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2009: Jan-Feb > March-April > May-June \/ Oct > Nov-Dec


90 EVENTS July-Sept 2009

Latest in September in Toronto - Vancouver - Moncton, NB - London, Ont
Peterborough, Ont - Lincoln, Neb - Montreal - Ottawa - Halifax, NS
Chicago - Seoul, Korea
- Szeged, Hungary - Cleveland, Ohio
Latest in August in Toronto - Ottawa - Halifax - Rome - Wolverhampton, UK
Brooklyn, NY - Chicago - Vancouver - Colorado Springs - New Mexico
Hamilton
- Sackville, NB - Montreal - Denver - Vancouver - Los Angeles
Latest in July in
Durham, Ont - Toronto - Peterborough, Ont - Sackville, NB
San Francisco - London, UK - Buffalo, NY - Vancouver, BC - Iowa City
Hot Springs, AR - Oia, Greece - Brooklyn - Ottawa - Montreal - Rotterdam

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SEPTEMBER 29 IN TORONTO

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

Marlon Riggs' Tongues Untied
16mm films (1965-1992) by Marlon Riggs,
Warren Sonbert and Nikolai Ursin.

Tuesday, September 29, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

SEPTEMBER 28 IN VANCOUVER, BC

Pacific Cinematheque and DIM present
a monthly series curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk

Double Negative Collective
A self-financed experimental film collective in Montreal since 2004,
with screenings and talks, a studio and analog production equipment.
Tonight's Programme: Recent 16mm & 35mm films, and videos, by
Daïchi Saïto, Christopher Becks, Amber Goodwyn, Eduardo Menz,
Lucia Fezzuoglio, Julien Idrac, Steven Ladouceur, Malena Szlam,
Karl Lemieux, Mike Rollo, Lindsay McIntyre, Christopher Becks.

Monday, September 28, 7:30pm, $9.50 / $8
plus $3 annual membership (adults only, by law)

Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, BC

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SEPTEMBER 26 IN MONCTON, NB

THE SHOOT & SHOW SUPER 8 FALL SEASON BEGINS WITH

23e Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie
(FicfA), 24 sept - 3 oct, et Galerie Sans Nom présente

13e année Acadie Underground
New super 8 films made for the screening
by Helen Pridmore, Dominik Robichaud, Ron Stevens,
Julien Cadieux, Gilles Doiron, Linda Rae Dornan, Mario Doucette,
Éric D. Allain & Bernard C. Cormier, W.L. Altman, Jennifer Bélanger,
Josh Lamkey, Jacinthe Loranger, Natalie Morin, Samanda Noseworthy.
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! After music by DJ Martine B.

Saturday, September 26, 9pm, $5

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

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SEPTEMBER 26 IN LONDON, ONT

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema", Trash Palace Theatre, presents

Trash On Wheels Film Party!
Classroom Films from Hell! Facebook
Educational shorts from the 60s & 70s, projected on 16mm film!
A back-to-school touring show of classroom films, cartoons
and more from Canada's most demented film fanatics!
Hosted by Trash Palace programmer Jonathan Culp.
Cold drinks & snacks.

Saturday, September 26, 8:30pm, $6 (classified)

Forest City Gallery, 258 Richmond St., London, Ontario

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SEPTEMBER 26 IN PETERBOROUGH

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema", Trash Palace Theatre, presents
feature-length movies and shorts projected on 16mm film!

Deathsport (Allan Arkush & Nicholas Niciphor, USA, 1978)
Hosted by Trash Palace's Stacey Case, in person!
Fresh popped corn, hot dogs, candy, DVDs, merch.

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

The Spill, 414 George St. N, Peterborough, Ontario

Advance tickets at Have You Seen, 321 Aylmer St. N

SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 IN LINCOLN

TIE - The International
Experimental Cinema Exposition

Recent short 35mm & 16mm films from around the world
by Friedl vom Gröller, Thomas Draschan, Tim Leyendekker,
Paulo Pecora, Ben Russell, Noah Stout, Karl Kels, Antoni Pinent,
Sami van Ingen, Joost Rekveld, Mara Mattuschka & Chris Haring.
Plus Vinyl by Andy Warhol (USA, 1965, 16mm, 70 min.).
TIE curator Christopher May in person for intro, Q & A.

