Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here are the interviews with our volunteers Eric Stewart and Lizzy Brooks. ERIC STEWART How and when did you first become involved with ATA? I started volunteering about… Read more »
Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:00PM FREE and open to the public The New Nothing Cinema 16 Sherman Street San Francisco CA 94103 Near 7th Street and Folsom, between 7th and 6th Streets, Folsom and Harrison. Nearest BART is Civic Center. This film night, curated by media studies scholar Targol Mesbah, is part of the spring 2013 Incite/Insight… Read more »
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here are the interviews with our Gallery Director Grace Rosario Perkins and ATA Board Member Shae Green. GRACE ROSARIO PERKINS Can you tell us about your first volunteering… Read more »
April 20, 2013 – 10:19 pm
Jean-Gabriel Periot played his collage films at ATA last night. Poetic and unnerving, the images rain onto the screen; they layer on top of one another. He has pulled them from the archives, but they look different now, arresting. I stared as Hiroshima evaporated and rebuilt. I watched the faces of the Civil Rights Movement,… Read more »
The San Francisco Global Vietnamese Film Festival is a biennial film and video showcase centering Vietnamese filmmakers in Việt Nam and the diaspora—an international vision reflecting a transnational reality. This year’s festival inaugurates, with a party, its 2013 showcase of filmmakers of Vietnamese descent. The Opening Night Gala, held on April 26 at Artists’ Television Access,… Read more »
March 24, 2013 – 11:40 pm
CROSSROADS is San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual film festival, a celebration of recent and rediscovered avant-garde film/video work. CROSSROADS 2013, curated by Cinematheque Artistic Director Steve Polta, will take place April 5–7, at the Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street, SF). This year’s festal will feature a total of 51 films, videos and performance works by 48… Read more »
SUBMIT A FILM Calling all Bay Area Filmmakers! 3rd i Films is actively seeking Film Submissions for its annual festival and year-round programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Film Submissions We are looking for innovative films and videos of all lengths and genres from and about South Asia and the Diaspora. We aim to provide a platform… Read more »
February 27, 2013 – 10:55 pm
Gentrification has met its MATCH! The Mission Alliance To Cultivate Home is forming and we want you. The brutality of SF’s latest wave of gentrification is on the tip of everyone’s tongues and it’s time to speak out, act up, and save our homes and communities! We are forming a broad coalition of people… Read more »
February 10, 2013 – 6:56 pm
The cinema house at ATA nearly burst its well-worn seams on Saturday in honor of the special benefit event, Cast Shadows. Paul Clipson and John Davis projected super-8 film in collaboration with live performances from musical explorers Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Marielle Jakobsons, and Barn Owl. The program opened with a speech and dedication from one of… Read more »
January 22, 2013 – 5:12 pm
Cate Giordano makes filmmaking look easy. Just pick up a camera and mess around. Her films are so light to watch that you don’t notice their bizarre complexity, until the fake-mustached protagonist transforms himself (herself) into the female lead and climbs out of a cardboard lion. No, I’m serious: this makes perfect sense. What carries… Read more »
January 14, 2013 – 9:49 pm
We asked Antero Alli a few questions about his latest experimental documentary video “dreambody/earthbody,” which premieres in SF at ATA on January 25. Antero will be available for Q&A after the screening. What is ParaTheatrical ReSearch? When did you become interested in paratheatrical processes? The term “paratheatre” was coined in the 1970′s by the late… Read more »
January 3, 2013 – 7:36 pm
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here is an interview with Dayv Jones who has been a volunteer since the late nineties. DAYV JONES How did you first become involved with ATA? I wish… Read more »
November 19, 2012 – 12:21 pm
On Thursday, Charles Fairbanks visited us at ATA with his short film program, Tender Muscles. The movies are honest and inquisitive, lovely and complicated. As the five unfold in succession– The Men, Irma, Pioneers, Wrestling With My Father, and Flexing Muscles– we get privileged insight into the recurring themes and puzzles of Fairbanks’s practice. It… Read more »
