Our second Program on Place claims a field-of-view as far and wide as Planet Pluto, boasts eight premieres, and features four of the makers in person! Cal Poly’s Lana Caplan pops in with a book- launch and a new movie on SoCal beach milieux, before Catherine Finsness debuts her enlightening doc on Eclipse Chasers (with Kelly Sears’ classic Maximum Umbra as complement).

Rightfully praised as the godfather of hand-processing workshops, Phil Hoffman has always stood as a lightning-rod of hope and creative agency through the 30 years of his summer retreats in Ontario, Canada. He finally blesses the Bay Area with three visits this week, with this OC program offering the best opportunity to revel at the most extraordinary 16mm exemplars from his three decades of enlightened instruction on photochemical experimentation.

SAT. MAY 25: AVANT TO LIVE
JEANNE FINLEY's RED BOAT CROSSING +  REBECCA BARON's NEAREST NEIGHBOR +  NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORKS  

Other Cinema's seasonal celebration of all things Animated is anchored on local hero Jeremy Rourke's sensational set of pixillated eye-poppers, featuring his new piece The Rain Is a Friend of Mine! Jeremy gigs, jigs, and zig-zags over our gallery pedestals in his five-title, half-hour hullaballoo ending with a Toon Tune dedicated to dear departed Helen Hill. Jeremy does a podium handstand in her honor!