September 24 & 25, 7-10pm, $9 per night

The Ross Media Arts Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

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SEPTEMBER 25 IN TORONTO

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

Free Friday Films
Repertory movies, projected on 35mm film!
Tonight: Jim Jarmusch Double Bill
Stranger Than Paradise (USA / West Germany, 1984)
Night on Earth (France / UK / Germany / USA / Japan, 1991)

Friday, September 25, 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.

Force On Thunder Mountain (Peter B. Good, USA, 1978)

Friday, September 25, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.
(a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre),
open daily 11am-10pm, 416-955-1599.

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SEPTEMBER 23 IN MONTREAL

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema", Trash Palace Theatre, presents

Trash On Wheels Film Party!
Classroom Films from Hell! Facebook
Educational shorts from the 60s and 70s, projected on 16mm!
A back-to-school touring show of classroom films, cartoons
and more from Canada's most demented film fanatics!
Hosted by Trash Palace programmer Jonathan Culp.
Cold drinks & snacks. DJ Machine afterwards.

Wednesday, September 23, 8:30pm, $5

The Green Room / Salon Vert, 5386 Boul. St-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec

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SEPTEMBER 21 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 21, 6:30pm, free

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

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SEPTEMBER 18-20 IN TORONTO

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

Sunday, September 20, 10am-3pm, $7

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

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

Breaking Point (Bob Clark, Canada/USA, 1976)

Friday, September 18, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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SEPTEMBER 17-26 IN HALIFAX, NS

The 29th Atlantic Film Festival (AFF)
September 17-26,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
16mm, 35mm, video. No super 8.

SEPTEMBER 13 NEAR CHICAGO

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, September 13, 10am-3pm, $6

Radisson Hotel Schaumburg,
1725 East Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, Illinois
(I-90 or 290 West to 53 North to Algonquin Road West 1/2 mile)

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SEPTEMBER 10-19 IN TORONTO

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

Deathsport (Allan Arkush & Nicholas Niciphor, USA, 1978)

Friday, September 11, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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34th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
September 10-19, $20 each. Adults only. No super 8.

with it's 9th Wavelengths Series
September 11-14 ($63 for all 6 shows)

New avant-garde films & videos by Ute Aurand, Heinz Emigolz,
Marina Gioti, Jean-Luc Godard, Friedl vom Grsıller (Kubelka),
Lisandro Alonso, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Josef Dabernig,
Harun Faroki, Michael Snow, Hiroatsu Suzuki & Rossana Torres,
Jean-Marie Straub, Coleen Fitzgibbon, David Gatten, Ernie Gehr,
Karl Kels, Klaus Lutz, T. Marie, Tomonari Nishikawa, Ben Russell,
Nicky Hamlyn, Sebastjan Henrickson, Jim Jennings, Chris Kennedy.
Many of the artists will be attending! Curated by Andrea Picard.

and it's 3rd Future Projections Series
Free video installations outside of the cinema, around the city,

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SEPTEMBER 10-16 IN SEOUL, KOREA

The 6th EXiS
Experimental Film and Video Festival.
35mm, 16mm, Super 8, Video.

September 10-16

Seoul Art Cinema, IndieSpace, Seoul, Koreah

SEPTEMBER 10-13 IN CHICAGO

The 16th Chicago Underground Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm.

Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois

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SEPTEMBER 8-13 IN SZEGED, HUNGARY

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

September 8-13, Szeged, Hungary

SEPTEMBER 6 NEAR CLEVELAND

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, September 6, 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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SEPTEMBER 2 & 4 IN TORONTO

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

Classroom Films

Friday, September 4, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators' meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation by scratching & painting on film.
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.
Facilitated by TAIS president Madi Piller.

Wednesday, September 2, 7-9pm, $5 (unclassified)

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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AUGUST 28 & 29 IN TORONTO

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Filmmaking Workshop:
Hand Processing Super 8 & 16mm B&W Film
Instructor: Ben Donoghue, filmmaker and Director of LIFT.
Enrolment limited to 4. First come - first served.

Saturday, August 29, 10am-6pm, $95

L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto

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

Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
(Roy Ward Baker & Chang Cheh, UK/Hong Kong, 1974)

Saturday, August 29, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.
(a few blocks from Trash Palace Theatre),
open daily 11am-10pm, 416-955-1599.

