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  • Periwinke Cinema: Hanky Code The Movie

    Back by popular demand Hanky Code The Movie with special short film Cruising Elsewhere preceding. Bringing Queer Sexy back to San Francisco.

    Cruising Elsewhere
    Whatever happened to Wohler Beach? Oral histories and spectral pornography resurrect memories of a once legendary Russian River
    gay beach in this sexy short. Dir. Ryan White 13 Min.

    Hanky Code The Movie
    Before Internet dating and hookup apps, The Handkerchief code was largely used by gay men in the 1970’s to distinguish sexual preferences and fetishes in gay clubs and on the streets of places like San Francisco and New York. In Hanky Code: The Movie, Periwinkle Cinema, San Francisco’s queer experimental film collective brings Queer and Trans filmmakers across a spectrum of genres, styles, genders, and locations to dissect the code in this epic anthology feature comprised of 25 short films! Each filmmaker or film making team tells a story of a different color/fetish of the code. Films range from narrative to experimental to erotic and animated, with many films redefining the traditional code with colors, patterns, and fetishes up to creative interpretation of the artist. 84 Min

    Films Include:
    Black – Flagging Black by Ivy Dykes
    Grey- Grey Is For Bondage by Lorin Murphy
    Light Blue, White Stripes by Lex Non Scripta
    Blue Silver by Marie Walz
    Light Blue by Ricky Lee
    Teal Blue by Kolmel W Love and Alex Albers
    Red by Caitlin Rose Sweet and André Azevedo
    Maroon- HEMA by Ashley Monique George
    Rose by Ilona Berger
    Magenta by Gentry McShane
    Purple by Anatomically Incorrect Doll and Char Vortryss
    Lavender- L is For Lavender by Margarita Femmeinista
    Yellow- Pee Colored by Katie Bush
    Pale Yellow- Spit by Malic Amalya and Nathan Hill
    Gold- 2 looking for 1 by Jamie Evelyn Manzi
    Orange- Anything Goes by Stéphane Gérard
    Apricot- Apricot 4 Apricot by Courtney Trouble
    Lime- Grrrl with the most cake by Jacqueline Mary and Violette Dentata
    White Fur by Neve Be and Nikki Silver
    Fur by M. O’Herlihy
    Grey Flannel by Austin Boe
    Silver Sequins- Flagging 4 Fashion by Moon Ray Ra
    Kleenex by Kico Le Strange
    Hounds-tooth- Mouth Wide Open by Siobhan Aluvalot
    Indigenous Luvvv by Demian DinéYazhi
    Credit sequence by Lisa Ganser
    Theme Song by Nomy Lamm

  • Other Cinema: OPTRONICA2; TOONS’n’TUNES

    GOAT FAMILY + JEREMY ROURKE + 99 HOOKER +
    Our LIVE A/V series returns with a trio of electrifying performances that fuse spoken/sung-word with (mostly animated) movies.Jeremy Rourke makes good on his“i’ll be around” promise with a loop back through our venue, yodeling amidst an ensemble of energized stop-motion works, fork-plucked harp melodies, and a world premiere live performance/animation. The Goat Family do-si-do’s beneath a dynamic screen, these much-loved local folks humming and strumming in experimental Jug Band style. Flying all the way in from New York, the veteran synth-player/poet 99 Hooker closes the show with a repertoire of his most obsessive pixilations, his Reanimatrix avatar dream come true, re-animating and re-mixing critters. AND three new Karaokes by Bryan Boyce and Adrianne Finelli (in-person). 

  • Lofi Legs, Elipsis, and ioi

    In attempts to ward off bad luck, ATA is having a Friday the 13th show. Lofi Legs, Elipsis, and ioi will be here to lead the ritual, accompanied by video installations and live projection.

    https://m.soundcloud.com/lofilegs-422388560
    https://elipsis-sf.bandcamp.com/releases
    https://ioiofficial.bandcamp.com/

    All friends, friends of friends, and soon to be friends are invited.