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60 UPCOMING EVENTS 5/23/13

In 20 cities in Canada, USA, Europe, Asia!
Tonight to This Weekend in Windsor, Ontario - Portland, Oregon
2 Events Tomorrow in Toronto
Beginning Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland Sunday in Toronto
Next Week in Ottawa, Ontario - Dublin, Ireland
- Toronto
Next Month in Toronto - A Coruña, Spain - Los Angeles
Gatineau, PQ
- Ottawa - Saskatoon & Regina, Sask
Hamilton, NY - Edinburgh, UK - Washington, DC
July in Toronto August in Durham, Ontario - Toronto - Seoul
Fall in Detroit - Szeged - Curitiba, Brazil - Toronto - Ottawa
Paris - Victoria, BC - Chicago - Washington, DC - Cleveland

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CONTINUING TONIGHT TO SATURDAY
IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO!

House of Toast presents

19th Media City Festival
International Experimental Film and Video Art.
16mm, 35mm, super 8, video, performance!

May 21-25, $pwyc, suggested $5, Pass $20
(adults only, by law)

Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave. W., Windsor, Ontario

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CONTINUING TONIGHT TO SUNDAY
IN PORTLAND, OREGON!

Grand Detour presents

2nd Experimental Film Fest Portland
Screenings, installations, artist talks, workshops.
Work by local, national and international
experimental media artists.

May 20-26, Portland, Oregon

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BEGINNING SATURDAY IN
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND!

15th VIDEOEX
International Experimental Film & Video Festival
8mm, 16mm, 35mm, video
Carolee Schneemann, Jean-Luc Godard,
Jaap Pieters, Chris Marker, David Lynch.

May 25 - June 2

Festivalcenter Kunstraum Walcheturm, and
Festival-Kino Cinema Z 3, Zurich, Switzerland

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2 EVENTS TOMORROW IN TORONTO!

Cinephobia Host: Stuart ("Feedback") Andrews
Interviews and commentary re: movies.

Every Friday, 2pm - 3pm

listen online at Radio Regent

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Modesty Blaise (Joseph Losey, UK, 1966, 119 min.)
plus Episode 5 of 12-part, 1939 serial
The Phantom Creeps with Bela Lugosi!
Facebook

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

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

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3 EVENTS SUNDAY IN TORONTO!

Silent Toronto presents

Silent Sundays
Peter Pan (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1924, video, 105 min.)
with live piano accompaniment by William O'Meara!
Plus short films projected on 16mm!
in the silent-era Revue Cinema, opened 100 years ago!

Sunday, May 26, 4:15pm, $12 (classified)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

CineCycle presents its "From the Vault" screening #6

Leo the Last (John Boorman, 1970, 104 min.)
on 16mm! plus 16mm shorts! including
one by Wladyslaw Starewicz. Facebook

Sunday, May 26, 8pm NEW TIME!, $5 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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The Photographic Historical Society of Canada (PHSC) presents

The Big One - 39th Spring Photographica Fair
Canada's oldest, largest, used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine. 140 tables.

Sunday, May 26, 10am-3pm, $7, students free!

The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Rd. (at Hwy 7), Woodbridge, Ontario
(free bus from Kipling subway station Kiss-n-Ride - hourly from 9:30am)

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5 EVENTS NEXT WEEK IN TORONTO!

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening #51

Transitions
16mm films, 1955-2011, by Barbara Sternberg,
Stan Brakhage, Matthias Müller, Fern Silva
and Michael Robinson. Total 54 minutes.

Monday, May 27, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Artbar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Filmmaking Workshops - Summer 2013
Super 8, 16mm, 35mm! Finish on film!
Limited enrolments. First come - first served.

Registration begins Tuesday, May 28, 10am

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

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Frameline
Hosts: Barbara Goslawski, Arthur Yeung.
Interviews and commentary re: movies.

Every Thursday, 2pm - 2:30pm

listen online at Radio Regent

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Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and
Pleasure Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group present

Intertidal
A Film Performance by Alex MacKenzie
in person from Vancouver!

His most recent expanded cinema with 16mm projectors!
(2012, 55 minutes), plus a 16mm film (2011, 25 minutes).

Friday, May 31, 7:30pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Blackout (Douglas Hickox, USA, 1985, 90 minutes)
plus Episode 6 of 12-part, 1939 serial
The Phantom Creeps with Bela Lugosi!
Facebook

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

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

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NEXT MONDAY IN OTTAWA!

