Chute Film Coop presents
FROWNLAND – Curated by Stefano Miraglia

Films by Ben Balcom, Emily Chao, Assia Piqueras, Bram Ruiter, Eric Theise.

February 1-28, free streaming, available globally.
https://www.chutecoop.com/frownland

My smile is stuck
I cannot go back to your Frownland
My spirit's made up of the ocean
And the sky 'n' the sun 'n' the moon
'N' all my eyes can see
(Captain Beefheart)

FROWNLAND is the first instalment of the monthly program Chute Open.

About Chute Open
Inspired by a simple yet persistent question familiar to any and everyone within the community–"Link?"–Chute Open presents a monthly curated selection of films sourced from open archives. In a playful reflection of a deeper-rooted issue, where, due to lack of easy accessibility many experimental works are labeled as "rare" or "hidden gems", this program aims to challenge this notion of scarcity.

About Chute Film Coop
Chute is an experimental film cooperative, founded in 2021 and is currently based in Istanbul and The Hague.

About Stefano Miraglia
Stefano Miraglia is an artist and curator based in Paris. He has curated and presented several exhibitions and screenings of experimental and artists’ films. Stefano is the founder of Movimcat, an online project for the dissemination of artist cinema. Since 2019 he has been working on the rediscovery and reappraisal of the work of writer and filmmaker Ellis Donda (1947-2023), about whom he is preparing a book to be published by Adriatico Book Club in 2026. His films have been presented internationally in exhibition spaces and in numerous film institutions and festivals. Stefano is currently curator-in-residence at ENSA Bourges (with an upcoming exhibition at La Box), a member of the selection committee for the Pesaro Film Festival in Italy, and a lecturer at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.