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*This Week [December 20 - 28, 2025] in Avant Garde Cinema* To receive the weekly listing directly via email rather than through Frameworks, just hit Subscribe <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=091193278b&e=857b71a9cb> . *DEADLINES APPROACHING* **** Enter upcoming calls for entry here <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=213b693111&e=857b71a9cb> **** ___________________________________________________________________________________ *sorted by submission deadline* 12.31.2025 Laterale Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4c30575ebf&e=857b71a9cb> (Third Deadline) 01.01.2026 Single Frame <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=18acc46598&e=857b71a9cb> (Late Deadline) 01.01.2026 Pollen: Video Spells <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5135a458c2&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 01.02.2026 Sleepy Eyes Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=34e8d27a48&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 01.09.2026 Coney Island Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=74a282b44b&e=857b71a9cb> (Late Deadline) 01.20.2026 Cauldron International Film and Video Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=13e38a328a&e=857b71a9cb> (Late Deadline) 01.23.2026 Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6b9a2274ed&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 01.26.2026 Oak Cliff Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c1d85807f8&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 01.31.2026 Crossroads <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=78f3de4f47&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 02.06.2026 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b63be98267&e=857b71a9cb> 02.21.2026 Moviate Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2427f23fd3&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 03.20.2026 Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS) <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3e80f02092&e=857b71a9cb> 03.22.2026 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3665b61ee9&e=857b71a9cb> 03.25.2026 Chicago Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7f9e73f0e4&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 03.31.2026 Fracto Experimental Film Encounter <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=fe50896a12&e=857b71a9cb> 05.01.2026 Media City Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=fa49e3297a&e=857b71a9cb> *EVENTS* **** Enter your event announcements here <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=d118803429&e=857b71a9cb> **** ___________________________________________________________________________________ *complicated sorting but a true attempt, enjoy!* This week's programs (summary): - Rewind, Replay: Vidéographie <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=904fc6ecb3&e=857b71a9cb> [October 25 - December 21, Brussels, Belgium] - EC: Hugo / Jacobs / Levitt / Maas <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=02d8205a3c&e=857b71a9cb> [December 20, New York, NY] - EC: Lawrence Jordan <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7351362edb&e=857b71a9cb> [December 20, New York, NY] - PSYCHO-GEO3: NORCAL <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=66c96e9e6c&e=857b71a9cb> [December 20, San Francisco, CA] - The Long Conversation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=708f6ac06b&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - 6x6 Project: Artists' Moving Image Works <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=166d382db0&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] *STARTING BEFORE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025* *October 25 - December 21* Venue type: *Live, physical event* argos <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=254da8ee71&e=857b71a9cb> ongoing, argos centre for audiovisual arts, Werfstraat 13 Rue du Chantier, 1000 Brussels, Belgium *Rewind, Replay: Vidéographie* argos is pleased to welcome you for the official opening of *Rewind, Replay: Vidéographie*, an exhibition revisiting the revolutionary Belgian television programme *Vidéographie*, aired on RTBF between 1976 and 1986. *Vidéographie* transformed public television into a space for artistic experimentation, cultural debate, and social critique. The exhibition brings together archival episodes, thematic compilations, and contemporary works inspired by the programme’s legacy. Throughout its ten years, *Vidéographie* featured pioneering local and international artists who shaped the beginnings of video art. Join us for the festive opening evening on October 25, be among the first to discover the exhibition, and celebrate with us at argos. With works by: André Romus, Anne-Françoise Perin, Anne-Marie Miéville, Annie Lummerzheim, Antonio Muntadas, Barbara & Michael Leisgen, Ben Vautier, Bernard Secondini, Bill Viola, Boris Lehman, Brigitte Fontaine, Carole Roussopoulos, Charlotte Moorman, Christiane Philippe, Danièle Nyst, Delphine Seyrig, Dominique Castronovo, Eddy Luyckx, Edmondo Za, Ed Emschwiller, Enrique Ahriman, Eva L’Hoest, Frank Van Herck, Fred Forest, Giuseppe Chiari, Henri Vaume, Herbert Wentscher, Ioanna Wieder, Jacques Charlier, Jacques Delcuvellerie, Jacques Lederlin, Jacques Lizène, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Janos Urban, Jean Otth, Jean-Claude Riga, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Tréfois, Jean-Pierre Verheggen, Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne, Joan