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  • 16th Chicago Underground Film Festival programme

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    chicago_underground_2009Here's the full programme for the 16th edition of the Chicago Underground Film Festival, that will be held next 10-17 September at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Via Badlit.

    Sept. 10
    8:00 p.m.: It Came From Kuchar, dir. Jennifer Kroot. A documentary on the life of twin pioneering underground filmmakers, George and Mike Kuchar, who directed such classics as Hold Me When I’m Naked and Sins of the Fleshapoids.

    Sept. 11
    6:00 p.m.: “An Open Relationship with Vannevar Bush”
    A New Ecology For The Citizen of the Digital Age, dir. Nick Briz
    Model Homes, dir. Nick O’Brien
    Somewhere Only We Know, dir. Jesse Mclean
    The Return Of The Black Tower, dir. Jennet Thomas
    es/ Synch Up Elements (Version Five), dir. Stom Sogo
    Mistake of a Hedge Monster, dir. Harvey Benschoter
    MEHOH (VR1a), dir. Jon Satrom
    Untitled (2 Axes), dir. Timothy McConville
    What-If?, dir. Torsten Zenas Burns & Darren Martin

    6:15 p.m.: The Boy With the Sun in His Eyes, dir. Todd Verow. A gay man distraught by the death of his lover travels to Europe with a former B-movie scream queen while she shoots a pilot for a new travel show.

    8:00 p.m.: Impolex, dir. Alex Ross Perry. A WWII GI goes on a lonely mission to find undetonated German V-2 rockets.

    8:00 p.m.: “Breaking the Bank”
    Paying Tax Is Sexy, dir. Eva Linder
    Payroll: From the Passive Aggressive Series, dir. Noah Klersfeld
    A Necessary Music, dir. Beatrice Gibson and Alex Waterman
    Dropping Furniture, dir. Harald Hund & Paul Horn
    Resonance, dir. Karel De Cock

    Sept. 12
    3:00 p.m.: “This Must Be the Place”
    Trypps #6 (Malobi), dir. Ben Russell
    Developer, dir. Karthik Pandian
    Arcadia, Downtown, dir. Yaron Lapid
    Wound Footage, dir. Thorsten Fleisch
    American Dreams # 4, dir. Moira Tierney
    Transmissions, dir. Grey Gerstein
    Dick Cheney in a Cold Dark Cell, dir. Jim Finn
    Dogs of Straw, dir. Yin-Ju Chen & James T. Hong

    5:00 p.m.: The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, dir. Julian Nitzberg. A portrait of the infamous family that lives in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains.

    5:00 p.m.: “The Watchful Eye”
    Freude (Delight), dir. Thomas Draschen
    The Citizens, dir. Jerome Everson
    The Image World, dir. Adele Horne
    San Quentin, CA 94964, dir. Katherin McInnis
    Boy/Analysis: An Abridgement of Melanie Klein’s “Narrative of a Child Analysis”, dir. Steve Reinke
    Behind the Walls and Under the Stairs, dir. Christina Battle
    The Book of Salt: Chapter 1: Mary’s Garden, dir. Andrew Busti
    Groundplay, dir. Robert Todd
    1-9, dir. Mary Billyou
    The Body Parlor, dir. Frédéric Moffet, Katrina Chamberlin and James Kubie

    7:00 p.m.: Cellar, dir. Steve Staso. Three separate stories about residents of NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, including a Lebanese immigrant chef, a Colombian manicurist and a lesbian African-American veteran of the Iraq war.

    7:15 p.m.: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, dir. Jessica Oreck. An examination into Japan’s obsession with insects.
    Screening with The Sound of Crickets, dir. Justin Chouinard.

    9:00 p.m.: Gold, dir. Bob Levis. A 35mm, digitally-restored print of the trippy 1968 film set in a really wild Old West mining town.

