Microcinema Schedule
<<September 2009 • [October 2009]
Come watch beautiful images dance upon a screen in your own neighborhood! Shows begin promptly @ 8PM and are $5 (unless otherwise noted). EPFC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Sell your TV and come to the cinema.
ECHO PARK FILM CENTER THANKS THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS
AND SCIENCES FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE EPFC THURSDAY NIGHT MICROCINEMA SERIES. http://www.oscars.org
Thursday, October 1 – OPEN SCREEN – 8 PM
Our quarterly cinematic free-for-all dares you to share your film with the feisty EPFC audience.
Any genre! Any style! New, old, work-in-progress! First come, first screened; one film per filmmaker; 10-minute maximum. DVD, VHS, mini-DV, DV-CAM, Super 8, 8mm, 16mm. PARTICIPATING FILMMAKERS GET IN FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Saturday, October 3 – SQUARE DANCE ON AN ISLAND – 8 PM
Come join the EPFC Filmmobile and friends for an outdoor adventure in public space as we congregate, square dance, and watch films on a traffic island in Echo Park with the downtown skyscrapers visible in the distance. It all happens on the public traffic island at 1st and Glendale Boulevard, under the Beverly Boulevard Bridge in front of Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Music by Tripple Chicket Foot! Dances called by Miss Cory Marie! For more information, directions, and a map link visit www.islandsof la.org FREE!
Tuesday, October 6 – CINEMA SPEAKEASY PRESENTS HELVETICA – 8 PM
October’s special instructions: * Show up on Tuesday October 6th, at 7:45PM
* Show up to the right place: Echo Park Film Center
* Bring a bottle (of something you wanna drink and share), $5, and a shifty look in your eyes
Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type. More info: http://www.cinemaspeakeasy.com http://www.helveticafilm.com/
Thursday, October 8 – SEOUL TRAIN – 8 PM
With its riveting footage of a secretive “underground railroad,” SEOUL TRAIN is the gripping documentary exposé into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. SEOUL TRAIN also delves into the complex geopolitics behind this growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis. By combining vérité footage, personal stories and interviews with experts and government officials, SEOUL TRAIN depicts the flouting of international laws by major countries, the inaction and bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the heroics of activists that put themselves in harm’s way to save the refugees. More info: http://www.seoultrain.com/
Friday, October 9 – MAXIMUM CHOPPAGE: ROUND 2 – 7:30 PM
Maximum Choppage: Round 2 is Australia's first urban Martial Art Action Adventure film produced by youth production house, Rumble Pictures. FREE EVENT! More info: www.mc2movie.com
Sunday, October 11 – LA FILMFORUM PRESENTS THE ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL TOUR – 7:30 PM
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the original and longest running independent film festival in the United States, recognized as a premiere showcase for risk-taking, pioneering and art driven cinema. The AAFF pioneered the touring film festival concept in 1964 and each year brings a selection of favorite and award-winning short films to more than 25 galleries, universities, art house theaters and cinematheques throughout the world. This program explores themes of life and death within the geography of our surroundings, and includes films from Detroit, Montreal, San Francisco, Berlin, Toronto and Tokyo. This exciting show mixes new experimental, animation, and documentary work – a great way to catch up on what is happening in film & video art! More info: www.aafilmfest.org http://lafilmforum.wordpress.com/
Thursday, October 15 – ECHO PARK ADVENTURERS CLUB SHOWS SUMMER FILMS – 8 PM
The Echo Park Adventurers Club invites ramblers from far and wide to gather ‘round the cinematic campfire and share summer vacation movies, photos, songs and stories for the first installment of the Echo Park Adventurers Club. FREE EVENT! REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!
Friday, October 16 – IN A SPIRAL STATE – 8 PM
The official theatrical premiere of Ramzi Abed's new metaphysical horror docu-thriller about Los Angeles entitled, "In A Spiral State (English/Hebrew language). A Cast/Crew Q&A and public reception with special guests will follow the screening. DVDs will be available for purchase and signing at the screening. FILMMAKER RAMZI ABED IN ATTENDANCE!
Saturday, October 17 –16MM HANDPROCESSING WORKSHOP – 12 – 5 PM
This workshop includes basic camera operation, shooting techniques and hand-processing. No previous filmmaking experience necessary; all equipment and materials provided by EPFC. Instructor: Paolo Davanzo. $75/$60 EPFC members.