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

Scream And Scream Again (Gordon Hessler, UK, 1970)

Friday, August 28, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JULY 30 - AUGUST 27 IN OTTAWA

The Windows Collective presents

Free Weekly Outdoor Video & Film Screenings
6 new, short, silent works, looped and projected simultaneously
over 60 minutes, forming a movie mosaic, in different Ottawa 'hoods.
Videos by Ainsley Walton, Dave Johnson, Bridget Farr, Pixie Cram,
and Paul Gordon, and a 16mm film by Roger D. Wilson. Facebook
Thursdays, July 30 - August 27, 9pm, free (unclassified)

July 30
Raw Sugar Cafe, 692 Somerset St. W., at Cambridge St., Chinatown
August 6
Empty lot, Staples (formerly Rialto Cinema), 413 Bank St., Centretown
August 13
Bytown Museum, Byward Market (alongside the locks on the Rideau Canal
between Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier)
August 20
317 & 319 Crichton St. (at Beechwood St.), New Edinburgh
August 27
Front lawn, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. (at Nicholas St.)

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AUGUST 27 IN HALIFAX, NS

The Roberts Street Social Centre presents

Tales from Hollywoodland!
Videos by Nancy Jean Tucker, in person from Los Angeles!
(Current artist in residence at Roberts Street Social Centre.)
Plus work by other Los Angeles-based animators, including
Amanda Tasse, Colin Barton, Miwa Matreyek, Andy Lyon,
Hsin-I Tseng, Helder K. Sun and more!

Thursday, August 27, 7pm, $3

Eyelevel Gallery, 2063 Gottingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

AUGUST 26 IN TORONTO

York University Department of Film presents

Alt Vault
Videos by Sarah Devine, Owen Sheppard, Brad Tinmouth,
Mark Hanson, James Harris, Tara Khalili, Meelad Moaphi,
Ariana Andrei, Alexandra Byers and Tess Marie Garneau,
from the 3rd & 4th Year Alternative Project Workshop
taught by Philip Hoffman at York University.

Wednesday, August 26, 8-11pm, $5/pwyc (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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AUGUST 25-27 IN ROME, ITALY

ZAC Association and the Link Campus University of Malta present

4th Annual Abstracta 2009 Roma
International Exhibition of Abstract Cinema
Only festival of Its kind in the world today.

August 25-27 Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy

AUGUST 23 IN WOLVERHAMPTON, UK

The Wolverhampton Camera Fair
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.
The UK's largest camera fair - over 100 tables!

Sunday, August 23, 8.30-10am, £7, 10am-3pm, £3

Wolverhampton Racecourse, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, UK
(north of the city, off the A449)

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AUGUST 22 IN BROOKLYN, NY

Stephanie Wuertz presents

Experimental Film/Video Screening
16mm films (1981, 1990) by Stan Brakhage and Babara Hammer,
along with new works by new film/videomakers, including a
super 8 film by Bianca Ahmadi, a 16mm film by Juan David Gonzalez,
and videos by Todd Ledford, Stephanie Wuertz, and Alice Cohen.

Saturday, August 22, 8pm, free!

Junto Gallery, Studio 12, 345 Eldert St., Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York

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AUGUST 21 & 22 IN TORONTO

The Revue Film Society presents

Toronto Movie Theatres: Palaces for the People
A lecture by Paul Moore, Ryerson University
sociology professor and historian, and author of the book
Now Playing: Early Movie-going and the Regulation of Fun.
Followed by a screening of the documentary
Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939
(Donald Brittain, National Film Board of Canada, 1974, on video).

Saturday, August 22, 4pm (classified)
$5 suggested donation

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

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Toronto Super 8 & 8mm Film Night
Classic cinema, vintage Kodachrome original home movies,
retro comedies & cartoons, and films by Toronto artists,
all projected on film!
Rate them in our super 8 film contest featuring a cash prize!
Popcorn, drinks, and pizza courtesy of David's Pizza Eatery.
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Saturday, August 22, 6-9:30pm, $5, all ages (unclassified)

The Loft, 2nd Floor, 544A Yonge St., Toronto
(above David's Eatery, south of Wellesley St.)

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

13 Frightened Girls! (William Castle, USA, 1963)

Friday, August 21, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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AUGUST 21 IN CHICAGO

White Light Cinema presents

Silver Traces: Films by Bruce Wood
Four, short, silent, 16mm films, 1977-2004,
including a world premiere, and a live introduction via webcam,
by previously Chicago-based filmmaker Bruce Wood.

