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Keja Ho Kramer retrospective

This weekend, Pugnant Fim Series will be at Votanikos at an abandoned furniture place, to close it's summer screenings on the public space, the screenings which begun from Alepotrypa and continued to another unique five site specific locations. The best away to close these screenings, is with a retrospective to Keja Ho Kramer, a filmmaker that celebrates the diy, independent and auteur cinema. Keja Ho Kramer will be in presence for this retrospective.
Dates:
Saturday, September 24, 2022 - 19:30 to Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 23:35
Second Persian Independent Experimental Short Film Festival

In the heart of the capital of Iran, the city of Tehran, the second event of the Persian independent experimental short film festival will be held, focusing on independent cinema, environment, health, world peace and the Internet, as well as the free section.
All male and female filmmakers from all over the world can participate in this festival.
Deadline:
Thursday, March 30, 2023 (All day)
Luna Park Dutch Trip - Gerard Holthuis retrospective

(french version below)

LUNA PARK DUTCH TRIP
▎retrospective GERARD HOLTHUIS
Dates:
Friday, October 7, 2022 - 20:30
Venue:
Gran Lux - SAINT-ETIENNE, France
John Smith: Introspective (1972-2022)

In celebration of John Smith’s 50 years of radical filmmaking, purge.xxx and Close-Up present the most extensive survey of his work to date: screening 50 films by Smith, organised into ten weekly programmes, seven at Close-Up and three at the ICA. The screenings are arranged chronologically, combining rarely screened works with well-known favourites. Guests in conversation with Smith include Erika Balsom, Ian Bourn, Jarvis Cocker, Gareth Evans, Juliet Jacques, Carol Morley, Jocelyn Pook, Stanley Schtinter, Iain Sinclair and Alia Syed.
Dates:
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, November 24, 2022 - 20:15
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 20:15
Venue:
Close-Up Cinema - London, United Kingdom
Imageless Films: Maya

If there’s one central element that would seem to be intrinsic and indispensable to any reasonable definition of the cinema it would be the presence of imagery, whether photographed, animated, or generated through more experimental methods such as hand-painting, scratching, collaging, and so on.
Dates:
Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 19:30
Venue:
Anthology Film Archives - New York, United States
VIDEOAKTION #3

VIDEOAKTION #3
Dates:
Friday, September 30, 2022 - 18:00 to Sunday, October 2, 2022 - 23:30
Venue:
Raum für drastische Maßnahmen - Berlin, Germany
Memory in Decay

On Saturday October 8th, Maenad Collective - a recently established studio art space in Ridgewood, New York - will be sharing a series of 8mm films by artist and filmmaker Alex Faoro. The images, presented throughout the space, will be accompanied by live cello and sound processing by musician Alice Gerlach. There will also be a number of objects (related to the films), displayed amongst the projections; a shovel, an 8mm camera, a pile of dirt, a bucket of water.
Dates:
Saturday, October 8, 2022 - 20:00
Venue:
Maenad Collective - New York, United States

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		1 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Melting Walls - Volume One (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals)	2 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Melting Walls - Volume One (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) 2024 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Festivals) Sonic Cinema: Eve Heller (Screenings)	3 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Melting Walls - Volume One (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) 2024 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Festivals)	4 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Melting Walls - Volume One (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) 2024 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Festivals) "Lost and Found, You Still Remain There" A Phil Solomon Retrospective (Screenings)	5 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) 2024 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Festivals) "Lost and Found, You Still Remain There" A Phil Solomon Retrospective (Screenings) Sans Souci's 21st Annual Call for Entries - Open Call: Dance Film Submissions (Calls for entries)
6 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) 22nd South Taiwan Film Festival South Award — Chinese Films Competition: Call for Entries (Calls for entries) Maya Jeffereis - Passages - Screening + live performance (Screenings)	7 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals)	8 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals)	9 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings)	10 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) aCinema - Open Call for Entries for aDifferent Program (Calls for entries)	11 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	12 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Screener Short Films 6th Edition - Call for Entries (Calls for entries)
13 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Visions: Simon Payne & Andrew Vallance (Screenings)	14 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Visions: Simon Payne & Andrew Vallance (Screenings)	15 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) 26th edition of the Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinemas (Calls for entries) LUFF 2024 - Call for entries (Calls for entries)	16 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Illuminated Hours: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler (Screenings) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Four Parts of a Folding Screen (Screenings)	17 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	18 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Braziers International Film Festival 2024 (Calls for entries) Open Call: Braziers International Film Festival 2024 (Calls for entries) Brigade Rouge, Poésie Noire Fest #2 (Festivals)	19 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Collective Archival Landscapes (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Family Reunion: To the Core of Personal Filmmaking (Screenings) Xcèntric: Falling Lessons, by Amy Halpern (Screenings)
20 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	21 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Frequency in Motion in Hong Kong (Screenings)	22 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Underneath the Floorboards - 9th Edition Screening (Festivals) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	23 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	24 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	25 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	26 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) totalmente rostro (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)
27 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	28 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	29 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions)	30 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Call for submission for the 11th Cairo Video Festival (Calls for entries)	31 Water and Ice - Pietro Gardoni (Screenings) 'Studio/Archive’ Explores Power of Photography (Exhibitions) Reel to Reel -to JONAS MEKAS- BY Chihiro ITO (Exhibitions) Hybrid Futures: Land, Genomics, and Technology by Danielle Siembieda (Exhibitions) Laterale Film Festival 2024 call for entries (Calls for entries) 25 FPS Festival 2024 - Call for entries (Calls for entries) San Diego Underground Film Festival 2024 - Call for Entries (Calls for entries) 2nd Xenia Film Festival (Calls for entries) Call for One Minutes for One Minute Volume Twelve (Calls for entries) Open Call: Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2024 (Calls for entries)