November 12, 2012 – 8:32 pm
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here is an interview with Linda Scobie who has been a volunteer since 2007. LINDA SCOBIE What can you tell us about your first volunteering experience/s at ATA?… Read more »
November 7, 2012 – 12:06 pm
San Francisco Cinematheque seeks submissions of recent films and videos for CROSSROADS 2013, the fourth manifestation of our annual film festival. Occurring the first weekend in April, 2013 at San Francisco’s Victoria Theatre, CROSSROADS 2013 will showcase new film/video works by emerging and established filmmakers, including performance and works of “live cinema.” Cinematheque seeks submissions… Read more »
November 5, 2012 – 12:45 pm
On Friday, November 2nd, filmmaker, activist, and native Ohioan, Roger Hill, joined us at ATA for a screening of his film, Struggle, an inquiry into voter suppression, manipulation, and fraud at the Ohio polls in 2004. In light of recent efforts to suppress the vote, and with Ohio poised to play a similarly decisive roll… Read more »
October 24, 2012 – 9:39 am
Apply now for a 2013 SF Film Society FilmHouse Residency! Open to both narrative and documentary filmmakers, FilmHouse offers a residency of either 6 or 12 months to filmmakers with projects that, through plot, character, theme or setting explore social issues of our time. You don’t have to be a Bay Area resident to apply!… Read more »
October 23, 2012 – 2:05 pm
The Luggage Store Projection Series’ MPU (Mobile Projection Unit) is seeking video works for public projections, offering artists the opportunity to have their work projected in a public context outside the gallery space. The MPU aims to integrate video projections into site specific public spaces – from walls, sides of buildings within the urban landscape… Read more »
October 19, 2012 – 5:28 pm
The warm weather is over and thick fog has settled again over San Francisco. It’s from beneath this blanket that I look back on last night’s ATA screening of Vincent Moon and Lulacruza’s collaboration: Espearnado el Tsunami. We began late because everyone is late in warm weather; if you’ve lived in a tropical climate,… Read more »
October 18, 2012 – 2:55 pm
CineFiles is an online database of scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the Pacific Film Archive Library’s extensive collection covering world cinema, past and present. Citations are available for all documents, and page images are available for documents with copyright clearance. New titles and… Read more »
October 16, 2012 – 8:24 am
Experimental Film Festival Portland is now accepting submissions of experimental films, installations, or performances, 20 min. or less for the 2013 festival. Final Entry Deadline is 15 February 2013. More information: http://effportland.com
October 16, 2012 – 8:20 am
Apply now for a project development and fiscal sponsorship from the San Francisco Film Society – a program designed to help filmmakers step by step through the process of getting a film funded, made and seen! Deadline is October 29, 2012. More information: http://sffs.org/Filmmaker360/Project-Development.aspx
October 8, 2012 – 9:52 am
Prelinger Archives seeks volunteers to assist in an ongoing project to inspect, repair and catalog its home movie and amateur film collection. These 16mm, 8mm and Super 8 films will be prepared for digitization and eventually shared on the Internet Archive. In exchange for their hard work, this program teaches participants archival film handling skills… Read more »
October 8, 2012 – 9:12 am
On Friday night, in collaboration with the Free Form Film Festival, ATA hosted The Invisible Present, a showcase of contemporary Iranian video art, coupled with a performance by SF based art-rock band, Cookie Tongue. The work presented was strong and fascinating, but the evening had a decidedly random flavor. Questions about curatorial intent dominated the… Read more »
October 4, 2012 – 2:18 pm
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here is the interview with Kelly Pendergrast, who is one of ATA’s programmers. KELLY PENDERGRAST Can you tell us a little about your background prior to volunteering at… Read more »
October 4, 2012 – 11:37 am