Friday, August 21, 8pm, $7-10

The Nightingale, 1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois

AUGUST 21 IN VANCOUVER, BC

DIM and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF, Aug 13-23) present

Gary Cronenwett + Derek Jarman + Kenneth Anger
16mm films by Derek Jarman (UK, 1984), Kenneth Anger (USA, 1947)
and a new video by Cary Cronenwett (USA, 2009, Canadian premiere).

Friday, August 21, 7pm, $10/7

Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St. (at Davie), Vancouver, BC

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AUGUST 20 IN TORONTO

The Revue Film Society presents

Raise Your Glass! Drop Your Shorts!
Celebrate the milestone of 100 shorts at the Revue Cinema's
Drop Your Shorts series of short, local videos & films.
Re-screening of the festival's favourites,
preceded by the party at 7pm.

Thursday, August 20, 9pm, free! (unclassified)

The Ossington, 61 Ossington Ave., Toronto

AUGUST 19 IN COLORADO SPRINGS

TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition presents

TIE at Modbo
New experimental super 8 & 8mm films from Argentina, USA & Austria
by Pablo Marín, Jese Kennedy, Christopher May, and Noah Stout.
Pablo Marín, and TIE's Christopher May in person!

Wednesday, August 19, 7pm, $9

Modbo, 17c E. Bijou St., Colorado Springs, Colorado

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AUGUST 18 & 19 IN TORONTO

9th Bicycle Film Festival Tour
3rd year in Toronto. Mostly video.

August 19-22, $10 each (unclassified)

The Royal Cinema, 608 College St., and
Studio Gallery, 294 College St., 2nd Floor, Toronto

Cancelled due to lack of enrollment!

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Super 8 and 16mm Projection Techniques Workshop
Projector threading, speeds, lenses, and bulbs, basic maintenance,
troubleshooting and repairing film jams, projection booth supplies,
film revision, and preparation of prints for shorts programmes.

Wednesday, August 19, 6-10pm, $55
Enrollment limited to 8. First come - first served.

L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto

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Heritage Toronto, the Riverdale Historical Society and the Music Hall present

Dollars and Sense
(Harry Beaumont, USA, 1920, silent, showing on video)
with a new original score by John Kruspe,
performing it live on piano, with a string section!

Preceded by a plaque presentation with special guests
celebrating 90 years of the Music Hall!

Tuesday, August 18, 7:30pm, $1 (unclassified)
Tickets available in advance at the Music Hall or at the door.

The Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave., Toronto

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

Time Travels
16mm films (1971-1975) by Warren Sonbert,
Claude Lelouch, and Caroline & Frank Mouris.

Tuesday, August 18, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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AUGUST 14 & 16 IN NEW MEXICO

TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition presents

Meteor Shower
Recent, silent, experimental super 8 & 16mm films
from Argentina, Australia and USA by Jese Kennedy,
Sergio Subero, Sergio Subero & Christian Nunclares, Sergio Brauer,
Leandro Listorti, Pablo Marín, Gregory Godhard and Timoleon Wilkins.
Pablo Marín, Jesse Kennedy and TIE's Christopher May in person!

Sunday, August 16, at dusk, free (donations welcome)

outdoors at 1179 Hwy. 554, El Rito, New Mexico

TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition presents

Floating
New experimental super 8 films from USA and Argentina by
Pablo Marín, Jesse Kennedy and Christopher May in person!
Includes a super 8 & 16mm double-projection by Christopher May!

Friday, August 14, 8:30pm, $5

Meow Wolf, 1800 Second St., Santa Fe, New Mexico

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AUGUST 14 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome presents

Un Été comme les autres
A 16mm double-projection film (1969) by Robert Morris,
a 16mm film (1984) by Joyce Wieland & Hollis Frampton, and
two videos (2006, 2007) by Duncan Campbell and Jordan Wolfson.

