Sixteen short films that use non-traditional techniques to explore the relationship between cinema and memory. Created in San Francisco State University’s CINEMA 630 filmmaking course.
Filmmakers: Johnny Abrolat, Victor Bermudes, Annika Cafiero, Mira Campau, Linh Dao, Sam Dockan, Calvin Ferniza, Peter France, Antonio Garro, Sabrina Ghidossi, Jake Hill, Graham Law, Miguel Lopez, India Nemer, Jules Retzlaff, Natalya Sharapova.
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NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORKS
For some 33 years now, our seasons have been consummated with an energized evening of radical sensibility and innovative film form, with many of the artists in person (6 tonight!). Spot-lit on this go-round is the NY-beat-cine-poet 99 Hooker, with his new 20-min Live A/V assemblage Make It Used. Bryan Boyce is also in the house with a new Fake But True episode, Arte Matu ’s here, too, to debut his Night Eyes, 8-year-old Tala Brecke personally proffers High Places, and Eric Kochmer (in person) lays down the wreath of his mournful Owen in the memory of Owen Land. That sad short leads us to the former George Landow’s last unfinished work, dormant in the art-historical shadows for too long. Also to be remembered with a short is the recently deceased Phil Solomon, to whom this program is dedicated. PLUS: Kerry Laitala/SFAI‘s Knee Jerk, Shanna Maurizi ’s Solid Objects, Peter Lichter ’s These Sensations, Ken Adams’ Ainu, Who Knew the Bear, Mana Pinto’s Cuentos Ajenos, Jack Edmonson’s In Dreams, Michael Cruz‘ Path of Mastery, and Diana Sanchez’ Light Tower.*$9
The Lake and The Lake , “special preview screening!”
Directed by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, 2019, 39 min
Languages: Hindi, English, Kannada, Tamil, Bangla, subtitled in English.
Polluted lakes in Bangalore, the “Silicon Valley of India”, produce toxic foams and fires that challenge our understanding of what a lake can be. However, they remain valuable resources and refuges where counter-publics coexist. The Lake and The Lake dwells in the peripheries of one such lake, enacting an observational mode that is interrupted by flying foam, noxious gases, daydreams, and questions from passers-by. Standing alongside fishing communities, migrant waste workers, private security guards, street dogs, and children, it is evident that there is no “nature” that doesn’t also include all of us.
Interview that talks about the film: https://www.thisispublicparking.com/single-post/2019/04/18/The-Late-and-The-Lake-in-conversation-with-Sindhu-Thirumalaisam
Thirumalaisamy will be in-person at the screening.
The Lake and the Lake will be preceded by a short work by Greta Snider and Johunna Grayson.