The music video is an exceptionally fun form of video art. Collaborating with musicians allows video artists to make work that is at once experimental and accessible, breaking out of the gallery and entering the world of workaday humans in one stop motion leap. The Breakaway showcase of music videos by and and for Bay… Read more »
September 25, 2012 – 6:43 pm
The third night of the SF Latino Film Festival is tomorrow. Come to ATA to see LGBT Latino shorts: Fallen Comrade, Recipe for Love and We’re All Meant To Be Queens /Todas Íbamos a Ser Reinas. You can get your tickets here. Why are you putting on this festival? How is it special for filmmakers? For filmgoers?… Read more »
September 24, 2012 – 10:19 pm
Under My Nails, a Puerto Rican psychological thriller by Kisha Tikina Burgos and Ari Manuel Cruz, and Andrei Nemcik played to a packed house at ATA on Friday night as part of the Cine+mas Latino Film Festival. Under My Nails is gripping. I was on the edge of my seat, and I was sitting on… Read more »
September 22, 2012 – 10:34 am
The Images Festival is now accepting entries for the ON SCREEN section of the 26th edition of the festival which will take place April 11– 20, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. Images screens films and videos of any category that have a compelling, inventive, aesthetically unconventional approach in terms of form, content, story and/or structure. Fee… Read more »
September 19, 2012 – 4:55 pm
The International Film Festival Rotterdam aims to offer a quality selection of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema and visual arts. Devoted to offering a platform to and actively supporting independent filmmaking from around the globe, The International Film Festival Rotterdam is the essential hub for discovering film talent and for catching the early buzz… Read more »
September 19, 2012 – 1:31 pm
The next edition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will take place from 2 to 7 May 2013. As in previous years, works of all genres and formats may be submitted. International productions must not exceed a length of 35 minutes, German productions may not exceed 45 minutes. Films must have been completed after… Read more »
September 14, 2012 – 9:28 am
The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. CUFF’s mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content from the “indie” mainstream and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations. Early Deadline: October 1, 2012 | Regular Deadline: November 15,… Read more »
September 14, 2012 – 9:20 am
Basement Films annual Experiments in Cinema film festival is now accepting submissions for Experiments in Cinema v8.53! Next year’s festival will occur April 15-22, 2013 in Albuquerque, NM. Postmarked deadline for submissions is December 15, 2012. Fill out the EIC v8.53 online entry form: http://experimentsincinema.com/
September 4, 2012 – 12:04 pm
The longest-running festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival, recognized throughout the world for its eclectic, intelligent and adventurous programs and events, is accepting submissions to SFIFF56 (April 25- May 9, 2013). Works in all genres, forms and lengths are considered. Regular Deadline for submissions: Postmarked November 5, 2012 More information: http://sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-International-Film-Festival/Call-for-Entries.aspx
September 3, 2012 – 11:17 am
NIAD Art Center seeks a motivated, energetic, Gallery/Sales Director who will coordinate and implement our exhibition program. NIAD Art Center is the home for 65 artists and the Gallery/Sales Director is responsible for exhibiting, marketing and the selling the art that is produced here. The Gallery/Sales Director will develop the art gallery schedule; select artists… Read more »
August 31, 2012 – 2:39 pm
The New Parkway Theater is looking for short films to present before regularly scheduled features. Themes: Your video may fall into one or more of the following themes: 1. Oakland 2. Parkwayish 3. Theater Etiquette 4. Low Budget Versions of Famous Movie Scenes 5. Fake Ads Length: 2 minutes or less. No minimum requirement. Aesthetic:… Read more »
August 29, 2012 – 1:14 pm
Curators: Stephen McNeilly & Nora Foster | Judges: Jeremy Millar & Gareth Evans | Festival Screenings: 30 November 2012 | Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH, UK Featuring films of 30 mins or less, the heart of the Swedenborg International Short Film Festival is to showcase the latest new and established talent. Submissions… Read more »
August 27, 2012 – 11:08 am