Friday, August 14, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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

Rage (George C. Scott, USA, 1972)

Friday, August 14, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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Planet IndigenUs Festival (Aug 14-23) presents

Failure to Comply:
Shorts from the Underground
Recent videos from Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand,
by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Ariel Smith, Terry Haines,
Kent Monkman & Gisèle Gordon, Thirza Cuthand,
Darryl Nepinak, Dena Curtis, and Tearepa Kahi.
Curated by Danis Goulet, Executive Director of
the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

Friday, August 14, 11pm, free (unclassified)

Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay W., Toronto

AUGUST 14 IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Factory Works Screening Series presents

Berton / St Aubin:
Super 8 - Rock & Roll Raconteurs

Live performances by Peggy Anne Berton and Marc St Aubin
combining video with improvised narration, storytelling and music.

Friday, August 14, 7-11pm, free (unclassified)

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

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AUGUST 12 IN SACKVILLE, NB

Dividing Road Maps By Time Zones:
10 Years of Moving Pictures: 1999-2009

Retrospective of experimental shorts on 16mm, super 8, & video,
by New Brunswick artist Amanda Dawn Christie, in person!

Wednesday, August 12, 6-7pm

Vogue Cinema, 9 Bridge St., Sackville, New Brunswick

Followed by a reception at Struts Gallery, 7 Lorne St.,
where you can see Christie's art installation
The Marshland Radio Plumbing Project.

(also October 7 at the Canadian Film Institute, Ottawa)

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AUGUST 12 IN MONTREAL

Composite Beings, The Tour
Ben Russell, Joe Grimm, Lauren Carter,
Gabriel Dharmoo & Jeff Blouin
in person
with three, light-and-noise performances using
hand-built electronics and two 16mm film projectors.

Wednesday, August 12, 9pm

La Brique, #402, 6545 Durocher (at Beaubien), Montreal, Quebec

(also last night, Tuesday, 8pm in Toronto)

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AUGUST 11 IN TORONTO

Composite Beings, The Tour
Ben Russell, Joe Grimm, Lauren Carter, David Hanes
in person with three, light & noise performances using
hand-built electronics and two 16mm film projectors.

Tuesday, August 11, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Ave., Toronto

(also tomorrow, Wednesday, 9pm in Montreal)

AUGUST 11 IN DENVER

TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition presents

3 Different Programs
Experimental 16mm, super 8 and 8mm films (1996-2009)
from Argentina, USA, Austria and Australia, including world premiers,
by Gregory Godhard, Michael Robinson, James Cole, Jerry Tartaglia,
Pablo Marín, Karl Staven, Jesse Kennedy, Noah Stout, Christopher May.
Pablo Marín and Christopher May in person
to introduce and answer questions.

Tuesday, August 11, 7pm

Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington St., Denver, Colorado

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AUGUST 8 IN OTTAWA

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

Metamorphosis:
17th Annual Summer Gala Screening
New 35mm & 16mm films from members of IFCO and
the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT):
Dino Koutras, Deniz Berkin, Irina Lyubchenko, Roger D. Wilson,
John Price, Chris Gehman, Chris Kennedy, Sara MacLean,
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof and Sebastjan Henrickson.
Mix & mingle with some of the filmmakers afterward,
with food and drinks in the foyer!

Saturday, August 8, 7pm, $12 (unclassified)

National Library & Archives of Canada,
395 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario

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AUGUST 7 & 8 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome's

Annual Open Screening (Under the Stars?)
Bring your films or videos to show, or just come to watch.
16mm, 8mm, super 8, VHS, DVD, mini-DV.
Max 10 minutes. First come, first shown.

Saturday, August 8, 9pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Due to rain, to be held at CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave.
(not outdoors in the courtyard of 401 Richmond St. W.), Toronto

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

Summertime Killer
(Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Spain/France/Italy, 1972)

Friday, August 7, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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AUGUST 6 IN VANCOUVER

Twee Death, DIM and Cineworks present

The Speculative Frontier
Videos & 16mm films by Frank Borman, Jesse Malmed, Chris Jolly,
Micaela Durand & Maximiliano Ferro, Bradley Eros, Harry Crofton,
Andres Laracuente, Josh Gen Solondz, Brel Froebe, Pete Deevakul,
Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, Ted King & Jordan Stone, Katherine Bauer,
Mark Essen, Zak Kitnick, Mixtape Chemtrailz, and Salter, Snowden & Post,
plus musical performances by Jeffrey Allport and Empress.
Curators Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa and Brel Froebe in person
from Light Industry in New York City!

Thursday, August 6, 8pm, $10, all ages!

