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Date: Sat Aug 05 2006 - 17:01:34 PDT
This week [August 6 - 13, 2006] in avant garde cinema
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NEW FILM/VIDEO:
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"Un coeur gelé en été" by Mikko Linnemann
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=268.ann
"The Driver & the Doe" by William Rees
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=267.ann
NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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The Tank (Location: New York, NY, USA; No entry deadline)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=callsnd&readfile=111.ann
Polymer at the Hunter Museum of American Art (Chattanooga, TN, US; Deadline: September 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=597.ann
SF IndieFest (San Francisco CA; Deadline: October 13, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=598.ann
19th SEAGATE FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL (Derry City, Derry, N.Ireland; Deadline: September 04, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=599.ann
Seagate Foyle Film Festival (Derry, Northern Ireland; Deadline: September 04, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=600.ann
IFFBoston (Boston, MA; Deadline: December 31, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=601.ann
DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Cackalacky Film Festival (Charlotte, NC USA; Deadline: August 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=576.ann
The Journal of Short Film (columbus, oh, USA; Deadline: August 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=583.ann
Boulder International Film Festival (Boulder, CO USA; Deadline: August 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=586.ann
Washington Project for the Arts \ Corcoran (Washington, DC; Deadline: August 11, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=591.ann
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Urban Research On Film [August 6, London, England]
* Columbus Premiere of the Journal of Short Film [August 8, Columbus, OH]
* A Summer Evening With Gup-Py [August 10, Berlin, Germany]
* Choice Cuts [August 10, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Choice Cuts [August 11, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Home Movie Day: New Orleans [August 11, New Orleans, Louisiana]
* Rooftop Films Week 11 [August 11, New York, New York]
* Fourth Annual Home Movie Day [August 12, Hollywood, California]
* Exploding Cinema [August 12, London, England]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2006
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8/6
London, England: cogcollective
http://www.cogcollective.co.uk/
4.00pm, CANDID ARTS 3 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NQ
URBAN RESEARCH ON FILM
URBAN RESEARCH ON FILM curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr With the increased
dynamic of urban development, more artists are concerned with urban
space as a theme and issue. This selection shows a range of new short
experimental and documentary work by international artists. We welcome
Klaus W. Eisenlohr who will introduce this selection from his ongoing
Urban Research film and video screening project curated for Directors
Lounge in Berlin. Programme: A Promessa, Noëelle Georg, 4:15, 2004,
Portugal. "Oh no, my parents arrived - we need to move - ... - we made
it!" The promise of a future and a new life in the old modernist
residencies, the artist depicts a possible beautification! You Are Not
From Here, Diane Bonder, 9 min, 2005, USA. You Are Not From Here is a
record of a rapidly disappearing vernacular landscape. With an oblique
narration about the process of gentrification, the film explores the
notions of discovery, belonging, and the meaning we project on our
environment. Created for the Kodak Against The Grain Super-8
Invitational. If You Lived Here You Would Be Home By Now, Diane Bonder,
15:00, 2001, USA. If You Lived Here, You'd be Home by Now is about the
divisiveness over land, the relationship of public and private space in
small town America, and the concept of home. Using documentary
strategies, landscape stills are juxtaposed to stories "ripped from
headlines" of a small-town newspaper. The struggle over public space
described in the stories, reflect universal concepts of space, privacy
and property ownership in 'na City, Papa 'n Razzi aka Kemmy Thyssen,
7:33, 2005, Germany. in 'na City seeks harmony and connectivity between
images and music. A collage of images from the City of Hannover -
skyscrapers, traffic, the surface of the city and its mesh - creates a
new vision. Images and colours complement musical sounds and rhythms.
Everyday space and vernacular modern architecture are the matrix of the
pulsing music. Music by Systetic, now named: i n d i z Stadtrandzone
Mitte in Langenhagen (excerpt), Klaus W. Eisenlohr, 4:30, 2005, Germany.
