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  • Elegy to Ecstasy with Edith Kramer

    Canyon Cinema travels to Berkeley this week for a special screening of pivotal works from its collection. As a part of Canyon Cinema 50, its celebration of half a century in continuous operation, and together with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s ongoing series Hippie Modernism: Cinema and the Counterculture, 1964-1974, the distributor will co-present Elegy To Ecstasy, an evening of films made by some of the most influential figures in the history of avant-garde cinema.

    Dates: 

    Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 19:00 to Friday, May 12, 2017 - 18:55

    Venue: 

  • Cineinfinito #16: David Brooks

    An influential figure within the NYC experimental film community of the mid-1960s, David Brooks died tragically young leaving behind only a handful of works.

    Dates: 

    Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 17:45

    Venue: 

    Filmoteca de Cantabria - Santander, Spain
  • Symposium: Fluxus and Film

    This symposium will expand the defining attributes of Fluxus film by addressing the problematic role of documentation within Fluxus practices, the documentation of performances as material film objects and the performativity of media, and the politics of presence in Fluxus film and performance. Includes screening of film and video works by Wolf Vostell, Eric Andersen, Nam June Paik, Ludwig Schönherr, Paul Sharits, and Carolee Schneemann, among others.

    Dates: 

    Friday, May 5, 2017 (All day) to Saturday, May 6, 2017 (All day)

    Venue: 

    Logan Center for the Arts - Chicago, United States
  • CROSSROADS 2017

    CROSSROADS 2017 is the eighth manifestation of our annual film festival to be held May 19–21, 2017 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. CROSSROADS 2017 will showcase 60–70 new film/video works by emerging and established filmmakers, including performance and works of “live cinema.”

    Dates: 

    Friday, May 19, 2017 (All day) to Sunday, May 21, 2017 (All day)

    Venue: 

    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco, United States
  • Contemporary Visions: New cine and video in Spain

    -Visiones Contemporáneas- Últimas tendencias del cine y el video en España

    This project is curated by Playtime Audiovisuales (Natalia Piñuel and Enrique Piñuel), based at the DA2 Museum of Contemporary Art of Salamanca, devoted to new trends of film and video in Spain.

    Dates: 

    Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 20:00 to Friday, May 12, 2017 - 19:55

    Venue: 

    Echo Park Film Center - Los Angeles, United States
  • OFFoff Cinema: Nacht van de Experimentele Film 2017

    Every year, Art Cinema OFFoff organises its own Mass where experimental film and music are worshipped. The 'Nacht van de Experimentele Film' 2017 will take place in the Sint-Autbertus church, part of the Monasterium (Monastery) PoortAckere in the Oude Houtlei. B.A.A.D.M. (a music label from Ghent managed by graphic designers Joris Verdoodt and Mathieu Serruys) and film curator Sofie Verdoodt collaborated to put together the programme. Blasphemous iconoclasts and trance filmmakers from the American avant-garde are accompanied by brand new soundtracks by promising talent from the experimental music scene. Séances and installations complement the programme.

    Dates: 

    Friday, May 5, 2017 - 20:00 to Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 02:55

    Venue: 

    Monasterium PoortAckere - Gent, Belgium

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