Little Mountain Studios, 195 E. 26th Ave. at Main St., Vancouver, BC

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AUGUST 6 IN LOS ANGELES

Echo Park Film Center presents

Elena Pardo Presents
Work by Echo Park's Summer Artist-In-Residence
Elena Pardo, in person from Mexico City!
Refreshments provided!

Thursday, August 6, 8pm, free!

Microcinema, 1200 N. Alvarado St. (at Sunset Blvd.),
Los Angeles, California

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AUGUST 5 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators' meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation by scratching & painting on film.
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.
Facilitated by TAIS president Madi Piller.

Wednesday, August 5, 7-9pm, $5 (unclassified)

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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AUGUST 2 IN COLORADO SPRINGS

TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition presents

New 8mm Films by Frank Biesendorfer
A 70-minute outdoor screening of 8mm films
by this former Masters student of Peter Kubelka.
All films projected on 8mm in Frank's back yard!
Come as early as 6pm for a BYO BBQ by Frank!
TIE Monograph available at the screening.

Sunday, August 2, at dusk, donations accepted

Frank's house, 35 West St. Elmo Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado

JULY 30 - AUGUST 3 IN DURHAM, ONT

The Grey Zone Collective and the Durham Art Gallery present

8th Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Video screenings & installations,
including in a barn and outdoors. (unclassified)

July 30 - August 3, Durham, Ontario

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JULY 30 & 31 IN TORONTO

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

The Neptune Factor (Daniel Petrie, Canada, 1973)

Friday, July 31, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Revue Film Society presents

8th Drop Your Shorts: Short Film Festival
Video, 16mm, 35mm shorts, maximum 15 minutes.
Submit your shorts in person on July 25, Noon-1:30pm.

Thursday, July 30, 7pm, $2 (adults only, by law)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

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JULY 30 IN PETERBOROUGH

Cultural Studies Summer Workshop Showcase
New films and music works by students of Kelly Egan and Michael Morse
in this summer's Cultural Studies Studio Classes at Trent U..
Films projected on super 8 and 16mm!

Thursday, July 30, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

Sadleir House, 751 George St. N., Peterborough, Ontario
(In the Dining Hall upstairs, with cash bar.)

JULY 29 & 30 IN SACKVILLE, NB

Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre present their annual
OK, Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival, July 27 - August 2

Outdoor Screening 2: Everyday Magic
Recent short Canadian videos by
  Karen Hines, Kate Crocker, Nelson Henricks, Helen Hill,
Monique Moumblow, Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby,
Amalie Atkins, Jessica MacCormick, and Chad VanGaalen.
Programmed by Elisabeth Belliveau.

Thursday, July 30, 9-10pm, free
Followed by new Canadian music performances at 10pm.

Next to Struts Gallery, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick
Rain location: Sackville Music Hall, Bridge St.

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Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre present their annual
OK, Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival, July 27 - August 2

Outdoor Screening 1: Open Season
Recent Canadian & American short films & videos.
16mm films by Alexandre Larose and Siloën Daley, and
videos by Kate O’Connor, Allyson Mitchell, Steven Woloshen,
Melanie Colosmio, William Gill, Robert Hamilton, Claire Hodge,
Nicole Lizée, Sam Scott, Valerie LeBlanc, Gennaro De Pasquale,
Brandon Blommaert, Amy Schwartz, and Crystalbeard.

Wednesday, July 29, 9-10pm, free
Followed by new Canadian music performances at 10pm.

Next to Struts Gallery, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

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JULY 29 IN SAN FRANCISCO

The Visual Music Meet-up
Recent experimental 16mm films
by Maïa Cybelle Carpenter and Anna Geyer,
including a three-projector loop set by Geyer.
Both filmmakers in person!

Wednesday, July 29, 8pm, free

New Nothing Cinema, 16 Sherman St., San Francisco, California
(off Folsom between 6th and 7th, next to the park)

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JULY 27-29 IN LONDON, UK

The 11th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival (July 22-31) presents

Straight 8 London Premieres
The best 3-minute, edited-in-camera, Straight 8 films
selected from over 150 entries from around the world!
Join the filmmakers as they see their films for the first time!
Plus the 8 films that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Monday-Wednesday, July 27-29, 9:15pm, £10 each

Curzon Mayfair & The Renoir Cinemas, London, UK

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JULY 25 IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK

Squeaky Wheel / Buffalo Media Resources presents its

6th (Outdoor?) Animation Festival
Short animations from around the world,
including by Tomas Mankovsky, Simon Tofield,
Megan Roberts-Ghirardo & Raymond Ghirardo, Julia Pott,
Josh Raskin, Brezo, Mascha_scha, Lisa Brotz and many more.

