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Date: Sat Jan 07 2006 - 17:11:37 PST
This week [January 8 - 16, 2006] in avant garde cinema
NEW FILM/VIDEO: NON-FEATURE:
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"THE DEAD BROTHERS - Death Is Not The End" by mudd
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NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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Pioneer Theater (New York, NY; Deadline: March 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=486.ann
The Journal of Short Film, Volume 3 (Columbus, OH; Deadline: February 28, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=487.ann
Calgary ImaginASIAN 2006 Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Deadline: March 13, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=488.ann
DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Athens International Film and Video Festival (Athens, OH U.S.A.; Deadline: January 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=443.ann
Echotrope (Omaha Ne USA; Deadline: February 01, 2006)
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Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (Iowa City, IA USA; Deadline: January 16, 2006)
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Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival 2006 (Portland, OR, USA; Deadline: January 20, 2006)
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Staten Island Film Festival (Staten Island, NY, USA; Deadline: February 01, 2006)
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WAVES Asian/Asian-American Film Festival (Iowa City; Deadline: February 17, 2006)
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britspotting 06 - British and Irish Filmfestival Berlin (Berlin, Germany; Deadline: January 15, 2006)
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Asian American International Film Festival (New York, NY 10011; Deadline: February 03, 2006)
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Videoex festival Zürich (Zürich Switzerland; Deadline: February 03, 2006)
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$100 Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Deadline: January 18, 2006)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Monthly Open Screening #24 [January 8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Immaterial Monuments: La RéGion Centrale [January 9, Cambridge, Massachusetts]
* Star Spangled To Death (Parts 1 & 2) [January 11, Cambridge, Massachusetts]
* Independent Exposure Spring Edition 2005 [January 11, Seattle, Washington]
* Star Spangled To Death (Parts 3 & 4) [January 13, Cambridge, Massachusetts]
* Nw Premier "In the Land of Milk and Money" [January 13, Eugene, Oregon]
* Screen Writing Workshop With Susan Emshwiller [January 14, Eugene, Oregon]
* Best of Explosion! 2005 [January 14, Eugene, Oregon]
* Openlens Short Film and video Festival [January 14, Eugene, Oregon]
* British Underground - British Avant-Garde Film of the 60/70. [January 14, WARSAW - Warszawa, Poland]
* Independent Exposure X Versions 1 & 2 [January 15, Anchorage, Alaska]
* Art of vision [January 15, Cambridge, Massachusetts]
* Encore - Openlens Short Film and video Festival Presentation [January 15, Eugene, Oregon]
* Special Seminar: 30 Days In Hell: the Making of Devil's Rejects [January 15, Eugene, Oregon]
* Clickflicks.Net To Go Live Onjanuary 15th, 2006 [January 15, New York, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2006
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1/8
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: CineZine
http://www.super8porter.ca
7:00 pm, CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Avenue
MONTHLY OPEN SCREENING #24
Bring your films or videos, or just come to watch. 35mm, 16mm, 9.5mm,
8mm, Super 8, VHS, DVD, MiniDV. Pay what you want. The second Sunday of
every month. Presented by John Porter, Paularoid & CineCycle.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006
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1/9
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
7 pm, 24 Quincy Street
IMMATERIAL MONUMENTS: LA RéGION CENTRALE
Directed by Michael Snow US, 1971, color, 180 min. On top of a deserted
mountain in Northern Quebec, multimedia artist Michael Snow set up a
special camera apparatus with multiple axes that could circle in all
directions, and whose alignment and speed were all determined by Snow's
pre-programmed settings. He proceeded to record images of the
environment that utterly transform the landscape and our perception of
it. As the horizon line, and our orientation, is literally turned upside
down and every which way, the film's three-hour length takes on epic
implications. Described as a heroic reflection on the solar system, La
Région Centrale shows us no trace of human life, instead representing an
interaction between nature and machine that illustrates the cosmic
relationships of space and time.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2006
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1/11
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
6:30 pm, 24 Quincy Street
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH (PARTS 1 & 2)
Directed by Ken Jacobs US, 1957, color, 200 min. With Jack Smith, Jerry
Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs Assembled and
reworked over the course of thirty years, in which independent filmmaker
Ken Jacobs was constantly responding to the current socio-political
climate, Star Spangled to Death is an extravaganza of improvisation and
reflection on American trends and history. Legendary underground
performers Jack Smith and Jerry Sims embody contradicting
representations of America; footage from Richard Nixon's 1952 Checkers
speech makes an appearance, as do excerpts from Oscar Micheaux's 1932
film Ten Minutes To Live and the 1934 musical Kid Millions. These
elements and countless others, filmed and found, contribute to a
six-hour collage that is at once playful and grim. Engaging politics,
war, science, and a history of what Jacobs calls racial and religious
insanity, SSTD is a "social critique picturing a stolen and dangerously
sold out America, allowing examples of popular culture to self-indict
(KJ)." There will be a ten-minute intermission between Parts 1 & 2.