In a changed urban environment, in the city-in-between, in the urbanized
zones, the possible narratives have already changed. Occurrences,
happenings and interaction are key for the transformation of a
transitory space to human space. In this excerpt of Stadtrandzone Mitte,
a group of youngsters from Hannover show in a couple of scenes, how they
interact in public space. The scenes were guided, photographed and
edited by Klaus W. Eisenlohr. SAVE, Roger Warren Beebe, 5:00, 2005, USA.
A disused gas station offers a curious imperative to passers-by: SAVE. A
riddle posed in the form of architecture: what is there to save? Another
instalment in the history of Americans pointing their cameras at gas
stations; an attempt to figure out something about where we've been,
where we're headed, and what's been left behind. Night Walk, Fabienne
Gautier, 7:00, 2006, France. An improvised walk through Paris at night
"Slices of light graffito Paris at night: the tracery of the city's
nocturnal bioluminescence." (antimatter) The Corridor, Virginie
Laganière, 2:26, 2005, Canada. A corridor, a passageway between offices,
becomes the internal and visible projection of the outside city. Dream,
hope or hallucination? Virginie Laganière, with very dry humor, shows
imaginary metamorphosis of the daily urban environment. On A Slow Boat
to China, Sonja Lillebaeck Christensen, 18:00, Denmark, 2005. Single men
on the waterfront is not an urban phenomenon but solitairy men are. The
filmmaker tells us how she watches them. Her camera does not watch
objectively, she peers, glances, stares, as she creates empathetic but
also ironic stories for them. Sonja Lillebaek Christensen surprises us
with her freshness while avoiding any rules or genres. And she tells us
something about urban live in very simple ways, maybe because she does
not really feel part of it herself. Framefunk, Dirk Holzberg and Jörg
Pfeiffer, 3:25, Germany 2001. audio by Mouse on Mars. For an hour a tram
is transformed into an audio/visual laboratory by a group of artists,
accompanied by the electronic band Mouse on Mars who play live on as it
travels through the centre of Cologne. Live cameras capture the inner
and outer environment of the tram, the video images are edited in
real-time and then projected back onto the passing urban landscape.The
resulting image stream is in turn filmed again, mixing the inner and
outer space further. The architecture of Cologne becomes an integral
part of both the construction and the projection of the acoustic and
visual timeframe. http://www.cogcollective.co.uk
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2006
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8/8
Columbus, OH: The Journal of Short Film
http://www.thejsf.org
7:30pm, Columbus State campus, 550 E. Spring St., Franklin Hall, rm.104
COLUMBUS PREMIERE OF THE JOURNAL OF SHORT FILM
Join us for an evening of the best short films you'll never see anywhere
else. The Journal of Short Film is produced in Columbus and is pleased
to premiere a selection of its films for hometown filmmakers and film
buffs. The Journal is a pioneer in the DVD magazine field. Its
quarterly volumes provide a new avenue of distribution and exposure for
independent filmmakers while giving short film the attention and respect
it has long deserved. Besides publishing films from all over the world,
the JSF also wants to help unite the Columbus filmmaking community. The
screening will be hosted downtown by the Columbus State Educational
Resources Center and the Marketing & Graphics Communications Dept. of
Career and Technical Programs. This free program will be held in
Franklin Hall, Room 104 on Tuesday, August 8th, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The publisher will be on-hand to accept film submissions in person.
"intriguingly open-minded"--The Washington Post "Best Magazines of
2005"--The Library Journal "an excellent contribution to the arena of
filmmaking, facilitating access to cutting edge works"--Film
International Visit www.theJSF.org for more details.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006
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8/10
Berlin, Germany: Directors Longe at Rote Loge
http://www.kultur-in-berlin.de/summer.html
22:00, Rote Loge, Simon-Dachstrasse 22
A SUMMER EVENING WITH GUP-PY
Yoko Hata, aka GUP-py, presents her recent work on video at Rote Loge.
