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film projection, super 8, and local film classification laws.

Events: Recent > Upcoming | 2005 > 2006 > 2007 \/ 2009 > 2010 > 2011
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100 EVENTS Sept-Oct 2008

Latest in October in Toronto - Ottawa - Cairo - Detroit - Dublin - London, UK
Ottawa - Paonia - Cambridge, ON - Strasbourg - Cleveland - Calgary - Edmonton
Lausanne - NYC - Brooklyn - Cork - Dundee - Lucca - Winnipeg - Montreal
Latest in September in Ely, UK - Dublin - Toronto - Hamilton, Ontario
Ottawa - Moncton - Rome -
New York City - Buffalo - Detroit - Victoria, BC
San Francisco - Chicago
- Halifax - Szeged - Cleveland - Richmond, VA - Seoul

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OCTOBER 28-31 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Prom Night (Paul Lynch, Canada, 1980)

Friday, October 31, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Hallowe'en Screening - The Frighteners
(Peter Jackson, New Zealand/USA, 1996, 110 min.)

Friday, October 31, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

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The Loop Collective and The School of Image Arts present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

Films by Larry Jordan
16mm films and videos from USA.

Thursday, October 30, 7pm, free (unclassified)

Room 304, 122 Bond St., (1 block NW of Dundas & Church)
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto

Pleasure Dome, The Goethe-Institut Toronto,
and Camera Bar/ Stephen Bulger Gallery present

Revisiting the Films of Alexander Kluge
All on video.

Tuesdays & Wednesdays, Oct 28 - Nov 12
$10 your first / $5 others (adults only, by law)

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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OCTOBER 28th IN OTTAWA

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI)'s Café eX series (since 1999),
and SAW Video Co-op present

The Progress of the Storm:
The Films of Christina Battle
In person from Toronto with her recent 16mm, 35mm & video.

Tuesday, October 28, 7:30pm, $10/6 (adults only, by law)

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

OCTOBER 26 & 27 IN CAIRO, EGYPT

ZAC Association and the Link Campus University of Malta present

2nd Annual Abstracta 2008 Cairo
International Exhibition of Abstract Cinema
Only festival of Its kind in the world today.

October 26 & 27

Abstracta 2008 Roma - September 23-28, Rome, Italy
Abstracta 2008 New York - October 12 & 13, New York City

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OCTOBER 26 & 27 IN TORONTO

The Free Screen presents

Cinema and Disjunction
Filmmakers Adrian Blackwell, Daniel Young and Christian Giroux,
in person with premieres of their 35mm films commissioned by
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT).
Plus a panel discussion with artist Michael Snow.

Monday, October 27, 7pm, free (adults only, by law)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

broken pencil magazine presents it's annual 'zine fair

Hotel Canzine All Day Screenings
Bring your own video! Maximum 10 minutes.
canzinevideo@brokenpencil.com

Sunday, October 26, 1-7pm, $5 (unclassified)

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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OCTOBER 26th NEAR DETROIT

The Michigan Photographic Historical Society (MiPHS) presents its

37th annual Photographica Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, October 26, 10am-4pm, $5

Novi Community Center, 45175 West Ten Mile Rd.
(1/2 mile west of Novi Rd.), Novi, Michigan

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OCTOBER 26th IN DUBLIN, IRELAND

Experimental Film Club presents its monthly screening

Dance Play Ritual
with guest filmmakers John Porter and James Hosty,
plus videos by Maya Deren, Yvonne Rainer, Morleigh Steinberg.

Sunday, October 26, 4pm, 5€

upstairs in the Ha'penny Bridge Inn,
42 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland

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OCTOBER 25 & 26 IN LONDON, UK

The BFI 52nd London Film Festival (October 14-30) presents

Experimenta - Artists' Film & Video
8 screenings October 25 & 26, £8.50 each
Guy Debord, Thomas Köner. Nicky Hamlyn, Robert Todd,
Francisca Duran, David Gatten, Neil Beloufa, Charlotte Pryce,
Nathaniel Dorsky, Alina Rudnitskaya, Ben Rivers, Michel Auder,
Jayne Parker, Lawrence Jordan, Alexandra Cuesta, Luther Price,
Neil Beloufa, Brigid McCaffrey, Ben Russell, Sylvia Schedelbauer,
Phil Solomon, Rebecca Baron & Douglas Goodwin, Julia Hechtman,
Sami van Ingen, Bart Vegter, Pat O’Neill, Bruce Conner, Andrew Neel.
Several makers will be present. Curated by Mark Webber. info
Two continuous installations in the BFI Southbank Studio.

NFT3, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1

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OCTOBER 25th IN OTTAWA

Drunken Master Revue (Wed's 5-6pm, CKCU-FM 93.1) presents

Saturday Night Sinema
Rare Canadian, exploitation and grindhouse classics
on 35mm or 16mm film! Monthly, on the last Saturday.

