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Super 8 Filmmaker John Porter, Toronto, Canada

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CineZine
documenting the alternative film scene since 2005
,
hilighting film projection, super 8, and local film classification laws.

Events: Recent | Upcoming
2005 > 2006 > 2007 > 2008 > 2009 > 2010 \/ 2012 > 2013 > 2014
2011: Jan-Feb > Mar-Apr \/ Sept-Oct > Nov-Dec


100 EVENTS May-Aug 2011

Latest in August in Cleveland & Cincinnati - Sackville, NB
Eganville, ON - Toronto - Boston - NYC - Cambridge, MA
Latest in July in Winnipeg, Manitoba - Toronto - Durham, Ontario
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Portland, Maine - Chicago
Sackville, NB - Folkestone, UK - Ottawa - Galway, Ireland
Latest in June in Toronto - Sackville - Vancouver - St. Catharines
Galway - Chicago - Boston - Winnipeg - Brooklyn - Newcastle, UK
London, Ont - Los Angeles - NYC - Leeds, UK - Edinburgh, UK
Latest in May in Toronto - Harrisburg, PA - New York City
Windsor, Ontario - London, UK - Zurich - Montreal - Saskatoon
Dublin, Ireland - Ottawa - Cannes - Vancouver, BC - Los Angeles
San Francisco - Charlottetown, PEI - Milwaukee, WI - Oberhausen

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AUGUST 28 NEAR CLEVELAND

Photorama USA presents

Cleveland Camera Collectors Show
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, August 28, 10am-4pm, $6

Cleveland-Richfield Days Inn, 4742 Breckville Rd., Richfield, Ohio
(Off I-80, east Exit 173, south on Route 21.
Route 77, use Exit 145, north on Route 21.)

AUGUST 27 IN CINCINNATI

Photorama USA presents

The Ohio Camera Swap Cincinnati
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Saturday, August 27, 10am-4pm, $5

St. Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church Banquet Hall,
8465 Wuest Road, Cincinnati, Ohio

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AUGUST 27 IN SACKVILLE, NB

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery,
Vogue Cinema, Mount Allison University,
and the Sackville Film Society present

16mm Reborn: The Sackville Film Initiative
16mm Film Workshop
Introduction to Camera and Processing: 10am-12pm.
Introduction to Film Editing and Sound: 1-3pm.
Instructor: Elli Hearte.

Saturday, August 27, $10

Struts Gallery, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

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AUGUST 26 & 27
NEAR EGANVILLE, ONTARIO

The Lost Dominion Screening Collective presents

2nd "Cinema Under the Stars"
Projected on 35mm film!

August 26 & 27, free for campers!

Raven's Knoll Campground, near Eganville, Ontario

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AUGUST 26 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Deadly Eyes (Robert Clouse, Canada, 1982)

Friday, August 26, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

AUGUST 24 IN BOSTON

MassArt Film Society presents

Curated by Tara Nelson and Mike Piso
Two 16mm films, by Tony Buba (1988, 80 min.)
and Mark Lapore (1997, 32 min.).

Wednesday, August 24, 8pm, $4

Screening Room 1, East Hall, Film Department,
The Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
621 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts

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AUGUST 15-21 IN TORONTO

Motion Picture Lab Garage Sale
Complete motion picture lab content for sale! Everything must go!
Processors, printers (contact, wet gate, optical), synchronizers,
photo lab instruments, safe lights, dark room equipment,
 film cleaning machine, mixing tanks, rewinders, splicers,
film cameras, projectors, squawk box, cores, reels,
film rolls, film stock, supplies, and much more.
35mm, 16mm, 8mm, super 8.

Sundays, August 21, 28, September 4, 11
2-6pm
, while quantity lasts

Black & White Film Factory, 40 Cawthra Ave., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Classroom Films
Short educational films from the 50s & 60s.

Friday, August 19, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

16mm Films by Owen Land
Honouring the recently departed
American filmmaker (1944-2011).

Monday, August 15, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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AUGUST 13 IN NEW YORK CITY

Hearts of New York
Stephanie Gray, reading live
with her recent super 8 films!
documenting closed businesses and
vanishing cityscapes in New York City.

Saturday, August 13, 8pm, free!

Outdoors! in Le Petit Versailles Community Garden,
247 East 2nd St. / 346 East Houston St., New York City

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5 EVENTS AUGUST 3-12 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Pajama Party (Don Weis, USA, 1964)

Friday, August 12, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:40pm!