In her videos, Yoko Hata combines Flash animations, text and camera
images with her poetical reflections on the world. The vernacular, daily
life as well as art and architecture become themes of her stories. With
her witty talent, she uses raw models of advertisement, documentary and
educational formats to amalgamate a vision of a sweet (honey) world,
both charming and uncanny. A (mostly female) sweet Japanese voice-over
seduces the viewer to follow the artist GUP-py into her artificial,
sometimes ideal half-world. (Klaus W. Eisenlohr)--/-- Quote: "Kommen Sie
ins Mellarium!" "Das Honigtier kann nur der sehen, der es auch sehen
will. Aber was tun, wenn es nicht erscheint? Dann besuchen Sie das
Mellarium! Dort gibt es all die Honigtiere! Nach Ihrem Wunsch sind die
Honigtiere für Sie da." --/-- GUP-py (Yoko Hata) will be present for
Q&A. --/-- Prospective list of work showing: Take Me To The Mellarium
(Nimm mich mit ins Mellarium), 2003, 07' 52'' -/- The Submarine Swims,
Drives, Flies (das U-Boot fährt, schwimmt, fliegt, 2004, 04'50'' -/-
underhoney, 2005, 10'00'' -/- Honey City, 2000, 08'33'' -/- Moving
Honey, 1999, 08'40'' -/- Sky Square (Himmel Quadrat), 2002, 01'50'' -/-
Island – Landscape Between Sky, Land, Sea (Linie – zwischen Himmel,
Erde, Meer), 2001, 06'00'' -/- Travel Dog (Reisehund), 2002, 07'20'' -/-
Animal In Our Minds (Tier in unseren Herzen), 2000, 11'08'' --/-- All
videos in Japanese and German! --/-- A Summer Evening With ... A series
of special screenings every Thursday, in cooperation with Rote Loge,
Meinblau, Baiz and Z Bar --/-- http://kultur-in-berlin.de/summer.html
8/10
Boston, Massachusetts: Choice Cuts
http://www.ikatun.com/mayhem/choice_cuts
7pm, Art Interactive
CHOICE CUTS
Choice Cuts is a two-night film screening produced by James Mayhew and
Niq Brynolfson that is dedicated to bringing experimental and
underground video to the Boston area in an informal setting. Choice Cuts
is back for its second year bringing local and international
experimental film and video to Boston. This year Choice Cuts will host 2
nights of screenings. The first night will be held at Art Interactive in
Central Square, Cambridge ( www.artinteractive.org) on Thursday August
10. This program will focus on video work, including work by Joe
Gibbons, Jaclyn Genega, Michael Van DeVeer and many others. Loise
Bourque's film installation "Going Back Home Again" will be on display
before the screening. Doors open at 7:00 and the screening starts at
8:00. The second night will be held at S.C.A.T in Union Square,
Somerville (Somerville Community Access Television, (
www.access-scat.org) on Friday August 11. The program will focus on film
and will include work by Rob Todd, Louise Bourque, Ben Russell, Jonathan
Schwartz and many others. Following the screening we will serve
refreshments and present a video installation by Mike Hall. Both nights
will be free and open to the public, but space will be limited so come
early. Choice Cuts 2006 Schedule and List of Filmmakers August 10th at
Art Interactive, 7:00pm *From 7:00-8pm- Louise Bourque's film
installation Going Back Home Again will on be on display. Andrew Shea-
Portrait of Movements Jordon Colon-Compostional Kinetics Ryan
Sciaino-Web Cam Girls Heloisa Escudero-OUD, IF-#1, phrase #1-IT-06
Michael Van DeVeer-Mi Coche Joe Gibbons-A Time To Die, Room 1040, A Time
To Die Saana Maarit-Thought Moves Surround Jaclyn Genega-Poisoned Garden
August 11th at Somerville Community Access *8pm Please join us after the