Deadly Eyes (Robert Clouse, Canada, 1982, 16mm)
Presented by Stacey Case and Jonathan Culp
in person
, from Toronto's Trash Palace Theatre.

Saturday, October 25, 11pm, $5 (classified)

Club SAW, Arts Court, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

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OCTOBER 24 & 25 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome presents

Sad Nuggets
Videos by Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn

Saturday, October 25, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Flat Foot (Bud Spencer, Italy, 1973)

Friday, October 24, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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OCTOBER 23-26 IN PAONIA

TIE - The International
Experimental Cinema Exposition

35mm, 16mm, 8mm, super 8. No video.

The Blue Sage, and The Paradise Theatre, Paonia, Colorado

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OCTOBER 22-26 IN TORONTO

The Loop Collective and The School of Image Arts present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

New Works by The Loop Collective
from Toronto with 16mm films and videos.

Thursday, October 23, 7pm, free (unclassified)

Room 304, 122 Bond St., (1 block NW of Dundas & Church)
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto

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The Revue Film Society presents

5th Drop Your Shorts: Short Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm.
Submit your shorts on Saturday, October 18, Noon-1:30pm

Thursday, October 23, 7pm, $2 (adults only, by law)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

9th Annual Planet in Focus
International Environmental Film & Video Festival

October 22-26, Toronto (adults only, by law)

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OCTOBER 22-26 IN CAMBRIDGE, ONT

The 2nd annual Grand River Film Festival
October 22-26
No super 8
University of Waterloo School of Architecture,
7 Melville St. South, Cambridge, Ontario

including, co-presented by Ed Video Media Arts Centre,
The First "Indie Lounge" - October 25 & 26
A film, video and new media symposium.
Workshops, panels, demonstrations.
Futures Inn (by the 401), Cambridge, Ontario

OCTOBER 22nd IN OTTAWA

Wednesdays, in Ottawa or online, on CKCU-FM 93.1, listen to

Drunken Master Revue 5-6pm
A movie-related variety radio show.

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OCTOBER 21 & 22 IN STRASBOURG

La 8ème Festival Tourné Monté Super8
avec le réalisateur Steven Kaysersberg

21 et 22 Octobre, 19h

Palais des Fêtes de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

OCTOBER 20th IN OTTAWA

Available Light Screening Collective presents

Screaming City: West-Berlin 1980’s
Videos & 16mm films. Co-curator Florian Wüst in person!

Monday, October 20, 4pm , 7pm & 8:30pm, free
(unclassified)

Club SAW, Arts Court, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

info: availablelightcollective at gmail dot com Facebook

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OCTOBER 20th IN TORONTO

York University Film Department presents its

7th Annual CineSIEGE
showcase of student films on video

Monday, October 20, 7pm, free!

The Royal Cinema, 608 College St., Toronto

OCTOBER 19 NEAR CLEVELAND

Photorama USA presents

Cleveland Camera Collectors Show
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, October 19, 10am-3pm, $6

Cleveland-Richfield Quality-Inn,
4742 Breckville Rd., Richfield, Ohio
(off I-80, East Exit 173, South on Route 21)

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OCTOBER 18 & 19 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

Animation Workshop with Ishu Patel
Plasticine animation under the camera
Limited to 10 participants. Register: tais at bellnet dot ca

Sunday, October 19, 10am-5pm, $50/35

NFB Atelier, 150 John St., Toronto

The Film Reference Library presents

6th International Home Movie Day
Open Call screenings on 8mm, super 8, 16mm.

Saturday, October 18, 12-5pm, free (unclassified)

Cinematheque Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

Film submissions by appointment only:
416-967-1517 | jlofthouse at tiffg dot ca

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Homemade Movies, the West Toronto Junction Historical Society,
and the Toronto Public Library - Annette Street Branch present

Home Movie Day in the Junction
Show your home movies, or come just to watch.
8mm, super 8 or 16mm (sorry no video).
homemademovies at hotmail dot com

Saturday, October 18, free
Film Inspection & Repair Clinic: 1-3pm
View your films privately, select ones to show.
Get help with repairs, advice on preserving your films.
Screening: 2pm

Annette Library, 145 Annette St., Toronto
(1 block S of Dundas W, just W of Keele)

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The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

Ishu Patel, in person
35mm Film Screening and Master Class
RSVP: tais at bellnet dot ca

Saturday, October 18, 3-6pm, free (adults only, by law)

NFB Spotton Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents

The Philosopher of Chaos
Films by John Bock and others

Saturday, October 18, 8pm, free (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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OCTOBER 18 IN CALGARY

The University of Calgary presents

6th International Home Movie Day
Bring & show your own home movies, or come just to watch.

