21st Onion City Festival programme

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Tape Film (Chris Kennedy, 2007)The Onion City Film & Video Festival has reached this year its 21st edition, which makes it one of the longest-running festivals devoted to experimental/avant-garde filmmaking. The event, to be held June 16-20 in several locations in Chicago features a programme presenting film and video works made in the last 2/3 years. New pieces by veteran artists such as Ernie Gehr, Pat O'Neill, Peter Rose or Ken Jacobs share the spotlight with works by younger filmmakers.

You can read more about the programme's highlights in Fred Camper's article at the Chicago Reader.

Tuesday, June 16 ­ 8:00pm
Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.)

Opening Night Program

- Horizontal Boundaries (Pat O'Neill, 2008, 23 mins., 35mm, US)
- New York Lantern (Ernie Gehr, 2008, 15 mins., video, US)
- De Tijd (Bart Vegter, 2008, 9 mins., 35mm, The Netherlands). Live musical accompaniment by White/Light.
- Une Catastrophe (Jean-Luc Godard, 2008, 1 min., 35mm, Switzerland/Italy)
- Elements (Julie Murray, 2008, 7 mins., 16mm, US)
- False Aging (Lewis Klahr, 2008, 15 mins., video, US)
- Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner, 1961, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Permian Strata (Bruce Conner, 1969 , 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Night Side (Rebecca Meyers, 2008, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- My Tears Are Dry (Laida Lertxundi, 2009, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Black Rain (Semiconductor, 2009, 3 mins., video, UK, US Premiere)

Wednesday, June 17
The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee Ave.)

7:00pm
Barry Doupé's Ponytail

- Ponytail (Barry Doupé, 2008, 92 mins., video, Canada)
- Up The Rabbit Hole (Asa Mori, 2008, 5 mins., video, Canada)

Thursday, June 18
The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee Ave.)

7:00pm
Group Show One: Past Perfect

- The Scenic Route (Ken Jacobs, 2008, 25 mins., video, US)
- Distant Things (Katy Woods, 2006, 10 mins., video, UK)
- Bernadette (Duncan Campbell, 2008, 37 mins., video, UK)

9:00pm
Group Show Two: Vision Quest

- Spirit (Dominique Furgé, 2005, 8 mins., video, France)
- The Seasons (Makino Takashi, 2008, 30 mins., video, Japan)
- Chromatic Cocktail (Kerry Laitala, 2009, 10 mins., 3D video, US)
- Dirty Goggles Of Perception (Left And Right) (Joe Grimm, 2009, 25 mins., double 16mm live projector performance, US, World Premiere)

Friday, June 19
Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)

7:00pm
Group Show Three: Shards of Space and Place

- Tape Film (Chris Kennedy, 2007, 5 mins., 16mm, Canada/US)
- To Be Regained (Zach Iannazzi, 2008, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- Crossings (Robert Fenz, 2007, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- New Jersey Gradual (Gregg Biermann, 2008, 18 mins., video, US)
- Journey To Q¹Xtlan (Peter Rose, 2009, 8 mins., video, US)
- I¹m A New York Based Artist (Pierre Yves Clouin, 2007, 2 mins., video, France)
- Pro Agri (Nicky Hamlyn, 2009, 3 mins., 16mm, UK, World Premiere)
- Canaries In The Coalmine (Rob Ray, 2009, 12 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- After Writing (Mary Helena Clark, 2007, 5 mins., 16mm, US)

9:00pm
Group Show Four: The Spirit That Guides Us

- Optra Field III-VI (T. Marie, 2007-08, 14 mins., video, US)
- tiempo pudente (Yoel Meranda, 2008, 2 mins., video, Turkey, World Premiere)
- océanéant (Yoel Meranda, 2009, 3 mins., video, Turkey, World Premiere)
- Beirut 2/14/05 (Alexandra Cuesta, 2008, 8 mins., 16mm, US, North American Premiere)
- atlantis (Pieter Geenen, 2008, 11 mins., video, Belgium, US Premiere)
- Wolf¹s Froth/Amongst Other Things (Paul Abbott, 2009, 15 mins., video, UK, North American Premiere)
- And The Sun Flowers (Mary Helena Clark, 2008, 5 mins., video, US)
- From Ruins To Rexistance [Das Ruinas A Rexistencia] (Carlos Adriano, 2007, 13 mins., 35mm on video, Brazil)
- Kempinski (Neil Beloufa, 2007, 14 mins., video, Algeria/France)
- Film For Invisible Ink Case No. 142: Abbreviation For Dead Winter [Diminished By 1,794] (David Gatten, 2008, 13 mins., 16mm, US)
- Parallax (Christopher Becks, 2008, 6 mins., 16mm, Canada)

Saturday, June 20
Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)

5:00pm
Group Show Five: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Filmmaker

- Trypps #6 (Malobi) (Ben Russell, 2009, 12 mins., 16mm, US)
- nothing is over nothing (Jonathan Schwartz, 2008, 17 mins., 16mm, US)
- Unnamed Film (Naomi Uman, 2008, 55 mins., 16mm, Ukraine)

7:30pm
Group Show Six: The Familiar Re-Made

- Sequences + Interruptions (Nicky Hamlyn, 2009, 16 mins., 16mm, UK, World Premiere)
- The Sky Taped Together (Michael Sirianni, 2009, 7 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- Lake (Jake Barningham, 2009, 4 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- The Parable Of The Tulip Painter And The Fly (Charlotte Pryce, 2008, 4 mins., 16mm, US)
- Ysbryd (Julie Murray, 2008, 8 mins., video, US)
- Buoy (Seoungho Cho, 2008, 6 mins., video, US)
- Postcard #3: Niagara Rises (Carolyn Faber, 2009, 3 mins., video, US, World Premiere)
- Les Chaises (Vincent Grenier, 2008, 9 mins., video, US)
- Quiver (Robert Todd, 2008, 10 mins., 16mm, US)
- Three/3: In The Ocean, On LanD (Peter Bo Rappmund, 2009, 6 mins., video, US)

9:15pm
Group Show Seven: Culture Clash

- Alternity (Van McElwee, 2008, 7 mins., video, US)
- Paris Times Three (Carina Johnson, 2009, 8 mins., video, US)
- When Worlds Collude (Fred Worden, 2008, 13 mins., video, US)
- Collide-A-Scope (Gregory Godhard, 2009, 3 mins., 16mm, Australia, US Premiere)
- Sutro (Jeanne Liotta, 2009, 2 mins., video, US)
- The Eternal Quarter Inch (Jesse McLean, 2008, 9 mins., video, US)
- Poor Man¹s Puce Moment (Jessie Stead, 2008, 4 mins., video, US)
- Sand Saga (Shana Moulton, 2008, 11 mins., video, US)
- The Presentation Theme (Jim Trainor, 2008, 14 mins., 16mm, US)

Ticket Prices:

Tuesday (June 16) Opening Night Program at the Gene Siskel Film Center: $9.00 general; $7.00 students; $5.00 Film Center and Chicago Filmmakers' members.
Wednesday and Thursday (June 17 and 18) screenings at The Nightingale, per screening: $8.00 general; $7.00 students; $4.00 Chicago Filmmakers' members.
Friday and Saturday (June 19 and 20) screenings at Chicago Filmmakers, per screening: $8.00 general; $7.00 students; $4.00 Chicago Filmmakers' members.

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