Outdoors on the roof!
Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Power Plant and The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) present

Wilhelm Sasnal
The Polish painter and filmmaker's 35mm feature (2008),
preceded by his short super 8 films on video (1998–2003).

Wednesday, August 10, 7pm, $8 (unclassified)

Jackman Hall, AGO, 317 Dundas St. W., Toronto

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The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Tension vs. Meditation:
Contemporary Japanese Animation
8 short videos, 2006-2011, total 52 minutes,
by Shiho Kano, Yusuke Nakajima, Aki Nakazawa,
Yuta Takehiro, Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Kotaro Tanaka,
Kazuhiro Goshima and Chikara Matsumoto.
Curated and presented in person by LIFT's
current artist-in-residence, Tomonari Nishikawa.

Friday, August 5, 8pm, free! (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

The Deadly Bees (Freddie Francis, UK, 1966)

Friday, August 5, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators" meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation, scratching & painting on film!
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.

Wednesday, August 3, 7-9pm, $5 suggested donation.

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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AUGUST 1 IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS

Radon Lake and Wildlife Preserve present "Film As Magic".

15 Short Films by Georges Méliès
On 16mm, super 8 and 8mm!
Curated by Adam Schutzman.

Monday, August 1, 8:30pm, $5 suggested donation

Outdoors! Lyndell's Bakery parking lot, 74 Prospect St.,
Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

JULY 29 IN WINNIPEG

Heidi Phillips: Mysteries of Light
Retrospective by Winnipeg filmmaker, in person!
A recent super 8 film and seven short videos, 1999-2011.
In conjunction with her recent Manitoba Film Hothouse Award
for Creative Development, funded by the Province of Manitoba.

Friday, July 29, 7pm, $8

Winnipeg Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

JULY 29 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Macon County Line (Richard Compton, USA, 1974)

Friday, July 29, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JULY 28 - AUGUST 1 IN DURHAM, ONT

The Grey Zone Collective and the Durham Art Gallery present

9th Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Video & film screenings, installations, performances,
including outdoors, in a barn, and a program of
new Canadian 35mm shorts at the Drive-In!
(unclassified)

July 28 - August 1, Durham, Ontario

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JULY 25 IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS

Radon Lake presents

Distilled Motion 2
Short, frame-by-frame films, 1989-2011,
from USA, Canada and Germany: Super 8 films by
Julianna Schley, Gordon Nelson, Jak Ritger, Tara Nelson.
16mm films by Ben Popp, Aaron Zeghers, Flip Johnson,
Jodie Mack, Karen Aqua, Eric Stewart, Mike Stoltz,
Deborah Phillips, Zach Iannazzi.
Curated by Stefan Grabowski and Mariya Nikiforova.

Monday, July 25, 8:30pm, $5 suggested donation

Outdoors! Lyndell's Bakery parking lot, 74 Prospect St.,
Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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JULY 22 & 23 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome's

Annual Open Screening Under the Stars
Bring your films or videos to show, or just come to watch.
16mm, 8mm, super 8, VHS, DVD, mini-DV.
Max 10 minutes. First come, first shown.

Saturday, July 23 - POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN

Outdoors in the Courtyard, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Hot Rods to Hell (John Brahm, USA, 1967)

Friday, July 22, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:40pm!

Outdoors on the roof!
Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JULY 19 IN PORTLAND, MAINE

Kenneth White, Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University, presents

La Region Centrale
(Michael Snow, Canada, 1971, 16mm, 180 min.)

Tuesday, July 19, 6pm, free!

Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine

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4 EVENTS JULY 12-18 IN TORONTO

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

Travelling Through A Gate and Liquid
Recent hand-processed 16mm films, and one super 8 film,
from Japan by Masaru Noto, Ichiro Sueoka, Akira Mizuyoshi,
Saika Tokunaga, Keitaro Oshima, Yo Ota, Shinkan Tamaki.
Programmed and presented in person by L.I.F.T.'s
current artist-in-residence, Tomonari Nishikawa.

Monday, July 18, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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The Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival and
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) present

Thirty Years:
The Moving Image Art of Midi Onodera

A screening of short videos and a 16mm film,
with introductions by scholars Janine Marchessault,
Kathleen Mullen, Monika Gagnon, and Nadine Sivak,
and the launch of a retrospective
4-disc DVD of works, 1981-2009.
Midi Onodera in person for a Q&A.

