 el Onion City Film & Video Festival alcanza este año su vigésimoprimera edición, lo que el convierte en uno de los festivales más veteranos dedicados al cine experimental y de vanguardia. El evento, que se celebra los próximos 16-20 de Junio en diversos locales de Chicago presenta un programa con lo más destacado del cine y vídeo de los 2-3 últimos años. Nuevas obras de artistas veteranos como Ernie Gehr, Pat O'Neill, Peter Rose o Ken Jacobs compartirán cartel con las obras de artistas más jóvenes.
Podéis leer más sobre lo más destacado del festival en el artículo de Fred Camper en el Chicago Reader. |
Tuesday, June 16 8:00pm
Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.)
Opening Night Program
- Horizontal Boundaries (Pat O'Neill, 2008, 23 mins., 35mm, US)
- New York Lantern (Ernie Gehr, 2008, 15 mins., video, US)
- De Tijd (Bart Vegter, 2008, 9 mins., 35mm, The Netherlands). Live musical accompaniment by White/Light.
- Une Catastrophe (Jean-Luc Godard, 2008, 1 min., 35mm, Switzerland/Italy)
- Elements (Julie Murray, 2008, 7 mins., 16mm, US)
- False Aging (Lewis Klahr, 2008, 15 mins., video, US)
- Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner, 1961, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Permian Strata (Bruce Conner, 1969 , 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Night Side (Rebecca Meyers, 2008, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- My Tears Are Dry (Laida Lertxundi, 2009, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Black Rain (Semiconductor, 2009, 3 mins., video, UK, US Premiere)
Wednesday, June 17
The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee Ave.)
7:00pm
Barry Doupé's Ponytail
- Ponytail (Barry Doupé, 2008, 92 mins., video, Canada)
- Up The Rabbit Hole (Asa Mori, 2008, 5 mins., video, Canada)
Thursday, June 18
The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee Ave.)
7:00pm
Group Show One: Past Perfect
- The Scenic Route (Ken Jacobs, 2008, 25 mins., video, US)
- Distant Things (Katy Woods, 2006, 10 mins., video, UK)
- Bernadette (Duncan Campbell, 2008, 37 mins., video, UK)
9:00pm
Group Show Two: Vision Quest
- Spirit (Dominique Furgé, 2005, 8 mins., video, France)
- The Seasons (Makino Takashi, 2008, 30 mins., video, Japan)
- Chromatic Cocktail (Kerry Laitala, 2009, 10 mins., 3D video, US)
- Dirty Goggles Of Perception (Left And Right) (Joe Grimm, 2009, 25 mins., double 16mm live projector performance, US, World Premiere)
Friday, June 19
Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
7:00pm
Group Show Three: Shards of Space and Place
- Tape Film (Chris Kennedy, 2007, 5 mins., 16mm, Canada/US)
- To Be Regained (Zach Iannazzi, 2008, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- Crossings (Robert Fenz, 2007, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- New Jersey Gradual (Gregg Biermann, 2008, 18 mins., video, US)
- Journey To Q¹Xtlan (Peter Rose, 2009, 8 mins., video, US)
- I¹m A New York Based Artist (Pierre Yves Clouin, 2007, 2 mins., video, France)
- Pro Agri (Nicky Hamlyn, 2009, 3 mins., 16mm, UK, World Premiere)
- Canaries In The Coalmine (Rob Ray, 2009, 12 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- After Writing (Mary Helena Clark, 2007, 5 mins., 16mm, US)
9:00pm
Group Show Four: The Spirit That Guides Us
- Optra Field III-VI (T. Marie, 2007-08, 14 mins., video, US)
- tiempo pudente (Yoel Meranda, 2008, 2 mins., video, Turkey, World Premiere)
- océanéant (Yoel Meranda, 2009, 3 mins., video, Turkey, World Premiere)
- Beirut 2/14/05 (Alexandra Cuesta, 2008, 8 mins., 16mm, US, North American Premiere)
- atlantis (Pieter Geenen, 2008, 11 mins., video, Belgium, US Premiere)
- Wolf¹s Froth/Amongst Other Things (Paul Abbott, 2009, 15 mins., video, UK, North American Premiere)
- And The Sun Flowers (Mary Helena Clark, 2008, 5 mins., video, US)
- From Ruins To Rexistance [Das Ruinas A Rexistencia] (Carlos Adriano, 2007, 13 mins., 35mm on video, Brazil)
- Kempinski (Neil Beloufa, 2007, 14 mins., video, Algeria/France)
- Film For Invisible Ink Case No. 142: Abbreviation For Dead Winter [Diminished By 1,794] (David Gatten, 2008, 13 mins., 16mm, US)
- Parallax (Christopher Becks, 2008, 6 mins., 16mm, Canada)
Saturday, June 20
Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
5:00pm
Group Show Five: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Filmmaker
- Trypps #6 (Malobi) (Ben Russell, 2009, 12 mins., 16mm, US)
- nothing is over nothing (Jonathan Schwartz, 2008, 17 mins., 16mm, US)
- Unnamed Film (Naomi Uman, 2008, 55 mins., 16mm, Ukraine)
7:30pm
Group Show Six: The Familiar Re-Made
- Sequences + Interruptions (Nicky Hamlyn, 2009, 16 mins., 16mm, UK, World Premiere)
- The Sky Taped Together (Michael Sirianni, 2009, 7 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- Lake (Jake Barningham, 2009, 4 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- The Parable Of The Tulip Painter And The Fly (Charlotte Pryce, 2008, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Ysbryd (Julie Murray, 2008, 8 mins., video, US)
- Buoy (Seoungho Cho, 2008, 6 mins., video, US)
- Postcard #3: Niagara Rises (Carolyn Faber, 2009, 3 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- Les Chaises (Vincent Grenier, 2008, 9 mins., video, US)
- Quiver (Robert Todd, 2008, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- Three/3: In The Ocean, On LanD (Peter Bo Rappmund, 2009, 6 mins., video, US)
9:15pm
Group Show Seven: Culture Clash
- Alternity (Van McElwee, 2008, 7 mins., video, US)
- Paris Times Three (Carina Johnson, 2009, 8 mins., video, US)
- When Worlds Collude (Fred Worden, 2008, 13 mins., video, US)
- Collide-A-Scope (Gregory Godhard, 2009, 3 mins., 16mm, Australia, US Premiere)
- Sutro (Jeanne Liotta, 2009, 2 mins., video, US)
- The Eternal Quarter Inch (Jesse McLean, 2008, 9 mins., video, US)
- Poor Man¹s Puce Moment (Jessie Stead, 2008, 4 mins., video, US)
- Sand Saga (Shana Moulton, 2008, 11 mins., video, US)
- The Presentation Theme (Jim Trainor, 2008, 14 mins., 16mm, US)
Ticket Prices:
Tuesday (June 16) Opening Night Program at the Gene Siskel Film Center: $9.00 general; $7.00 students; $5.00 Film Center and Chicago Filmmakers' members.
Wednesday and Thursday (June 17 and 18) screenings at The Nightingale, per screening: $8.00 general; $7.00 students; $4.00 Chicago Filmmakers' members.
Friday and Saturday (June 19 and 20) screenings at Chicago Filmmakers, per screening: $8.00 general; $7.00 students; $4.00 Chicago Filmmakers' members.