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  • Moholy-Nagy's ABC in sound rediscovered in BFI National Archive after 80 years

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    Self Portrait with Hand (1925-29), © the Estate of László Moholy-Nagy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn - ABC IN SOUND (1933)/BFI National Archive

    The BFI are delighted to announce the rediscovery of Bauhaus teacher and artist László Moholy-Nagy’s long ‘lost’ optical sound film, Tönendes ABC / ABC in Sound (1933), missing for over 80 years. The experimental film, from one of the most influential figures of the avant-garde, was found at the BFI National Archive and correctly identified by BFI Curators.

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  • SPEAK! presented by dadaland collective

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    SPEAK! is the first exhibition by dadaland collective: a group of international artists working in a variety of media including video, sound, digital art and photomedia. The collective was formed initially as a proposal for The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale #4 scheduled for November 2019 through to the end of February 2020.

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  • Award winners of the 65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

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    Awards of the International Competition

    Prizes awarded by the International Jury

    Members of the International Jury:
    Clarissa Chikiamco (Singapore), Javier H. Estrada (Spain), Jörg Heiser (Germany), Adina Pintilie (Romania), Salla Tykkä (Finland)

    Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen
    8,000 Euros

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  • Low Light/Black Hole Collective Relocation Fund

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    Low Light Darkroom and Black Hole Collective Film Lab is a DIY community resource center and art studio based in West Oakland, CA organized cooperatively by a group of artists working in analog photography and filmmaking. We were recently informed that the space we have called home for four years is on the market. In an attempt to get ahead of being pushed out, we are moving to a new location with more space and a stronger lease, but it is coming at a cost.

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  • 10th (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico: Jeannette Muñoz & Tribute to Jonas Mekas

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    Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico will feature a special program under the name “Nuevos y viejos amigos” (New and Old Friends). This program will bring to A Coruña new works by filmmakers featured in past editions along with films by other artists whose work is connected to the programming identity of the festival. Among these “new friends”, the (S8) will bring the work of the Chilean Jeannette Muñoz, one of the most relevant experimental filmmakers of our time.

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  • Canyon Cinema: Introducing canyoncinema50.org

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    Canyon Cinema 50th anniversary

    Canyon Cinema is proud to announce the launch of canyoncinema50.org, a new web resource for lovers of experimental film. For the site's debut, we celebrate Barbara Hammer with a video interview conducted in 2017 and a beautiful essay on her work by curator, writer, and friend Susannah Magers -- in time for a tribute screening we're helping to prepare here in San Francisco next week.

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  • Millennium Film Journal No. 69

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    Millennium Film Journal No. 69: Deep Cuts covers a wide swath of contemporary international image-making practices, where ecological, bodily, political, and aesthetic concerns collide and commingle. It's set to be released on April 15.

    Some highlights of the issue include a review of Jodie Mack's first feature, coverage of the 2018 Flaherty Seminar, the latest from Arthur Jafa, and a visit to Pat O'Neill's studio. Check out the full table of contents below.

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