Streaming: Alternative Visions 2020
Streaming: Alternative Visions 2020
September 1–November 4, 2020
Our annual experimental cinema showcase moves online this year with streaming programs of contemporary and historical avant-garde works and special guest presentations on handmade film, Latin American animation, and more.
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Kerry Laitala: Knee Jerk
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Len Lye: Free Radicals
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Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
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TVTV: Four More Years
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Vukica Đjilas: Diary Films (excerpt)
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Sky Hopinka: maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
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Films - Past
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Past Films
Streaming: Handmade Cinema
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3
Tuesday, September 1 All DayWednesday, September 2, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Gregory Zinman, Lynn Marie Kirby, Kerry Laitala, Greta Snider, and Jennifer WestView DetailsGregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Streaming: Handmade Cinema
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3
Wednesday, September 2 All DayWednesday, September 2, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Gregory Zinman, Lynn Marie Kirby, Kerry Laitala, Greta Snider, and Jennifer WestView DetailsGregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Streaming: Handmade Cinema
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 1–3
Thursday, September 3 All DayWednesday, September 2, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Gregory Zinman, Lynn Marie Kirby, Kerry Laitala, Greta Snider, and Jennifer WestView DetailsGregory Zinman, author of Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts, presents a selection of short works by artists who forgo photographic processes, instead making marks directly on film.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Tuesday, September 15 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Wednesday, September 16 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Thursday, September 17 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Friday, September 18 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Saturday, September 19 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Despacito: A Quick Survey of Latin American Animation
Program Available for Six Days Only, September 15–20
Sunday, September 20 All DayWednesday, September 16, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream discussion with Simón Wilches-CastroView DetailsAnimator Simón Wilches-Castro presents a lively lecture on the history of animation in Latin America, illustrated with clips and short films.
Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Tuesday, September 29 All DayWednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno VarelaView DetailsThese experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Wednesday, September 30 All DayWednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno VarelaView DetailsThese experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
Streaming—Dark Matter: Collective, Singular, and Parodic Resistance
Program Available for Three Days Only, September 29–October 1
Thursday, October 1 All DayWednesday, September 30, 8:30 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Jesse Lerner, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Bruno VarelaView DetailsThese experimental films respond to Latin America’s history of social upheaval and violence with courageous commentary, poetic reflection, or satirical humor. Works by Grupo Los Vagos, Paz Encina, Bruno Varela, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Zigmunt Cedinsky, and Camilo Restrepo.
Streaming: Four More Years
TVTV
United States, 1972Program Available for Three Days Only, October 20–22
Tuesday, October 20 All DayWednesday, October 21, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Allen Rucker, Megan Williams, and Steve SeidView DetailsThe dissident mediamakers of TVTV deliver a ragtag report from the 1972 Republican presidential convention, with Nixon up for reelection. Plus never-before-seen TVTV outtakes recently restored by BAMPFA.
Streaming: Four More Years
TVTV
United States, 1972Program Available for Three Days Only, October 20–22
Wednesday, October 21 All DayWednesday, October 21, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Allen Rucker, Megan Williams, and Steve SeidView DetailsThe dissident mediamakers of TVTV deliver a ragtag report from the 1972 Republican presidential convention, with Nixon up for reelection. Plus never-before-seen TVTV outtakes recently restored by BAMPFA.
Streaming: Four More Years
TVTV
United States, 1972Program Available for Three Days Only, October 20–22
Thursday, October 22 All DayWednesday, October 21, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Allen Rucker, Megan Williams, and Steve SeidView DetailsThe dissident mediamakers of TVTV deliver a ragtag report from the 1972 Republican presidential convention, with Nixon up for reelection. Plus never-before-seen TVTV outtakes recently restored by BAMPFA.
Streaming—Portraits and the Sky: Yugoslav Experimental Films, 1960s–1990s
Program Available for Three Days Only, October 27–29
Tuesday, October 27 All DayWednesday, October 28, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Petra Belc and Pavle LeviView DetailsThis selection of Yugoslav short films—including some extremely rare works—forms a gallery of experimental cinematic portraits, framed by two minimalist landscape films.
Streaming—Portraits and the Sky: Yugoslav Experimental Films, 1960s–1990s
Program Available for Three Days Only, October 27–29
Wednesday, October 28 All DayWednesday, October 28, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Petra Belc and Pavle LeviView DetailsThis selection of Yugoslav short films—including some extremely rare works—forms a gallery of experimental cinematic portraits, framed by two minimalist landscape films.
Streaming—Portraits and the Sky: Yugoslav Experimental Films, 1960s–1990s
Program Available for Three Days Only, October 27–29
Thursday, October 29 All DayWednesday, October 28, 8:15 PM PDT: Livestream conversation: Petra Belc and Pavle LeviView DetailsThis selection of Yugoslav short films—including some extremely rare works—forms a gallery of experimental cinematic portraits, framed by two minimalist landscape films.
Streaming: maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopinka
United States, 2019Program Available for One Day Only, Wednesday, November 4
Wednesday, November 4 All DayWednesday, November 4, 8:30 PM PST: Livestream conversation: Sky Hopinka and Diana RuízView DetailsHonoring connections to nature and the cycles of life, Sky Hopinka’s poetic experimental documentary follows two Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest as they share their personal rituals and relationships to life, identity, language, and homeland.