LUCKY ACCIDENTS: PHIL HOFFMAN AND THE FILM FARM

LUCKY ACCIDENTS: PHIL HOFFMAN AND THE FILM FARM

Phil Hoffman tells us the story of his project, the Film Farm in Ontario, Canada, that turns 30 years old this year. THE INSPIRATION By the late 80’s I had finished a series of autobiographical films, and luckily had the opportunity to travel. On these trips I did...

SINAIS AMÉRICA LATINA

SINAIS AMÉRICA LATINA

FRAGMENT OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES. A LETTER TO THIRD WORLD WOMEN WRITERS [1] Ivonne Sheen Mogollón, Sinais Latinoamérica curator, shares with us one of the texts by Gloria Anzaldúa that guided and inspired her selection. 1980 May, 26th Dear mujeres de color, I feel...

KENNETH ANGER: HOW I MADE LUCIFER RISING

KENNETH ANGER: HOW I MADE LUCIFER RISING

Interview by Chris Michael The director of the 1966 occult classic talks about how an anti-British massacre paid for his film, and the debt it owes to Jimmy Page and a bunch of jailed killers This was the first really big film...

AMY HALPERN FOREVER

AMY HALPERN FOREVER

A few days ago we received news that was hard to believe: that Amy Halpern had passed away. It was hard to believe because only a couple of months ago in Coruña she had been demonstrating a magnetic, inexhaustible energy. She presented two sessions of her films: one...

LEAH SINGER & LEE RANALDO. STEADY EXPLOSIONS

LEAH SINGER & LEE RANALDO. STEADY EXPLOSIONS

In addition to the performance Contra Jour, which closes this year’s festival, we will get the chance to see a handful of films by Leah Singer and Lee Ranaldo from recent decades, preceded by a conversation with the artists. Singer and Ranaldo's association began in...

BALTIC ANALOG LAB. PHOTOCHEMICAL EXISTENTIALISM

BALTIC ANALOG LAB. PHOTOCHEMICAL EXISTENTIALISM

Ieva Balode, one of the founders of the self-managed Latvian Baltic Analog Lab, brings us a carte blanche with some of the most exciting work created by the collective. Founded in 2016, the laboratory’s activity ranges from production to education and organising...