Saturday, October 18, 12-5pm, free
12-2pm: Film inspection and check-in. 2-5pm: Home movie screening

Memorial Park Library, 1221 - 2nd Street SW, Calgary, Alberta

OCTOBER 18 IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA

The Provincial Archives of Alberta and
The University of Alberta present

6th International Home Movie Day
Open Call screenings on 8mm, super 8, 16mm.

Saturday, October 18, 1-4pm, free (unclassified)
1pm: Film inspections with archivists. 2pm: Home movie screening.

Room #2-157, Enterprise Square,
10230 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alberta

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OCTOBER 15-17 IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Buffalo '66 (Vincent Gallo, USA, 1998, 110 min.)

Friday, October 17, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents

Screaming City: West-Berlin 1980’s
Videos and 16mm films, curated and presented by
Florian Wüst and Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, in person!

Friday, October 17, 7pm, 9pm & 10:30pm,
$5 each / $10 all
(unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

The Super Cops (Gordon Parks, USA, 1974)

Friday, October 17, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

THE AMBiENT PiNG presents

Impossible Structures
featuring Spacenoiz, and Little Oak Animal with
projected 35mm slides and super 8 films by Rob Cruickshank.

Thursday, October 16, 8:30pm, $6/pwyc (unclassified)

The Renaissance Café, 1938 Danforth Ave.
(2 blocks west of Woodbine), Toronto

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The Loop Collective and The School of Image Arts present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

Films by Double Negative Collective
16mm films and videos from Montreal.

Thursday, October 16, 7pm, free (unclassified)

Room 304, 122 Bond St., (1 block NW of Dundas & Church)
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto

9th imagineNATIVE
Film & Media Arts Festival

Video and 35mm. No super 8 or 16mm.

October 15-19 (unclassified)

Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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OCTOBER 15-19 IN LAUSANNE

The 7th Lausanne
Underground Film & Music Festival

October 15-19, Lausanne, Switzerland

OCTOBER 15-19 IN NEW YORK CITY

21st MIX NYC New York
Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film Festival

8mm, super 8, 16mm, 35mm, video, performance, installation, media art

Mix Factory, Seaport, 217 Water St., New York City, New York

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OCTOBER 15th IN OTTAWA

Wednesdays, in Ottawa or online, on CKCU-FM 93.1, listen to

Drunken Master Revue 5-6pm
A movie-related variety radio show.

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI)'s Café eX series (since 1999),
and SAW Video Co-op present

Imagine Meaning:
The Moving Images of Joe Hiscott
In person from Québec with his recent work.

Wednesday, October 15, 7:30pm, $10/6 (adults only, by law)

Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

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OCTOBER 14th IN BROOKLYN, NY

Light Industry presents

Crossroads: A Tribute to Bruce Conner
New works made for the screening by
25 artists inspired by and in tribute of Bruce Conner (1933-2008):
Dara Birnbaum, Roger Beebe, John Michael Boling, Bryan Boyce,
Peggy Ahwesh, Martha Colburn, Craig Baldwin, Stephanie Barber,
Michael Robinson, Michael Gitlin and Jacqueline Goss, Ken Jacobs,
Oliver Laric, Jeanne Liotta, Eileen Maxson, Jenny Perlin, Luther Price,
Kent Lambert, Keith Sanborn, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Deborah Stratman,
Animal Charm, Bradley Eros, Kevin Everson, Ernie Gehr, Aaron Valdez.
Part of proceeds to Anthology Film Archives' preservation of Connor's films.

Tuesday, October 14, 8pm, $6

3rd Floor, 55 33rd Street, Brooklyn, New York

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OCTOBER 12-19 IN CORK, IRELAND

53rd Cork Film Festival
Ireland’s oldest & largest film event. Wide-ranging & eclectic.
International & New Irish Cinema. Features & Shorts.
35mm, 16mm, super 8, video.
John Porter in person from Toronto, Canada,
with 3 different super 8 film-performance shows
including one for youth. Plus a super 8 workshop.

October 12-19, Cork City, Ireland

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OCTOBER 12 & 13 IN NEW YORK CITY

ZAC Association and the Link Campus University of Malta present

2nd Annual Abstracta 2008 New York
International Exhibition of Abstract Cinema
Only festival of Its kind in the world today.

The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., New York City

(Abstracta 2008 Cairo - October 26 & 27)
(Abstracta 2008 Roma - September 23-28, Rome)

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OCTOBER 11 & 12 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome presents

Artist Talks
with Michael Bell-Smith & Laurel Nakadate

Sunday, October 12, 2pm, $5

Pixel Gallery, 156 Augusta Ave., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents

I-Be Area by Ryan Trecartin
Recent feature-length video by Philadelphia-based artist.