Mono No Aware is an international exhibition open to any person or group of persons making contemporary art that incorporates Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm or altered light projections as part of a sculpture, installation, dance, or expanded cinema performance. Mono No Aware is open to experimental filmmakers, fine artists, poets and musicians; to any and… Read more »
August 23, 2012 – 12:13 pm
The Big Muddy Film Festival, based at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has become one of the best-respected, wholly independent, community-focused film festivals. In its 35th year, Big Muddy is among the oldest student-organized film festivals in the United States. The Festival provides cash awards to the best works in competition in the categories of experimental,… Read more »
August 23, 2012 – 12:01 pm
The 4th annual Strange Beauty Film Festival is now accepting short fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, underground, funky, and otherwise wholly unclassifiable works that lie somewhere between terrifying normality and sublime fever dreams. Anything goes, up to 30 minutes in length. If you think your film qualifies, it probably does. Submission fee is $10, entries are… Read more »
August 20, 2012 – 11:04 am
On Thursday night I had the pleasure of working a show at ATA: Lateral Mobility: Creative Works about Getting By. More than just a send-off and fundraiser for filmmaker Kara Herold, it was an impressive collection of films, performance and readings by Bay Area artists. Here are a few of the highlights: A raffle was… Read more »
August 18, 2012 – 7:52 pm
Watch This!, a collection of experimental video shorts curated by the Chicago-based programming group The Cinema Culture screened at ATA on Friday night. The shorts were varied and fresh; the content became more dramatic as the program went on, and our audience was engrossed (all except one woman, who nodded off and snored, but she… Read more »
August 15, 2012 – 9:35 am
We sent Amir George a few questions about Watch This!, a touring program of video art and experimental shorts curated by The Cinema Culture. At ATA on Friday, August 17. What and/or Who is “The Cinema Culture”? The Cinema Culture is a programming group, I started it out of a college dorm around 2007. We… Read more »
August 13, 2012 – 10:01 pm
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here is the interview with Cory Wees who runs OpenScreening. CORY WEES When and why did you start volunteering at ATA? I live in the Mission and have… Read more »
Friends of the Orphan Signs http://friendsoftheorphansigns.org/ in conjunction with ISEA 2012 http://www.isea2012.org/ hosts a special drive-in screening: The Tradewinds Revival, SEPT 21, 2012, 8-11 pm, Albuquerque, NM. Stopping and staying is a form of occupying a space, particularly when groups of people occupy relatively deserted and unremarkable spots such as the lot at San Mateo… Read more »
August 1, 2012 – 11:19 am
Seeking 3 minute videos or shorter by African-Diaspora artists for Video Slink Uganda, a 2012-2013 apexart Franchise project apexart Franchise Exhibition in Uganda: Feb 6th – March 6th, 2013 Artistic Directors: Paul Falzone and Marisa Jahn (REV-) Ugandan video halls (or “bibanda”) are often no more than small huts where viewers pay a few cents… Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO, California—July 30, 2012— Canyon Cinema Inc, today announced that Dominic Angerame, Executive Director will retire after thirty-two years with the company. The Board of Directors, staff and interns will maintain daily operations during the transition and search for a Director. For thirty-two years Dominic Angerame has been the heart, soul, and guiding force… Read more »
Children’s Fairyland seeks submissions of projected artworks for Magic Lantern, a one-night video exhibition event to take place on Friday, October 12, 2012. Submissions due August 31, 2012. Proceeds from this event will support Fairyland’s Outreach program. Curated by Mary Anne Kluth. The very first projectors to make use of artificial imagery were called magic… Read more »
Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris in November 2012 at Palais de Tokyo and Gaîté Lyrique in November 2012, and in Madrid and Berlin in 2013. The event will feature an international program focused on film, video and multimedia, gathering works of artists and filmmakers recognized on the international scene along with young artists… Read more »
