An Interview with Margaret Honda on Spectrum Reverse Spectrum and Color Correction by Jordan Cronk, originally published in Reverse Shot, a publication of Museum of the Moving Image in New York. With a background primarily in sculpture, Los Angeles–based...
RHAYNE VERMETTE: “THE RUIN IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CENTR...
We reproduce an excerpt from an interview with Rhayne Vermette by Peruvian critic, researcher and programmer José Sarmiento Hinojosa. Canadian artist and filmmaker Rhayne Vermette moved out of academia to pursue her own artistic vision. Years later, we’re witnessing...
MYTHOPOESIS FROM TENOCHTITLÁN: ANNALISA D. QUAGLIATA BLANCO...
By Byron Davies Has Mexican experimental film come full-circle, found its “secret formula”? In a foundational 1998 exhibition catalog essay for their traveling program Cine Mexperimental, Rita González and Jesse Lerner describe Rubén Gámez’s 1965 baroque anti-gringo...
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...
INFO FOR (S8) 2024
Calendar (S8) 2024 Download here. Información sobre entradas Free entry to all venues until full capacity. It will not be possible to enter the venues after the screening has started. Catalogue Download PDF here....
THE (S8) FESTIVAL SHINES THE WORLD’S SPOTLIGHT FOR AVANT-G...
The 15th (S8) has been presented with an entire programme brimming with the creative power of women filmmakers The festival’s image for 2024 was inspired by tarot as a tribute to Kenneth Anger, who died in 2023 The festival or mostra is showcasing Canada upon 30 years...
NEW PERSPECTIVES IN AVANT-GARDE CINEMA WILL BE SEEN IN THE S...
The section that fosters new creators will be showing 19 works from all around the peninsula that can be seen on 6 and 7 June in the (S8) Palexco venue The 15th (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico, held from 31 May to 9 June, will also be extended to...
THE WORK OF THE PIONEER NARCISA HIRSCH WILL BE GUIDING THE J...
The new generations of experimental filmmakers will be featuring in the festival’s new section: Sinais (Signs) - Latin America The 15th (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico will also be dedicating a programme to Annalisa Quagliata, an exemplary from the most...
NARCISA HIRSCH: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A HUMAN BEING
The processes that go into the work of making a festival and shaping its spirit are sometimes hidden from view, because what finally appears on the surface is what the public gets to see on the days of the event itself. In the case of our relationship with Narcisa...