Sunday, October 12, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Latvian House, 491 College St., Toronto

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Pleasure Dome presents

A Lower World:
Excesses and Extremes in Film and Video
Recent media works by Takeshi Murata, Michael Bell-Smith,
Mungo Thomson, Nathalie Djurberg, Marcus Coates,
Julian Hoeber, and Laurel Nakadate.

October 11 - November 29

Opening: Saturday, October 11, 1-6pm, free (unclassified)

Pixel Gallery, 156 Augusta Ave., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents

We Are All Made of Stars
Videos by Laurel Nakadate, in person!

Saturday, October 11, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Latvian House, 491 College St., Toronto

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OCTOBER 10-12 IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND

Arika presents

The 6th Kill Your Timid Notion
Experiment sound-film / music-image.
35mm, 16mm, 8mm, super 8 and video.
7 film programmes including work by Walter Ruttman,
Luis Recoder, Robert Nelson, David Askevold, Toshiya Tsunoda,
Hollis Frampton, Luc Ferrari, Christoph Migone, and many more.
Experimental film/ sound performances by Francisco Lopez,
Raha Raissnia & Charles Curtis, Declarative Mode (Paul Sharits),
Aileen Campbell, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjorgeengen & Philipp Wachsmann,
Luke Fowler & Lee Patterson, Guy Sherwin, L’Anticoncept (Gil Wolman),
Seth Cluett, Benedict Drew & Sachiko M, Malcolm Le Grice & Keith Rowe,
Installations by Felix Hess and Paul Sharits. Talks, workshops, etc.

October 10-12, £10/day, £25/all

Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland

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OCTOBER 10-12 IN LUCCA, ITALY

The 4th Annual Lucca Film Festival
Independent and experimental film and video.
Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s Cure-Charisma-Kairo trilogy,
retrospectives by Jonas Mekas and Shane Meadows,
and Christian Lebrat’s film, photography and performance art.

October 10-12, Lucca, Italy

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OCTOBER 10th IN TORONTO

Lantern Revue
A night of film & video performance, music, storytelling & theatre,
by Robert Kingsbury & Troy Coulterman & Vanessa Kimmons,
Neil Cavalier, David Stein, Amy Bowles & Lisa Kennedy,
David Frankovich & D. Alex Meeks & Chris Wiseman,
J.M. McNab & Stefan Banjevic.
Installation by Rebecca Pletsch & Alex Unger.

Friday, October 10, 9pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Wacky Taxi (John Astin, USA, 1972)

Friday, October 10, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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OCTOBER 9-12 IN WINNIPEG

The 3rd WNDX Festival
of Avant-Garde and Underground Film

Recent Prairie experimental 16mm, 35mm, video
October 9-12, $7 each / $10 pass
Cinematheque and Winnipeg Film Group Studio,
100 Arthur St. (Artspace), at Bannatyne, Winnipeg

INCLUDING

The 3rd Winnipeg One Take Super 8 Event
Premieres of 30 new super 8 films made for the screening by
Gwen Trutnau, Sarah Petz, Arlead Ashcroft & Andrea  von Wichert,
Andreas Goldfuss, Joshua Stanton, Amanda Smart, Stephan Oystryk,
Cam Woykin, Jaimz Asmundson, Karen Asmundson, Matthew Etches,
Heidi Phillips, Allison Yearwood, Jordan Crossthwaite, Kristen Andrews,
Leslie Supnet, Danielle Sturk, Aaron Zeghers, David Streit, Erik Arnason,
Kevin Bacon, Robert Vilar, Andrew Milne, Jonah Nepon, Damien Ferland,
Clint Enns, Sheena Shand, Deco Dawson, Hope Peterson, Mike Maryniuk.
Each film edited-in-camera on a single reel of super 8, then shown as shot,
the artists not seeing their work first. An annual event in Regina since 2000.

Sunday, October 12, 9pm, $pwyc
The Marlborough Garrick Centre, 330 Garry St., Winnipeg

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OCTOBER 9th IN TORONTO

The Loop Collective and The School of Image Arts present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

Richard Kerr in person!
from Montreal with his 16mm films and videos.

Thursday, October 9, 7pm, free (unclassified)

Room 304, 122 Bond St., (1 block NW of Dundas & Church)
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto

Kino05 Open Screening
Toronto chapter of Kino international video group.
Submit your shorts on the spot at 7pm! or just come to watch.
This month's featured artist: Ulysses Castellanos.

Thursday, October 9, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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OCTOBER 8th IN OTTAWA

The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) and
The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa (IFCO) present

Just Because I'm Standing Here,
Doesn't Mean I Want To

Pim Zwier in person from Filmbank, Netherlands,
with recent Dutch landscape videos and films, by
Gerbrand Burger & Tijman Hauer, Anna Lange, Esther Urius,
Pim Zwier, Paul van de Wildenberg, Guido van der Werve,
Jérome Schlomoff, and Francien van Everdingen.