Sunday, October 18 – INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO: 1 – 5 pm
Calling all interested adults (ages 20+) looking to learn the beauty and grace of digital editing! All equipment and materials provided by EPFC. Class limited to 6 students; tuition is $60/$50 for members.
Thursday and Friday, October 22 & 23rd – HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL – 8 PM
Please join us for the 9th EPFC Human Rights Film Festival, a stimulating two-day festival of contemporary global issues and local concerns. FREE! EVERYONE WELECOME!
FESTIVAL PROGRAM DETAILS:
Thursday, October 22- STATE VS. REED – 8PM
Dir: Ryan Polomski Trt: 60 minutes http://www.myspace.com/statevsreed
A documentary detailing the murder of Stacey Stites of Bastrop, Texas and the subsequent arrest, conviction and death sentence handed down to Rodney Reed. This story explores the mishandling of evidence, the possible law enforcement cover up and the lack of proper legal defense for Rodney Reed. FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
Friday, October 23 - YOUTH VISIONS OF JERUSALEM – 5PM
DIR: Digital Media Program for Creative Expression by Palestinian Youth
TRT: Various Shorts (55 minutes) www.voicesbeyondwalls.org
Since 2006, Voices Beyond Walls has conducted nearly a dozen workshops in six different refugee camps in the West Bank in collaboration with youth centers, volunteer facilitators, and young participants aged 10-16. Come see the world through their eyes! RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.
Friday, October 23 - THE YOUNG HONDURAN REVOLUTION – 7PM
Dir: Johannes Wilm Trt: 90 minutes (Spanish with English Subtitles)
http://www.archive.org/details/LaJovenRevolucionHondurena
This documentary shows the perspective of the young students fighting against the military coup in Honduras. Johannes Wilm went to film them in early August 2009, and he happened to be there on the 5th of August, when police clashed with 3000 students in the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
Friday, October 23 - HUMAN RIGHTS OPEN SCREEN – 9PM
Dir: The Community
What does Human Rights mean to you? We encourage anyone with a short film or excerpt from a longer film to come in and screen their work. Limit clips or pieces to 15 minutes and come prepared to discuss the issues.
Saturday, October 24 – BLACK BOOT ISSUE #7 RELEASE PARTY – 8 PM
Poets who know how to shake their asses. Music that won’t make you want to hurl rotten produce at some maudlin, narcissistic, gaunt singer-songwriter in painted-on jeans. Cheap refreshments to assuage the painful economic downturn. A magazine for the people! If you’ve ever been stuck in a water closet with The Austere Urn Review, you’ll appreciate how we get down. Please join us. $5 gets you in the door… and a copy of Issue 7 for only $2! Stories from Monica Drake (Clown Girl, Hawthorne Books), Steven Heighton (Afterlands, Harcourt), and poetry from the amazing Sierra Nelson and Ariana Kelly. Doors open at 7:30 for mingling.
Sunday, October 25 - THE ADAM SHENKMAN SPECIAL: LIVE AT THE EPFC – 8 PM
A groundbreaking interactive comedy show where you must heckle Adam in order to watch the show! Adam Shenkman performs regularly throughout Los Angeles with his progressive, radically unique comedy styling. He has appeared at the Comedy Store, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Garage Comedy, The Improv, and D&D Joke Center. He is the host of Shenk-Flo at All Star Lanes, Eagle Rock every Wednesday at 9pm. $5 admission; refreshments available. Special guests! NOTE: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS MANDATORY; THIS SHOW IS FILMED FOR WEBCAST.
Thursday, October 29 – DIVE – 8 PM
Grocery stores around the country are filling their dumpsters with food. Not rotten, spoiled food, but billions of pounds of good, edible food. Why? Because the expiration date is nearing? Because it costs less to simply throw away excess food rather than do something helpful with it? Whatever the answer, the contradiction is profound: good, edible food is being thrown away in the very same communities where people go hungry. Follow filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and his circle of friends as they “dumpster dive” in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of LA’s supermarkets. In the process, they uncover thousands of dollars worth of good food and an ugly truth about waste in America: grocery stores know they are wasting and most refuse to do anything about it. FILMMAKER JEREMY SEIFERT IN ATTENDANCE
Friday, October 30 – CCCP-SCC PRESENTS SEASONAL SPOOKINESS – 8 PM
So scary, we can’t even talk about it… yet…
Saturday, October 31 – HALLOWE’EN CINEMA EXTRAVAGANZA – 8 PM
The ghost ate my homework! More details to come!
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