Friday, July 15, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

Jackman Hall, AGO, 317 Dundas St. W., Toronto

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"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
(Douglas Jackson, Canada, 1974) plus shorts
including a 1958 TV show with Buster Keaton,
and a 1968 psychedelic film by Bruce Cockburn!
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Friday, July 15, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)

Outdoors on the roof!
Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto
Doors CLOSE at 9:40pm!

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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Women's Art Resource Centre Gallery (WARC) and the
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) present

Joyce Wieland: Intervening the Frame
Nine 16mm films, 1964-1984, (and one video)
by Joyce Wieland. Curator: Guillermina Buzio.
Two different programs! 35 minutes each.

June 25 - July 16
Tuesday-Saturday, 3pm, free!
(unclassified)
Prog 1: Tue, Thu, Sat. Prog 2: Wed, Fri.
The video shown continuously 11am-5pm.

WARC Gallery, #122, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

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JULY 10 NEAR CHICAGO

Photorama USA presents

Chicago Camera Show & Sale
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, July 10, 10am-3pm, $6

Holiday Inn, 3405 Algonquin Rd., Rolling Meadows, Illinois
(I-90 or 290 West to 53 North to Algonquin Rd. East 2 blocks)

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JULY 9 IN SACKVILLE, NB

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery,
Vogue Cinema, Mount Allison University,
and the Sackville Film Society present

16mm Reborn: The Sackville Film Initiative
16mm Film Workshops
Introduction to Camera and Processing: 10am-12pm.
Introduction to Film Editing and Sound: 1-3pm.
Instructor: Elli Hearte.

Saturday, July 9, $10

Struts Gallery, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

JULY 9 IN TORONTO

Pleasure Dome Artists Film Exhibition Group
and the Feminist Art Gallery (FAG) present

Transformation in the Land of Enchantment
Videos by Isabell Spengler

Saturday, July 9, 9pm, $8 (unclassified)

Outdoors in the Courtyard, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto
(Rain location: CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave.)

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JULY 8 IN FOLKESTONE, UK

Folkestone Triennial Fringe Festival (June 24 - Sept 25) presents

The Cinema of Small Gestures
The Folkestone premiere of short
experimental videos shot on super 8
by local artist Ben Barton.

Friday, July 8, 7:30pm, £3

The Quarterhouse, Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent, UK

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2 EVENTS JULY 8 IN TORONTO

Scapegoat Journal and Gendai Gallery present

16mm Films by Ernie Gehr
3 shorts, 1972-1992, 93 minutes.
Launching Scapegoat: Issue 01.
Dance party with DJs, cash bar.

Friday, July 8, 8:30pm, $5 (unclassified)
$10 with copy of Scapegoat: Issue 01

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Survival Run (Robert Charlton, USA, 1981)

Friday, July 8, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JULY 7 IN OTTAWA

The National Gallery of Canada, Carleton University Art Gallery,
and Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) present

Joyce Wieland: True Patriot Love
Film Screening and DVD Launch

16mm shorts by Joyce Wieland, 1965-1968, 1 hour,
launching Wieland's Complete Works DVD Box Set.
Diana Nemiroff and Lauren Howes in person!

Thursday, July 7, 6pm, free! (unclassified)

Auditorium, National Gallery of Canada,
380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario

JULY 6 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators" meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation, scratching & painting on film!
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.

Wednesday, July 6, 7-9pm, $5 suggested donation.

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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JULY 1-10
IN GALWAY & INIS OIRR, IRELAND

2nd Annual Super8 Shots
The Irish 8mm Film Festival

Mostly video projection,
some super 8, no 8mm.

Weekends, June 23 - July 10

Galway City & Inis Oírr, Ireland

JULY 1 IN TORONTO

"Torontos Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Smash-Up on Interstate 5
(John Llewellyn Moxey, USA, 1976)

Friday, July 1, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JUNE 29 IN TORONTO

The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) presents

Still Here: CFMDC Moving Party
and Film Preservation Fundraiser

Silent films with live musical accompaniment.
16mm films, 1967-2010, by Karyn Sandlos, Tom Chomont,
Rose Lowder, Charlie Egelston, Christina Battle, Philip Barker,
Cybelle Maia Carpenter, Joyce Wieland, Joshua Gen Solondz,
Ellie Epp, Alexandre Larose, Christina Zeidler & Allyson Mitchell.
Live musical accompaniment by
Chrome and the Ice Queen, Abstract Random, Mrs. Universe.
Plus DJs, raffle prizes, t-shirts, food & drinks!