screening for refreshements and Mike Hall's experiments in projected
video feedback. Charles Chadwick-Here Lie Serpents, Mirror Reflected Ben
Russell-Red God and Blue God Jonathon Schwartz-For Them Ending, Sunbeam
Hunters Louise Bourque-Imprint, Fissures Robert Todd-qualities of stone
Adam Paradis-Untitled #2, Untitled #3 N. Brynolfson- The Planetarium
Cycle For more information visit: www.ikatun.com/mayhem/choice_cuts/
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2006
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8/11
Boston, Massachusetts: Choice Cuts
http://www.ikatun.com/mayhem/choice_cuts
8pm, Somerville Community Access
CHOICE CUTS
Choice Cuts is a two-night film screening produced by James Mayhew and
Niq Brynolfson that is dedicated to bringing experimental and
underground video to the Boston area in an informal setting. Choice Cuts
is back for its second year bringing local and international
experimental film and video to Boston. This year Choice Cuts will host 2
nights of screenings. The first night will be held at Art Interactive in
Central Square, Cambridge ( www.artinteractive.org) on Thursday August
10. This program will focus on video work, including work by Joe
Gibbons, Jaclyn Genega, Michael Van DeVeer and many others. Loise
Bourque's film installation "Going Back Home Again" will be on display
before the screening. Doors open at 7:00 and the screening starts at
8:00. The second night will be held at S.C.A.T in Union Square,
Somerville (Somerville Community Access Television, (
www.access-scat.org) on Friday August 11. The program will focus on film
and will include work by Rob Todd, Louise Bourque, Ben Russell, Jonathan
Schwartz and many others. Following the screening we will serve
refreshments and present a video installation by Mike Hall. Both nights
will be free and open to the public, but space will be limited so come
early. Choice Cuts 2006 Schedule and List of Filmmakers August 10th at
Art Interactive, 7:00pm *From 7:00-8pm- Louise Bourque's film
installation Going Back Home Again will on be on display. Andrew Shea-
Portrait of Movements Jordon Colon-Compostional Kinetics Ryan
Sciaino-Web Cam Girls Heloisa Escudero-OUD, IF-#1, phrase #1-IT-06
Michael Van DeVeer-Mi Coche Joe Gibbons-A Time To Die, Room 1040, A Time
To Die Saana Maarit-Thought Moves Surround Jaclyn Genega-Poisoned Garden
August 11th at Somerville Community Access *8pm Please join us after the
screening for refreshements and Mike Hall's experiments in projected
video feedback. Charles Chadwick-Here Lie Serpents, Mirror Reflected Ben
Russell-Red God and Blue God Jonathon Schwartz-For Them Ending, Sunbeam
Hunters Louise Bourque-Imprint, Fissures Robert Todd-qualities of stone
Adam Paradis-Untitled #2, Untitled #3 N. Brynolfson- The Planetarium
Cycle For more information visit
8/11
New Orleans, Louisiana: Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center
http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/
7:30pm, 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
HOME MOVIE DAY: NEW ORLEANS
A special Friday night Home Movie Day event will spotlight home movies
made by members of New Orleans' filmmaking community. This will be held
at the Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center and will be a screening
curated by filmmaker Helen Hill that will showcase the personal films
and videotapes made by professional, independent and experimental New
Orleans filmmakers before and since Hurricane Katrina.
