Filmforum and Mezzanine are delighted to present the inaugural L.A. screening with Light Field, an annual artist-run exhibition of recent and archival moving-image art on celluloid, traditionally held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Founded in 2016, the Light Field festival is collectively organized by a motley crew of practicing artists, poets and filmmakers: Samuel Breslin, Emily Chao, Zachary Epcar, Trisha Low, tooth, Syd Staiti, and Patricia Ledesma Villon.  All of the works in this show will be 16m prints!

An emblematic figure of the British scene, Lis Rhodes directed Light Reading in 1978, an experimental and feminist film noir during which, through voice-over, an investigation into the grammar of gaze and language is developed. .

In the artist's production, the work of writing maintains a poetic relationship with the presence of the text in its material, handwritten or typographical consistency.

Structures, Studies and 'Scapes: A 16mm Experimental Film Program is a free presentation of rare Avant-garde and experimental works from cinema history presented in their original 16mm film formats. The program features sound and silent art films by Abigail Child, Peter Hutton, Julie Murray, James Otis, and Emily Richardson.

Presented by Emma Roufs, filmmaker and co-founder of la lumière collective, “Lumière sur Montréal expérimental” consists of a program of short films from the field of contemporary Montreal experimental cinema presented in France at:
- Nantes - September 8 at MIRE
- Paris - September 17 at BRAQUAGE
- Marseille - September 24 at VIDEODROME

Programme