Saturday, July 25, 8:30pm, free

Days Park (between Cottage and Allen Streets).
Due to rain, held at:
Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St. (near Tupper), Buffalo, New York.

An encore screening is planned for September 11, at dusk
in the parking lot next to Squeaky Wheel during Curtain Up!.

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JULY 21-25 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome presents

La Planète Sauvage (Fantastic Planet)
(René Laloux, France/Czechoslovakia, 1973, 35mm)

Saturday, July 25, 9pm, $8 (unclassified)

Outdoors in the courtyard, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto
(rain location: CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave.)

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

Dinosaurus! (Irvin Yeaworth, USA, 1960)

Friday, July 24, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS)
and the NFB Mediatheque present

Best of Ottawa Animation Festival 2008
Video highlights from the 2008 Ottawa
International Animation Festival (OIAF), by Run Wrake,
David Seitz & Mike Wray, Bolos Quentes Design, Dennis Tupicoff,
Kara Nasdor-Jones, Bruce Bickford, Andy London & Carolyn London,
Ian Lagarde, Joris Clerté & Anne Morin, Mike Maryniuk & Matt Rankin.

Wednesday, July 22, 7pm, $6 (adults only, by law)

NFB Spotton Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto

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Early Monthly Segments (a new series) presents

How It Works: Function, Form and Film
16mm films by Ute Aurand, Gibbs Chapman, Keewatin Dewdney
(Germany, USA, Canada, 1967-2008)
including two Toronto premieres! Raffle prizes!

Tuesday, July 21, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

Kino05 Open Screening
Toronto chapter of Kino international video group.
Submit your shorts on the spot at 7pm! or just come to watch.

Tuesday, July 21, 8pm, free (unclassified)

Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St. W., Toronto

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JULY 20 IN VANCOUVER

Pacific Cinematheque and DIM present
a monthly series curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk

Tough Stuff from the BUFF
Recent Experimental & Activist Video from Buffalo, New York by
Kelly Spivey, Meg Knowles, Gabriella Citriniti, David Gracon,
Tony Conrad, Paris Henderson, Chris Ernst, Marc Moscato,
Terry Cuddy, Stephanie Gray, Real Dream Cabaret,
Julie Perini, Esther Johnson, Critical Art Ensemble.
Curated by Marc Moscato, Julie Perini, David Gracon.
Marc Moscato and David Gracon in person,
on a 12-stop bicycling tour of the Pacific Northwest.    

Monday, July 20, 7:30pm, $9.50/8
plus $3 annual membership (adults only, by law)

Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, BC

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JULY 18 & 19 NEAR IOWA CITY

Photorama USA presents

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

Saturday & Sunday, July 18 & 19, 10am-3pm, $5

Hills Community Center, 110 E. Main St., Hill, Iowa
(South on Hwy 27/118, south of Hwy 80 to Main St., and go east.)

JULY 17-19 IN HOT SPRINGS, AR

1st Arkansas Underground Film Festival
International underground short film and video art.
Video, 16mm, 8mm, super 8, live visual performances.

July 17-19, $10/day

Malco Theater, 819 Central Ave.,
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

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JULY 11-17 IN TORONTO

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

The Harlem Globetrotters
(Phil Brown & Will Jason, USA, 1951)

Friday, July 17, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
presents Part 2 of its Strategies of the Medium series

Screening / Panel: Printed Light
16mm & 35mm films made using optical printers,
by Martin Arnold, John Kneller, Alexandre Larose,
Barbara Sternberg, Francois Miron, Christina Battle,
Gary Popovich, Louise Bourque, and Amanda Dawn Christie.
Screening followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers
Christina Battle, John Kneller and Francois Miron.

Saturday, July 11, 8pm, $8 suggested donation (unclassified)

Preceded by the LIFT Summer BBQ, 6-8pm,
in the parking lot behind CineCycle.

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

JULY 10-12 IN OIA, GREECE

2nd Détours: Santorini Super 8 Film Festival
International contemporary super 8 films
projected on white walls throughout the village of Ola,
accompanied by live music.

