CROSSROADS 2022 is the thirteenth manifestation of Cinematheque’s annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2022 features 67 works of film, video and performance by 71 artists representing 18 countries and territories presented in 10 curated programs. Cinematheque is proud to announce that, of these 71 featured artists, 32 are receiving their CROSSROADS debut this year.

Featured artists:

Peggy Ahwesh . Dominic Angerame . Ben Balcom . Ashley Bellouin . Alex Beriault . Alix Blevins . Ben Bracken . Emily Chao . Charlotte Clermont . Trevon Jakaar Coleman . Karel Doing . James Edmonds . Carl Elsaesser . Kevin Jerome Everson . Lorenzo Gattorna . Josh Gibson . Brittany Gravely . Friedl vom Gröller . Sam Gurry . Karissa Hahn . Matthieu Hallé . Christopher Harris . Eve Heller . Gavin Hipkins . Mike Hoolboom . Sky Hopinka . Dale Hoyt . Ernst Karel . Colleen Kelly . Ian Kirkpatrick . Veronika Kusumaryati . Alexandre Larose . Ken Linehan . Janis Crystal Lipzin . Azucena Losana . Jodie Mack . Alex MacKenzie . Pedro Maia . J.M. Martínez . Tetsuya Maruyama . Carleen Maur . Douglas McCausland . Ross Meckfessel . Abinadi Meza . Jeremy Moss . Ramey Newell . Jayne Parker . Zack Parrinella . Chantal Partamian . Sofia Petersen . Charlotte Pryce . Morgan Quaintance . Jennifer Reeves . Dani Leventhal ReStack . Sheilah ReStack . Michael Robinson . Tulapop Saenjaroen . Rajee Samarasinghe . Marcos Serafim . Sara Sowell . Rhea Storr . Makino Takashi . Leslie Thornton . Unitions . Janelle VanderKelen . Elia Vargas . Erin Weisgerber . Matt Whitman . Sheri Wills . Brandon Wilson . Kit Young . Antoinette Zwirchmayr

Program:

