Screenings

Fuori Formato – Focus on Austrian Avant-garde with Johann Lurf

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 02/12/2015 - 17:43

After an homage to Peter Tscherkassky and Eve Heller, curated by Atelier Impopulaire for the last edition, Fuori Formato, the short film section of Filmmaker Festival (Milan), continues its exploration of Austrian Avant-garde under the guide of young experimental film talent Johann Lurf, who will be in Milan as artist in focus and guest curator. A selection of his films dedicated to the analysis of spaces and architectures will be presented in a personal programme and then discussed with the artist in a masterclass.

A to A: Perspectives on Austrian Avant-garde is a three-part programme focusing mainly (with few significant exceptions) on the last two decades and on younger generations: not a comprehensive mapping, but a personal voyage through essential works and minor episodes in the ever-lively scene of Austrian experimental cinema. Included there is a special micro-programme of experimental film trailers, with two foreign special guests (Ken Jacobs and James Benning’s trailers for the Viennale) and the world premiere of Norbert Pfaffenbichler’s Short Film, consisting of only four frames.

Dates:
Friday, December 4, 2015 (All day)
Saturday, December 5, 2015 (All day)
Sunday, December 6, 2015 (All day)
Venue:
Spazio Oberdan - Milano, Italy
Book Launch -- John Porter's CineScenes

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 02/12/2015 - 16:52

the8fest small-gauge film festival proudly presents the launch of: John Porter’s CineScenes: Documentary Portraits of Alternative Film Scenes Toronto and Beyond, 1978-2015

About the book:John Porter’s CineScenes is the first volume to spotlight Toronto native John Porter’s legendary photographs of alternative film culture – its “celebrities,” places, and rituals – taken across a span of nearly 40 years. This soft-cover, 144-page book features over 200 beautifully reproduced b&w and colour photos by Porter, and includes essays by Scott MacDonald, Nicole Gingras, Dot Tuer, and Tess Takahashi.

Dates:
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 20:30
Venue:
Cinecycle - Toronto, Canadá
From doodles to Pixels: Over One Hundred Years of Spanish Animation

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 02/12/2015 - 12:18

From Doodles to Pixels is a coproduction of the CCCB and AC/E that brings together a selection of films animated using diverse techniques that represent turbulent times ranging from the early twentieth century to the present day. It features recurring themes such as links with the world of comic books, reflections of political concerns and dialogue with the visual arts.

The film programme, curated by Carolina López, charts a course through a selection of the landmark works of Spanish animation of all times. The cycle includes historic films (from 1908 to the end of the dictatorship in 1975) and contemporary shorts (from 1975 to the present day). This has involved the restoration and digitization of works that were previously “invisible” because of their condition or the difficulty of accessing them, using the best possible materials in each case.

Dates:
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 19:00 to Friday, December 4, 2015 - 18:55
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 19:00 to Saturday, December 5, 2015 - 18:55
Saturday, December 5, 2015 - 19:00 to Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 18:55
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 19:00 to Monday, December 7, 2015 - 18:55
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 19:00 to Friday, December 11, 2015 - 18:55
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 19:00 to Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 18:55
Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 19:00 to Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 18:55
Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 19:00 to Monday, December 14, 2015 - 18:55
Venue:
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Reflecting Sculptures

By Anonymous on Tue, 01/12/2015 - 04:01

You can read the history of statues as the history of power. When a statue is symbolically brought down after a revolt, this means the end of a regime, whether it is a tsaar or a dictator in the Middle-East. In this program we investigate the relation between a state and the power it represents.

Dates:
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 20:30
Venue:
OFFoff Cinema - Ghent, Bélgica
OFFoff-ON: Amarger / Iimura / Lootens / Abdul-Hamid / Rosefeldt / Calvo / Raetz / Alhamwy / Lizène

By Anonymous on Mon, 30/11/2015 - 14:55

A program bringing together a number of audiovisual gems from all corners of the world, exploring the relationship between unpretentious, poetic action and its conveyance through the medium of video. Punctuations of reality, invitations to share the gaze through small objects, actions and thoughts. Please join us on this venture!

In the presence of Shalan Alhamwy and Gwendolyn Lootens

Dates:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 20:30
Venue:
OFFoff Cinema - Ghent, Bélgica
Close-Up: Sarchielli & Grifi's Anna

By Close-Up on Fri, 27/11/2015 - 04:10

Close-Up and Sharna Pax present a screening of Massimo Sarchielli & Alberto Grifi's Anna as part of their ongoing research for How To Work Together’s Think Tank organised in collaboration with Chisenhale Gallery, Showroom and Studio Voltaire.

"New languages aren’t invented in the editing phase, it is life undergoing a transformation that demands new languages…" – Alberto Grifi

Dates:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 20:00 to Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 19:55
Venue:
Close-Up Cinema - London, Reino Unido
Magasinet Walden: Mary Helena Clark

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 27/11/2015 - 04:05

Magasinet Walden presents a screening dedicated to the work of Mary Helena Clark. Born in 1983, for 10 years she has produced a wealth of substantial works. Her films are characterized by an unusual dualistic approach where a rigorous formalist work, which spins further on the structuralist film's ideas and practices, combines with an interest in magic and illusionism. We show Clark's overall filmography, together with Robert Breer's Breathing (1963) and Blake Williams' Something Horizontal (2015), two films that Clark has chosen to include in the programme.

Dates:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 19:00 to Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 18:55
Venue:
Swedish Film Institute - Stockholm, Suecia
Suriname, Saarland and Surabaya – Three Films by Karel Doing

By Close-Up on Thu, 26/11/2015 - 02:44

Close-Up is delighted to present three films by filmmaker Karel Doing. Doing makes expanded cinema, multi-screen, performative, cross-media and participatory works. His single screen works and installations are often the result of these processes and collaborations. He has worked together with individuals, groups and organisations in many European countries and in Indonesia, Suriname and the USA. His main interest is to reconnect seemingly implausible links: urban/nature, music/maths, passion/ratio, analogue/digital. The films presented in this programme combines documentary with experimental techniques.

Dates:
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 20:00 to Saturday, December 12, 2015 - 19:55
Venue:
Close-Up Cinema - London, Reino Unido
Art, Artists and Film

By Anonymous on Wed, 25/11/2015 - 16:21

The strict separation between art forms belongs to the past. In a continuous cross-fertilization, different art forms inspire, influence and reinforce each other, although sometimes they can not let to ruff or laugh with the other. During the first part of the evening we highlight artists whose practices can be seen as a amalgam of different diciplines. The second part focusses mainly on Duchamp and his unlimited practice. Starting with Anémic Cinéma, we describe his influence on the work of Maya Deren and Liliane Lijn.

Dates:
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 20:30
Venue:
OFFoff Cinema - Ghent, Bélgica
Códec Festival: Péter Lichter

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 25/11/2015 - 08:01

The films of Péter Lichter will be presented by Códec Festival of AudioVisal Art, in Mexico City, the 2nd of December. Codec is a festival that synthesizes and articulates expressive codes from various visual and sound fields. It especially explores new forms of audiovisual language and narrative. Codec will show during its opening night a retrospective selection from Lichter's films, made between 2009 and 2015: Light-sleep, Polaroids, Cassette, Look Inside The Ghost Machine, No Signal Detected, Pure Virtual Function - and the recent work: Non-Places: Beyonde The Infinte.

Dates:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 21:00 to Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 20:55
Venue:
Centro Cultural Casa Talavera - Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico