This astonishing, wildly inventive trio of recent videos by Meriem Bennani begins with the tender, funny, and infinitely relatable 2 Lizards (2020). A collaboration with Orian Barki, the work is composed of eight “episodes” that were posted by the artists on Instagram at the onset of the pandemic, a chronicle, spoken through lizardy avatars, of their disrupted lives. Seamlessly combining 3D animation with footage shot around New York City—including an eerily empty Times Square—it captures the range of emotions particular to the early months of lockdown.
We are thrilled to present the first solo show of films by Rajee Samarasinghe in Los Angeles. Between the spaces and places of Sri Lanka and Los Angeles, Samarasinghe’s body of films stunningly unfold the liminal space between the mystery of filmmaking and the magic of being while at the same time, in his words, “often navigate the terrain of memory, migration, and impermanence.” Join us after the films for a conversation between Samarasinghe and fellow filmmaker Mike Stoltz. The screening will be followed by a reception on the outdoor patio with Sri Lankan snacks and Tarot card readings by Delini Malka Samarasinghe, who appears in the films and, is the filmmaker's sister.
Center Film Collection is the permanent exhibition of cutting-edge experimental films from around the world. All works have been approved by the artists, and we will gradually add more works to create this unique film collection in the world.
With great joy we are back for new inventions and cinematographic reflections, opening the call for submissions for the 8th edition of DOBRA – International Experimental Film Festival.
We know that experimental cinema, while a power of creativity and synthesis, brings important answers to the questions that affect us. In order to be in contact with creative artists from all over the world, we launch a new call for films and audiovisual works, redoubling the contemporary web that unites us through the multiple creations and poetics of experimental cinema.
We are a short film festival based in Hackney, London. We will screen the finalist films on a specific Hackney venue. Our Festival takes place twice a year.
At Screener Short Films we showcase the best and most outstanding international short films. Our mission is to encourage and support filmmakers throughout their creative process in order to provide the recognition they deserve. We are a platform whose main goal is to provide a space for short independent films which create their own unique language and content.
As we are setting up the 7th edition of FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, we would like to remind you that the SUBMISSION CALL for 2023 is now open. We encourage all international filmmakers and artists to tune in and submit their recent works!
NOTA BENE as usual:
- Every filmmaker may submit up to two films - Films must have been completed after the 1st of January, 2022 - All formats are accepted: celluloid (S8, 16MM, 35MM ) or digital - Both short and feature films
“A Teakettle’s Thermal Beings,” an evening of live performance and video works by Barbara Lattanzi, made between 1988 and 2014. The event is taking place as part of Microscope's series of “Imageless Film” performances in connection and collaboration with the “Imageless Films” series at Anthology Film Archives.