Jonas, John Cage, Joëlle de La Casinière, Koen Theys, Laurie Anderson, Léonce Wapelhorst, Marcelle Imhauser, Marie André, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Michael Klier, Michael Laub, Michel Bonnemaison, Michel Jaffrennou, Michèle Blondeel, Monika Funke Stern, Nadja Ringart, Nam June Paik, Nan Hoover, Nicole Widart, Patrick Van Antwerpen, Patti Smith, Paul Paquay, Pierre Schaeffer, Ronald Dagonnier, Theo Naniot, Thierry Michel, Vincent Blanchet, Vito Acconci, William Wegman, Wolf Vostell Co-organisor: SONUMA - Les Archives audiovisuelles: Virginie Vandeputte, Sandra Bettiol, Maria Dias Pereira, Laurent Golia Partners: Space Collection: Aurélie Frankenne, Genaro Marcos, Alain De Clerck. With contributions from Marc-Emmanuel Mélon. Beaux-Arts de Liège: Ronald Dagonnier, Dominique Castronovo. De Vlaamse Overheid, de VGC Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Thanks to: Electronic Arts Intermix: Rebecca Cleman, Kelly Filreis, Karl McCool, Jooyoung Park, Matos Museum: Pascal Becker *SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7d1bc35d36&e=857b71a9cb> 6:15pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY *EC: HUGO / JACOBS / LEVITT / MAAS* Ian Hugo *BELLS OF ATLANTIS* (1952, 10 min, 16mm. Preserved by the Library of Congress through the Avant-Garde Masters program funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation.) A film poem, based on Anaïs Nin’s HOUSE OF INCEST, narrated by and featuring Nin. “[*BELLS OF ATLANTIS* was] inspired by the prologue to my HOUSE OF INCEST and the line: ‘I remember my first birth in water.’ The film evoked the watery depths of the lost continent of Atlantis. It is a lyrical journey into prenatal memories, the theme of birth and rebirth from the sea.” –Anaïs Nin Ken Jacobs *LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS* (1959-63, 18 min, 16mm. With Jack Smith.) “Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100’ rolls timed well with music on old 78s. I was interested in immediacy, a sense of ease, and an art where suffering was acknowledged but not trivialized with dramatics. Whimsy was our achievement, as well as breaking out of step.” –Ken Jacobs Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and James Agee *IN THE STREET* (1952, 12 min, 16mm, silent. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives.) “Informality is indeed the crucial and virtually definitive quality of *IN THE STREET*; it is even the guiding principle and vision. […] This is the extreme realization of a classic ‘naturalistic’ genre, the German ‘street film,’ where the street was imaged as the arena of the everyday and random, the channel in which the ‘stream of life’ conveniently became microcosmic.” –Ken Kelman, THE ESSENTIAL CINEMA Willard Maas *GEOGRAPHY OF THE BODY* (1943, 7 min, 16mm, b&w. Preserved by Anthology with support from The National Film Preservation Foundation.) “The terrors and splendors of the human body as the undiscovered, mysterious continent.” –Willard Maas Total running time: ca. 55 min *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f7771163df&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY *EC: LAWRENCE JORDAN* *DUO CONCERTANTES* (1962-64, 6 min, 16mm, b&w) *HAMFAT ASAR* (1965, 13 min, 16mm, b&w) *GYMNOPEDIES* (1968, 6 min, 16mm) *THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING* (1966, 45 min, 16mm, b&w. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives.) *OUR LADY OF THE SPHERE* (1968, 9 min, 35mm) “With a taste for nostalgic romanticism…Jordan creates a magical universe of work using old steel engravings and collectable memorabilia. His 50-year pursuit into the subconscious mind gives him a place in the annals of cinema as a prolific animator on a voyage into the surreal psychology of the inner self.” –Jackie Leger Total running time: ca. 85 min *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Other Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b558744fcf&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm PT, ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st), San Francisco, CA *PSYCHO-GEO3: NORCAL* FINLEY: A RADICAL THREAD + GREEN/BLACK + Headlining our survey of regional subculture, here's the SF debut of Jeanne Finley's *A Radical Thread*, with the esteemed educator/video-artist in person. She introduces her inspiring hour-plus group-portrait of a 50-year-strong Sierra Foothills sustainable community that saved the Yuba River, and managed to narrate their struggle--and others--in an expansive hand-woven tapestry. The evening's opening half-hour is made up of a rather curious compilation of short docs that focus more particularly on San Francisco itself, including Ellie Vanderlip's (also in person) Muni study *the one*, Craig Baldwin's (here too ofc) mid-Market memoir *Stolen Movie*, James Hong's refreshingly frank *Folsom Street Fair*, and Sam Green/Andy Black's much-loved *Cinematic Study of Fog*. PLUS precious glimpses of the Emeryville Mudflat sculptures, William Wiley and Michael McClure installing city-wide billboard art, and a super-rare early-60s 16mm clip of Mission Street's Original Gangstas. *ONGOING* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* Riverwest Radio <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f35f543227&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://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=48cbd29c37&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. ------------------------------ *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=4960a067b7&e=857b71a9cb> . 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