Author: Fara

Learn to process your film and skip the lab fees. We will go over will the basics of black and white 16mm film processing including exposure testing, tank loading, processing and drying.

Fee: $40

for Enrollment please contact fara@atasite.org

BANSKY: WALLED OFF + NO OTHER LAND

Not one, but two long-form arguments for Palestinian autonomy, because our righteous anger and the urgent need for action against genocide in our time–in real time!–demands extraordinary measures. The first piece affords an entrance into legendary prankster Banksy‘s art hotel near the West Bank barrier, housing a semi-secret museum that displays artifacts from creative resistance struggles against 70+ years of Zionist occupation. Vin Arfuso‘s feature, in its NorCal premiere, comes from a collaboration between Palestinian-American musician Anwar Hadid, Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters, and the grandson of South African founding father Nelson Mandela. A slightly extended intermission accommodates easy entry for patrons choosing only the second on the bill, the Oscar-winning (though effectively suppressed) No Other Land, hardly seen in SF despite wide-spread protests against the egregious political censorship. This powerful doc from a Palestinian-Israeli directorial collective shows the destruction of the West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, and the alliance which develops between an activist and a journalist from the respective nationalities. Doors at 6:45 for the 7:15 Walled Off, tho additional arrivals are welcome during the 8:45-9PM break. $10 for either or both

 KORNELIA BOCZKOWSKA’s THE ANIMAL SHOW

Ever wondered how experimental films represent animals? Our international cinema sister Kornelia personally introduces a global program that challenges the representation of animals in mainstream media, highlighting non-anthropocentric modes of seeing, being, and movement. These home movies, diaries, animations, found footage, and music videos–both handmade and digital–deepen our understanding of the complex relationship between humans, animals, media, and environment: Becoming, Jan van Ijken (Netherlands, 2018), the miraculous genesis of animal life seen in a great microscopic detail–a salamander in its transparent egg from fertilization to hatching; Not (A) Part, Vicky Smith (16mm, UK, 2019), in reference to the rapid decline of flying insects, dead bees found on walks were positioned directly onto negative film and contact-printed; Jamal [A Camel] (16mm, 1981), Ibrahim Shaddad‘s report from the life of a Sudanese camel plays out in a dreary, small room–a sesame mill; buffalo lifts, Christina Battle (16mm, Canada, 2004), a herd of buffalo desperately try to hold on as they cross the film frame; a bmovie, Lindsay McIntyre (Canada, 2005), in-camera S8 film about a dog named b; Laika, Deborah Stratman (USA, 2021), homage to the spirits of Space Test dogs, with music by Olivia Block, Michael Morris (16mm, USA, 2023), cine-poem for Black Taffy’s song Riding Day and a loving nod to LeGrice’s 1970 Berlin Horse; PATTAKI, Everlane Moraes (Cuba, 2019)–in the dense night, when the moon lifts the tide, water beings are hypnotized by the powers of Yemaya, goddess of the sea; The Fourfold, Alisi Telengut (Canada/Mongolia, 2020), based on ancient shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, and against the backdrop of modern existential crisis and human-induced environmental change, an exploration of indigenous worldviews and wisdom–a reclaiming of the ideas of animism for planetary health; HORANGI, Lynn Kim (USA/Korea, 2024), based on a dream of laying in a field of tigers, wrapping around each other, existing in union…a moment of tenuous harmony and myriad tactile feelings and emotions;Cuban iMAL (world premiere, USA, 2025), shot by both Dominic Angerame (here in person) when in Cuba and Alanna Zrimsek when on African safari; TBA, Toney Merritt (USA), also a 2025 world premiere, and also with artist in person! $11