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Fri Nov 29, doors at 7pm ~ films at 7:30pm - OPEN SCREEN v.6 - (Open to all local artists/filmmakers working in experimental, personal, animation and/or non-fiction filmmaking.  Maximum one submission per person, 15 mins or less.) - Submissions now open!

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Sat Dec 14, doors at 12:30pm ~ film starts at 1pm (with a 1 hour intermission from 5-6pm) - STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH (Ken Jacobs, 2004, 6hrs 42mins, color and b&w, sound)  -  In the first hour of Ken Jacobs’ biting, found-footage critique of America, text on screen declares, “With the sheeps led by the foxes for the benefit of the wolves, what chance do we have of getting out of this alive? STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH considers the astronomical odds against being alive to begin with and suggests resistance. What the hell.” Almost 50 years in the making, yet alarmingly contemporary, this avant-garde epic stitches together ethnographic footage, political speeches, film, and cartoons into a provocative exploration of race, religion, politics, war, and wealth. Deemed by the NY Times as “the ultimate underground movie, subversive and frequently hilarious,” and alternatively titled AMERICAN FAILURE, STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH is a subversive, cinematic howl.  ~  "It's a stimulating, labyrinthine experience provided by a master of the American avant-garde and an historical artifact that is nevertheless piercingly contemporary." -Doug Cummings, Filmjourney - MARATHON SCREENING!​

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JAN 2025 (exact date TBA) - ROGER BEEBE (multi-projector 16mm film performance) - (filmmaker in attendance from Ohio + presented on film + post-screening Q&A)

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FEB 2025 (exact date TBA) - ERIC LEISER - (filmmaker in attendance from NYC + post-screening Q&A)

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FEB 2025 (exact date TBA) - LUIS MACIAS YOUR EYES ARE SPECTRAL MACHINES (multi-projector performance) - A selection of films in which Luis Macias investigates the concept of what he calls spectral cinema.  Exploring each of the different components of the film spectrum: the process and structure as a challenge, the photochemical transformation in the laboratory of created and/or appropriate images, editing/manipulation and re-photography through the optical/contact printer, and the projection as an event.  The properties of the image and its forms and the modification/alteration of the mechanical structure of the projector are combined in new proposals for the exercise of a human eye that explores the images of nature and/or how it is revealed to us.  These are parts of a filmic form organized in closed structures allowing intermediate spaces that force/activate improvisation.  ~  Luis Macias (1976, Barcelona ​​Spain) is an artist, filmmaker & image composer. His work deals with the formal & spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself & the photochemical nature of the medium.  Focused on experimental & procedural practices of analog image, his works in Super-8, 16mm, 35mm & video are composed for projection performance. His films and pieces of expanded cinema have been shown in prestigious film, art and music festivals as well as art centers, museums & alternative spaces around the world.  Macias is a co-founder of Crater-Lab, an independent laboratory for analog cinema, and alternates his art work with specialized teaching in experimental cinema and the exploration of analog formats.  ~  (filmmaker in attendance from Barcelona Spain + presented on 16mm & 35mm film + post-screening Q&A)