An evening of hand-processed/intervened analogue short films.
To mark the opening of its new Community Darkroom, Barking Community Cinema presents an evening of hand-processed and artist intervened analogue short films. Featuring works which explore the materiality of celluloid film, this curated programme showcases many of the practices we hope to offer to new darkroom members. From historic alternative “eco” processes, to works which have been physically buried in the earth, these films challenge conventional cinematic practices, and can literally be said to be “handmade”.
Our third and final installment of this three-part series devoted to Gene Youngblood’s 1970 book Expanded Cinema explores the outermost reaches of technological innovation spanning the late ‘60s to early ‘70s, highlighting creative connectivity through exceptional investigations of the cathode ray tube and other far-out forms of aesthetic-synesthetic interactivity.
Ultra Dogme has partnered with independent curators Duru Aygüven (@duruayguven) and Hasan Doğuyel (@hasandoguyel) to put together Buried Memories & Tangled Roots, a two-part program which will take place on July 12 at 4pm @aynaligecit in Istanbul.
FACETS announces another partnership with Full Spectrum Features on Friday, July 25. A multi-media, multi-sensory plunge into the virtual mucilage as they take over FACETS for a night of video, installation, performance, and goo. The event will have two versions of the screening of Cyberslime — one that will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A or one that will immerse you in the scent of Cyberslime’s official fragrance, cero by agar olfactory. The event will include a live set by WNTSAD and immersive installations by Video Waste.
“One of the most important new voices in both queer and avant-garde cinema, Haddad’s work can alternate between languid and truly abrasive rhythms, often inhabiting a POV that feels truly dangerous in a filmmaking landscape for young directors so encouraging of “niceness”.” – Ethan Vestby, Bleeding Edge
Chris Kennedy is visiting Paris, and we are honored to welcome him to Etna for a special evening in his presence. An independent filmmaker, film programmer, and writer based in Toronto, he is the Executive Director of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). His experimental short films have screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide and have been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Canadian Film Institute, the Los Angeles Film Forum, the Nam June Paik Art Center, the Semana del Film Experimental de La Plata, and the Pacific Film Archive.
Summer has arrived at Ubuyama-mura. The cuckoo’s cry can be heard reverberating across the landscape of this mountain village. Masae travels from house to house gathering summer songs. She seems to be looking for something.
Dates:
Friday, June 27, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, June 29, 2025 (All day)
In our second program focusing on Gene Youngblood’s 1970 book Expanded Cinema, Lightstruck will focus on artists who – through their visionary use of incredible machines both homemade and hi-tech – produced works that sought to extend and externalize human consciousness in a cinematic form uniting mind, heart, spirit, and soul.
The Innerview + ScreenTalk & Book Launch Event with archivist Ross Lipman and film scholar Elena Gorfinkel Thu 3 Jul 2025, 18:20, Barbican Cinema 3
A newly restored screening of Richard Beymer’s trippy 1960s lost film, followed by a ScreenTalk and book launch event for Ross Lipman's latest work: The Archival Impermanence Project.