1/11
Seattle, Washington: Microcinema International
http://www.microcinema.com
7pm & 9pm, Central Cinema - 1411 21st Avenue
INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE SPRING EDITION 2005
An international collection of short films and videos from animation to
documentary and experimental to dramatic narrative. Like a field of
wildflowers, this eclectic and diverse collection of shorts ushers in
Spring with beauty, creativity, life, and possibility.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2006
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1/13
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
6:30 pm, 24 Quincy Street
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH (PARTS 3 & 4)
Directed by Ken Jacobs US, 1957, color, 200 min. With Jack Smith, Jerry
Sims, Gib Taylor, Bill Carpenter, Cecilia Swan, Ken Jacobs There will be
a ten-minute intermission between Parts 3 & 4.
1/13
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
8:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
NW PREMIER "IN THE LAND OF MILK AND MONEY"
January 13 - NW Premier In The Land Of Milk and Money Second Friday Film
Forum with Director, Producer and Writer Susan Emshwiller Time: 8:00PM
Admission: $5.00 "In The Land of Milk and Money" is an outrageous comedy
and wacky social satire that turns suburban America on its head. Mad cow
disease, corporate greed, mob mentality, the cult of Motherhood,
propaganda, discrimination, and dangerous kitchen utensils all find a
home in this wild social satire. The performances have been called sharp
and smart especially by the two leads including Christopher Coulson as
the doctor and Kim Gillingham as his one time wife. Veteran character
actor Tom Bower plays Dr. Cochran's father who ditches his crazed wife
for the tomboyish Amy Madigan. Emshwiller has worked in the film
industry as a set decorator for over seventeen years, often for director
Robert Altman. As an actress, she was featured in Altman's "The Player."
Her short film "Breakfast Messages" won numerous awards at film
festivals, and was aired on A&E in addition to being screened at the
American Film Institute Festival and the Museum of Modern Art. Susan
Emshwiller and Barbara Turner wrote the script for Ed Harris'
directorial debut film, Pollock. Director Emshwiller will discuss her
new film following the evening's screening.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2006
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1/14
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
SCREEN WRITING WORKSHOP WITH SUSAN EMSHWILLER
January 14 - Screen Writing Workshop with Susan Emshwiller Time: 10:00
AM - 1:00PM General $20-40.00 ss. Special Student Fee: $15 with current
student photo ID card Register: email suppressed or call 954-8373
Screen Writer and Director Susan Emshwiller will conduct a three hour
workshop on writing for motion pictures. Emshwiller's short film,
Breakfast Messages, has won numerous festival awards. She has written
and directed several plays, including the critically-acclaimed and
award-wining Brushstrokes. She co-wrote that academy award winning film
"Pollock," for actor-director Ed Harris. Her current film, In The Land
of Milk and Money is her feature debut as screenwriter/director.
Emshwiller's screenplay "The Furnace" just won the Hollywood Gateway
screenplay competition In addition to co-writing "Pollock," Emshwiller
has adapted several other film scripts, including "Dogtown," for actor
Amy Madigan, and "Hole in the Day" and "A Few Days with Me," for actor
Bill Pullman. She has written many original screenplays, including
"Mother's Day," "Cowboy Fiction," "Cement Shoes," "Burger World," "Blind
Sight," and "The Furnace.
1/14
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
3:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
BEST OF EXPLOSION! 2005
January 14 - BEST OF EXPLOSION! 2005 Time: 3:00 PM Coordinated by Brian
Walker - with visiting artists. Admission: $2-5.00 ss Explosion! is an
annual celebration of student work from the University of Oregon
Department of Art and will feature animation work created by students in
classes on such topics as motion graphics, basic design, multimedia
design, animation and 3-D animation. Included will be computer-generated
and traditional stop-motion animation, as well as claymation animation.
The show will feature different works from beginning and advanced
students.
1/14
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
8:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
OPENLENS SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
January 14 - OPENLENS SHORT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL With visiting artists
and special host, Director and Producer Susan Emshwiller Reception
Following Screening Time: 8:00 PM Admission: $5.00 Eugene's Downtown
Initiative for the Visual Arts Center (DIVA) presents the Second Annual
OpenLens Short Film & Video Festival. This event provides an opportunity
for local film makers in Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, and Deschutes
counties, to showcase their work. A selected program compiled from this
year's entries will be screened and prizes awarded. Prizes include a
Jury awarded Best Of The Festival Award ($250). An Audience Choice Award
($100) as well as other prizes. Doors open at 7:30PM, Festival Screening
at 8:00 PM followed by artist reception and award ceremonies. An Encore
presentation will be held on Sunday, January 15th.
1/14
WARSAW - Warszawa, Poland: Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (KINO.LAB)
http://www.kinolab.art.pl
6 pm, KINO.LAB, Ujazdowski Castle, al. Ujazdowskie 6, Warsaw
BRITISH UNDERGROUND - BRITISH AVANT-GARDE FILM OF THE 60/70.
