Maria Lang, along with Ute Aurand, belonged to a group of female students at the Berlin Film and Television Academy who shaped a new experimental film language in the 1980s. During this time, she created her most important films, Familiengruft – ein Liebesgedicht an meine Mutter (1982) and Zärtlichkeiten (1985), which explored lesbian life in Berlin. With the question «Who were the first women to make films in Germany?», Aurand and Lang founded the Filmarbeiterinnen-Abend at the Kino Arsenal.
"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.
Fechas:
De Sábado, Mayo 30, 2026 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Mayo 31, 2026 (Todo el día)
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!