    9:15 p.m.: “Magic Hands”
    Peeks, dir. Jo Dery
    Twilight Spirit, dir. Jodie Mack
    Launderman, dir. Scott Cummings
    Elfmädchen, dir. Mirka Morales
    All Ghost Women Play the Theremin, dir. Jerzy Rose
    Peaches, dir. Anders Nelson
    Faust, dir. Steve Emmons

    Sept. 13
    3:00 p.m.: “The Entire Cycle”
    Simultaneous Contrast, dir. Chris Kennedy
    Honorable Mention, dir. Kevin Everson
    The Shutdown, dir. Adam Stafford
    Earl, dir. Nick Harvey
    We Began By Measuring Distance, dir. Basma Al-Sharif
    Kalendar (from The Ukranian Time Machine Project), dir. Naomi Uman
    Me Broni Ba (My White Baby), dir. Akosua Adoma Owusa

    3:15 p.m.: China Town, dir. Lucy Raven. This experimental documentary using still photos and ambient sound traces the evolution of copper from a mine in Nevada to a smelter in China.
    Screening with Between the Sheets, dir. Warren Cockerham; and 12 Explosions, dir. Johann Lurf.

    5:00 p.m.: American Radical, dir. David Ridgen and Nicolas Rossier. A documentary about the controversial author and academic Norman Finkelstein.

    5:15 p.m.: “Coconuts and Cocaine”
    Untitled RPG, dir. JD Walsh
    Jaws, dir. Sabine Gruffat
    My Third Painting, dir. Usama Alshaibi
    Papal Broken Dance, dir. Marie Losier
    Myth Labs, dir. Martha Colburn
    Constant Craving, dir. Shana Moulton
    Blondes in the Jungle, dir. Ball Deep International

    7:00 p.m.: The Time Machine, dir. Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat. Live performance piece.
    Screening with In the Jungle, dir. Stephanie Barber. Live performance piece.

    Sept. 14
    6:00 p.m.: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, dir. Jessica Oreck. An examination into Japan’s obsession with insects.
    Screening with The Sound of Crickets, dir. Justin Chouinard

    8:00 p.m.: “Magic Hands”
    Peeks, dir. Jo Dery
    Twilight Spirit, dir. Jodie Mack
    Launderman, dir. Scott Cummings
    Elfmädchen, dir. Mirka Morales
    All Ghost Women Play the Theremin, dir. Jerzy Rose
    Peaches, dir. Anders Nelson
    Faust, dir. Steve Emmons

    Sept. 15
    6:00 p.m.: “Coconuts and Cocaine”
    Untitled RPG, dir. JD Walsh
    Jaws, dir. Sabine Gruffat
    My Third Painting, dir. Usama Alshaibi
    Papal Broken Dance, dir. Marie Losier
    Myth Labs, dir. Martha Colburn
    Constant Craving, dir. Shana Moulton
    Blondes in the Jungle, dir. Ball Deep International

    8:00 p.m.: Gold, dir. Bob Levis. A 35mm, digitally-restored print of the trippy 1968 film set in a really wild Old West mining town.

    Sept. 16
    8:00 p.m.: American Radical, dir. David Ridgen and Nicolas Rossier. A documentary about the controversial author and academic Norman Finkelstein.

    Sept. 17
    6:00 p.m.: The Boy With the Sun in His Eyes, dir. Todd Verow. A gay man distraught by the death of his lover travels to Europe with a former B-movie scream queen while she shoots a pilot for a new travel show.

    8:00 p.m.: “The Watchful Eye”
    Freude (Delight), dir. Thomas Draschen
    The Citizens, dir. Jerome Everson
    The Image World, dir. Adele Horne
    San Quentin, CA 94964, dir. Katherin McInnis 2007
    Boy/Analysis: An Abridgement of Melanie Klein’s “Narrative of a Child Analysis”, dir. Steve Reinke
    Behind the Walls and Under the Stairs, dir. Christina Battle
    The Book of Salt: Chapter 1: Mary’s Garden, dir. Andrew Busti
    Groundplay, dir. Robert Todd
    1-9, dir. Mary Billyou
    The Body Parlor, dir. Frédéric Moffet, Katrina Chamberlin and James Kubie

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  • 13th Annual MadCat Women¹s International Film Festival

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    The 13th Annual MadCat Women¹s International Film Festival
    Kicks off September 16 at El Rio with World Premieres, Live Musical  Accompaniment, and Directors in Person.
    Screening the best films by women directors from around the world

    When:  September 16, 2009, Doors open at 6:30pm and films start at 8:30 pm
    Rain or Shine. Tickets at the door CASH only $8­-$20 Sliding scale

    Where:  El Rio, 3158 Mission Street at Precita Street in San Francisco.

