presents Diffraktion #11 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=939f1fcdfc&e=857b71a9cb> [August 20, Berlin, Germany] - Time Mechanicals: 16mm Cityscapes By Jim Jennings <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=cfea15fcb0&e=857b71a9cb> [August 21, Los Angeles, CA] - Films In 3-5 Episodes <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a8affe53a2&e=857b71a9cb> [August 21, Jersey City, NJ] - Kamari Carter & Julian Day: To Be Held <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c735e05d53&e=857b71a9cb> [August 22, New York, NY] - Potamkin By Stephen Broomer <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f0533265c3&e=857b71a9cb> [August 24, Madison, WI] - In Situ: Jean-Claude Bustros & Caroline Monnet <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=28b1acf5f9&e=857b71a9cb> [August 24, Montreal, Canada] - Counterflicks: An Evening of Folk Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=12beca8493&e=857b71a9cb> [August 24, San Francisco, CA] - Cinema Theresia: Apichatpong Weerasethakul + Phil Solomon <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=923a6f8d62&e=857b71a9cb> [August 24, Ghent, Belgium] - Cinema of Transgression <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=165341dcf8&e=857b71a9cb> [August 26, Santa Fe, NM] - Crossroads 2022 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9d424bab0d&e=857b71a9cb> [August 26-28, San Francisco, CA] - The Carnal Screen: Jack Smith's NORMAL LOVE <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=72d252bc1a&e=857b71a9cb> [August 28, New York, NY] - Gearwax: Old vinyl, Repurposed <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=d6aef88514&e=857b71a9cb> [August 28, online] - The Long Conversation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=90ed557636&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - 6x6 Project: Artists' Moving Image Works <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c34b2c23bf&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - Ecstatic Static Screenings <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8b5535a1ea&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] *STARTING BEFORE AUGUST 20, 2022* *November 1 - January 25, 2023* Venue type: *Both physical and online* Jonas Mekas 100! <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2778f1bb62&e=857b71a9cb> times and locations vary, see below Event URL: https://jonasmekas100.com/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=51882c9a0b&e=857b71a9cb> *Jonas Mekas 100!* In 2022, the world and Lithuania celebrate the life and work of Jonas Mekas, one of the country’s most prominent cultural figures of the 20th and 21st centuries and a global cultural phenomenon in his own right, considered by many to be the “godfather of avant-garde cinema”. Throughout his life, Mekas always emphasized and cherished his Lithuanian roots. After fleeing the foreign occupation of his native land, he arrived in New York City, in his own words “at exactly the right moment”, joining thousands of others escaping the devastation wrought by destructive ideologies and tyrannical regimes in Europe. One might say that Mekas left one village, his native Semeniškiai in northern Lithuania, and immersed himself in the life of another – the Village thriving in and around lower Manhattan, and in its landmark publication, the Village Voice, helping to shape American and global culture so profoundly in the latter half of the 20th century. This centennial celebration, Jonas Mekas 100!, seeks to expand global recognition of his work and encourage a deeper exploration of Mekas’ prolific contributions to cinema, film criticism, cultural organization, and, in particular, his body of poems and prose, now published in Lithuanian, French, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, and many other languages. The centennial program features over 50 events in an expanding list of countries, including: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The vast scope of Mekas’ contribution to global cultural is examined through film screenings and retrospectives, exhibitions, readings, workshops, new publications and translations of Mekas’ writings, and concerts celebrating the spirit of his work, among other events. The centennial program is a joint international collaboration between leading art and cinema organisations, curators, publishers, the global network of Lithuanian cultural attachés, the Estate of Jonas Mekas, and the Lithuanian Culture Institute. *___________________________________________________________________* *March 