The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (FLEX) is Florida’s only film festival devoted to works of avant-garde/experimental/underground cinema. In addition to the annual festival, which takes place every February, FLEX programs events and screenings year round in Gainesville, Florida as well as occasional touring programs of work from the annual festival. The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival… Read more »
We connected with Kevin Kunze, director of the documentary film, “Reconnect”. The film is about cell phone radiation, a major public health threat. At ATA on July 28. The director will be available for Q&A after the screening. What motivated you to make this film? I became motivated to make this film when I started… Read more »
Each month, we will feature interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here are the first two interviews in this series. The first interview is with Anastasia Pahules who does fundraising and volunteer coordination, and the second is with Sam… Read more »
Crystal Palace is an experimental film/video festival curated by Liena Vayzman for ArtSpace’s 15th Anniversary, its crystal anniversary, that calls for crystal-themed, crystallizing, and multi-faceted video and film. Non-narrative and experimental narrative work created in any film/video/digital media format is welcome. Projections will be accepted in DVD format only. Crystals include snowflakes, diamonds, ice crystals,… Read more »
ATA Window Gallery presents: Liquid Gold-Black Gold, the Golden Age of Whaling By Kate Hoffman Until June 30: Closing reception Friday June 29, 5-7pm This month at the ATA window gallery is a segment from Kate Hoffman’s project “Liquid Gold-Black Gold, the Golden Age of Whaling”. Reflected in the project “Liquid Gold-Black Gold” are the… Read more »
Isabel Fondevila caught up with Mallary Abel, Brenda Contreras and Kelly Pendergrast, and had a chance to ask them about ATA’s new women-made film series. What inspire the Gaze series and why did you call it Gaze? Mallary: GAZE simply came from the aspiration to start a Women’s film festival. It took about a year… Read more »
GAZE is a film series dedicated to screening independent film and video made by women. GAZE promotes women’s artistic expression and creates dialogue related to the influence of this powerful medium. All formats and lengths are accepted, and there is no submission fee. Submission instructions are here. Please email gaze@atasite.org if you have any questions
January 7, 2012 – 11:17 am
The Arts at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, a visual arts exhibition program, is planning a Spring 2012 program of experimental film and new media from the Middle East, North Africa, and their diasporas. Inspired by the Arab Spring and its potential for a radical redress of oppressive structures of power,… Read more »
November 18, 2011 – 11:17 am
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Artists’ Television Access announces the band line-up for its Sunday, December 11, 2011 fundraiser, The ATA Winter Beach Formal. Shannon & the Clams Buffalo Tooth Primitive Hearts Chen Santa Maria Puce Moment Cool Ghouls American Splits There will be a raffle with amazing prizes and limited edition tote bags designed by… Read more »
September 3, 2011 – 5:47 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The 6th Annual Artists’ Television Access Film & Video Festival celebrates original, independent and underground film & video with screenings, a filmmaker reception, a media installation and a hands-on workshop, October 19-23. On Wednesday, October 19, ATA will kick off the festival with a reception, open to the public. Stop by… Read more »
OTHER CINEMA‘s Spring ’11 screening calendar is in fact extended into June with the extraordinary addition of a special program that responds to world crises during the term of our on-going series… Fujiyama in Red (after the1990 Kurosawa movie that foresaw the catastrophe) is a live A/V show that we’re staging to raise funds for Japanese Tsunami Relief…. Read more »
April 19, 2011 – 11:25 pm
Artists’ Television Access celebrates the first five years of the ATA Annual Film & Video Festival with a retrospective screening at the Roxie, Playback: 2006-2010, April 19th, 2011. The program includes works by Tommy Becker, Ariel Diaz, Paul Clipson, Zachary Epcar, Sam Barnett, Jibz Cameron & Hedia Maron, John Palmer, Rachel Manera, Carl Diehl, Martha… Read more »