Wednesday, June 29, 8pm (unclassified)
$pwyc (suggested donation $8)

CFMDC, #119, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

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JUNE 29 IN SACKVILLE, NB

THE SHOOT & SHOW SUPER 8 SPRING SEASON CONCLUDES WITH

Faucet Media Arts Centre & Struts Gallery present

12th Annual Super 8 Hotel Film Festival
New super 8 films by local artists!
Jenn Cormier, Navi Igloliorte, Kamaya Lindquist,
Andrew Maize, Theresa Richards, Kristen Atkins,
Linda Rae Dornan, Angela Thibodeau, Bucky Buckler.
The artists took a super 8 filmmaking workshop last month,
then each had 3 days to shoot a 1-roll film, edited-in-camera,
which were then shipped to Toronto for processing (Niagara),
or hand-processed by the artist in another workshop,
all just in time for their first screening tonight, on super 8!

Wednesday, June 29, 8pm, free! all ages!

Faucet Media Arts Centre, 7 Lorne St., Sackville, New Brunswick

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JUNE 27 IN VANCOUVER

DIM Cinema, a monthly series curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk,
and the Signal & Noise Media Arts Festival (June 23-27) present

The Time Dilation Machine
16mm films, and videos of 8mm and super 8 films
made in Vancouver in the 1970s
by
Hank Bull, Kate Craig, Byron Black, Patrick Ready and friends.

Monday, June 27, 7:30pm,
$10.50 / $9, plus $3 annual membership
(adults only, by law)

The Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, BC

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5 EVENTS JUNE 24-26 IN TORONTO

Silent Toronto and The Revue Cinema present

Silent Sundays
Don Q, Son of Zorro (Donald Crisp, 1925, USA, 16mm)
Live piano accompaniment by William O’Meara!
in the silent-era Revue Cinema, opened in 1912!
Introduced by scholar Alicia Fletcher.

Sunday, June 26, 4pm, $12 (classified)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

The Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society presents

13th Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
June 24-26, $pwyc
(unclassified) including

New and Recent Short Videos by Parkdale Artists
Friday, June 24, 7pm
The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

Screening Under the Stars
New & recent, family-friendly, short videos.
Bring your own chair, blankets, snacks, etc.
Saturday, June 25, 9pm
Fuller Avenue Parkette, west of Lansdowne Ave.,
north of Queen St. W., on Fuller Ave., Toronto

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WARC Gallery Women's Art Resource Centre and
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) present

Joyce Wieland
Intervening the Frame

Nine 16mm films, 1964-1984, (and one video)
by Joyce Wieland. Curator: Guillermina Buzio.
Two different programs! 35 minutes each.

June 25 - July 16
Tuesday-Saturday, 3pm, free!
(unclassified)
Program 1: Tue, Thu, Sat. Program 2: Wed, Fri.
The one video showing continuously,
11am-5pm, Saturday 12-5pm.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 25, 2-5pm
Conversation with Guillermina Buzio & Su Rynard

WARC Gallery, #122, 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto

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Pleasure Dome Artists Film Exhibition Group presents

Minority Report:
Representing Gays, Lesbians and
the Sexual ‘Other’ in Sexploitation Films

Lecture & video screening with Eric Schaefer in person!
Associate Professor, Dep't of Visual & Media Arts,
Emerson College, Boston.

Saturday, June 25, 7pm, $8 (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

Celebrating Toronto Bike Month (May 30 - June 30)

Bike-In Outdoor Movie Night
 Short bicycle videos, and
super 8 films by John Porter, in person!
Under a roof - rain or shine! Free popcorn!

Friday, June 24, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave., Toronto
(south of Pottery Road)

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JUNE 24 & 25 IN ST. CATHARINES, ONT

The 10th Niagara Indie Filmfest
Recent short Canadian videos. No film.

June 24 & 25

David S. Howes Theatre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario

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JUNE 23-26 IN GALWAY, IRELAND

2nd Annual Super8 Shots
The Irish 8mm Film Festival

Mostly video projection,
some super 8, no 8mm.

Weekends, June 23 - July 10

Galway City and Inis Oírr, Ireland

JUNE 23-26 IN CHICAGO

Chicago Filmmakers presents

23rd Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival
Mostly video & 16mm. Some 35mm & super 8.

