On March 12th & 13th, FUGUE STATE once again brings radical cinema to NYC's Film-Maker's Coop, where the festival first launched in the summer of 2025. This time around, FUGUE STATE presents two nights of screenings, including the NY premiere of PLAY DEAD! By Canadian filmmaker Matthew Lancit and the world premiere of M Woods' Stuck in the 90's.

Fugue State, a project of Disassociative Productions, is a traveling multimedia festival of experimental, radical, political, and avant-garde cinema with previous screenings held at the NY Film-Maker's Coop, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Elastic Arts Foundation (Chicago), and Comfort Station (Chicago). M Woods, multi-disciplinary artist and founder of the festival, created the platform as a direct attack at the gate-kept, corrupted, and cronyistic film festival circuit.

Showcasing work that transgresses formulaic cinema, Fugue State seeks to usurp institutions backed by blood money, conspiratorial networks, and corporate dollars, remaining opposed to the not-for-profit industrial complex while offering a fully independent alternative.

M. Woods will appear in person at both screenings.

FULL PROGRAMS BELOW:

March 12th at NY Film-Maker’s Coop
Doors open at 7:00PM
Adjunct by Drew Durepos (short)
Dirt by Sylvia Toy St. Louis (short)
PLAY DEAD! By Matthew Lancit (feature)

March 13th at NY Film-Maker’s Coop
Doors open at 7:00PM
Mastalghia by Charli Christine Marker (short)
Stuck in the 90’s by M. Woods (feature)