Drunken Master Revue
A movie-related variety radio program.

Every Monday, 9-10am

listen in Ottawa or online, on CKCU-FM 93.1

NEXT TUESDAY IN DUBLIN, IRELAND!

The Experimental Film Club and the Irish Film Institute present

Unrolling Processes
16mm films, 2004 & 2012, by James Benning, Laida Lertxundi,
and a 16mm film on video, 1969, by Hollis Frampton.
Curated by Esperanza Collado. Total time: 117 min.

Tuesday, May 28, 6:30pm, €8 / 7

The Irish Film Institute,
6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland

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8 EVENTS NEXT MONTH IN TORONTO!

The Summer Institute in Film at York University, SAVAC,
and Pleasure Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group present

Cinema of Prayoga:
Indian Experimental Film and Video 1913-2006

Curator: film scholar Amrit Gangar, in person from Mumbai!
2 different programmes of rarely-screened radical videos! 

Tuesday & Wednesday, June 4 & 5, 7:30pm, free!
(unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

The Free Screen presents

Yang Fudong: An Estranged Paradise
(China, 1997/2002, 35mm on video, 76 minutes)
Yang Fudong in person! with his first feature movie.
His new installation commissioned by TIFF is at HSBC Gallery,
complementing the TIFF series "A Century of Chinese Cinema".

Wednesday, June 5, 7pm, free! (classified)

TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Summertime Killer
Friday, June 7, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

The Revengers
Friday, June 14, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

The Death Lords
Friday, June 21, 9:30pm, $5
(classified

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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Early Monthly Segments presents its

Monthly Screening

Monday, June 24, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Artbar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

The Shape of Things to Come

Friday, June 28, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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JUNE 5-8 IN A CORUÑA, SPAIN

4th (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico
Super 8 films, and videos shot on super 8.
Focus on Argentine experimental film.
Claudio Caldini in person with his
super 8 films and a workshop!

Contemporary filmmakers.
Vintage local amateur films!

June 5-8, A Coruña, Spain

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2 EVENTS, JUNE 6 & 8, IN LOS ANGELES

Echo Park Film Center presents

Monthly Open Screening
Any genre! Any style! New, old, work-in-progress!
First come, first shown. 1 film / 10 minute max per person.
DVD, VHS, mini-DV, DV-CAM, super 8, 8mm, 16mm.
Thursday, June 6 , 8pm, $5 (free w/ film!)

PLUS

Kissed by the Sun: A Night of Films by
Dagie Brundert, Artist-in-Residence
In person from Berlin with her super 8 films!
Saturday, June 8, 8pm, $5, preceded by a
Welcome Reception 7pm, with food & drink!

Echo Park Film Center Microcinema,
1200 N. Alvarado St. (at Sunset Blvd.), Los Angeles, California

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JUNE 6 IN GATINEAU, QUEBEC

Available Light Screening Collective presents

Intertidal
A Film Performance by Alex MacKenzie
in person from Vancouver!

His most recent expanded cinema with 16mm projectors!
(2012, 55 minutes)

Thursday, June 6, 7:30pm, free!

Daïmôn Studio, 78 rue Hanson, Gatineau, Québec

ALSO:

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JUNE 7 & 8 IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO

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

Projection(S)
Recent 16mm Projector Performances
by Alex MacKenzie from Vancouver!

Total running time: 31 minutes, followed by
a short Artist Talk. Facebook

Friday, June 7, 7:30pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Ottawa Art Gallery, Arts Court Bldg., 2 Daly Ave., Ottawa, Ontario

Alex's Workshop: Handmade Emulsion -
Creating Black & White Film Stock from Scratch
Saturday, June 8, 10am-5pm
, Dept. of Visual Arts,
University of Ottawa, 100 Laurier Ave. Facebook

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JUNE 11 IN SASKATOON, SASK

THE SHOOT & SHOW SUPER 8 SPRING SEASON CONTINUES WITH

The 1st Saskatoon One Take Super 8 Event
25 new films shot & shown on super 8 by local artists
using one 3-minute roll of film each, without any ‘second takes’,
and the filmmakers do not view their film before the screening.

Tuesday, June 11, 8pm, free!

Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

JUNE 13 IN REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN

THE SHOOT & SHOW SUPER 8 SPRING SEASON CONTINUES WITH

The 11th Original One Take Super 8 Event
25 new films shot & shown on super 8 by local artists
using one 3-minute roll of film each, without any ‘second takes’,
and the filmmakers do not view their film before the screening.

Thursday, June 13, 8pm, free!

Regina Public Library Theatre, Main Branch,
2311 12th Ave., Regina, Saskatchewan 306-777-6000

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JUNE 15-21 IN HAMILTON, NY

59th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
“History is What’s Happening", programmed by
Toronto curator Pablo de Ocampo
,
Artistic Director, The Images Festival.

June 15-21

Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

JUNE 19-30 IN EDINBURGH, UK

67th Edinburgh International Film Festival
Including the Black Box screenings
of experimental films & videos. No super 8.

June 19-30, Edinburgh, UK

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JUNE 29 & 30 NEAR WASHINGTON, DC

Photorama USA presents

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

Saturday, June 29, 10am-3pm, $6

Best Western Tysons Westpark,
9401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.
(From I-495 take exit 47, Route 7W towards Tyson Corner)

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, June 30, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn Fort Washington,
432 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
(Exit 339 PA Tnpk., then straight to Pennsylvania Ave, turn left to hotel

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6 EVENTS JULY IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Count Yorga, Vampire
Friday, July 5, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Classroom Film Feastival
Friday, July 12, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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Early Monthly Segments presents its

Monthly Screening

Monday, July 15, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Artbar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Frogs

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

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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Pleasure Dome's

Annual Open Screening Under the Stars
Bring your latest experimental films or videos to show
(finished or unfinished, found or stolen), before 8pm,
or just come to watch!
16mm, super 8, VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Quicktime.
Maximum 10 minutes. First come, first shown.

Saturday, July 20, 9pm, $pwyc (unclassified)

Outdoors in the Courtyard, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

Rain location: CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave.

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Death Race 2000

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

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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AUGUST 1-5 IN DURHAM, ONTARIO

The Grey Zone Collective presents

11th Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Film & video screenings, installations, performances.
Various venues including outdoors and a drive-in!
Swiss experimental film & video, daily pub talks,
programmers and some filmmakers in person!

August 1-5, $5 / pwyc

Durham, Ontario

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7 EVENTS AUGUST IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

Friday, August 2, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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Pleasure Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group presents

3rd Annual Screening of Performance Art
in the Natural Environment (SPANE)

International videos

Saturday, August 3, 7:30pm, $8 (unclassified)

Pre-Screening Pleasure Picnic on the Beach
Complimentary grilled delights served - 5pm

Outdoors at Artscape Gibraltar Point,
443 Lakeshore Ave., Centre Island, Toronto
(20-minute walk east from Hanlan’s Point,
or west from Centre Island ferry docks.)
Ferry Schedule: www.toronto.ca/parks/island/ferry-schedule.htm

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Strange Shadows in An Empty Room
Friday, August 9, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Running
Friday, August 16, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

Early Monthly Segments presents its

Monthly Screening

Monday, August 19, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Artbar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Invasion of the Animal People
Friday, August 23, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Terror Ship
Friday, August 30, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 6
IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

The 10th EXiS Festival
International experimental video, 35mm & 16mm film.

August 29 - September 6, free!

Cinematheque KOFA (Korean Film Archive), Seoul, South Korea

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8 EVENTS THIS FALL IN TORONTO!


3 EVENTS OCTOBER IN TORONTO

5 EVENTS SEPTEMBER IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

Travelling Executioner
Friday, September 6, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Whiskey Mountain
Friday, September 13, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Black Zoo
Friday, September 20, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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Pleasure Dome Artists' Film Exhibition Group presents its

20th Annual New Toronto Works Showcase
Experimental videos

Thursday, September 26, 7pm, $8 (unclassified)

Tallulah's Cabaret, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre,
12 Alexander St., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

The Tormentors

Friday, September 27, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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3 EVENTS OCTOBER IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre - presents
features and shorts projected on 16mm every Friday night!

A Man, a Woman and a Bank
Friday, October 4, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Battle in Outer Space
Friday, October 11, 9:30pm, $5
(classified)

Classroom Films
Vintage educational shorts.
Friday, October 18, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto Facebook

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SEPTEMBER 14 NEAR DETROIT

Photorama USA presents

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

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

The MET Hotel, 5500 Crooks Rd., Troy, Michigan
(Exit 72, Crooks Rd. West off I-75,
turn right on Crooks Rd. to hotel.)