June 23-26

Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.,
The Nightingale, 1084 N. Milwaukee Ave., and
Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois

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JUNE 23 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents

TAIS Animation Showcase 2011
18 recent short videos & 2 installations
by TAIS members.

Thursday, June 23, 7:30pm, $10 (unclassified)

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto

JUNE 23 IN BOSTON

Radon Lake presents

Distilled Motion 1: a Night of 16mm
Short films, 1971-2011, from USA & Germany.
Urs Breitenstein, Thorsten Fleisch, Steve Cossman,
Saul Levine, Rob Todd, David Goodrich, Becky James,
Karen Aqua, Sarah Biagini, Flip Johnson, Joshua Lewis.
Some filmmakers in attendance!

Thursday, June 23, 8pm, $1-5 donation

Spectacle, 128 Brookside Ave., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts

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JUNE 21 IN WINNIPEG

Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts
presents its screening series Language Formed in Light.

A Selection of Works by Ben Russell
Nine 16mm films, 2000-2009.

Tuesday, June 21, 7:30pm (unclassified)

The Black Lodge, 3rd Floor, Artspace,
100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

JUNE 19 IN BROOKLYN, NY

An Evening of Sound Performances & Film
  Mandelbrot & Skyy, Volunteers Park, Five Mask,
and super 8 films by Paul Clipson,
in person from San Francisco!

Sunday, June 19, 9pm, $5

The Tandem Bar, 236 Troutman St., Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York

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JUNE 18 IN NEWCASTLE, UK

Presenting Filmmakers: Pip Chodorov
In person from Paris, France!
with three recent 16mm films.

Saturday, June 18, 7:30pm, £4/3 (membership - £1)

Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank (at Crawhall Rd.),
Battlefield, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

JUNE 18 IN LONDON, ONTARIO

nuit blanche london presents

Art Party / Hide and Seek Show and Tell
Art and music event, including a cash bar, and
super 8 films by John Porter, in person!

Saturday NIght, June 18, 9pm-3am, free!

Museum London, 421 Ridout St., London, Ontario

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JUNE 18 IN LOS ANGELES

Echo Park Film Center presents

The Florestine Collection
(Helen Hill & Paul Gailiunas, 2011, USA, 16mm, 31 min.)
The last film by Helen Hill, completed by her husband
Paul Gailiunas, in person!

Saturday, June 18, 8pm, $5

Microcinema, 1200 N. Alvarado St. (at Sunset Blvd.),
Los Angeles, California

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JUNE 17 IN NEW YORK CITY

Millennium Film Workshop presents its

Monthly Open Screening
Bring your films or videos! or come as a viewer.
DVD, Mini-DV, VHS, 16mm, super 8. Max 20 minutes.
First-come, first-served. Doors open at 7pm.
Refreshments available.

Friday, June 17, 8pm-10:30pm, $ contribution.

Millennium Film Workshop, 66 East 4th St., New York City

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JUNE 17 IN CHICAGO

Chicago Filmmakers presents

Open Screening
Showcase your work, or just come to watch.
Max 20 minutes per person. No X-rated.
16mm, BetaSP, Mini-DV, DVD, VHS.

Friday, June 17, 8pm, free!

Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St., Chicago, Illinois

JUNE 17 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Fools (Tom Gries, USA, 1970)

Friday, June 17, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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JUNE 16 IN LEEDS, UK

The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
at University of Leeds, and Cherry Kino present

Golden Hour: 16mm Films by Robert Todd
In person from Boston, USA!
with 8 shorts, 2003-2011.

Thursday, June 16, 7pm, free!

Patrick Studios, East Street Arts, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, UK

JUNE 15-26 IN EDINBURGH, UK

65th Edinburgh International Film Festival
Including experimental films & videos, no super 8.

June 15-26

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8 EVENTS JUNE 1-10 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Mother Jugs and Speed
(Peter Yates, USA, 1976, in Cinemascope)

Friday, June 10, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Jaap Pieters in Conversation
Informal and casual screening / talk with
Dutch super 8 filmmaker Jaap Pieters.

Wednesday, June 8, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto

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Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

Jaap Pieters: The Eye of Amsterdam
In person from Amsterdam!
with his super 8 films and live commentary!