Wednesday, October 8, 7pm, $10/6 (adults only, by law)

Auditorium, Library & Archives Canada,
395, rue Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario

Wednesdays, in Ottawa or online, on CHUO-FM 89, listen to

Click here 5-6pm
Today: Pim Zwier visiting from Filmbank, The Netherlands,
discussing his programme of recent Dutch landscape videos
showing tonight at 7pm at The Library & Archives Canada.

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OCTOBER 3-7 IN TORONTO

6th Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival
No super 8

October 7-10, $10 each, $7 advance (unclassified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

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The Photographic Historical Society of Canada (phsc) presents

The Big One Photographica Fair
Canada's oldest, largest sale of used photographic equipment.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine. Over 140 tables.

Sunday, October 5, 10am-3pm, $7

The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martingrove Rd.
(east side, south of Hwy 7), Woodbridge, Ontario

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The 3rd Nuit Blanche
Free all-night art installations and events (no super 8)
in 125 varied locations, indoors and outdoors,
Saturday-Sunday, October 4-5, 7pm-7am, free, including:

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CARFAC Ontario presents CARFAC's
40th Anniversary info booth 7pm-12am, and
Rooftop Jack Chambers Film Screening
Hart of London (1970, Canada, 16mm, 80 min.)
Saturday, October 4, 9pm, free (unclassified)
Rooftop Garden, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

Pleasure Dome presents
Hooliganship: Cartune Xprez
Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris in person from Portland,
with their multi-media performance, plus animated videos by
Takeshi Murata, Shana Moulton, Bruce Bickford and others.
Same program shown twice,
Saturday, October 4, 9pm & 11pm, $pwyc (unclassified)
CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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The Goethe-Institut Toronto presents
Oliver Husain's Mount Shasta
Toronto premiere of his short 16mm film (10 min.), outdoors,
with live music accompaniment by Mantler (Chris A. Cummings)
and live foley sound by Oliver Husain. Repeated performances,
Saturday, October 4, 10pm-Midnight, free (unclassified)
Garden of the Consulate General of Italy, 136 Beverley St., Toronto

CineCycle presents
"Scopitones" on 16mm, outdoors, all-night
Short, music films from the 1960s.
Saturday-Sunday, October 4-5, 10pm-7am (unclassified)
Courtyard, Main Floor, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

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The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos)
(Alejandro Amenabar, Spain/France/Italy, 1997, 117 min)

Friday, October 3, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre.
Features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Shemp Fest - the unsung Stooge
plus first episode of The Pantom Creeps serial.

Friday, October 3, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

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OCTOBER 3rd IN MONTREAL

The Double Negative Collective and
Pop Montreal / Film Pop (Oct 1-5) present

Film Pop: Double Negative Collective
A one-night-only, immersive, film-loop environment / installation
by the members of Montreal's Double Negative Collective,
with new works from Lucia Fezzuoglio, Amber Goodwyn,
Matt Law, Karl Lemieux, Eduardo Menz, Micheal Rollo,
Daichi Saito, Ithamar Silver, and Malena Szlam.

Friday, October 3, 7-11pm, free

Ctrllab, 3634, boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, Québec

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OCTOBER 2nd IN TORONTO

The Loop Collective and The School of Image Arts present
their weekly Lighthouse Series devoted to experimental cinema

Just Because I'm Standing Here,
Doesn't Mean I Want To

Pim Zwier in person from Filmbank, Netherlands,
with recent Dutch landscape videos and 16mm films by
Gerbrand Burger & Tijman Hauer, Anna Lange, Esther Urius,
Pim Zwier, Paul van de Wildenberg, Guido van der Werve,
Jérome Schlomoff, and Francien van Everdingen.

Thursday, October 2, 8pm, free (unclassified)

Room 304, 122 Bond St., (1 block NW of Dundas & Church)
The School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto

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OCTOBER 1-3 IN BROOKLYN, NY

Women's Experimental Screening Series
16mm films and videos by USA women since the 1940's.
Programmed by MM Serra, Rebecca Cleman, Marie Losier.

Wednesday-Friday, October 1-3, 8pm, $10

Oct 1 - Films by Sara-Kathryn Arledge, Marie Menken, Silvianna Goldsmith,
Storm De Hirsch, Carolee Schneemann, Doris Chase, Rosalind Schneider.
Oct 2 - Videos by Lynda Benglis, Dara Birnbaum, Pat Hearn, Martha Wilson,
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Cynthia Maughan, Howardena Pindell.
Oct 3 - Films and Videos by Peggy Ahwesh, Martha Colburn, Cecile Paris,
Michelle Handelman, Kerry Laitala, Xander Marro, Shana Moulton,
Shannon Plumb, Ava Warbrick, Virginie Yassef & Aurelie Godard.