8/11
New York, New York: Rooftop Films
http://www.rooftopfilms.com
8PM, Brooklyn & Manhattan
ROOFTOP FILMS WEEK 11
The Shutka Book of Records A feature-length documentary by Aleksandar
Manic Friday, August 11th, 2006 8:30 – Music 9:00 – Showtime TRT:
1:18:00 Venue TBD The Shutka Book of Records Shutka is the largest Roma
community in the Balkans, maybe in the whole world. To do it justice, or
possibly to counterbalance what Shutka lacks, its inhabitants constantly
compete for the champion title in every discipline imaginable. Who is
the best at protecting the community from evil spirits, who the greatest
singer of all? Meet the lamb champion for the last 35 years, the
champion in boxing, fashion, sex and wait to see who will win the
Turkish music cassette competition. It is not important to participate,
just important to win. Dr Koljo ( one of Kusturica's Black Cat, White
Cat characters) accompanies us as the narrator and introduces various
characters who perform their own stories. Director Manic weaves images
reminiscent of silent films into colour images and enchants with magic
tricks as he follows an invisible thread through this refreshing
documentary. The result is a cheerful and personal portrayal of the
microcosm that is Shutka. Saturday August 12 @ Solar One | Directions @
http://www.rooftopfilms.com hi/lo film festival High-concept, low-budget
selections from the 2006 Hi/Lo Film Festival Shorts program TICKETS |
Details coming soon!
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2006
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8/12
Hollywood, California: LA Home Movie Day
http://www.homemovieday.com
noon, Linwood Dunn Theater at Pickford Center for Motion Pictures Studies, 1313 N. Vine Street
FOURTH ANNUAL HOME MOVIE DAY
On Saturday, August 12th, 2006, volunteer archivists worldwide will take
time out of the vaults to help the public learn about, enjoy, and rescue
their forgotten family films. Here in Los Angeles, the day will be
celebrated with an open screening from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Linwood
Dunn Theater, 1313 N. Vine Street, in Hollywood. Home Movie Day shows
how home movies on 8mm, Super8, and 16mm film offer a unique "you are
here" view of decades past, often in gorgeous living color, and are an
important part of personal, community, and cultural history. "Saving our
film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced
films," says legendary director and film preservation advocate Martin
Scorsese. Filmmaker John Waters echoes that sentiment saying, "There's
no such thing as a bad home movie…Home Movie Day is an orgy of
self-discovery, a chance for family memories to suddenly become show
business. If you've got one, whip it out and show it now." Home Movie
Day began in 2003 as a grassroots effort of film archivists reaching
beyond traditional methods to try and save the countless reels of home
movies shot on film during the 20th century. The first Home Movie Day on
August 16, 2003 was an unexpected success, with over twenty cities in
four countries participating. In each following year, Home Movie Day
grew bigger still, with as many as four dozen venues taking part from
Osaka to Arkansas. Don't throw your films away—take them to Home Movie
Day! The Los Angeles Home Movie Day event is completely free and open to
the public. Area archivists will offer a "film clinic" for assessing the
condition of older films, information about how to care for family films
and videos, and—best of all—continuous screenings of home movies brought
by participants! All Home Movie Day participants are encouraged to bring
one or more reels of their 8mm, Super8, or 16mm home movies of any
vintage to the event. All films will be inspected and projected on a
first-come, first-served basis. Damaged films will not be screened, but
preservation specialists will offer expert advice on caring for at-risk
materials. No films of your own? Just come and watch the show! For more
info on Home Movie Day, including a listing of other regional events,
visit www.homemovieday.com. LA Home Movie Day 2006 at the Linwood Dunn
Theater The Academy's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study 1313 N.
Vine Street Hollywood, CA 90028 Free parking behind theater--enter gated
lot from Homewood Drive Film check-in begins at 11:00 am Screenings from
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
8/12
London, England: Exploding Cinema
http://www.explodingcinema.org
8pm, Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park, Level 10, 95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST
EXPLODING CINEMA
Take the lift to Level 10 for a spectacular evening hosted by South
London's low-budget film-makers. A rooftop screening of open-access
short films as part of the 'I Love Peckham' festival. Food, drink and
ice-cream plus a life-sized, panoramic, scratch 'n' sniff projection of
the London skyline - in 3D! Underground over Multi-plex, Heart over Art,
Exploding über Alles. We don't like Peckham... we love it! £2 entry
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