Monday, June 6, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

6th Anniversary of super8porter.ca

June 6, 2011

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The Canadian Film Centre's

17th Worldwide Short Film Festival
Mostly video, some 35mm,
no super 8 or 16mm projection.
May 31 - June 5, $10 each (adults only, by law)
at different venues around Toronto

INCLUDING

straight 8 Super 8
15 "shoot & show" super 8 films (2005-2010,
on video) from annual competition in London, UK,
by Chris Durban & James Owen, Simon Wilkinson,
Ollie Kristian & Verner Freeson, Kieran Humphries,
Will Cummock & George Ancock, Jacqueline Wright,
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, Tom Webster, Julia Jason,
David Padadac & Dermot Power & George Georgiou,
Colin Dewar, Leanne Flinn, Ian Mcalpin, Alastair Mills.
Program running time - 54 minutes.

Sunday, June 5, 4pm, $10 (adults only, by law)

Eaton Theatre, Level B1, South Entrance,
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto

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The Loop Collective presents its Lighthouse Series

Recent Works by the Double Negative Collective
A group of experimental film and video artists in Montreal.
35mm films by Christopher Becks, Karl Lemieux and Daïchi Saïto,
16mm films by Malena Szlam, Lindsay McIntyre, Philippe Léonard,
and Lucia Fezzuoglio, a video by Eduardo Menz, and
a live performance by Jerusalem in My Heart!
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Friday, June 3, 9pm, free! Donations welcome.
(unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
(Alberto De Martino, Italy / Canada / Panama, 1976)

Friday, June 3, 9:30pm, $5 (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

advance tickets: Eyesore Cinema, 2nd Floor, 801 Queen St. W.

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The Free Screen and Pleasure Dome present

The Perlin Papers
Recent short videos and 16mm films by
Jenny Perlin in person from Brooklyn, NY!

Wednesday, June 1, 7pm, free! (adults only, by law)

TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators" meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation, scratching & painting on film!
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.

Wednesday, June 1, 7-9pm, $5 suggested donation.

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

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MAY 28 IN TORONTO

Gallery TPW presents

Episode III: Enjoy Poverty
(Renzo Martens, Netherlands, 2009, video, 90 min.)
A gonzo art-documentary, followed by a
discussion moderated by art historian and critic
Nikolas Drosos in person from New York City!

Saturday, May 28, 7pm, free! (unclassified)

CineCycle, behind 129 Spadina Ave., Toronto

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MAY 27-30 IN HARRISBURG, PA

13th Artsfest Film Festival
Video, 16mm and super 8 as a form of art.
Local and international films, guest filmmakers.
Special guest speaker: L.M. Kit Carson.

May 27-30, free!

Midtown Cinema, 250 Reily St., Open Stage, Court St.,
and Moviate, 1306 n. 3rd St., Harrisburg

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MAY 27 IN NEW YORK CITY

Millennium Film Workshop presents its

Monthly Open Screening
Bring your films or videos! or come as a viewer.
DVD, Mini-DV, VHS, 16mm, super 8. Max 20 minutes.
First-come, first-served. Doors open at 7pm.
Refreshments available.

Friday, May 27, 8pm-10:30pm, $ contribution.

Millennium Film Workshop, 66 East 4th St., New York City

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MAY 25-27 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Classroom Films
Short educational films from the 50s & 60s.

Friday, May 27, 9:30pm, $ donations (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

The Free Screen and the Contact Festival (May 1-31) present

Double Tide
(Sharon Lockhart, USA / Austria, 2009, video, 99 min.)

Wednesday, May 25, 7pm, free! (adults only, by law)

TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., Toronto

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MAY 24-28 IN WINDSOR, ONT

House of Toast presents

16th Media City Festival
Recent International Experimental Film and Video Art.
Video, 35mm, 16mm, super 8.
Jaap Pieters in person from Amsterdam
with his super 8 films and live commentary!

May 24-28. $pwyc, suggested $5, Pass $20
(adults only, by law)

Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave. W., Windsor, Ontario

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MAY 22 IN LONDON, UK

The Photographic Collectors' Club of Great Britain presents

Photographica 2011
27th London International Camera Collectors' Fair.
Britain's largest annual camera fair!
Used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine.

