This 16mm program features four films engaged variously with ideas of "text-as-image." Whereas Chaplin and Murnau once rejected silent era intertitling practices as "unfilmic," these filmmakers explore how text on screen could be just the opposite. Proposing self-consciously literal responses to longstanding scholarly questions about "film language," these conceptual works are as playful and comedic as they are formally rigorous.
DOBRA – International Festival of Experimental Cinema emerged ten years ago as a gathering of friends who shared their passion for experimental film. Throughout its trajectory, the festival has established itself as a vibrant space in Brazil, presenting screenings, performances, debates, workshops, and other initiatives that push the boundaries of cinema.
Fechas:
De Miércoles, Diciembre 3, 2025 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Diciembre 7, 2025 (Todo el día)
Various elements characterize the port area: built structures, quays, basins, canals, locks… lifting and transport systems, cranes, gantries, trolleys, straddle carriers… container storage areas, tanks, and warehouses.
Este domingo 30 de noviembre proyectamos una serie de cortos sobre México-Americanos en 16mm, en La Cueva con la joya de la noche. El primer documental de Luis Valdez: "I am Joaquín/Yo soy Joaquín" de 1969 en 16mm
La proyección será de películas en 16mm del Archivo Reyes, con una duración del programa de 60 minutos de proyección.
For the third retrospective event by @borgosantabrigida5a on the cinema of Kenji Onishi, we are bringing back one of the filmmaker's most personal and unknown filmworks, the 8mm feature "Light of Darkness."
The screening will be held in Parma at Borgo Santa Brigida 5/a theatre at 9:00 pm.
On Friday, December 5th, at 7pm, new digital restorations of Warren Sonbert's early films screen at The Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor), where they were originally distributed on 16mm beginning in the 1960s. These digitizations are now available to rent from the Coop, both individually and as a touring package.
On Thursday, December 4th at 7pm, Non Films presents “DarkRoom: Screening & Salon” at the iconic Film-Makers' Cooperative! The selected films all represent various imitations of life through limited animation, collage, and paintings. We are honored to return to FMC to curate another evening of exceptional experimental cinema.
@circulo_roto is a quarterly film night highlighting works by independent makers. For their fourth edition, they present a program of short films that experiment with an analogy between film and writing.
On Monday, December 1st, and Tuesday, December 2nd at 7pm, join us at The Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a two-night, career-spanning retrospective of the films of longtime FMC filmmaker-member Arcangelo Mazzoleni.
