Spring 2019
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Skin in the Game, by Ariana Gerstein
Ariana Gerstein: Traces and Memories
Date: Apr 7, 2019 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianAriana Gerstein joins us from New York to present her remarkable animations and experimental films, often using imagery created from scanners.
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Fainting Spells, by Sky Hopinka
Unraveling Collective Forms
Date: Apr 28, 2019 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianIn conjunction with the exhibition Unraveling Collective Forms at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Filmforum co-presents beautiful digital films by artists Cecilia Vicuña, Jeannette Ehlers, Arshia Haq and Sky Hopinka whose work are on display in the show.
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Kevin Jerome Everson_ photo by Sandy Williams III
Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA presents Kevin Jerome Everson
Date: May 2, 2019 7:00PM
Location: MOCA Grand Avenue, Ahmanson TheaterKevin Jerome Everson is one of the most prolific, important experimental filmmakers currently working. We're delighted to welcome him back for two shows of new and recent works.
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Sound That, by Kevin Jerome Everson
Kevin Jerome Everson: More New Films
Date: May 5, 2019 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianLos Angeles Filmforum is delighted to welcome back Everson with the second program this week of recent works by Everson, including many premieres, with the artist in attendance.
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Isaac Julien, 2017, by Thierry Bal
Isaac Julien: Playtime
Date: May 18, 2019 9:00AM
Location: Bing Auditorium, LACMAOn the occasion of the exhibition, Isaac Julien: Playtime, and in collaboration with UC Santa Cruz and Los Angeles Filmforum, LACMA hosts screenings, talks, and panel discussions with historians, scholars, and artists responding to five additional important films by Julien: Looking for Langston (1989), KAPITAL (2013), Western Union: small boats (2007), Ten Thousand Waves (2010), and Lessons of the Hour (2019). Isaac Julien in person!
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Robert Todd
Local History: A Robert Todd Tribute
Date: May 25, 2019 6:00PM
Location: Echo Park Film CenterA free five-hour screening marathon celebrating the life and work of the late Robert Todd
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Representations of Leaving | Queer Death and heavens
Date: Jun 2, 2019 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianThese 8 films approach loss and lineages through experimental visual strategies that document rebirths and Queer utopic visions. Curator Finn Paul and filmmakers Matthew Lax and Jordan Wong in person!
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Transactional Reality (2019)
Wheeler Winston Dixon: From Ancient History to A Hundred Years from Today
Date: Jun 23, 2019 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianFilmforum hosts filmmaker, cultural theorist, and film and digital historian Wheeler Winston Dixon for his first-ever screening in Los Angeles!