For over four decades, Vivian Ostrovsky's extraordinary, enigmatic, and humorous films have been featured at international festivals. The filmmaker promotes young directors and curators value her expertise in film history.
The retrospective BUT ELSEWHERE IS ALWAYS BETTER presents Ostrovsky's influential work in its entirety for the first time – as a filmmaker, a passionate film explorer and a “passeuse de films.”
Dates:
Monday, November 17, 2025 (All day) to Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (All day)
Saturday, November 29, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, December 28, 2025 (All day)
Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day) to Monday, December 29, 2025 (All day)
Art Cinema OFFoff presents a complete retrospective of the work of German filmmaker Karl Kels – the first in many years. The filmmaker will be present on both evenings. All films will be screened in their original formats (35mm and 16mm).
Sonic Cinema presents a programme of ten short films, bringing together the practices of Vienna-based filmmakers Viktoria Schmid and Johann Lurf for the first time.
Media City Film Festival and Trinosophes Projects are OVER THE MOON to host celebrated filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson in DETROIT and offer FREE public screenings of his films at Michigan Central and the Detroit Public Library’s gorgeous main branch (across from the DIA).
On Friday, November 14th, at 7pm, join us at The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a program of illusory, water-themed films by visual artist Ann Deborah Levy. The filmmaker will be in attendance to discuss her work and answer audience members’ questions.
The Diaspora Suite by Ephraim Asili Jazz on Screen Thu 13 Nov 2025, 18:30,Cinema 2
A film series created over the course of seven years exploring Black culture and the African diaspora through jazz and shared histories, using music to shape its rhythm, energy and visual language.
Kristina Warren is a Providence-based sound & media artist using hybrid analog/digital tools to tell complex stories in relatable ways. At L&SD Warren will perform several recent audiovisual synth works, including selections from Three Rivulets (https://kmwarren.bandcamp.com/album/three-rivulets), praised as "beautifully organic" (Peter Bruyn) and "seductive and erudite" (Frédéric Cardin). Expect an intense, intricately-crafted journey with balanced ebbs and flows.
For the closing event of the exhibition Altogether Without, we will be screening a programme of 16mm short films that explore the tension between still and moving images.
On Friday, November 7th, at 6pm, legendary musician, filmmaker, and multimedia artist Tav Falco (whose moving image work recently joined the collection of The Film-Makers' Cooperative) visits the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) to present a troika of sui generis films, including his avant-garde feature THE URANIA TRILOGY.
