The 55th BFI London Film Festival EXPERIMENTA WEEKEND: ARTISTS’ FILM & VIDEO 21-23 October 2011
The Experimenta Weekend is the London Film Festival’s annual survey of artist’s film and video. Over three days, from 21-23 October 2011, a unique sequence of programmes will offer a curated selection of outstanding work made around the world. A new independent website at www.experimentaweekend.org contains full details of the screenings and will be regularly updated with articles and additional information. Phil Solomon, renowned for his exquisite 16mm films, will make his first appearance in the UK to introduce the epic AMERICAN FALLS. In a triptych of images, waves of chemically treated celluloid reflect the aspirations and tragedies of the American dream. Two festival regulars return with debut features: Lewis Klahr’s elliptical narrative THE PETTIFOGGER further develops his distinctive cut-out animation techniques; Ben Rivers’ TWO YEARS AT SEA mixes fact and fantasy in an extended study of a marginal outsider. Observational filmmaker Robert Fenz and Portuguese artist Gabriel Abrantes are featured in solo screenings. Contemporary moving image owes much to the pioneering generation of avant-garde filmmakers that appear in Pip Chodorov’s documentary FREE RADICALS. Jonas Mekas, a central figure in that movement’s history, will present two new works of his own: SLEEPLESS NIGHT STORIES and CORRESPONDENCE (in collaboration with Jose Luis Guerin). The visionary films of West Coast pioneer Chick Strand, which combine experimental, collage and ethnographic styles, can be rediscovered in newly preserved prints. Most of the screenings are now repeated on weekdays. Outside the weekend programme, the festival also includes James Benning’s TWENTY CIGARETTES, plus new preservations of Roberto Rossellini’s THE MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE and Nicholas Ray’s experimental project WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN. The EXPERIMENTA WEEKEND is curated by Mark Webber, with assistance from Adam Pugh and Marina Ribera. www.experimentaweekend.org www.secretcinema.co.uk www.bfi.org.uk/lff ... Fri 21 Oct 18:30 NFT3 + Mon 24 Oct 16:15 NFT3 + Mon 24 Oct 19:00 STUDIO FREE RADICALS: A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA (Pip Chodorov / France 2010 / 82 min) … Fri 21 Oct 21:00 NFT1 + Mon 24 Oct 13:30 NFT1 TWO YEARS AT SEA (Ben Rivers / UK 2011 / 88 min) … Sat 22 Oct 14:00 NFT3 + Thur 27 Oct 15:45 STUDIO ALTERED STATES TRYPPS #7 (BADLANDS) (Ben Russell / USA 2010 / 10 min) WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (Mary Helena Clark / USA 2010 / 9 min) SANS TITRE (Neil Beloufa / France 2010 / 15 min) THE PIPS Emily Wardill / UK 2011 / 4 min … THESE BLAZEING STARRS! (Deborah Stratman / USA 2011 / 14 min) THESE HAMMERS DON’T HURT US (Michael Robinson / USA 2010 / 13 min) … Sat 22 Oct 16:00 NFT3 + Tue 25 Oct 20:45 NFT2 NATHANIEL DORSKY / BEN RIVERS PASTOURELLE (Nathaniel Dorsky / USA 2010 / 17 min) THE RETURN (Nathaniel Dorsky / USA 2011 / 27 min) SACK BARROW (Ben Rivers / UK 2011 / 21 min) … Sat 22 Oct 19:00 NFT3 + Tue 25 Oct 13:15 NFT2 GABRIEL ABRANTES LIBERDADE (Gabriel Abrante & Benjamin Crotty / Portugal-Angola 2011 / 16 min) PALACIOS DE PENA (Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt / Portugal 2011 / 56 min) OLYMPIA I & II (Gabriel Abrantes & Katie Widlowski / Portugal-USA 2008 / 7 min) … Sat 22 Oct 21:00 NFT3 + Tue 18 Oct 21:00 VUE3 + Thur 20 Oct 19:00 STUDIO SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STORIES (Jonas Mekas / USA 2011 / 114 min) … Sun 23 Oct 14:00 NFT3 INTIMATE VISION: FILMS BY CHICK STRAND (New Preservation) CARTOON LE MOUSSE (Chick Strand / USA 1979 / 15 min) MOSORI MONIKA (Chick Strand / USA 1970 / 20 min) ANGEL BLUE SWEET WINGS (Chick Strand / USA 1966 / 3 min) LOOSE ENDS (Chick Strand / USA 1979 / 25 min) ARTIFICIAL PARADISE (Chick Strand / USA 1986 / 13 min) KRISTALLNACHT (Chick Strand / USA 1979 / 7 min) … Sun 23 Oct 16:00 NFT3 + Tue 25 Oct 16:00 NFT3 PHIL SOLOMON’S AMERICAN FALLS AMERICAN FALLS (Phil Solomon / USA 2010 / 60 min) WHAT’S OUT TONIGHT IS LOST (Phil Solomon / USA 1983 / 8min) … Sun 23 Oct 19:00 NFT3 + Tue 25 Oct 19:00 STUDIO THE PETTIFOGGER THE PETTIFOGGER (Lewis Klahr / USA 2011 / 65 min) APRIL SNOW (Lewis Klahr / USA 2010 / 10 min) … Sun 23 Oct 21:00 NFT3 + Mon 24 Oct 14:00 NFT3 ON THE ROAD WITH ROBERT FENZ THE SOLE OF THE FOOT (Robert Fenz / USA 2011 / 34 min) CORRESPONDENCE (Robert Fenz / USA 2011 / 30 min) ... www.experimentaweekend.org www.secretcinema.co.uk www.bfi.org.uk/lff _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