July 10-12, Oia, Santorini, Greece

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JULY 10 IN BROOKLYN, NY

Flicker NYC presents

Flicker NYC #21
New super 8 films by local & international artists, shown on video.
Nicole Triche, Greg King, Heather Tenzer, Adam Katzman,
Steve Daniels, Matt Meindl, Matthew Lister, Javier Chillon,
David Mason, Chelsea Spear, Max Chan & Sarah Mount,
Abby Wheeler, James Reckseidler, Louviere & Vanessa.
There are seats, but also feel free to bring blankets
and sit in front of the Lyceum's screen picnic-style!
Enjoy snacks and drinks from the bar.

Friday, July 10, 8pm, $7

Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave., Brooklyn, New York

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JULY 8-10 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

Vegan Delights from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Screening & discussion with Siloen Daley in person
presenting animated videos made over the past 10 years
by herself and other Halifax women who inspired her:
Beck Barker, Helen Hill, Helen Bredin, Shelley Wallace,
Amy Lockhart, Katherine Sheehan, and Andrea Dorfman.

Friday, July 10, 8pm, $5 (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.

Wild in the Streets (Barry Shear, USA, 1968)

Friday, July 10, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

Manifesto Festival of Music & Art (September) and The Alt present

Montage
A night of outdoor experimental video screenings & indoor installations by
local artists Jeff Winch, Jordan McTavish, Tom Twolan, Taadaki Hozumi,
Evan Tapper, Francesca Nocera, Alexis Mitchell & Karine Silverwoman,
Eugenio Salas, Guillermina Buzio, Adolf Glitter, Juana Awad, and more.

Thursday, July 9, 8-11pm, $5 or pwyc
Rain or shine. Popcorn and drinks.

Manifesto Space, 358 Dufferin St., Toronto

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Cinematheque Ontario presents its series "Surrealism and the Cinema"

Dreams That Money Can Buy
(Hans Richter, 1947, USA, on DVD)

Wednesday, July 8, 7pm, free! (adults only, by law)

Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St.W., Toronto

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators' meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation by scratching & painting on film.
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.
Facilitated by TAIS president Madi Piller.

Wednesday, July 8, 7-9pm, $5

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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JULY 7 IN OTTAWA

Marc Adornato presents

JULY 7: A New Kind of Screening
Short videos by 11 Ottawans:
Ariel Smith, Ryan Stec & Veronique Coulliard,
Pixie Cram, Phil Caron, Megan Turnbull, Miles Finlayson,
Lee Demarbre, Bridget Farr, Roger Wilson, Marc Adornato.
Plus old videos of downtown Ottawa, and clips of videos by
Chris Cunningham, Matthew Barney, Alejandro Jodorowsky,
Salvador Dali, and other Youtube selections, all remixed to music
by Ottawa's own Dr. Lee, Montreal's Girl Talk, Scott Joplin, and others.

Tuesday, July 7, 8pm-9:30pm, free/donation

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

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JULY 3-5 IN MONTREAL

Weekend in the Pines, Cinéma Abattoir and
The Double Negative Collective present

Projections & Sonic Levitation
with 16mm films, videos, projection performances by
Karl Lemieux, Bruce McClure, and Guy Borremans all in person!,
plus Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Christophe Karabache, Monk Boucher,
Serge de Cotret, Philippe Léonard, Chaab Mahmoud,
Ben Russell, Lamashtu, and Étienne O'Leary,
plus live music by several artists & groups.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 3, 4 & 5, 8pm

The Pines, #205, 316 Murray St., Griffintown, Montréal, Québec

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JULY 3 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome presents

The Mourning of Everyday Life
Recent Films by Sarah Pucill, in person from UK!

Friday, July 3, 8pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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

Smash-Up on Interstate 5
(John Llewellyn Moxey, USA, 1976)

Friday, July 3, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Secret Toronto location printed on advance tickets at
Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JULY 1 IN ROTTERDAM

Super 8 Celebrations!
Super 8 films by Jaap Pieters (Netherlands), showing on super 8,
and Demetri Estdelacropolis (Canada), showing on video.
Both film makers will be present!

Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 9pm, 5€

WORM, Achterhaven 148, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Demetri Estdelacropolis at The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre,
507 King St. E., Toronto,  December 3, 1982. (Photo by John Porter)

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