[Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque: CROSSROADS 2018 — Call For Entries!

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*San Francisco Cinematheque announces*
*CROSSROADS 2018*
presented at the

*San Francisco Museum of Modern Art May 2018*
*CALL FOR ENTRIES*

*No longer the young upstart, CROSSROADS has established itself as one of
North America’s major showcases for avant-garde and experimental film,
video and multimedia work.*

*— Michael Sicinski, UZAK 27
*

*CROSSROADS push[es] together the outer limits of narrative logic,
experimental abstraction, and documentary… an essential festival for
contemporary moving-image art.*

*— James Hansen, The Brooklyn Rail
*


Founded by filmmaker *Bruce Baillie *in 1961, *San Francisco Cinematheque *is
the Bay Area’s premier venue for *avant-garde/experimental*, *underground*
 and *personally expressive film and video work*. In its steadfast
dedication to exhibiting works of aesthetically radical cinema from all
historical eras and geo-political locales, Cinematheque celebrates the
breadth and depth of this vibrant art form in all its myriad expressivities.

*Cinematheque seeks submissions* of recent non-commercial, artist-made
films, videos and works of performance cinema for *CROSSROADS 2018*, the
*ninth* manifestation of our annual film festival to be held *May 2018* (date
to be determined) at the *San Francisco Museum of Modern Art*. Films
selected for CROSSROADS 2018 will be announced in early April, 2018.

*Full CROSSROADS entry guidelines available here
*
*Early Submission Deadline: *November 30, 2017



*EXHIBITION FORMATS*
viable formats include
*8mm*, *Super-8mm*, *16mm*, *35mm*, *QuickTime ProRes,** Blu-ray *and* DCP*
We also seek submissions of multimedia performance, multi-projector
works, moving-image art installations and other para-cinematic forms.

*SUBMISSION FORMATS*
Entries are accepted as streaming online video (preferred) or on
DVD/Blu-ray.
Please contact *festi...@sfcinematheque.org

*to
inquire about additional submission formats.

*DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES*
*Early Submission Deadline:* November 30, 2017 ($20 per entry)
*Late Submission Deadline:* December 31, 2017 ($25 per entry)
*NOTE:* Entry fees are waived for Cinematheque members.
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Festival participants will be notified via email by *March 31,* *2018*.



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Re: [Frameworks] spirit communication

[Bill Seery]

Kathy High “Animal Attraction” (2000)

HBO doc “No One Dies in Lily Dale” (2011) dir. Steven Cantor

Bill Seery
b...@mercermedia.com
212.627.8070




On Sep 27, 2017, at 8:00 AM, frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm looking for examples of documentary and experimental documentary film
> and video on the topic of spirit communication (EVP, mediums, etc.).
> 
> Re-starting a project in this realm myself and looking for existing work I
> can use to gauge direction, what has and hasn't been covered, etc.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Matt Shaw

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