Allan Brown was born in Quebec, Canada. Over the course of 30 years he has made 26 short films, one feature-length film, and three collective projects. His work has been awarded at Stuttgart Filmwinter (Germany), Semana de cine experimental de Madrid (Spain), Alternative Film/Video in Belgrade, and other festivals. This two-part screening program across two evenings presents the first career survey of Brown's work in Europe. The program includes a 16mm projector performance and also the world premiere of Brown's newest work "Wishful Thinking".
Avant-Noir is an irregular film programme curated by Greg de Cuir Jr that surveys recent work by African and African diaspora film and video artists, alongside those engaging with African cultures. It is rare that we see Black bodies on screens at film festivals and exhibitions, perhaps even rarer when Black artists create those images.
DIAMETRALE. Experimental Film Festival in the alps of Austria (Innsbruck)Call forSubmissions! Deadline: Dec. 15, 2017We are already looking for Feature / Documentary / Expanded Cinema / Installation / Performance for 2019
Major event dedicated to contemporary practices of moving image, the next Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris in December 2017. It offers every year a new international programme made of works by internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, along with works by young artists shown for the first time.
The call for entries for the next Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin is open until September 10th, 2017.
A study day with curator and writer Dan Kidner exploring the artists’ feature film and its relation to other histories of experimental narrative film and video. Drawing on his own recent writing and exhibition projects Kidner will lead an introductory seminar session with participants, screen a number of films and chair a roundtable discussion with leading artist filmmakers and theorists, including Ben Rivers, Margaret Salmon, Erika Balsom and current Spike Island exhibiting artist Maeve Brennan.
Dates:
Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 10:00 to Sunday, September 17, 2017 - 16:55
