"Anyway, the notion that anyone would conspire with a halfwit like Oswald to actually assassinate a sitting president is ludicrous on the face of it. They didnt expect that he would even hit Kennedy. That was just a fluke". Let’s try to suggest a few threads – without resolving anything – through five short films. Not to shed light on the assassination of JFK, but to ask whether a plot can also be traced in experimental cinema.
A program of work by Filmmaker Abraham Ravett, with introduction by Dr. Stephen Broomer. Free Ticketed Event Co-presented with AdHoc Supported by The Petman Foundation.
Program:
- 24 Cards ( 2020) 14:48 A tribute to film critic, writer and filmmaker, Donald Richie who from the early 1980's was a friend and mentor. Donald Richie was instrumental in introducing traditional Japanese film to western readers and audiences. The film is SILENT.
Join us for a dreamlike celebration of far-out and experimental short films crafted by both veterans and newcomers from the SoCal underground. Every type of surreal and abstract filmmaking will be united for a night that celebrates exploration, D.I.Y. and unbound imagination. Nine unusual short films will be featured. Filmmakers will be in attendance. Tyler will tell a joke. Filmmakers and film lovers will mingle and meet at The Plunge Bar next door. An all around fun time will be had by all. And rest assured, you will see nothing normal.
The Barbican’s Experiments in Film series turns its focus to Gabriel Abrantes, whose work moves freely across film, performance, digital media and installation. Drawing on an eclectic mix of references, from internet culture and political satire to melodrama, animation and contemporary art, Abrantes creates films that are as visually playful as they are disorienting. Presented alongside Bardo Loops at Gasworks, the two events showcase a practice shaped by collage, hybrid forms and unexpected cultural collisions.
Dates:
Saturday, May 30, 2026 (All day) to Sunday, May 31, 2026 (All day)
On MONDAY, JUNE 1st, at 7pm, join us at The Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a retrospective screening of the films of longtime FMC artist-member, and current FMC Advisory Board member, Devon Narine-Singh.
ON FRIDAY, MAY 15th, at 7pm, join us for a screening at The Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) of Zoe Beloff's new film LIFE FORGOTTEN (2026) and the launch of her accompanying book of the same name!
Kevin Jerome Everson is one of the defining voices of contemporary experimental cinema. Working with a handheld 16mm camera, he observes everyday Black life: labour, neighborhoods, gestures, movement, and meteorological phenomena. Precise, poetic works of striking formal clarity.
Everson brings together aesthetics and the politics of seeing. His films reflect on history, migration, and resistance beyond conventional modes of representation. Scratches, light flares, long takes, and the materiality of analogue film become carriers of meaning in their own right.
Dates:
Friday, May 22, 2026 (All day) to Sunday, May 31, 2026 (All day)