5 programmes of classic avant-garde: I: ANTONY BALCH/ WILLIAM BURROUGHS
- Towers Open Fire, 1963/ STEPHEN DWOSKIN - Dirty, 1967 / JEFF KEEN -
Marvo Movie, 1967 / PETER GIDAL - Key, 1968 / JENNY OKUN - Still Life,
1976 / JOHN SMITH - The Girl Chewing Gum, 1976 II: Expanded cinema
performances of GUY SHERWIN (Man with the Morror and others with the
presence of the artist); LIS RHODES; ANTHONY MCCALL. III: JOHN SMITH -
Associations, 1975 / IAN BREAKWELL - Repertory, 1973 / JEFF KEEN - White
Lite, 1968 / DAVID HALL - Vertical, 1969 / DAVID LAMELAS - A Study of
Relationships between inner and outer space, 1969 IV: MALCOLM LE GRICE -
Berlin Horse, 1970, muzyka: Brian Eno /MALCOLM LE GRICE - Reign of the
Vampire, 1970 / CHRIS WELSBY - Windmill II, 1974 / DAVID CROSSWAITE -
Film No. 1, 1971 / DAVID HALL - Phased Time ², 1974 V: GUY SHERWIN - At
the Academy, 1974 / LIS RHODES - Dresden Dynamo, 1974 / ANNABEL NICOLSON
- Slides, 1971 / MIKE DUNFORD - Silver Surfer, 1972 / DAVID CROSSWAITE -
The Man with the Movie Camera, 1973 / ANNE REES-MOGG - Muybridge Film,
1975 / MALCOLM LE GRICE - Thresold, 1972 Prepared in co-operation with
Stary Browar in Poznan, Pl, supported by the British Council. In Warsaw
from January 14. till Jan 16. Also shown in Poznan on January 11-13 and
Krakow (Kino pod Baranami)on Jan. 27-29.01.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2006
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1/15
Anchorage, Alaska: Microcinema International
http://www.microcinema.com
8 pm, Out North - 3800 DeBarr Road
INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE X VERSIONS 1 & 2
2005 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Independent Exposure short film
and video screening program. This program, on its own, or coupled with
Version 2 is the definitive retrospective of the 1300+ unique and
diverse short films and videos presented in Independent Exposure over
the past ten years.
1/15
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/index.shtml
6 pm, 24 Quincy Street
ART OF VISION
Directed by Stan Brakhage US, 1961-1965, color, 250 min. Among the most
influential (and, having produced nearly 400 films, arguably the most
prolific) figures in the history of the American avant-garde, Stan
Brakhage (1933-2003) created, early in his career, a monumental work
aptly titled Art of Vision. Within it one finds the complete Dog Star
Man (1963), a five part "cosmological epic" that tells the story of a
woodsman's journey through the seasons and up a mountain, where he will
plant, tear down, and then chop a white tree. A systematic investigation
of form and structure that synthesizes the earlier film's multiple
layers (themselves cinematic explorations marked by splices,
hand-painted film, negative footage, scratches, and other techniques),
Brakhage considered Art of Vision a full extension of Dog Star Man's
singular themes. The resultant visual symphony, composed of overlapping
and enmeshing suites, is an experience described by poet Robert Kelly as
"a new continent of the eye's sway. Mind at the mercy of the eye at
last."
1/15
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
3:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
ENCORE - OPENLENS SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL PRESENTATION
January 15 - OPENLENS SHORT VIDEO FESTIVAL - ENCORE Presentation Time:
3:00 PM Admission: $2-5.00 ss An screening of this year's OpenLens Short
Video Festival will take place on Sunday afternoon. This program has
been selected by the OpenLens Jury Committee from over 35 entries.
Special host for this afternoon is Screen Writer and Director Neal
Miller who's feature, "Raising Flagg" is now playing in Portland and
Eugene.
1/15
Eugene, Oregon: DIVA Center
http://www.proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
6:00 PM, DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
SPECIAL SEMINAR: 30 DAYS IN HELL: THE MAKING OF DEVIL’S REJECTS
January 15 - Special Seminar: 30 Days in Hell: The Making of Devil's
Rejects Time: 6:00 - 8:50 PM Admission: Free Many young filmmakers
planning their first movie often choose to make a horror film adventure.
Such movies include special effects, action, and all those frightening
things that making a film fun. DIVA's master of the horror film genre,
Henry Weintraub, explores The Making of Devil's Rejects, a documentary
about the 30 day production schedule for the film by Rob Zombie. The
documentary is ranked among the best ever created for DVD release. Part
1 begins with pre-production including: scripting, casting, make-up
tests, location scouting, costume design, set design, table reads,
storyboards (lack thereof)… right up to the first day of shooting. Part
2 details the first six days of shooting. Part 3 takes the viewer
through days seven to 14 and includes the final "Free Bird" sequence,
the chicken ranch murders, events at Spaulding's house and the Sheriff's
station and the cut Dr. Satan scene. Part 4 covers the opening shoot out
and all events at the Firefly house from days 15 to 21. Part 5 covers
the last 9 days of shooting, which focuses mainly on the events at
Charlie's Frontier Fun Town, and ends with Rob and everyone saying
thanks and farewell. There is no post-production coverage in this
documentary. Given the graphic nature of horror films know there may be
a fright or two resulting from all the fake gore used in this film.
There is much to learn and appreciate about this type of filmmaking.
1/15
New York, New York: ClickFlicks.net
http://www.clickflicks.net
8:00 am, New York City
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