Sunday, May 22, 10am-4:30pm, £5

Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Hall, Vincent Square, London, UK

MAY 21-29 IN ZURICH

13th VIDEOEX
International Experimental Film & Video Festival
8mm, 16mm, 35mm, video

May 21-29

Festivalcenter Kunstraum Walcheturm, and
Festival-Kino Cinema Z 3, Zurich, Switzerland

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MAY 21 IN NEW YORK CITY

Millennium Film Workshop presents

Stephanie Gray in Person
Ten of her recent short super 8 films,
some accompanied by her reading her poetry, live!

Saturday, May 21, 8pm, $8

Millennium Film Workshop, 66 East 4th St., New York City

MAY 21 IN MONTREAL

CinemaSpace's Parallax Views series presents

The Eye of Amsterdam:
Super 8 Films by Jaap Pieters

In person from Amsterdam,
performing live commentary!

Saturday, May 21, 9pm, $6

Segal Centre CinemaSpace,
5170 Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec

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MAY 20 IN SASKATOON, SASK

Super 8 Hand-Processing Workshop Screening
New videos shot recently on super 8 film
and hand-processed by workshop participants,
including David Werner, Amanda Haughey,
Wing Yee Tong and Ian Campbell. Plus,
show your own super 8 or 16mm film!
First come first served.

Friday, May 20, 8pm, free! (unclassified)

PAVED Arts, 424 20th St. W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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MAY 19-29 IN TORONTO

21st Inside Out
Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival
Mostly video. No super 8 projection.

May 19-29, $13/10 each (classified)

TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. W., and
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St., Toronto

MAY 19 IN DUBLIN, IRELAND

The Experimental Film Club and the Irish Film Institute present

Landscapes on Film
16mm films by Eve Heller and Chris Kennedy,
and videos by Miriam de Burca, Ariane Michel,
Matthew Buckingham and Joachim Koester.

Thursday, May 19, 7pm, €8 / 7

The Irish Film Institute,
6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland

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MAY 19 IN OTTAWA

The Canada Council for the Arts presents

David Rimmer
Screening of 16mm films by this recent winner of a
Governor General's Awards in Visual & Media Arts 2011.

Saturday, March 26, 2pm, free! (unclassified)
Thursday, May 19, 6pm, free! (unclassified)

Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Canada,
380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, Ontario

(same program both dates, and preceded by
different David Rimmer and Barbara Sternberg
programs on April 30, April 16 and March 31)

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MAY 18 & 19 IN MONTREAL

CinemaSpace's Lightstruck series presents

Lewis Klahr: Hieroglyphs of Lost Time
In person from New York City!
2 different shows of his 16mm films!

Wednesday & Thursday, May 18 & 19, 7pm,
$8 / 7 each, $12 for both

Segal Centre CinemaSpace,
5170 Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec

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MAY 18 IN CANNES

THE SUPER 8 "SHOOT & SHOW" SPRING SEASON CONTINUES WITH

straight8 presents

Crème de la Cannes
The best 2011 straight8 super 8 films on video
,
by Cut & Paste, Michael Carstens, Paul Walkingshaw,
Ken Hagen Takenaka & Jens Groger, Lee Hardcastle,
Kezia Barnett, Benjamin Scrimgeour and Nick Carew.

Wednesday, May 18, 7:30pm, £8

Cannes Film Festival,
UK Film Centre, International Village, Cannes, France

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3 EVENTS MAY 16-20 IN TORONTO

"Torontos Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Destroy All Planets (Noriaki Yuasa, Japan, 1968)

Friday, May 20, 9:30pm, $ donations (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto
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The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents

Filmmaking Workshops - Summer 2011
Super 8, 16mm, 35mm! Finish on film!
Limited enrolments. First come - first served.

Registration begins: Tuesday, May 17, 10am

L.I.F.T., 1137 Dupont St. (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto

Early Monthly Segments presents its monthly screening

To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?
16mm films, 1943-2008, by Oskar Fischinger, Scott Stark,
Sophie Michael, Robert Breer, Larry Cuba, Mika Taanila,
Bruce Checefsky, Michael Robinson and Chris Curreri.
A double-16mm projection by Mika Taanila!
Co-presented by The Power Plant.

Monday, May 16, 8pm, $5 (unclassified)

Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto

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MAY 16 IN VANCOUVER, BC

DIM Cinema presents
a monthly series curated by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk

Ben Russell:
By the Light of the Black and White Gods

In person from Chicago!
with his recent 16mm films, a 35mm film, a video,
and a double-projection 16mm live performance!

