still from Amelia Mylvaganam - "In Remembrance of a Bottle"
Thursday December 5 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS
Earlier this Fall, Rhizome put out an open call for film and video submissions, and in response offered 4 micro-grants to local filmmakers working to complete short experimental films. Please join us to view the films (either completed or works-in-progress), along with earlier short films by the filmmakers and a runner-up.
Micro-grant recipients:
Amelia Mylvaganam
Andrew Tamburrino
Jade McCartney Arzu
Penny de la Calle
Runner-up:
Donavon Brutus
More info on the selected works:
Amelia Mylvaganam - "Waterfiction" (super 8)
Creating new nodes within the collective conscious; collaborating across time via a surprise lot of super 8 on eBay; we are all connected. Through pieces spliced together from five of their home movies, the story of an anonymous Quebecois family unfolds, told over years through various bodies of water.
Amelia Mylvaganam - "Here, fishy” (digital)
Spinning my wheels inside a closed circuit in a lonely city. Frame by frame, waiting and expecting. Drums crash and the digital world has fallen apart.
Andrew Tamburrino - "Dawning Soul, Traveling Light" (16mm)
To project is to use light to make the past present; so too do our souls refract the radiance found in the world. In the throw from the lens to the screen, a single frame can become a cosmos: space and light and time become one in the same.
Jade McCartney Arzu - "Planet Mania" (digital)
Planet Mania is a short film that explores spontaneous expression, where anticipation builds, brewing chaos that eventually shatters. Through dynamic visuals and an intense, unpredictable energy, the film captures the raw power of emotions and the fragile balance between control and release. It’s a visceral dive into the tension and release of creative outbursts, merging surrealism with grounded moments.
Penny de la Calle - "sonrisa cualquiera" (TBD / Work-in-progress title)
An experimental animation made from images taken on my worn and true Lomography Actionsampler camera. Over the years I've tried to capture myself smiling during my most unhappy moments. The results so far have been uncanny yet comedic.
Other films to be screened:
Amelia Mylvaganam - "In Remembrance of a Bottle"
Andrew Tamburrino - "Fiddleleaf"
Jade McCartney Arzu - "persona."
Donavon Brutus - "Wild Drishti 03: Kenya"