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Date: Sat May 09 2009 - 09:02:22 PDT
This week [May 9 - 17, 2009] in avant garde cinema
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OFF: Oblò Film Festival, a true-school indie film festival (Lausanne, Switzerland; Deadline: July 01, 2009)
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HEART OF GOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Gympie, Queensland, Austalia; Deadline: September 25, 2009)
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Tregor International Film Festival (Lannion, FRANCE; Deadline: May 18, 2009)
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Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, Alsace, FRANCE; Deadline: June 08, 2009)
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WPA Experimental Media Series 2009 (Washington DC; Deadline: August 01, 2009)
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London Film Festival (London, UK; Deadline: June 26, 2009)
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Ventura Film Festival (Ventura, CA; Deadline: June 01, 2009)
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ACEFEST 2009 (New York, NY United States; Deadline: May 18, 2009)
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ATA Film & Video Festival (San Francisco; Deadline: May 29, 2009)
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Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinémas (Marseille, France; Deadline: June 01, 2009)
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Antimatter Film Festival (Victoria, BC, Canada; Deadline: June 05, 2009)
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EXiS2009 (seoul, south korea; Deadline: May 15, 2009)
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SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (Sydney; Deadline: May 29, 2009)
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Festival Miden (Greece; Deadline: May 15, 2009)
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Without Borders: Conjunction (Orono, ME USA; Deadline: May 15, 2009)
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Arkansas Underground Film Festival (Hot Springs, AR, USA; Deadline: May 15, 2009)
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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival (New York, NY; Deadline: May 29, 2009)
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Regent Park Film Festival (Toronto, ON, Canada; Deadline: June 01, 2009)
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Tregor International Film Festival (Lannion, FRANCE; Deadline: May 18, 2009)
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Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, Alsace, FRANCE; Deadline: June 08, 2009)
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Around the Coyote (Chicago; Deadline: June 01, 2009)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Clandesti: Lock Out Is Presented For the First Time In U.S. [May 9, New York, New York]
* Sound and vision: Gendreau + Churchill + Buchla [May 9, San Francisco, California]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 2 [May 9, San Francisco, California]
* Stop & Go [May 9, San Francisco, California]
* In Praise of Independents: the Flaherty: James Benning [May 9, Washington, DC]
* Clandesti: Forbidden Catalan Cinema Under Franco [May 10, New York, New York]
* Abstract Cinema & Technology [May 10, North Miami]
* New Masters of European Cinema: PéTer ForgáCs In Person [May 10, Washington, DC]
* Cheryl Dunye- the Watermelon Woman [May 11, Los Angeles, California]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 2 [May 14, San Francisco, California]
* Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 3 [May 16, San Francisco, California]
* Public Image: Annice Jacoby's 'street Art San Francisco' [May 16, San Francisco, California]
* Los Angeles Filmforum Presents Descent: Three Stories of Family [May 17, Los Angeles, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2009
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5/9
New York, New York: Pragda
http://www.pragda.com
8.30 pm, The Film Society of Lincoln Center 165 West 65th Street, upper level between Broadway and Amsterdam
CLANDESTI: LOCK OUT IS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S.
CLANDESTI: FORBIDDEN CATALAN CINEMA UNDER FRANCO at The Film Society of
Lincoln Center May 8-12, 2009 Hit the Streets with a selfless band of
independent filmmakers that exposed Franco's dangerous regime, uncovered
the nation's lingering wounds, and altered the course of Spanish
history. CLANDESTI: FORBIDDEN CATALAN CINEMA UNDER FRANCO focuses on a
generation of independent filmmakers whose innate unwillingness to
conform forced them to produce, distribute, and exhibit radical
clandestine films in Catalonia, with the furtive hope of sending them
into the rest of Franco's Spain. These films are so forbidden that for
most of them, this is the first screening in the U.S. Guests in
attendance. LOCK OUT at 8.30 PM
5/9
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30 PM, 992 Valencia St.