SEPTEMBER 23-29 IN SZEGED, HUNGARY

12th International Super 8mm Festival Szeged
New and old super 8 films, mostly on video.

September 23-29, Szeged, Hungary

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OCTOBER 3-7 IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL

Perfil Comunicação e Cultura presents

The 9th Annual Short 8
Brazil International Super 8 Film Festival
The only exclusively super 8 festival in Latin America!

October 3-7

Teatro da Caixa Cultural,
Rua Conselheiro, Laurindo 280, Curitiba, Brazil

OCTOBER IN OTTAWA

The Lost Dominion Screening Collective presents

The Canadian Cult Revue
Monthly screenings of Canadian films, on 35mm or 16mm!
Faves, lost gems from Archives Canada or private collections.
Tonight: Home Movie Day
16mm, 8mm, super 8, 28mm! Video 8, Hi-8, VHS

Tuesday, October, 7pm, free! $45/season (unclassified)

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

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OCTOBER 15-20 IN PARIS, FRANCE

Le nouveau Collectif Jeune Cinéma presente

15e Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris
Recent & historical videos, 35mm, 16mm, super 8 films.

October 15-20

Voûtes, 19 rue des Frigos 75013, Paris, France

OCT 18 - NOV 3 IN VICTORIA, BC

16th Antimatter Film Festival
International Media Art
and Experimental Cinema.
Video, 16mm, 35mm, super 8.

October 18 - November 3, 7 & 9pm, $pwyc

The Vic Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia

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OCTOBER 27 NEAR CHICAGO

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, October 27, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn, 3405 Algonquin Rd., Rolling Meadows, Illinois
(I-90 or 290 West to 53 North to Algonquin Rd. East 2 blocks)

DECEMBER 1 NEAR CHICAGO

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, December 1, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn, 3405 Algonquin Rd., Rolling Meadows, Illinois
(I-90 or 290 West to 53 North to Algonquin Rd. East 2 blocks)

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NOVEMBER 2 & 3 NEAR WASHINGTON, DC

Photorama USA presents

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

Saturday, November 2, 10am-3pm, $6

Best Western Tysons Westpark,
9401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.
(From I-495 take exit 47, Route 7W towards Tyson Corner)

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, November 3, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn Fort Washington,
432 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
(Exit 339 PA Tnpk., then straight to Pennsylvania Ave, turn left to hotel

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NOVEMBER 17 NEAR CLEVELAND

Photorama USA presents

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

Sunday, November 17, 10am-3pm, $6

Cleveland-Richfield Days Inn, 4742 Breckville Rd., Richfield, Ohio
(Off I-80, east Exit 173, south on Route 21.
Route 77, use Exit 145, north on Route 21.)

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ENDING TONIGHT IN SACKVILLE, NB!

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery present

The Sackville Cinematheque
Weekly screenings of experimental
16mm and super 8 films, hosted by
Solomon Nagler from Halifax and
Alexandre Larose from Montreal!
Artists-in-residence Apr 22 - May 24.
16mm films by Joyce Wieland, Barbara Sternberg, Dziga Vertov,
Maya Deren, Arthur Lipsett and Walter Ruttmann, and live scores!
Tonight - super 8 films by Solomon Nagler & Alexandre Larose!

Wednesdays, May 1, 8, 15 & 22, 8pm, free!

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

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LAST FRIDAY IN SACKVILLE, NB!

THE SHOOT & SHOW SUPER 8 SPRING SEASON CONTINUES WITH

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery present

14th Annual Super 8 Hotel Film Festival
Premieres of new super 8 films by local artists!
Norene Smiley, Rena Thomas, Elizabeth Horner, Shamus Griffith,
Linda Rae Dornan, Rebecca Blankert, Navarana Igloliorte, and
Faucet Media Arts Centre Youth Program participants.
The artists took a super 8 filmmaking workshop last month,
then each had 3 days to shoot a 1-roll film, edited-in-camera,
which were then shipped to Toronto for processing (Niagara),
all just in time for their first screening tonight, on super 8!
Popcorn and refreshments!

Friday, May 17, 8pm, free! all ages!

Faucet Media Arts Centre, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

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Exhibits - Workshops - Calls for Work - Past Events - CineCycle

 

(Updated May 23, 2013)