CROSSROADS 2022 — program 1beauty can fool youFriday, August 26, 7pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: Squish! (2021) by Tulapop Saenjaroen (Thailand/Singapore); digital video, color, sound, 18 minutes. Color Prism Suite #2: Withering Ends (2021) by Zack Parrinella (US); 16mm, color, sound, 4 minutes. Up Close (2021) by Sam Gurry (US); digital video, color, sound, 3 minutes. Skinship (2022) by Mike Hoolboom (Canada); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. Sea of Sighs (2022) by J.M. Martínez (US); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes. young, (2009) by Dale Hoyt (US); digital video, color, sound, 8 minutes. Polycephaly in D  (2021) by Michael Robinson (US); digital video, color, sound, 23 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 2table of the elementsFriday, August 26, 9:30pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: SEAM (2021) by Sheri Wills (US); digital video, color, sound, 4 minutes. The Day Lives Briefly Unscented (2021) by Brandon Wilson (US); digital video, color, sound, 4 minutes. ghost is hungry (2021) by Brandon Wilson (US); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes.  Wasteland No. 3: Moons, Sons (2021) by Jodie Mack (US/UK); 16mm, color, silent, 5 minutes. III. (2022) by Alexandre Larose (Canada); 35mm screened as digital video, color, sound, 15 minutes; live soundtrack by Ashley Bellouin (US) & Ben Bracken (US). The Waterfall (2017) by Matthieu Hallé (Canada); film/video performance, color, sound, 30 minutes; live soundtrack by Unitions. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022  — program 3it takes the world to make a feather fallSaturday, August 27, 1pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: Future from Inside (2021) by Dani Leventhal ReStack (Canada/US) & Sheilah ReStack (Canada/US); digital video, color, sound, 19 minutes. Configurations (2021) by James Edmonds (UK/Germany); 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes. SHASHIN NO MA (2021) by Tetsuya Maruyama (Brazil/Japan); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. Home When You Return (2021) by Carl Elsaesser (US); digital video, color, sound, 30 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 4before you witnessed this entropySaturday, August 27, 3:15pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: A Perfect Storm (2022) by Karel Doing (UK); 16mm, color, sound, 3 minutes. Mnemonics of Shape and Reason (2021) by Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes.  Lácrimas (2021) by Jeremy Moss (US); digital video, color, sound, 14 minutes. Puncture (2021) by Carleen Maur (US); digital video, color, sound, 4 minutes. Ontogeny (2022) by Janis Crystal Lipzin (US); digital video, color, sound, 9 minutes. Amaryllis—a study (2020) by Jayne Parker (UK); digital video, color, sound, 7 minutes. M*U*S*H (2022) by Jodie Mack (US/UK); 16mm, color, silent, 8 minutes. from time without beginning (2021) by Lorenzo Gattorna (US); digital video, color, sound, 7 minutes. Solace (2021) by Chantal Partamian (Lebanon): digital video, color, sound, 1 minute. Alone Sleeps the Water, Frozen She Awakes (2021) by Sofia Petersen (Argentina/Spain): digital video, color, silent, 5 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 5Ernst Karel & Veronika Kusumaryati’s Expedition ContentSaturday, August 27, 5:15pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: Expedition Content (2020) by Ernst Karel (US) & Veronika Kusumaryati (Indonesia); digital video, color, sound, 78 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 6the dark of the screenSaturday, August 27, 8:30pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: irradiance (2020) by Ramey Newell (Canada); digital video, color, sound, 3 minutes. Estuary (2021) by Ross Meckfessel (US); 16mm, color, sound, 12 minutes. death by fantasies by mirrors (2022) by Charlotte Clermont (Thiothià:ke/Montreal); digital video, color, sound, 13 minutes. Pigment-Dispersion Syndrome (2022) by Jennifer Reeves (US); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. Thalassophobia (2022) by Kit Young (US) & Colleen Kelly (US); video performance with live sound, color, sound, 15 minutes. Dreams Under Confinement (2020) by Christopher Harris (US); digital video, color, sound, 3 minutes. Autoimmune (2020) by Douglas McCausland (US), Ian Kirkpatrick (US) and Marcos Serafim (Brazil/US); digital video, color, sound, 13 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 7we have tasted planetsSunday, August 28, 1pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: The Silver Reel (2022) by Josh Gibson (US); digital video, color, sound, 24 minutes. A Valley Without Trees (2021) by Janelle VanderKelen (US); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. Curve the Night Sky (2021) by Peggy Ahwesh (US); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes. Looking Backward (2022) by Ben Balcom (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 10 minutes. Missing Time (2019) by Morgan Quaintance (UK); digital video, b&w, sound, 15 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 8divisions of laborSunday, August 28, 3:15pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: Light Signal (2022) by Emily Chao (US); digital video, color, sound, 13 minutes. Paper Bag Test (2019) by Trevon Jakaar Coleman (US); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes. Pinhole Park (2021) by Alex MacKenzie (Canada); digital video, b&w, sound, 11 minutes. Feriado (2021) by Azucena Losana (Mexico/Argentina); digital video, b&w, sound, 2 minutes. Madness Remixed (2021) by Rhea Storr (UK); digital video, color, sound, 11 minutes. Carbon Loops (2022) by Elia Vargas (US); 16mm double projection, color, silent, 3 minutes (loop). Prometheus (2021) by Dominic Angerame (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 4 minutes. Patent 1,571,148 (2022) by Kevin Jerome Everson (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 5 minutes. Singing in Oblivion (2021) by Eve Heller (US/Austria); digital video, b&w, sound, 13 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 9i remember those days (it could have been different)Sunday, August 28, 5:30pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: Time Crystals (2021) by Abinadi Meza (Wixárika); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. BERLIN FEUER (2021) by Pedro Maia (Portugal/Germany); digital video, color, sound, 6 minutes. Microcosmos (2022) by Makino Takashi (Japan); digital video, color, sound, 12 minutes. THAT WAS WHEN I THOUGHT I COULD HEAR YOU (2021) by Matt Whitman (US); digital video, color, silent, 9 minutes. Show Me Other Places (2021) by Rajee Samarasinghe (Sri Lanka); digital video, color, sound, 12 minutes. The Deep (2022) by Gavin Hipkins (Aotearoa/New Zealand); digital video, color, sound, 11 minutes.  High Heel Beloved (2021) by Leslie Thornton (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 5 minutes. Full details here.

———CROSSROADS 2022 — program 10around her the shadows trembledSunday, August 28, 7:45pmAdvance tickets hereJoin our Facebook eventSCREENING: shadow swells (2022) by Karissa Hahn (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 3 minutes. Sometimes a little Sin is good for the Soul (2020) by Alex Beriault (Canada); digital video, color, sound, 9 minutes. The Girl Who Is (2021) by Sara Sowell (US); digital video, b&w, sound, 6 minutes.  First Hypnotic Suggestion (2020) by Brittany Gravely (US) & Ken Linehan (US); 16mm double projection, color, sound, 10 minutes. Dans les cieux et sur la terre (2022) by Erin Weisgerber (Canada); 16mm screened as digital video, color, sound, 12 minutes. Object Permanence (2022) by Alix Blevins (US); 16mm, color, sound, 1 minute. Of This Beguiling Membrane (2021) by Charlotte Pryce (US/UK); digital video, color, sound, 5 minutes. la mia camera (2019) by Friedl vom Gröller  (Austria); 16mm, color, silent, 2 minutes.  Das Rad (2021) by Friedl vom Gröller (Austria); 16mm, b&w, silent, 3 minutes. Ertrunken (2022) by Friedl vom Gröller (Austria); 16mm, b&w, silent, 3 minutes. Am Rande des Vorhangs (2022) by Antoinette Zwirchmayr (Austria); 16mm, color, sound, 10 minutes. Full details here.

Full line-up and full details at www.sfcinematheque.org