SOUND AND VISION: GENDREAU + CHURCHILL + BUCHLA
Curated by Christine Metropoulos, OC celebrates the return of an old
acquaintance and sonic accomplice, Michael Gendreau, with an evening of
unnerving vibrations and sensory destabilization. Ezra Buchla—in a solo
detour from Gowns—uses mathematics, a very small computer, and analog
video to synthesize the aural and the optical. Joshua Churchill, known
for his site-specific sound and light performances, escalates the tone
with an abstract collage of drone, doom, and noise, feeding into
electronic-media artist Andrew Benson's complex video processes.
Gendreau releases a ground-shaking psycho-spatial-acoustic composition,
designed specifically for the space, and "expanded" to include the
ocular realm. The artists commence the event with a unique
collaboration. *8.
5/9
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
3pm, 151 3rd St
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 2
Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 2 SFMOMA Phyllis Wattis Theater
Saturday, May 9, 3:00 p.m. Conversations in Vermont, 1969, 26 min., 16mm
Life-Raft Earth, 1969, 37 min., 16mm About Me: A Musical, 1971, 35 min.,
16mm Total running time: 98 min. $5 general; free for SFMOMA members or
with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in
the Haas Atrium). Screened again on Thursday, May 14, 7:00 p.m.
5/9
San Francisco, California: The Exploratorium
http://exploratorium.edu
2:00 pm, 3601 Lyon Street
STOP & GO
Stop-Motion Techniques by Visual Artists and Filmmakers Nationally and
internationally known filmmakers and visual artists use stop-motion
techniques to tell stories, examine visual phenomena, and make political
statements in a collection of short videos, curated by Bay Area artist
and animator Sarah Klein. The line-up of videos includes intricate
paper-cutouts by sculptor Jen Stark in Papermation; comic illustrator
Lilli Carré's high-wire act of sleepy time bears, black crows, and
senior folk in For the Birds; a friendly look at one of life's little
troubles from a mouse's perspective in Squeak, Chirp, Honk by Lana Kim
and Saelee Oh. The complete list of artists includes Tommy Becker, Lilli
Carré, Meredith Holch, Lana Kim, Sarah Klein, Saelee Oh, Mel Prest,
Judith Selby, Jen Stark, Melinda Stone and Aeneas Wilder.
5/9
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov
2:30pm, Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW
IN PRAISE OF INDEPENDENTS: THE FLAHERTY: JAMES BENNING
James Benning's RR: Avant-garde filmmaker James Benning has been
recording his chronicles of the American landscape for forty years. His
new ode to freight trains and the vast terrains they traverse is
destined to be his final film in the handmade 16mm format. The film's
formalism belies at times "a spiritual kinship to American literature,"
writes Jonathan Rosenbaum,"evoking writers like Carl Sandburg, Laura
Ingalls Wilder, and John Dos Passos."(James Benning, 2008, 16 mm, 110
minutes)
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SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2009
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5/10
New York, New York: Pragda
http://www.pragda.com
From 12pm to 9pm, The Film Society of Lincoln Center 165 West 65th Street, upper level between Broadway and Amsterdam
CLANDESTI: FORBIDDEN CATALAN CINEMA UNDER FRANCO
A whole lot of underground and clandestine Spanish films are shown for
the first time in the U.S. at the Walter Reade. Do not miss it! Sunday
from 12 to 9 PM.
5/10
North Miami: Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
http://www.mocanomi.org/
March 25, 2009-May 10, 2009. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11am-5pm. Wednesday 1pm - 9pm. Sunday Noon-5pm., 770 NE 125 Street North Miami, Florida 33161
ABSTRACT CINEMA & TECHNOLOGY
Abstract Cinema investigates how technological innovations from the
early 1930s to the present provided artists with new means to create
abstract moving images. With the emergence of new technologies, new ways
to envision the world and communicate ideas have arisen in tandem.
Abstract Cinema will bring together a wide range of artists who have
broken boundaries by using new media in creative ways. Abstract Cinema
is curated by MOCA Executive Director Bonnie Clearwater in association
with MOCA Exhibition Coordinator Kevin Arrow. March 25, 2009-May 10,
2009.
