Author: Fara

ATA’s monthly community Film/video show welcomes short format work or (15 min or less) from all genres. All entries MUST be received by 7PM on show night, cued and labeled, to be considered. Space is limited! To reserve ahead of time, or get more info,  contact programming@atasite.org

Submissions: Label all tapes w/ name, contact, title and length. Mail to: Open Screening, 992 Valencia, SF, 94110.  1-2 weeks advance submissions strongly 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, 8mm and 16mm. For 8mm and 16mm films give us advance notice..

Doors and preshow at 7:30 PM. Projector at 8PM, FREE

HOWZE on SCOTT WILLIAMS + KPR + WILEY +

The first of three Focus-on-Locus shows in fact addresses our own situation here in the Bay Area, with a special section devoted to dear departed Scott Williams, long-time denizen of 20^th St. in the Inner Mission. One of the greatest stencil artists of our times, Scott passed away in June, leaving behind a true Mission School legacy of obsessively worked paintings–in books, on buildings, in frames, and on the streets. Russell (Stencil Nation) Howze situates Scott‘s oeuvre within the energized NorCal art-scene of the last half-century, sharing clips from Nick Gorski‘s Spray Paint and Carla Leshne‘s Carmanic Convergence. ALSO Arlin Golden is in the house with his hilarious Backyard, to anchor a set of short docs on our Fair City: the Fillingers‘ Interchange, Attell‘s Fun House, and Oakland‘s Down to Earth, on sustainable collective living. AND speaking of utopian projects in the East Bay, tonight’s real revelation is a 10-min. prime cut from a larger W-i-P by consummate film artist Ken Paul Rosenthal. PLUS Emeryville MudFlats, William Wiley‘s billboard art, and free postcards! $12

PHIL HOFFMAN’s FILM FARM 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Rightfully praised as the granddaddy of hand-processing workshops, Hoffman has always stood as a lightning-rod of hope and creative agency through the 30 years of his summer retreats in Ontario, Canada. He finally blesses the Bay Area with three visits this week, with this OC program offering the best opportunity to revel in the most extraordinary 16mm exemplars from his three decades of enlightened instruction on photochemical experimentation. AND along with Phil himself, we have five of his graduates here in the flesh, each with their respective work: Alfonso Alvarez (Down on the Farm), Brett Kashmere (Ghosts of Empire), Deirdre Logue (Scratches), Rob Butterworth (Chicken Farm), and Annapurna Kumar (Something to Treasure)–a veritable 30-year reunion right here in San Fran! ALSO screening are Helen Hills’ Your New Pig Is Down the Road, David Gatten’s Hardwood Process, Jennifer Reeves’ We Are Going Home, Nazli Dincel’s How to Make a Film, Clint Enns’ A Day in the Shint, Maia Cybelle Carpenter’s The Shape of the Gaze, Karel Doing’s Dandelion, Chris Chong’s Minus, Janet Cole’s Gathering, Francisca Duran’s It Matters What, and Adrian Kahgee’s Everything Is Right Here. PLUS Gilbert with Shapeshifters beverage! $14