Monday, May 16, 7:30pm,
$10.50 / $9, plus $3 annual membership
(adults only, by law)

The Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver, BC

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MAY 15 IN TORONTO

The Photographic Historical Society of Canada (PHSC) presents

The Big One - 37th Spring Photographica Fair
Canada's oldest, largest, used photographic equipment sale.
Antique & usable, film & digital, still & cine. 140 tables.

Sunday, May 15, 10am-3pm, $7, students free!

The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Rd. (at Hwy 7), Woodbridge, Ontario
(free bus from Kipling subway station Kiss-n-Ride - hourly from 9:30am)

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MAY 13 & 14 IN LOS ANGELES

UCLA Film & Television Archive, New York University
and Los Angeles Filmforum present

Celebrating Orphan Films
Screenings and discussions of neglected films,
including newsreels, silent and experimental films,
preserved super 8 films (1997-2005) by Helen Hill,
super 8 films (1976-77) by Andrea Callard,
and
home movies projected on 28mm, circa 1920!

Friday & Saturday, May 13 & 14, $10 Pass!

Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum,
10899 Wilshire Blvd., UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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MAY 13 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Happy Mother's Day, Love George
(Darren McGavin, USA, 1973)

Friday, May 13, 9:30pm, $ donations (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

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MAY 12-15 IN SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco Cinematheque presents

The 2nd Annual Crossroads
Festival of Moving Image Arts
Recent avant-garde films and videos.
Films on super 8, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm.
Film projection performances by Alex MacKenzie,
Amanda Dawn Christie & Elli Hearte from Canada
,
and Jeanne Liotta in person from New York City
with her films including a double projection!

May 12-15, $10 each / $50 Pass

Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St. at Mission, and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 3rd St.,
San Francisco, California

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MAY 12-15 IN CHARLOTTETOWN

The 2nd Island Media Arts Festival
No super 8.

May 12-15

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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MAY 10 & 11 IN TORONTO

The Revue Film Society presents

15th Drop Your Shorts: Short Film Festival
Video, 16mm or 35mm shorts
submitted May 4, 7:30-8:30pm.
Maximum 15 minutes each. $10 fee.

Wednesday, May 11, 7pm, $2 (adults only, by law)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) presents its

Workshops Film Screening
New super 8 and 16mm films!
by participants of recent LIFT workshops.

Tuesday, May 10, 8pm, free! (unclassified)

The Emmet Ray Bar Backroom, 924 College St., Toronto
(east of Dovercourt, west of Ossington)

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MAY 7 IN OTTAWA

Available Light Screening Collective presents

Growing Up Stupid
Videos, 1984-2003, by Penelope Buitenhuis,
Istvan Kantor, Jennifer Reeves, Ryan Trecartin.
Followed by a Q&A with
Penelope Buitenhuis in person from Vancouver!

Saturday, May 7, 7:30pm, $pwyc

Club SAW, Arts Court Building, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario

MAY 6-8 IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

The Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
Multiple-projections, expanded cinema, installations.
5 screenings, in different locations.
Video, 35mm, 16mm, super 8.

May 6-8, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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MAY 6 IN TORONTO

"Toronto's Classiest Cinema" - Trash Palace Theatre -
presents features and shorts projected on 16mm.

Ice Station Zebra
(John Sturges, USA, 1968, 148 minutes)

Friday, May 6, 9:30pm, $ donations (classified)
Doors CLOSE at 9:25pm!

Trash Palace, 89B Niagara St., Toronto

MAY 5-10 IN OBERHAUSEN

The 57th International
Short Film Festival Oberhausen

May 5-10, Oberhausen, Germany

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MAY 1-4 IN TORONTO

The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) presents its monthly

TAIS Incubator
Informal animators' meeting, the first Wednesday each month.
Show work, share knowledge, network, while learning how to
make a cameraless animation, scratching & painting on film!
Resulting footage will be shown at the TAIS Showcase in the Spring.
Tonight: Special Guests John Porcellino and Mathew den Boer!

Wednesday, May 4, 7-9pm, $5 suggested donation.

TAIS, Suite 102, 60 Atlantic Ave., Toronto

Silent Toronto and The Revue Cinema present

Silent Sundays: May Day Edition
Strike / Stachka
(Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, Russia, 16mm, 82 minutes)
Preceded by Work (Charlie Chaplin, 1915, 22 min.).
Live piano accompaniment by William O’Meara!
in the silent-era Revue Cinema, opened in 1912!

Sunday, May 1, 4pm, $12 (classified)

The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto

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