CONTRE-COURANT - An event about experimental cinema

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A Main Film event organized with the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal

Over the course of two days, artists, theorists, programmers, curators and experimental film lovers will come together for a series of round table discussions, film screenings and an installation to reflect on, question, discuss, discover and share in this multi-faceted art practice, considered to be cinema’s very soul. 

Our aim is to create an event that offers the opportunity to discover experimental filmmaking as a vast and rich art form, revealing endless possibilities and links between theory and practice.

December 15 & 16, 2016 - Free event (voluntary contribution) at la lumière
7080, rue Alexandra, #506, Montreal

ROUND TABLES, DAY 1 & 2: starting at 1 p.m.
> Conservation: Techniques, Equipment and Processes / modérateur Roger D. Wilson
> Supporting Experimental Flmmaking : Dissemination / modérateur Benjamin R. Taylor
> The DIY Apparatus : Recycling, Reappropriation & Intermediality / modérateur Guillaume Vallée

INSTALLATION DAY 2: 5 to 7
'Recent Works' by the Windows Collective

SCREENINGS DAY 1 & 2: 19h30

Day 1: 11 short films, total running time: 55 min. Curator: Roger D. Wilson
- Where We Stand (Lindsay McIntyre, 5:12, 16mm, Sound, 2014, English, Canada)
- Oil wells: sturgeon road & 97th street (Christina Battle, 3:00, 16mm, sound, 2002, No Dialogue, Canada)
- This charming couple (Alex MacKenzie, 5:00, 16mm, sound, 2012, English, Canada)
- Blind spots (Amanda Thomson, 9:26, Super 8mm to Video, sound, 2013, English, Canada)
- Au bord de la rivière (Mike Rollo, 3:07, 16mm to HD, Sound, 2014, No Dialogue, Canada)
- Living on the Edge (Aaron Zeghers, 3:20, Super 8mm, Sound, 2013, No Dialogue, Canada)
- Amtrak (Sylvain Chaussée, 8:28, 16mm, Sound, 2014, No Dialogue, Canada)
- Thunderbolt (Heidi Phillips, 5:00, 16mm to Video, sound, 2015, No Dialogue, Canada
- Action: study (Richard Kerr, 5:00, 16mm to Video, Sound, 2009, No Dialogue, Canada
- Black Rectangle (Rhayne Vermette, 1:30, 16mm to Video, Sound, 2013, No Dialogue, Canada)
- Remains (Louise Bourque, 4:50, 16mm to Video, sound, 2011, No Dialogue, Canada)

Day 2: 9 short films, total running time: 70 min. Curator: Guillaume Vallée
- Lettre à Freud (Sophie Bouloux, Super8 to video, 06:00)
- Mar/13/SR/Square Sequin (Sonya Stefan, 16mm to video, 06:00)
- All My Life (After Baillie) (Clint Enns, Super8 to video, 03:00)
- Breathe (Leonardo Zito, Super8 to video, 07:00)
- Self Portrait Post Mortem / Self Portrait Post Partum (Louise Bourque, 35mm to video, 10:00)
- Dissolved (Stefanie Weberhofer, 16mm to video, 04:00)
- Les Châssis de Lourdes (Rhayne Vermette, 16mm to video, 18:00)
- Granular Film: Beirut (Charles-André Coderre, 16mm to video, 06:00)
- B-Movie (Dan Browne, 35mm to video, 10:00)

For more details - Suscribe to the FB events 

DAY 1 / Round Table 1 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1244230502299850/
DAY 1 / Round Table 2 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1169881989786356/
DAY 1 / Screening 1 - https://www.facebook.com/events/228763567560309/

DAY 2 / Round Table 3 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1660171127615027/
DAY 2 / Installation - https://www.facebook.com/events/601249903403247/
DAY 2 / Screening 2 -https://www.facebook.com/events/210120979433622/

Image Gallery: 

B-Movie Dan Browne
B-Movie Dan Browne

Venue: 

la lumière collective - Montréal, Canada

Dates: 

Thursday, December 15, 2016 (All day) to Friday, December 16, 2016 (All day)

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Dates: 

Thursday, December 15, 2016 (All day) to Friday, December 16, 2016 (All day)
  • 7080, rue Alexandra
    #506
    Montréal, Quebec
    Canada
    45° 31' 53.5872" N, 73° 37' 8.3388" W