Winter 2018
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Estrellas del ayer, by Teo Hernandez
Ism, Ism, Ism: Estrellas del ayer: Latin Camp
Date: Jan 11, 2018 7:00PM
Location: MOCA Grand Ave Ahmanson AuditoriumFilmforum’s series Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, resumes in January with a bang, with nine screenings, a workshop, and a book signing between now and the end of the month. Kicking off with this show of "camp" films at MOCA.
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Ism, Ism, Ism: Workshop: 16mm / Photography in movement: Juan Carlos Alom
Date: Jan 12, 2018 12:00PM
Location: Echo Park Film CenterA three-day 16 mm / Motion Photography workshop with Juan Carlos Alom promoting the use of 16 mm photographic film for artisanal filmmaking. Fri-Sun, noon-4 pm each day.
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Habana Solo, by Juan Carlos Alom
Ism, Ism, Ism: Havana Solo: the films of Juan Carlos Alom
Date: Jan 12, 2018 8:00PM
Location: Echo Park Film CenterJuan Carlos Alom is a Cuban photographer and filmmaker weaves together his unmistakable personal voice with collective concerns in his hand-processed 16mm black and white films. The first of two screenings and a workshop with him in person.
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A Base De Viandas, by Arien Chang
Ism, Ism, Ism: Developing Works - Three Film Generations From Cuba
Date: Jan 14, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Echo Park Film CenterJuan Carlos Alom and Aimara Fernández present recent films in dialogue with the work of Nicolás Guillén Landrián, including the emblematic film of Guillén Landrián, Return to Baracoa (1966, Cuba), Alom's 9 Days (2017), a recent short filmed during the 9 days of national mourning after the death of Fidel Castro, and Fernández's Cocina Minuto (2018),
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ORG, by Fernando Birri
Ism, Ism, Ism: A Tribute to Fernando Birri - ORG
Date: Jan 16, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Downtown IndependentLos Angeles premiere of a new digital restoration of a colossal, nearly three-hour long film that’s only rarely been screened since it premiered at the 1979 Venice Film Festival, by Fernando Birri, an Argentinian filmmaker often considered the father of Third Cinema.
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Ism, Ism, Ism: Poetics of Space: 8mm Films from Argentina
Date: Jan 19, 2018 7:30PM
Location: UCLA Film & Television Archive, Billy Wilder Theatre, Hammer MuseumThe kick-off of a loaded three-day weekend for Ism, Ism, Ism, with highlights of Argentinean Super8mm films.
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The Vampires of Poverty (Agarrando pueblo, 1977) by Luis Ospina and Carlos Mayolo
Ism, Ism, Ism: Meta: Cinema within cinema
Date: Jan 20, 2018 3:00PM
Location: UCLA Film & Television Archive, Billy Wilder Theatre, UCLA Hammer MuseumXimena Cuevas and Luis Ospina in person with works that contemplate their chosen medium, its history, defining characteristics and iconic movements.
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Luis Ospina
Ism, Ism, Ism: Luis Ospina: A Rational Act of Faith
Date: Jan 20, 2018 7:30PM
Location: UCLA Film & Television Archive, Billy Wilder Theatre, UCLA Hammer MuseumColombian rabble-rouser Luis Ospina returns to his alma mater, UCLA, to screen a collection of his rarely seen early short films.
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Coffea Arábiga, by Nicolas Gullén Landrián (1966)
Ism, Ism, Ism: Misreadings / Malas Lecturas + Book Launch
Date: Jan 21, 2018 3:00PM
Location: UCLA Film & Television Archive, Billy Wilder Theatre, UCLA Hammer MuseumFirst, a panel discussion of the book Ism, Ism, ism, followed by a set of films looking at the interplay between text and image on the screen, from silent era to contemporary. Free!
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La noche bengalí, by Narcisa Hirsch
Ism, Ism, Ism: Testamento Cinemático: The Films of Narcisa Hirsch
Date: Jan 21, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder TheatreA pivotal figure in Latin American experimental cinema, Narcisa Hirsch took up artistic practice by first focusing on painting, then shifting toward performances and happenings, and soon making a crucial move into experimental film.
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Meeting Ancestors / A Arca dos Zo'é, by Vincent Carelli and Dominique Gallois
Ism, Ism, Ism: Bilingual Aesthetics: Negotiations between Languages
Date: Jan 28, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianFilmforum concludes its groundbreaking series Ism, Ism,Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America with this critical look at cinematic investigations around issues of languages and communication.
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Granular Film - Beirut, by Charles-André Coderre
Various Positions: Works from Double Negative
Date: Feb 11, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianFilmforum welcomes filmmaker Daïchi Saïto from Montreal in the first of two programs. This first program with Saïto showcases a selection of films made by present and past members of Double Negative, a Montreal-based film collective of which he a member.
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Engram of Returning, by Daïchi Saïto
Daïchi Saïto: Material Traces
Date: Feb 12, 2018 8:30PM
Location: REDCATOver the past fifteen years, Montreal-based film artist Daïchi Saïto has created a singular body of analog film work in which the rigor of his conceptualization and execution is matched only by the intense beauty and power of his images. The evening will feature films in Super 8, 35mm, and 16mm double-projection, encapsulating a body of work and an evening of filmmaking that promises to astonish.
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Tip of My Tongue, by Lynne Sachs
Lynne Sachs: Tip of My Tongue
Date: Feb 18, 2018 7:30PM
Location: Spielberg Theatre at the EgyptianFilmforum welcomes back Lynne Sachs with her latest films, the LA premiere of Tip of My Tongue, and a sneak preview of "Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor"
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Shades of Shadows
The Familiar Unknown: Mysticism in the Present Future
Date: Mar 8, 2018 7:00PM
Location: MOCA Grand Ave Ahmanson TheatreIn conjunction with the exhibition Lauren Halsey: we still here, there, these works by Amir George, Mike Henderson, and dana washington powerfully meditate on the power of culture in relation to the self and community.