ISSUE Project Room, 3rd floor, (OA) Can Factory,
232 Third St. (Gowanus neighbourhood), Brooklyn, New York

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SEPT 30 - OCT 21 IN TORONTO

The Goethe-Institut Toronto and Camera Bar present

Ernst Lubitsch: The Berlin Years 1919-1921
Silent films on video with live musical accompaniment by,
in turn, Alison Melville, Ben Grossman, Kathleen Kajioka,
Gabe Shuford, Marilyn Lerner and John Gzowski.

Tuesdays, September 30 - October 21, 7:30pm,
$5 membership plus $5 per evening
(classified)

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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SEPTEMBER 28th IN ELY, UK

The Cambridge Super 8 Film Festival presents its

Super 8 Touring Programme
The "Best of the Fest", on video, by Sam Giles,
David Pfluger, Bertrand Louis & David Poussin,
Chris Wagganer, Dan Marceaux, Eriko Sonada,
Norwood Cheek, Nick Golebiewski, John Cannizzaro,
Jason Nardella, Shane Davey, Allan Levasseur Brown,
Introduced by Simon Mullen from Cambridge Super 8.
Suitable for a general audience.

Sunday, September 28, 3pm, £3

The Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely, UK

^^^

SEPTEMBER 28th IN DUBLIN

Experimental Film Club monthly screening

TVs and Bodies
Works by experimental video artists Stephen Dwoskin,
Maximilian Le Cain, Nam June Paik, and Aldo Tambellini.

Sunday, September 28, 4pm, 5€

upstairs in the Ha'penny Bridge Inn,
42 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland

SEPTEMBER 28th IN TORONTO

The 3rd COMMFFEST
Community Film Festival. No super 8.

September 26-28, $10 each (adults only, by law)

Rainbow Cinema, 80 Front St. E., Toronto
(also in Kensington Market, Brampton and Scarborough)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 27th IN HAMILTON

The Factory's Hamilton Film Week (Sept 22-27) presents

Naked Vision - Gala Finale
Short Independent Film & Video Art, on video.
Some artists present for Q & A. Post-screening party.

Saturday, September 27, 7:30pm, $10 suggested

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre,
126 James St. N., Hamilton, Ontario

^^^

SEPTEMBER 27th IN OTTAWA

Drunken Master Revue (Wed's 5-6pm, CKCU-FM 93.1) presents

Saturday Night Sinema
Rare Canadian, exploitation and grindhouse classics
on 35mm or 16mm film! Monthly, on the last Saturday.

American Nightmare
(Don McBrearty, Canada, 1983, 88 minutes, 16mm)
Producer Ray Sayer in person.

Saturday, September 27, 11pm, $5 (classified)

Club SAW, Arts Court, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 IN TORONTO

8th Student Shorts Film Festival
Video & 16mm (unclassified)

The Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto

^^^

SEPTEMBER 26th IN MONCTON, NB

THE "SHOOT & SHOW" SUPER 8 SEASON BEGINS WITH
the oldest annual "shoot & show" super 8 screening in the world!

22e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie
(FicfA), 25 sept - 4 oct, et la Galerie Sans Nom présente

12e année Acadie Underground
New super 8 films made for the screening
by Eric Allain, Laura Bonney & Joshawa Lamkey,
Mario Doucette, Marie-Thérèse François & Gabriel Lévesque,
Bernard C. Cormier, JD Léger, Isabelle Dugas, Mélanie Durepos,
Paul Goguen & Suzanne Léger, Joe Teakles & Alexandre Tremblay.
Each film shot recently, in 48 hours, edited-in-camera, on one roll,
then processed at Exclusive Lab in Toronto so filmmakers
see their film for the first time at the public premiere,
silent, or with "wild" sound or live performance.
"Audience Choice" Awards!

Vendredi, 26 Septembre à 21h, $5

Ciné-Bistrot, Studio 700. 700 rue main, Moncton, New Brunswick

^^^

SEPTEMBER 24-26 IN TORONTO (& NYC)

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
Funky Forest: The First Contact (Japan, 2005, 150 min.)
directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine, Shunichiro Miki.

Friday, September 26, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

^^^

Tropfest New York 2008
"The world's largest short film festival". On video.
A rock concert-style event, outdoors, with live musical acts
beginning at 5pm. Bring a blanket. "Best Film" prize of $20,000!

