Amy Halpern (1953-2022) occupies a singular place in the history of American experimental cinema. She was a key figure who took part in many legendary film shoots and artistic projects, a tireless organizer who co-founded or directed several filmmakers’ associations, and, at the same time, an original and prolific filmmaker in her own right, whose works remained, until very recently, in the shadow of her contemporaries.
On the occasion of the seminar on film archives, filmmaker, curator, and film preservationist Mark Toscano proposes a program of experimental films restored at the Academy Film Archive with the city of Los Angeles as the protagonist.
Tropes and Techniques: Films by Amy Halpern and Pat O'Neill A 16mm Experimental Film Program Deering Estate Visitor Center Auditorium 3:00 pm, August 12, 2023 Free with registration at Eventbrite
exf f. – days of experimental film frankfurt is an annual festival dedicated to experimental and avant-garde film in all its diversity, both historical and contemporary. Offering no competition, exf f. is defined by a non-hierarchical understanding of filmmaking and film culture, aiming in particular to showcase film practices that focus on analogue film (be it Super 8, 16mm, 35mm or 70mm).
Dates:
Thursday, September 7, 2023 (All day) to Sunday, September 10, 2023 (All day)
The Bolex camera, 16mm reversal film stocks, commercial film laboratories, and low-budget optical printers were the small-gauge media technologies that provided the infrastructure for experimental filmmaking at the height of its cultural impact. Technology and the Making of Experimental Film Culture examines how the avant-garde embraced these material resources and invested them with meanings and values adjacent to those of semiprofessional film culture.
Amy Halpern (1953 -2022) made over 40 films, most of them on 16mm. Amy was born and raised in New York City and made her first films there; she came to Los Angeles in 1976 to attend UCLA Film School and lived here the rest of her life.
The (S8) International Peripheral Film Festival (Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico) of A Coruña unveiled much of its programme. The festival will be held from next 27 May to 5 June in venues like the Domus, the Luis Seoane Foundation, the Palexco Hall and the Port of A Coruña.In the words of the director, Ángel Rueda, "The festival works in the present for the future, which is why we are presenting a festival this time in which we are working for new audiences with the aim of bringing young people from the small screen to the big one, shifting from individualism to the collective experience of the cinema theatre."
Dates:
Friday, May 27, 2022 (All day) to Sunday, June 5, 2022 (All day)
From September27-October 3, (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico will celebrate its 11th edition introducing a new dual format. The festival will include a number of performances, gatherings, and film screenings that will be complemented with a selection of contents exclusively designed to be enjoyed online –a complete Internet-based offer that will be available on (S8)’s website and social media sites.
Dates:
Sunday, September 27, 2020 (All day) to Saturday, October 3, 2020 (All day)