February 5, 2011 – 9:28 am
Artists’ Television Access invites experimental film and video makers to submit their work to its 6th Annual ATA Film and Video Festival. Works including but not limited to, animation, documentary, narrative, abstract and found footage based will be accepted. Also, this year we are open for proposals for workshops, installations and media performances. The ATA… Read more »
January 21, 2011 – 9:31 am
“Cut and Run began in early 2009 in San Francisco as a single screening event at Artists’ Television Access. It has since evolved into an annual traveling film festival featuring experimental and avant-garde cinema, both contemporary and past works. “C + R celebrates works that deviate from mainstream and traditional cinema and opt towards authentic,… Read more »
January 4, 2011 – 4:36 pm
Check-out this film created in Kerry Laitala’s Lightstruck workshop. The workshop was part of the 5th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival! The film was made by exposing 16mm, B&W film stock by hand. “Cinegrams” were created by placing objects and material directly onto the film and casting their shadows upon the film with light…. Read more »
November 30, 2010 – 1:00 pm
A program of short works from the 4th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival is going to be part of the 14th edition of the Microwave International Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong. The screening will take place at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum on December 12, 2010. As the first… Read more »
November 30, 2010 – 12:42 pm
INCITE! is calling for submissions for its issue #3: NEW AGES Utilizing the 2010 International Experimental Media Congress as an opportunity for reflection, this issue aims at addressing the generational shifts and divides in today’s experimental film, video, and new media sphere. Submission Deadline: December 15, 2010 More info at http://www.incite-online.net/callforsubmissions_issue3.html
November 4, 2010 – 9:43 am
Experiments in Cinema V6.3 (a Basement Films production in collaboration with UNM’s Department of Cinematic Arts) is currently seeking submissions for the 6th annual celebration of international, cinematic experimentation. This year’s festival will take place in Albuquerque April 13-17, 2011. They encourage all moving image artists creating unembedded, undependent, underground, experimental, personal, and wildly imaginative… Read more »
October 13, 2010 – 6:26 pm
Liz Wing of ATA talked recently to the festival filmmakers about their work. You can read the interviews before or after you see it at the festival! Paul Clipson – Union Sam Barnett – Reduction Bill Brown -Chicago Corner Patricia McInroy – Found: Nothing Missing Vera Brunner-Sung – Untitled (Perlman Pl.) Karl Lind – Disconnected… Read more »
September 21, 2010 – 6:26 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The 5th Annual Artists’ Television Access Film & Video Festival celebrates original, independent and underground film & video with screenings, installations and workshops, October 19th – 23rd. Thursday, October 21, ATA will screen the first of two shorts programs. Titled “Human Nature,” the program explores the relationship between our natural environment… Read more »
September 3, 2010 – 4:12 pm
“If your film has never been picked by any festival, it’s a perfect fit for SELECTION festival”. On September 13, @ 21:00, CINE FANTOM is starting a new stage of SELECTION festival. Now at VINZAVOD, every Monday! SELECTION festival is a unique experiment if the Russia-based CINE FANTOM club, which has no analogues in the… Read more »
August 18, 2010 – 7:51 am
Editors Picks – Arts and Nightlife
February 12, 2010 – 5:38 pm
Artists’ Television Access is accepting submissions for its 5th Annual ATA Film and Video Festival. We are looking for experimental film and video, including but not limited to, animation, documentary, narrative, abstract and found footage. The ATA Film and Video Festival is committed to showcasing short films and videos that use an unconventional stylistic and… Read more »
September 19, 2003 – 8:00 pm
Divided Spaces This program looks at how individuals understand physical boundaries, public space and the power of words. Matte Box Fun Mavis Navin 19823:10 min b/w Super-8 US Navin reveals all the many ways to break up a film frame with her matte box set. Moose Mountain Mary Beth Reed 2002 5 min b/w 16mm US Reed takes the viewer on… Read more »