Friday, September 26, screening at 8pm, free

The World Financial Center Plaza, Battery Park City, New York City

and live via satellite, outdoors in the plaza at
First Canadian Place, 100 King St. W. (at Bay St.), Toronto, Ontario
(due to Hurricane Juan in NYC, the Toronto screening was not live)

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre, now weekly,
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Dogpound Shuffle (Canada, 1975)

Friday, September 26, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

^^^

The Hart House Film Board's

Screening Party - 7pm
with super 8 loop projections

Introductory Video Screening - 8:30pm

Wednesday, September 24, free (unclassified)

Outdoors in the Quadrangle, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle
(at end of Wellesley St. W.), University of Toronto.
Rain Location: The Great Hall, Hart House

The Royal Theatre presents

A Bravo!FACT Screening
Some of the best Bravo!FACT short videos from across the country.
Hosted by Second City performers Lauren Ash and Karen Parker.
Followed by a reception with artists in attendance.
The Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent.

Wednesday, September 24, 7pm, free (unclassified)

The Royal Theatre, 608 College St. Toronto

^^^

SEPTEMBER 23-27 IN ROME, ITALY

ZAC Association and the Link Campus University of Malta present

2nd Annual Abstracta 2008 Roma
International Exhibition of Abstract Cinema
Only festival of Its kind in the world today.

September 23-27
L'Orangerie, "Teatro dell'Accademia",
Via Alessandro Volta 41-a,Testaccio, and
Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni n.1,
Villa Borghese, Roma, Italy

Abstracta New York - October 12 & 13,
The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St., New York City
Abstracta Cairo - October 26 & 27

^^^

SEPTEMBER 23rd IN NEW YORK CITY

Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival (Sept 16 - Oct 5)
and the Luxe Gallery present

Marie Losier’s Film Portraits
Her recent 16mm film portraits including one of
Tony Conrad, in person for Q&A with Marie.

Tuesday, September 23, 7pm, $10

Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th St., New York City

SEPTEMBER 23rd IN BUFFALO

Squeaky Wheel Media Resources presents

The Films of Dean Snider (1949-1994)
16mm films and videos by this co-founder of the
No Nothing Cinema, the legendary film/performance venue.
Presented by curator Douglas Katelus, in person from San Francisco.

Tuesday, September 23, 8pm, $6

Squeaky Wheel Cinema, 712 Main St., Buffalo, New York

^^^

SEPTEMBER 22nd IN OTTAWA

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa (IFCO) presents

Super 8 Club Meeting
Super 8 filmmakers, novice & veterans!
Screen and talk about super 8 filmmaking.
Check out cameras and other super 8 stuff.
Bring your own super 8 film to project.
Snacks and refreshments available.

Monday, September 22, 6:30pm, free

IFCO Lounge, 2 Daly Ave., Suite 140, Ottawa, Ontario

^^^

SEPTEMBER 21st NEAR DETROIT

Photorama USA presents

Detroit Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, September 21, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn - Southfield,
26555 Telegraph Rd., Southfield, Michigan

SEPTEMBER 20th IN BUFFALO

Hallwalls Media Arts Program presents

Vincent Grenier: Films & Videos 1978-2008
In person with a retrospective ranging from
his early 16mm films to his most recent videos.

Saturday, September 20, 8pm

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo

^^^

SEPTEMBER 20th IN TORONTO

The Torrent's
Catherine Deneuve Video Premiere

plus animated and psychedelic videos by
Amy Lockhart and Philippe Blanchard, in person!
Live music by The Torrent and Animal Monster.
Hosted by Keith Cole.

Saturday, September 20, 9pm, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

SEPTEMBER 19-27 IN VICTORIA, BC

11th Antimatter Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm.

September 19-27, $6 each, $30/6

Open Space Arts Centre, 510 Fort St., and
Cinecenta, U. of V. Student Union Bldg., Victoria, British Columbia

^^^

SEPTEMBER 19th IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
El Cid (Anthony Mann, Italy/USA/UK, 1961, 182 min.)

Friday, September 19, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre, now weekly,
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Willie McBean & His Magic Machine
(Rankin-Bass, USA, 1965)

Friday, September 19, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 17th IN SAN FRANCISCO

16mm Films by Dominic Angerame

Wednesday, September 17, 8:30pm. $15-20

Varnish Gallery, 77 Natoma St.,
(between 1st & 2nd, south of Market St.), San Francisco

SEPTEMBER 14th NEAR CHICAGO

Photorama USA presents

Chicago Camera Shows & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, September 14, 10am-3pm, $6

Radisson Hotel Schaumburg,
1725 East Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, Illinois

^^^

SEPTEMBER 12th IN TORONTO

The U. of T. Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) presents

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film! Tonight:
The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, France, 1956, 34 min.)
Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien, France, 2007, 113 min.)

Friday, September 12, 7pm, free (classified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre, now weekly,
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Massacre at Central High (USA, 1976)

Friday, September 12, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 11-20 IN HALIFAX, NS

The 28th Atlantic Film Festival (AFF)
September 11-20,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
16mm, 35mm, video. No super 8.

SEPTEMBER 10-14 IN SZEGED

7th Super 8mm Festival Szeged
New and old, super 8 and 8mm films.