2022 - Fall 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Denver Museum of Nature & Science <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=dadf46e2ea&e=857b71a9cb> open during Museum hours, The Summit Stage and Expedition Health, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO *REFRESH: *CYANOBACTERIA OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON OURSELVES This art-science collaboration looks at the microscopic ways cyanobacteria move, on an individual level and in colonies. If we study these organisms and their varied forms, we might discover ways to improve our future. On display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in the Summit Stage and Expedition Health, March 2022 - Fall 2022 The cells in your body take in oxygen and sweep out waste products like carbon dioxide (CO2). Microscopic cyanobacteria use photosynthesis to work in reverse, breathing in CO2 and pumping out oxygen. Three billion years ago, cyanobacteria created Earth’s oxygenfilled atmosphere, supporting the evolution of creatures like us. Today, they provide one-quarter of the planet’s oxygen, and cyanobacteria like spirulina provide us with food. Researchers believe that cyanobacteria —which need only sunlight, CO2, and water to thrive— could offer solutions to our changing climate. They might help reduce CO2 on a grand scale, contribute to biofuel production, and support long-term space travel. This diverse group of organisms offers a symbolic warning as well: when colonies of cyanobacteria become too dense or stressed, they can run out of nutrients or be destroyed by their own air pollution. Made with the collaborative efforts of filmmaker Erin Espelie and the Jeffrey Cameron Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which created a customized microscope system specifically tailored for long-term growth and quantitative imaging of cyanobacterial cells; with special thanks to microbiologist and cinematographer Evan Johnson and artists Nima Bahrehmand, Travis Austin, Will Alstetter, as well as NEST Studio for the Arts. *___________________________________________________________________* *April 8 - September 11* Venue type: *Live, physical event* The New England Triennial <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4db51ddf7f&e=857b71a9cb> see below for hours, deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA + Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA *The New England Triennial* The New England Triennial 2022 recognizes the vitality of contemporary art across the Northeast amid the recent years of upheaval and transformation. Spanning two museum venues—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and Fruitlands Museum—this year’s iteration features artwork by twenty-five artists from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Prioritizing change over stability, many of the artists’ practices involve processes of unmaking and remaking—patching things together, dissecting, and rebuilding forms using discarded parts. Their collective artistry reveals interconnected tendencies: a focus on kinship and ancestral lineages; a search for one’s place in the world; the visualization of data; themes of ruin and decay, and processes of alchemical transmutation. Artists in this exhibition grapple with difficult and unjust moments of history and contemporary life. Some employ generations-old creative traditions in poetic, passionate, and informed ways. Altogether, their work unearths hidden energies and stories surfacing at a time defined by change and resilience. Since 1989, the New England Triennial (formerly known as the deCordova New England Biennial) has been a mainstay of deCordova’s programming and mission, exemplifying the museum’s commitment to contemporary art of the Northeast region. For the first time, this upcoming cycle will span two museum venues, deCordova and Fruitlands, expanding the platform for this highly-anticipated survey of art making in New England. We hope you will visit both locations to appreciate the exhibition’s full scope. deCordova Artists Elizabeth Atterbury, Ann Craven, Jeremy Frey, Merik Goma, Kate Greene, Meena Hasan, Baxter Koziol, Jodie Mack, Anina Major, Marla McLeod, Elle Pérez, Estefania Puerta, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Em Rooney, Michelle Segre, Nafis M. White Fruitlands Artists Sascha Braunig, Edwige Charlot, Ann Craven, David Antonio Cruz, Furen Dai, Brenda Garand, Shaina Gates, Harry Gould Harvey IV, Jarrett Key, Heather Lyon *SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* LaborBerlin <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c05145c966&e=857b71a9cb> 20:45 GMT+2, Freilichtbühne Weißensee, Große Seestraße 10, Kleine Bühne, 13086 Berlin, Germany *LABORBERLIN PRESENTS DIFFRAKTION #11* LaborBerlin eV is a non-profit, independent film collective that deals primarily with analogue and experimental film techniques. After a two-year break, the film-making artists of the collective present a new edition of "DIFFRAKTION": films by the Artist Film Workshop (AFW) from Melbourne (Australia) will be presented as well as the latest works by LaborBerlin members. From Melbourne, filmmaker Lucas Haynes will be present, as along with most of the filmmakers from the LaborBerlin program. Florian Wüst, film curator, will guide through the evening. [email protected] *SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Los Angeles Filmforum <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9ae36127eb&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30 PM PST, 2220 Arts & Archives - 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057 *Time Mechanicals: 16mm Cityscapes by Jim Jennings* Filmforum is honored to celebrate the life and exquisite 16mm filmmaking of Jim Jennings, who died on May 19 of this year. Jennings was a prolific creator of intimate, generous, and visually striking works of observational photography, nearly all silent and many filmed in the course of his NYC commutes as a master plumber whose company, Time Mechanicals, took him to all corners of the photogenic metropolis. A quintessential New York filmmaker who approached the form of the city symphony with much more of a folk musician’s soul, Jennings – as characterized by friend and curator Mark McElhatten – “perseveres, in a city nearly photographed to death, in bringing to light familiar elements saved from disregard and savored into sharp filmic articulation.” Jennings’s films are somehow understated and spectacular at the same time, produced as they are from a sensibility marked by great humanity and humility. He dearly loved observing the everyday, ordinary goings-on of his environment, often filmed while traversing the city between plumbing jobs. In much of his filmmaking, the quotidian ephemerality of these usually urban spaces is captured and amplified to celebrate its intrinsic visual poetry through his sensitive and artful eye. His editing, intuitively complementary to his often breathtaking cinematography, was frequently done in-camera, as he trusted his initial subjective reactions and the cumulative procession of experience to communicate something of a vital and evolving shared consciousness. This program, presented with immense thanks to Jim’s wife Karen Treanor, and the Academy Film Archive (home of Jim’s film collection), will be projected from Jim’s own 16mm prints, including several gorgeous vintage reversal prints! *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Monira Foundation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=91340e184e&e=857b71a9cb> 3pm ET, 888 Newark Ave, 5th fl gallery Jersey City, NJ 07306 *Films in 3-5 episodes* The Jonas Mekas Studio and the Monira Foundation present a screening by Pip Chodorov as part of the Jonas Mekas Centennial. *The Man Who Could Not See Far Enough*, By Peter Rose, 1981, 33 min, 16mm *Vestibule*, By Ken Kobland, 1978, 22 min, 16mm *New York Scene*, By Takahiko Iimura, 1967, 35 min, 16mm (All films courtesy of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative.) The three 16mm films that make up this program are themselves composed of episodes. Peter Rose’s The man who could not see far enough (1981, 33 min) is in five parts, a series of tableaux that evoke the act of vision, the limits of perception and the rapture of space. Ken Kobland’s Vestibule (1978, 22 min) is in three parts, exploring an urban space and a meditation on time, an intersection of memories and fantasies. Both films are also virtuoso experiments in optical printing, Rose using frames in the frame to describe a multiplicity in space, Kobland slowing and superimposing gestures to describe a palimpsest in time. The third film is a series of experiments by Takahiko Iimura, who also approached the act of filmmaking in the late 1960s as a self-referential meditation on the camera’s ability to see, and on the space and time of the film image. I am excited to see these three films projected together and complementing each other. *MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2022* Venue type: *Both physical and online* Microscope Gallery <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=995ef94fbb&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30 pm ET, 525 W 29th St, 2nd Floor Event URL: https://microscopegallery.com/kamari-carter-julian-day-to-be-held/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=0587becd71&e=857b71a9cb> *Kamari Carter & Julian Day: To Be Held* An evening of live sound and scrolling LED visuals by New York-based artists Kamari Carter and Julian Day. The event will be both performed live in the space and live-streamed at the same time, for those unable to attend on-site. As the latest chapter in their ongoing live collaboration projection “To Be Held” by C/D (Carter and Day) — who began working together in 2020 and are fresh from an art residency at Wave Farm — the artists present an evening of audio-visual collaboration in which Carter sonically responds to the glowing words manifesting on several LED scrolling signs activated by Day in real time. Carter’s richly ambient live score stems from compositions completed by the artist throughout 2020, which are interwoven with digital recordings of friends and family from his personal archive of voicemails. While Day’s multichromatic text-based visuals, flashing across custom LED panels mounted on a wall, focus on “2020/21’s conflictual political, protest, and pandemic-related rhetoric.” Advance In-person ticket link: https://microscopegallery.ticketleap.com/kamari-carter--julian-day-to-be-held/dates/Aug-22-2022_at_0730PM . (Please note: masks are required for this event.) Online tickets and the link to watch the livestream will go live at 7pm ET on the day of the show at the URL in the location under our address above and will be available through Thursday August 25th. *WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Mills Folly Microcinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=d479607606&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm Central, 111 S Livingston St, Madison, WI *Potamkin by Stephen Broomer* Join us for an evening of experimental films on Wednesday, August 24, at 8:00 p.m. (Please note later start, closer to sunset.) Admission $5.00, free for ALL members. Seating is limited, and doors open at 7:30 p.m. *Potamkin* | Stephen Broomer | Canada | 2017 | 67 minutes In 1933, at age 33, Harry Alan Potamkin died of complications related to starvation, at a time when he was one of the world's most respected film critics. In his writings, he advocated for a cinema that would simultaneously embrace the fractures and polyphony of modern life and the equitable social vision of left radical politics. This film-biography is assembled out of distorted fragments of films on which he had written, an impression of erupting consciousness. At the Odessa steps, trampling gives breath to the child. The bullet miraculously reforms the face. The Cossacks march backwards, retreating unseen into their nothing, the unfired rounds of their rifles restored to their menacing potential. Feet tread backward up the steps as the steps themselves collapse in splintering emulsion. The carriage is set upright. *Potamkin* will be preceded by the following short films. *To Live and Die in the Shadows: Meditations on Ferns, Survival, and Horizontal Gene Transfer* | Shannon Silva | USA | 2021 | 6 minutes 180 million years ago, through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a much needed light sensor (neochrome) that allowed them to modify and survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky. *The day lives briefly unscented* | Brandon Wilson | USA | 2021 | 5 minutes A film about ancestry, transformation and loss. Each shot was created by covering and uncovering the lens with the hand. The footage was then arranged in a layered sequence so that images interact as they appear and disappear. Mills Folly Microcinema in Madison, Wisconsin showcases nationally recognized experimental film and video art work from the festival and microcinema circuit. We network with regional filmmakers and organizations to bring filmmakers and guest programmers to Madison for screenings. And we incubate local experimental filmmaking by providing screen time at Project Projection events. Mills Folly Microcinema is funded in part by grants from Dane Arts and the Madison Arts Commission, with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* la lumière collective <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=eefe250f77&e=857b71a9cb> 6:30 pm ET, 7080, rue Alexandra, #506 Montréal, QC H2S 3J5 *IN SITU: Jean-Claude Bustros & Caroline Monnet* As part of the IN SITU screening series, la lumière collective presents: Jean-Claude Bustros & Caroline Monnet on August 24, 2022 at 6:30pm. 16mm & Digital, Artists in Attendance PROGRAMME Musical Performance by Joni Void *Zéro Gravité*, Jean-Claude Boustros | 1990 | color-b&w | sound | 27 mins Zero Gravity, is the first film where I set out to deliberately seek out specific footage to “recycle” as opposed to work with the traditional “found footage” approach. I spent weeks and months scouring various archives to screen material in the hope of encountering footage that I could use. I like to think of this piece as awakening ghosts and spirits and hallucinations persisting in long forgotten images whose purpose has waned, and relevancy evaporated. Yet they yearn to tell their stories and ask of us to see them again for what they never were. *Tshiuetin*, Caroline Monnet | 2016 | B&W | sound | 11 mins Take a ride through Northern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. The Tshiuetin train line extends 132.5 miles from Emeril, Labrador to Schefferville, Quebec. The majority of passengers on the train travel regularly for work and family engagements, using the railroad because road and air transport isn’t possible in the region– a unique reality that highlights the challenges faced by so many northern communities today. The Tshiuetin line is a testament to the viability of a business run by First Nations; one that combines local economic benefits with respect for the cultural and linguistic heritage of those who routinely use this service. *Mobilize*, Caroline Monnet | 2015 | 3 mins Guided expertly by those who live on the land and driven by the pulse of the natural world, Mobilize takes us on an exhilarating journey from the far north to the urban south. Over every landscape, in all conditions, everyday life flows with strength, skill and extreme competence. Hands swiftly thread sinew through snowshoes. Axes expertly peel birch bark to make a canoe. A master paddler navigates icy white waters. In the city, Mohawk ironworkers stroll across steel girders, almost touching the sky, and a young woman asserts her place among the towers. The fearless polar punk rhythms of Tanya Tagaq’s Uja underscore the perpetual negotiation between the modern and traditional by a people always moving forward. *Ceremonial*, Caroline Monnet | 2018 | 3 mins 11 secs Caroline Monnet explores ritual practices among indigenous First Nation tribes in North America. Here she explains the complexities of depicting ceremonies that ordinary remain secret from the eyes of the world: “Given the importance and abundance of ceremonial practices to most Indigenous communities, there is an inevitable curiosity from the outside world to ‘know’ or ‘see’ how these sacred rituals play themselves out. But can anything remain sacred and private in a world that demands immediacy and a projected image of what sells unscrupulously as the truth? Can Indigenous communities practice their cultural beliefs without the fear of a camera trying to capture the ceremony? Often, this quest for forbidden knowledge speaks to ravenous cultural consumerism and a lack of guidance from a non-Indigenous standpoint. The narrative is built on a collage of original 16mm, 8mm and digital footage pieced together to provide a hypnotic rhythm that draws us inward to remind us that some ritualistic practices are confidential and belong exclusively to the communities who perform them.”. *Ikwé*, Caroline Monnet | 2009 | 4 mins 45 secs An experimental film that weaves the intimate thoughts of one woman (Ikwé) with the teachings of her grandmother, the Moon, creating a surreal narrative experience that communicates the power of thought and personal reflection *Gephyrophobia*, Caroline Monnet | 2012 | 2 mins The Gatineau-Ottawa region is marked by the daily struggles between these two neighboring communities, whose cultural, political and linguistic traditions differ. The film Gephyrophobia, an English word for the phobia of bridges, is a film about movement, landscape, and the tension between two distinct identities whose common border is the Ottawa River. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Artists Television Access <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b678800cbf&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm PT, ATA, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA *Counterflicks: An evening of FOLK CINEMA* HOWDY FOLKS! Gather ‘round for an evening of FOLK CINEMA! From deconstructions of ubiquitous midwestern idols to reminiscences on vanishing urban landscapes to hilarious retellings of train-hopping trips trips gone horribly wrong, the films presented tonight are observational portraits of the people, tall-tales, and (mis)adventures that exist on the periphery of American fantasy. NIK NERBERN’S *IN THE SHADOW OF PAUL BUNYAN* exposes the bigger-than-life Depression-era symbol of industrial pride for the history-erasing blockade that it is, while GRETA SNIDER’S *PORTLAND* recounts a ‘90s punk-era odyssey of a failed (but comical) escapade from SF to Portland by freight. Also along with us for the ride are films by Portland-based VANESSA RENWICK and more!! *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Art Cinema OFFoff <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4075dc4c3d&e=857b71a9cb> 9:30pm GMT+2, Theresia, Theresianenstraat 9, Ghent, Belgium *Cinema Theresia: Apichatpong Weerasethakul + Phil Solomon* This summer, Art Cinema OFFoff is back with an open-air screening, combining 16mm and digital projection. In the garden of a former convent, we present a program around the night and the garden. In the spirit of this old cloister, three of the six films are silent. Thai filmmaker and artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul granted permission to show three of his rarely screened short films: *My Mother’s Garden* (2007), *Blue* (2018) and *Phantoms of Nabua* (2009). We combine this selection with analog work by Phil Solomon (1954-2019) – lauded by Stan Brakhage as “the greatest filmmaker of his generation.” We show the appropriately titled *The Secret Garden* (1988), *The Exquisite Hour* (1989) and *Nocturne* (1994). Solomon and Apichatpong share a fascination with dreams, visions and memories. Here, both emphasize the multi-layered nature of the film image without allowing it to function as a window that can penetrate a mysterious, inner world. Nothing is what it seems. The work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul is shown on DCP, that of Phil Solomon on 16mm film, with Nocturne being a b&w reversal print. In collaboration with Kuleshov and Theresia. Limited Seating, reserve tickets. Entrance through the big front garden. In case of rain, the screening will take place in the chapel. Bring a sweater or blanket. Chairs are provided. Garden bar open before and during the screening. *FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* No Name Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=e8ac9c6d23&e=857b71a9cb> 7pm MST, No Name Cinema, 2013 Pinon Street, Santa Fe *Cinema of Transgression* (co-programmed by Joshua Rievel & Justin Rhody) NNC presents a collection of short films from the 1980's Cinema of Transgression / No Wave film movement. The term "Cinema of Transgression" was initially coined in a manifesto written by Nick Zedd (RIP 2022) & published in a 1985 issue of his zine, The Underground Film Bulletin. The film work is often aggressively confrontational & fiercely independent, created with a clear intention to shock & subvert traditional values. The night's program will include shorts by Tessa Hughes Freeland, Richard Kern, Vivienne Dick & Nick Zedd. MASKS REQUIRED TO ATTEND (no exceptions) *___________________________________________________________________* *August 26 - 28* Venue type: *Live, physical event* San Francisco Cinematheque <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=597a1d5d97&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, Gray Area, 2665 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA *CROSSROADS 2022* CROSSROADS 2022 is the thirteenth manifestation of Cinematheque’s annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2022 features 67 works of film, video and performance by 71 artists representing 18 countries and territories presented in 10 curated programs. Cinematheque is proud to announce that, of these 71 featured artists, 32 are receiving their CROSSROADS debut this year, curated by Steve Polta. Featured artists below, full line-up and full details at www.sfcinematheque.org Peggy Ahwesh . Dominic Angerame . Ben Balcom . Ashley Bellouin . Alex Beriault . Alix Blevins . Ben Bracken . Emily Chao . Charlotte Clermont . Trevon Jakaar Coleman . Karel Doing . James Edmonds . Carl Elsaesser . Kevin Jerome Everson . Lorenzo Gattorna . Josh Gibson . Brittany Gravely . Friedl vom Gröller . Sam Gurry . Karissa Hahn . Matthieu Hallé . Christopher Harris . Eve Heller . Gavin Hipkins . Mike Hoolboom . Sky Hopinka . Dale Hoyt . Ernst Karel . Colleen Kelly . Ian Kirkpatrick . Veronika Kusumaryati . Alexandre Larose . Ken Linehan . Janis Crystal Lipzin . Azucena Losana . Jodie Mack . Alex MacKenzie . Pedro Maia . J.M. Martínez . Tetsuya Maruyama . Carleen Maur . Douglas McCausland . Ross Meckfessel . Abinadi Meza . Jeremy Moss . Ramey Newell . Jayne Parker . Zack Parrinella . Chantal Partamian . Sofia Petersen . Charlotte Pryce . Morgan Quaintance . Jennifer Reeves . Dani Leventhal ReStack . Sheilah ReStack . Michael Robinson . Tulapop Saenjaroen . Rajee Samarasinghe . Marcos Serafim . Sara Sowell . Rhea Storr . Makino Takashi . Leslie Thornton . Unitions . Janelle VanderKelen . Elia Vargas . Erin Weisgerber . Matt Whitman . Sheri Wills . Brandon Wilson . Kit Young . Antoinette Zwirchmayr *SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* The Roxy Cinema New York <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7731e61a3c&e=857b71a9cb> 3pm ET, Roxy Cinema New York, 2 6th Avenue Cellar Level, New York, NY *The Carnal Screen: Jack Smith's NORMAL LOVE* The Carnal Screen is a monthly screening of films from the collection of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative. In collaboration with the Museum of Sex and the Roxy Cinema, this series focuses on an alternative image of the body, of sex, and of intimacy – images that are about individuality and freedom of expression, rather than standardization and profit. They present truthful depictions of a vital part of human nature; they facilitate the cathartic release of repressed anxieties; and they allow us to think critically and engage in serious conversations about the complex political issues that surround representations of sexuality in contemporary society. The Carnal Screen is held at the Roxy Cinema on the last Sunday of every month at 3 PM. See below for information on the next Carnal Screen program. Jack Smith, *Normal Love*, 16mm, 1963, 120 min Feature-length film loosely inspired by horror movies, particularly from the 1930s and 40s, as well as the work of Dominican-born B-movie star Maria Montez. Made following Smith's infamous feature, Flaming Creatures (1962-63), which caught the unfavorable attention of American censors, Normal Love includes a cast of fantastical characters ranging from a mermaid, played by Mario Montez—whose stage name was conceived in homage to the famous actress—and a mummy, enacted by Angus MacLise, the original drummer for the New York band the Velvet Underground. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *GearWax* https://www.gearwax.org/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3bf50fcfcf&e=857b71a9cb> 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 from San Francisco. Every other Sunday, 6-8pm PT! *ONGOING* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Riverwest Radio* https://www.riverwestradio.com/show/the-long-conversation/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a4d5c65514&e=857b71a9cb> streaming 24/7 *THE LONG CONVERSATION* THE LONG CONVERSATION with Xav Leplae and Stephanie Barber is on indefinite hold. But... all episodes from the last year and a half are streaming!!! *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *6x6 Project* https://6x6project.com/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2e1f0a4cf5&e=857b71a9cb> streaming 24/7 *Artists' Moving Image Works* 6x6 project is an online artists' community that serves as a platform for disseminating artists' moving image works, and to create an ever-growing network among peers. There are now more than four hundred artists’ film and moving image works available to view on the website. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Ecstatic Static* https://www.ecstaticstatic.com/screenings/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=bc7e670aea&e=857b71a9cb> 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. 18: RITUAL* John Smith, *Om*. 1986, 4 min Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, *Tonalli*. 2021, 16 min Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, *La Cabeza Mató a Todos*. 2014, 7 mins, 30 sec Rajee Samarasinghe, *The Spectre Watches Over Her*. 2017, 13 min, 53 sec Tanya Syed,* Delilah*. 2021, 12 min Michael Curran, *Amami Se Vuoi*. 1994, 5 min Kurt Kren, *10/65 Selfmutilation*. 2021, 5 min, 19 sec Haris Epaminonda, *Chapters (Single Screen Version)*. 2013, 26 min, 29 sec Friedl vom Gröller, *Sacrificio per la sirena*. 2020, 4 min Valie Export, *Facing a Family*. 1971, 5 min ------------------------------ *Let us know about your alternative film/video event!* Enter your event announcements by going to the Flicker Weekly Listing Form <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=bc629142d7&e=857b71a9cb> . 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