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  • Del Super 8 a lo digital

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    Del Super 8 a lo digital (From Super8 to Digital)
    Wednesday September 9, 16 and 23, 18:00h
    Sala Batato Barea
    Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas
    Av. Corrientes 2038
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina

    Programme
    - En memoria de los pájaros, by Gabriela Golder (2000, 17min).
    - Sin título, by Gonzalo Egurza (2009, 2:20 min).
    - Del otro lado de la hoguera, by Gustavo Galuppo (2006, 7min).
    - abc etc, by Sergio Subero (2007, 19min).
    - Trilogía Sin título, by Pablo Marín (2008-2009, 12 min).

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  • Scratch Expanded: Jordan, Bokanowski & Canadian cinema

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    The Scratch projections return in September with 3 events dedicated to the work of Larry Jordan, Patrick Bokanowski and a selection of Canadian experimental cinema, including works by Michael Snow, Al Razutis, R.Bruce Elder, John Price and David Rimmer, among many others.

    Cinéma Action Christine
    4, rue Christine
    75006 Paris
    France

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  • TIE: The Ross Edition

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    TIE: The Ross Edition

    September 24-25, 2009
    Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
    Lincoln, Nebraska

    In contrast to their predecessors like Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, and Andy Warhol, the younger generations of experimental cinema are perhaps defined by new cultural and geographical alliances. Innovative work with original celluloid-based film is undergoing a renaissance across the world. This revival manifests itself not only in the captivating works of new artists who have broken onto the scene, but also in film-cultural initiatives, in critical reception (particularly among young online writers) and in the art world, where film projections are again playing a paradoxical "avant-garde role" vis-à-vis the omnipresence of video installations.

    Join us for the new edition of TIE, a presentation that illuminates the continuing vitality of experimental cinema with 35mm and 16mm films from Argentina, Germany, Finland, USA, Spain, Netherlands, and Austria . A special presentation of the 1965 classic avant garde film, Vinyl, by Andy Warhol, will conclude the program.

    TIE curator, Christopher May, will be present to introduce the programs and answer questions.

    Programme:

    - Una forma estúpida de decir adiós, Paulo Pecora (35mm, 5 min., Argentina, 2004)
    - Freude (Delight), Thomas Draschan (35mm, 3min., Austria, 2009)
    - Opening Night, Tim Leyendekker (35mm, 5 min., Netherlands, 2009)
    - Trypps #5 (Dubai), Ben Russell (16mm, 3 min., USA/UAE, 2008)
    - Polterabend, Friedl vom Gröller (16mm, 3 min., Austria, 2009)
    - Color by Technicolor, Noah Stout (35mm, 1 min., USA, 2008)
    - Käfig (Cage), Karl Kels (35mm, 14 min., Germany, 2009)
    - Exactly, Sami Van Ingen (35mm, 8 min., Finland, 2008)
    - Film Quartet / Polyframe, Antoni Pinent (35mm, 9 min., Spain, 2008)
    - #37, Joost Rekveld (35mm, 31 min., Netherlands, 2009)
    - Trypps #6 (Malobi), Ben Russell (16mm, 12 min., USA/Suriname, 2009)
    - Burning Palace, Mara Mattuschka & Chris Haring (35mm, 32 min., Austria, 2009)

    Q&A & Intermission

    - Vinyl, Andy Warhol (16mm, 70min. USA, 1965)

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  • Impakt Festival 2009

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    Impackt festivalThe veteran dutch film festival Impakt that will reach this year its 20th edition will be held October 14 - 18 at several locations in the city centre of Utrecht. Under the title of 'Accelerated living' the festival programme, curated by Maria Palacios Cruz and Stoffel Debuysere will focus on 'changing notions of time and speed today'.