5/10
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov
4:30 p.m., 4th & Constitution Ave., NW
NEW MASTERS OF EUROPEAN CINEMA: PéTER FORGáCS IN PERSON
Erasmus Award recipient Péter Forgács' latest film "Hunky Blues -- The
American Dream" interprets the lives of ordinary Hungarians who arrived
in the United States in the early 20th century. Reconstructing their
history from evocative reels of home-movie footage and forgotten audio
recordings, Forgács creates poetry from these implausible sources.
Following the screening, he will discuss his film. Presented in
association with the Hungarian Cultural Center and Extremely Hungary, a
celebration of the country's contemporary arts and their impact on
American culture. (Péter Forgács, 2009, HD-Cam, 75 minutes)
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MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009
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5/11
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
8:30pm, 631 W. 2nd St.
CHERYL DUNYE- THE WATERMELON WOMAN
Los Angeles theatrical revival 1996, 85 min., screened in Beta SP Cheryl
Dunye's "saucy, daring, insidiously smart debut" (The Boston Phoenix)
stands as the first-ever theatrical feature directed by an African
American lesbian. The Watermelon Woman tells the story of Cheryl, played
engagingly by Dunye herself, who develops a fascination with 1930s
actress Fae Richards—a fictional character confined to playing "Mammy"
roles in movies by a Dorothy Azner-type director. As part of the
production, New York photographer Zoe Leonard shot cleverly constructed
still images of Fae Richards and in the process (re)invented a history
running counter to the invisibility of black women in early Hollywood
and black lesbians in general. The winner of the Teddy (the Berlinale)
and Outstanding Narrative Feature (Outfest) awards, The Watermelon Woman
also managed to raise the hackles of unreconstructed reactionary Jesse
Helms, who called the work "flotsam floating down a sewer." In person:
Cheryl Dunye Jack H. Skirball Series $9 [students $7]
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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009
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5/14
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
7pm, 151 3rd St
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 2
For description see May 9th.
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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009
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5/16
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org
3pm, 151 3rd St
ROBERT FRANK RETROSPECTIVE: PROGRAM 3
Robert Frank Retrospective: Program 3 SFMOMA Phyllis Wattis Theater
Saturday, May 16, 3:00 p.m. Keep Busy, 1975, 30 min., 16mm Energy and
How to Get It, 1981, 28 min., 16mm Home Improvements, 1985, 29 min.,
video Total running time: 87 min. $5 general; free for SFMOMA members or
with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in
the Haas Atrium). Also screened on Thursday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.
5/16
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30 PM, 992 Valencia St.
PUBLIC IMAGE: ANNICE JACOBY'S 'STREET ART SAN FRANCISCO'
Presented as a slideshow, this book-release celebration of Street Art
San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, proudly represents the very Mission we
inhabit— politically and culturally. Edited by Annice Jacoby, with a
foreword by Carlos Santana, the photo book is a testimony to the
district as a laboratory of cultural activism—dressed and addressed by
the neighborhood as a public art site. This comprehensive volume honors
decades of sacred and profane urban iconography, showcasing the work of
artists from Spain Rodriguez to Shepard Fairey, Twist to Aaron Noble,
Rigo to Sara Thustra, Swoon to Susan Cervantes. Welcomed with free wine,
an ambient DJ and a recent doc on street art, many of the featured
artists will be on hand to talk about their work.
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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009
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5/17
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:30 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas, Los Angeles CA 90028.
LOS ANGELES FILMFORUM PRESENTS DESCENT: THREE STORIES OF FAMILY
Three documentaries that explore familial relationships, personal
stories, and cultural traditions. Investigating the human landscape
through the lens of three distinct stylistic approaches, this
documentary program highlights and deconstructs the theme of family.
Folk Songs, by LeAnn Erickson (2007, 12:20, 16mm/digital video); Images
of Flying and Falling, by Ariana Gerstein (2001, 24:00, 16mm/digital
video); No Man is an Island, by Sonja Lindén (2006, 40:20, 16mm) Curator
and Filmmaker LeAnn Erickson in person! General admission $10,
students/seniors $6, free for Filmforum members.
http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com. The Egyptian Theatre has a validation
stamp for the Hollywood & Highland complex. Park 4 hours for $2 with
validation.
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