Films from 20 countries + 11 states

Countries:  Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

States: California Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington

 

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Thursday, Nov. 7th at 7 pm

Super 8 Hotel

a selection of short super 8 films from around the world.

film still from Tupianas  by  Marcos Bonisson (2016)

Films in Program:

Tupianas | Marcos Bonisson + Khalil Charif  | Brazil | 2016 | 5:35 | Super 8 to digital

Sleep Mask | Phryne Konti |Greece  | 2019  | 3:10  | Super 8 to digital

The Salesman | Aaron Zeghars | Canada | 2016 | 3:30 | Super 8 to digital

Liquid is Light | Kalpana Submaranian | USA | 2016 | 4:02 | Super 8 to digital

The Immortality of the Crab | Giacomo Manzotti | Italy | 2:20 | Super 8 to digital

She World: Enumeration | Ursula Brookbank | USA | 2014| 5:34 | Super 8 to digital

Scenes from the Periphery | Derek Taylor | USA | 2019 | 2:20 | Super 8 to digital

Quaker City Home Movies: Pressing Cider | Taylor Dunne | USA | 2015 | 3:00 | Super 8 to digital

Eigentlich ist das kein Film/Actually, This Is Not a Film | Patrick Müeller | Germany | 2018 | 4:42 | Super 8 digital

Rain, Train, Mother, Son | Gary Hawkins | USA | 2019 | 2:14 | Super 8 to digital

The Last Skate | Sandy McLennan | Canada | 2018 | 4:50 | Super 8 to digital

Please Step Out of the Frame | Karissa Hahn | USA | 2018 | 4:10 | Super 8 to digital

We Had a Hard Freeze | Sean Kenny | USA | 2018 | 3:06 | Super 8 to digital

Lands of the Sea | Azucena Losana | Argentina | 2019 | 5:54 | Super 8 to digital

Symptom | Oisin McFarland Smith | Ireland | 2017 | 3:11 | Super 8 to digital

Magic Explained | Paul Tarragó | UK | 2019 | 7:00 | Super 8 to digital

Starfish Aorta Colossus | Lynne Sachs | USA | 2015 | 5:00 | Super 8 to digital

 

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Thursday, Nov. 7th at 9 pm

Trapped Ghosts

A mostly Super-8 program with an edgy vibe. These films are shot on Super-8 or 16mm film; each is a reflection on loss, corruption, disappearance, nostalgia, power and change. Several of the films incorporate found footage, manipulated physically or digitally.

 

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Friday, Nov. 8th at 7 pm

Celluloid Dreams: the Cinema of Janice Findley

film still from Byond Kabuki Janice Findley (1986)

Beloved local filmmaker Janice Findley shows her work and reflects on her oeuvre, while preparing to step behind the camera again to produce a new body of work.

** All films photographed, edited, released, and projected on 16mm! Introduction by Todd Rendleman, Director of Film Studies and Professor of Communication at Seattle Pacific University **

Janice Findley’s fiercely original films explore enchanted, uncharted territory with a wildly imaginative sensibility. Utilizing meticulous stop-motion and live-action techniques, brilliant set and costume design with beguiling musical scores by musician/composer Paul Hansen, Findley creates a subterranean world of emotions that evoke waking dreams. Menacing, inviting and funny, these adventures of the mind dare the viewer to enter into the realm of dreams. Findley’s films have been showcased in a retrospective at MoMA in New York, where her work is part of the permanent collection, and have toured the hinterlands of the U.S. with a widely traveled bicycling projectionist. This remarkable compilation includes Beyond Kabuki, A Nermish Gothic, Tripletime, Faux Paw and I Am the Night.

 

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Friday, Nov. 8^th at 9 pm. 

Senses of Time

Films about the play of time in filmmaking, including animation, found footage and time-lapse techniques.

** Four films projected on 16mm. **

film still from Erosion of Blue by Frank Fang  (2019)

Films in this program:

Just a Minute | Allison Beda | Canada | 2008 | 1:00 | 35mm to digital

Archeopsychic Time Zones | Georg Koszulinski | USA | 2017 | 5:06 | 16mm to digital

Senses of Time | Wenhua Shi | USA | 2018 | 5:00 | 16mm to digital

Failing Up | Jackie Goss | USA | 2019 | 7:10 | 16mm to digital

Erosion of Blue | Frank Fang | China | 2019 | 3:22 | 16mm to digital

Darkness | Hossein Moradizadeh | Iran | 2018 | 3:00 | 35mm to digital

A Collection of Attempts in Astral Travel | Ryan Betschart + Rachel Nakawatse | USA | 2016 | 7:00 | 16mm to digital

Unless You’re Living It | Sarah Bliss | USA | 2019 | 8:22 | 16mm to digital

A Slower Speed of Light | Stuart Pound | UK | nd | 5:56 | 16mm to digital

Winter’s First Mooons | Kathleen Rugh | USA | 2018 | 3:17 | 16mm

Matters of Bioluminescence | Robbie Land | USA | 2015 | 8:00 | 16mm

Oz | Lawrence Jordan | USA | 9:00 | 16mm

Helios | Eric Stewart | USA | 5:00 | 16mm

 

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Saturday, Nov. 9^th at 4 pm.

Please Step Out of the Frame

Films that for the most part elide the human figure in favor of abstract forms or urban and rural landscapes.

still from Twilight by Richard Reeves (2018)

 

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Saturday, Nov. 9^th at 8 PM.

Crackpot Crafters Expanded Cinema Performance

West Ballroom/Oddfellows Hall
915 East Pine Street, 2nd floor (accessible)

The Olympia-based Crackpot Crafters bring their special brand of 16mm loopiness to our festival. Operating a number of 16mm projectors in an improvised, interactive performance, the filmmakers cast images on parachutes, screens and disco balls, with live sound accompaniment. You can have a seat and watch from one perspective, or stroll around the space and take in the performance from different angles. Your ticket purchase entitles you to a free drink from the Tin Table bar next door.

Performance at the West Ballroom, Oddfellows Hall.

Free drink with your ticket purchase!

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