    The festival will feature various expositions themed on the different conceptions of time and its social and natural repercusions, with works by Julieta Aranda, Jonas Dahlberg, Vadim Fishkin, Glenn Kaino, Marcellvs L., Guy Sherwin, Thomson & Craighead and Guido van der Werve. The screenings take place the weeken of October 16-18 at the Filmtheater ’t Hoogt with works by Bruce Conner, Dryden Goodwin, Philip Hoffman, Gerard Holthuis, Malcolm Le Grice, Kurt Kren, Jeanne Liotta, Gordon Matta-Clark, Marie Menken, Dietmar Offenhuber, Yo Ota, Michel Pavlou, Ilppo Pohjola, Emily Richardson, Scott Stark, Leslie Thornton, Chris Welsby, Fred Worden, Ivan Zulueta and many others.

     

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  • Rooftop Films: 'Rock Heart Beijing' & 'The End Of The Line'

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    Rooftop Films: 'Rock Heart Beijing' & 'The End Of The Line'

    Friday August 21
    Rock Heart Beijing
    US Premiere!
    If you think it’s hard being a punk rocker in the USA, try making it in China.
    Free Sangria Reception After The Film
    Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can Factory
    Address: 232 3rd St. @ 3rd Ave. (Gowanus/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)
    Directions: F/G to Carroll St. or M/R to Union Ave.
    8:00PM: Doors open
    8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records
    9:00PM: Film
    11:00PM–12:30AM: Reception in courtyard including free sangria courtesy of Carlo Rossi

    Saturday August 22
    Rooftop Films and The Fledgling Fund present
    The End Of The Line
    Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences.
    Venue: The Beach at Governor’s Island
    Address: On the beach along the water on Governor’s Island, just to the West of the Ferry landing
    Directions: The Water Taxi's will leave every 15 minutes from the Battery Maritime Building Slip 7 on the Southern Tip of Manhattan
    8:00PM: Doors open
    8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records
    9:00PM: Film
    Tickets: $12 at the door or online
    Presented in partnership with: The Fledgling Fund, Cinereach & New York magazine

    For more information about these events and others, please contact:
    Danielle Kourtesis
    Music and Outreach Manager, Rooftop Films
    232 3rd St, #D101
    Brooklyn, NY 11215
    (718) 417-7362

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  • Visual Deflections featuring Pipilotti Rist

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    Visual Deflections featuring Pipilotti Rist
    Curated by Eleanor Lawler and Katherine Nolan
    Sat 29th August 2009, 6.30pm till late
    Corbet Place
    Old Truman Brewery
    15 Hanbury st, E1 6QR, Ely's yard
    London

    Pipilotti Rist’s pioneering video work has been aspirational for a generation of emerging artists. This event will screen a selection of these artists alongside Rist’s (Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes. Her influence is reflected in the concept of Visual Deflections, a homage to her use of disjuncture and distortion

    The idea of Visual Deflections infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and screen

    The works will be shown as a screening from 6.30 Sat night and video installation will continue until Sun 11pm. The venue, Corbet Place, is part of the Old Truman Brewery at the heart of Shoreditch’s vibrant creative scene. The brickwork of the club provides a stripped back aesthetic for the screening, which will be followed by music curated by Back to the Wood.

    Artists: Pipilotti Rist, Clint Enns, Ted Sonnenschein, Tessa Garland, Katherine Nolan , Eleanor Lawler, Jonathan Gilhooly, Jan Hakon Erichsen, Ciara Scanlan, Victoria Melody, Anders Weberg, Theo Tagholm, Lisa Flynn, Hillary Williams, Mathew Guillford, Alan Magee, Jeremy Newman, Saskia Vermeulen, Angelo Picozzi, Sarah Breen, Ella Bertilsson, Lia Chavez

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  • tank tv: Florence Lazar

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    Now Showing: Florence Lazar
    12th August - 1st September 2009
    tank.tv is pleased to present a selection of work by Florence Lazar.

    Since the late 1990’s, Florence Lazar has been making films about the situation in Former-Yugoslavia.

    The events in the region have led her to explore questions of identity and politics in a post-conflict situation. Mostly motionless, her camera stresses the presence of the artist which is characterised by her absence of verbal or physical intervention. Similar to that of a mute interlocuter, Lazar’s position creates a space that belongs to the people she films, a space that is shaped by their testimonies on war, politics and identity.

    Florence Lazar was born in 1966 and studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris where she lives and works. She has exhibited widely internationally and in 2007 her work was included in Vide´o et apre`s, Centre Pompidou, Paris

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