Author: Fara

With his characteristic wit and endearing charisma, , guitar in hand, will sing us through a selection of recently-made live cinema performance: a stop-motion bicycle tour from NYC to San Francisco, a puppet with a head made of autumn leaves, hot air balloons illuminated at dawn like film in a projector. Music and stories conjure the on-screen animations while simultaneously, the earth rolls through space like the rear wheel of a penny farthing. Also Cheap drinks &16mm films!

Door 7:30, Show 8

PayWhatYouLike

ATA’s free community film/video show welcomes short format work or (15 min or less) from all genres. An open forum for independent filmmakers to show their work, we hold screenings the first Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm.

This month, we’re excited to be partnering with 3rd i Films, a Bay Area showcase for promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film.

Entries must be received by 7:00 pm on show night, cued and labeled, to be considered. Space is limited!

Submissions: To submit a digital file, email openscreening@atasite.org with the title “Open screening”. For physical media, label all tapes with name, contact info, title, and length, and mail to: Open Screening, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110. 1–2 weeks advance submissions recommended. If not, just walk in before the show.
Maximum length: 15 min.
Formats: Digital file (PC or Mac), DVD, miniDV/DV-cam, VHS, beta, 8 mm, and 16 mm. For 8 mm and 16 mm films give us advance notice.

Doors at 7:30 pm, show at 8:00 pm, FREE

 BECKER + NERBURN + SCOTT + NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORKS

A sensational season-ender that honors radical expression and innovative film form, tonight’s program promises a veritable bouquet of cinema initiatives! Portland prodigy Rankin Renwick premieres their Translation Please, while Ontario‘s Jake Scott weighs in with the West Coast premiere of his Scenes from Cycling. Minneapolis‘ Nik Nerburn sends in his dollhouse delicacy The Milkman, Seattle‘s Salise Hughes kicks down Two Dreams, and Virginia‘s Sasha Waters lobs in her astonishing Ashes of Roses. And as for the local portion of our baker’s dozen: Tommy Becker mounts his Live A/V performance Shape of Things to Come, Ellie Vanderlip intros her Blue Bayou, TT Takemoto standsby their After Bed (bareback), and Max Oginz sets us up for his Idiosyncratic Failure. PLUS beloved homegirls Greta Snider  (with her new film On Fire) and Kathleen Quillian  with homemade loops. Free pencils! $14