September 10-14, Szeged, Hungary

^^^

SEPTEMBER 7-10 IN TORONTO

Hart House's annual, all-day, “Wide Open House”
and the Hart House Film Board present

Super 8 Open Screening in the Chapel
Bring your super 8 films to show, or just come to watch.
Soundtracks can be played on film, CD or cassette.
Hosted and projected by filmmaker John Porter
who will also show some of his own films.

Wednesday, September 10, 8-10pm, free (unclassified)

Hart House Chapel, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle
(at end of Wellesley St. W.), University of Toronto

^^^

OCAD Generations
Retrospective of videos by
Ontario College of Art & Design students over the years.

Wednesday, September 10, 7pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., Toronto

Toronto International Camera Show
Used photographic equipment sale. Antique & usable,
film & digital, still & cine. phsc.ca for details

Sunday, September 7, 10am-3pm, $7

Thornhill Community Centre,
7755 Bayview Ave. (at John St.), Markham, Ontario

^^^

SEPTEMBER 7th NEAR CLEVELAND

Photorama USA presents

Cleveland Camera Collectors Show
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, September 7, 10am-4pm, $6

Cleveland-Richfield Quality-Inn,
4742 Breckville Rd., Richfield, Ohio
(off I-80, East Exit 173, South on Route 21)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 6th IN BUFFALO

Squeaky Wheel Media Resources and the
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Gusto at the Gallery present

Silent/Sound Outdoor Film Festival
Musician Don Metz performs a score for 4 guitars,
to classic and new experimental shorts by international
and local artists Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Michael Lent,
Nicole Rademacher, Angeles Cossio, Cara Marisa Deleon,
Sang Um Nam, Courtney Grim, Adam Paradis, John Larsen,
Karen Brummond, Henry Gwiazda and Jon Monaghan.

Saturday, September 6, 8:30pm, free

Columbus Park (Niagara St. & Porter Ave.), Buffalo, New York
(Rain location: Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St., near Tupper.)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 5th IN RICHMOND, VA

The Richmond Moving Image Co-operative (RMIC) presents

Selections from Flicker Richmond, 1998-2008
Films selected by James Parrish - Flicker Richmond co-founder
- including a new super 8 film by Jere Jere Kittle.
Part of 1708 Gallery’s 30th anniversary celebration -
InLight RICHMOND - featuring light-inspired outdoor
installations by regional and international artists.

Friday, September 5, 7pm-midnight, free

Theatre IV's Empire Theatre, 114 W. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia
(at the First Fridays Art Walk)

^^^

SEPTEMBER 4 & 5 IN TORONTO

CineCycle and Locheal Communications present

microcinefest 2008
Films & videos not at the Toronto International Film Festival, by Hee Won Cho,
Tracy German, Martin Heath, Vanessa Renwick, Helen Hill, Melinda Stone,
Les Blank, Richard Leacock & Don Pennebaker, Craig Baldwin, Kaljo Kiisk,
Andrew Patterson, Martin Reis, Istvan Kantor, John Porter, Robert Frank,
Renata Mohamed, Marcos Arriaga, Tony Romano, Van Guylder,
Dusan Makaveyev, John Greyson, Lutz Dammbeck, and more.
35mm, 16mm, super 8, 8mm and DLP video projection.
Subversive archival films. Midnight surprises.

September 5-12, 8pm & Midnight, $10 each (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

^^^

The 17th Cabbagetown
Short Film & Video Festival

Recent, international & local short videos

Friday, September 5, 8pm, $10 (unclassified)

Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" Trash Palace Theatre, now weekly,
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm, 8mm or super 8.

Sudden Fury (Canada, 1975)
Director Brian Damude in person!

Friday, September 5, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W., 416-603-7335
(which is a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre)

^^^

33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
September 4-13, $20 each. Adults only. No super 8.

with it's 8th Wavelengths Series, September 5-8
Avant-garde films & videos by James Benning, Vanessa O’Neil,
Jennifer Reeves, Nathaniel Dorsky, Skúli Sverrisson, Olaf Nicolai,
Ben Russell, Doug Goodwin, Robert Todd, T. Marie, Eriko Sonoda,
Rosalind Nashashibi, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Norbert Pfaffenbichler,
Jean-Marie Straub, Hannes Schüpbach, Charlotte Pryce, Erika Loic,
Lucy Skaer, David Gatten, Astrid Ofner, Abraham Ravett, Pat O'Neill,
Curated by Andrea Picard.

and it's 2nd Future Projections Series
Free video installations outside of the cinema, around the city,

^^^

SEPTEMBER 4-10 IN SEOUL, KOREA

The 5th EXiS
Experimental Film and Video Festival.
35mm, 16mm, Super 8, Video.

September 4-10

Seoul Art Cinema, IndieSpace, Seoul, Koreah


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