Free Form Film Festival Tours:
Upcoming Stops
The Free Form Film Festival Presents: The Free Form Film Series
Every month at Artists Television Access (992 Valencia Street in San Francisco, CA (415) 824-3890) (see atasite.org)
This summer, the FFFF begins a monthly exhibition of experimental films, documentaries, outsider and ephemeral films/videos, conceptual video art, and live music of multiple varieties.
SUMMER SCHEDULE:
(event held on the last Thursday of each month. Always starts at 8pm. Admission is always $6)
thursday MAY 28th:
CULTURE CRASH
experimental films and videos by:
Christina Corfield (SAN FRANCISCO - Berserker)
Paul Baker (AUSTIN) - The Blinking Cyclops
Jan Andrews (SALT LAKE CITY) - Geography of the Imagination
Tyrone Davies and Justin McBride (SAN FRANCISCO) - Director's Commentary for Garfield II: A Tale of Two Kitties
Artur Muradyan (MOSCOW, RUSSIA) - Full Time
Robin Griswold (SAN FRANCISCO) - Swallow
Adam Paradis (BOSTON) - Learning With your Eyes
Chris Coy (SALT LAKE CITY) - Tiny Dancers
Jae-Min Han (SAN FRANCISCO) - Watch
Matt Bucy (VERMONT) - Of Oz the Wizard (screened in segments)
David Borengasser (SAN FRANCISCO) - Sonic Youth at the Fillmore
Frank Zadlo (BROOKLYN) - DVD Film Burn, and Supertitles
Charles Chadwick (SAN FRANCISCO) - Law and order Study
thursday JUNE 25TH:
PLEASE SELF-HELP ME
bizarrely beautiful ephemeral and outsider media of the "instructional" variety.
OPENING FILM: The Habit of Innovation by Brian Dewan (BROOKLYN)
"PRE-OPENING" FILM: Joy Of Painting by Peter Nowogrodzki
MAIN PROGRAM curated by the Lost Media Archive, a repository for cultural detritus
CLOSING ACT: live music by two-man noise ensemble FAGBASH
thursday JULY 30th:
THE TIME OF SPACE/THE SPACE OF TIME
film and video explorations by:
Van McElwee (ST. LOUIS) - Luxor, and Paris in the 21st Century
Matt Black (SALT LAKE CITY) - Great Salt Lake
Jon Rafman (BROOKLYN) - Ryugyong
Neil Needleman (NEW YORK) - Postcard From Harbin
Tony Gault (DENVER) - Fossil Light
Betsy McCall (SAN FRANCISCO) - Practice
Luca Antonucci (SAN FRANCISCO) - Song for a Train
Chad Gooch (PHOENIX) - Geneva Paris
Tyrone Davies (SAN FRANCISCO) - The rRabbitt
Tijmen Hauer & Gerbrand Burger (NETHERLANDS) - Oh Great, Now Look What Happened
CLOSING ACT: live music by SHIMOMITSU
thursday AUGUST 27th:
RETURN AND REPORT
Surveillance and assessment of things both human and inhuman.
videos:
Van McElwee (ST. LOUIS) - Vat, and Alternity
Ryan Wylie (COLUMBIA, MO.) - The Human Story
Christina Corfield (SAN FRANCISCO) - The Immense Burden of Fear and Regret
Jeremy Newman (OHIO) - Window
Tyrone Davies (SAN FRANCISCO) - Tracking Transience
Donald Daedalus (SAN FRANCISCO) - Flying Rat Trap
Elizabeth Henry (DENVER) - Through These Trackless Waters
Paul Baker (AUSTIIN) - Control This
Jae-Min Han (SAN FRANCISCO) - Watch
CLOSING ACT: live music by SABRETEETH
Previous Stops
2008
November 20th - 7:00-9:00 @ Jackpot Lawrence, KS from the Lost Media Archive, "Praise the Tube." With special musical guest Firedog
November 21st - 9:00 @ Screenland, MO from the Lost Media Archive, "Praise the Tube." With special musical guest Firedog
November 22nd - 10:30 @ Ragtag from the Lost Media Archive, "Praise the Tube." With special musical guest Firedog
November 23rd - 8pm @ MadArt from the Lost Media Archive, "Praise the Tube." With special musical guest Firedog and Mitchell Hill
December 3rd - The Cavern, Dallas, TX. 'Detour' night with Felili
December 17th - 9:00 @ Screenland, Kansas City, MO from the Lost Media Archive, "Holy Yule! Santa in a Strangeland" with special musical guest Felili
December 18th - 7:00-9:00 @ Jackpot Lawrence, KS from the Lost Media Archive, "Holy Yule! Santa in a Strangeland" with special musical guest Felili
December 19th - 8pm @ MadArt FFFF Christmas Party! Musical guests Celia's Yuletide Express and Felili + more vintage Christmas clips from the Lost Media Archive.
December 20th - 10:30pm @ Ragtag from the Lost Media Archive, "Holy Yule! Santa in a Strangeland"
October 23rd - 7:00-9:00 @ Jackpot Lawrence, KS from the Lost Media Archive, "Please Self Help Me" with special musical guest Kanew
October 24th - 9:00 @ Screenland, MO from the Lost Media Archive, "Please Self Help Me" with special musical guest Kanew
October 25th - 10:30pm @ Ragtag from the Lost Media Archive, "Please Self Help Me" with special musical guest Kanew
October 26th - 8pm @ MadArt from the Lost Media Archive, "Please Self Help Me" with special musical guest Kanew
August 30th - 7pm @ Rererato, Portland, OR (rererato.com) Free Form 2008 Shorts Program - 5135 NE 42nd Portland 97218
July 19th - @ Le Petit Versailles, NYC
May 17th - @ NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.) Salt Lake City
April 19th - @ the Utah Pickle Company (741 S. 400 W. Salt Lake City, UT.) SAT April 19, 8:30 PM
January 19th - 7pm NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.) Salt Lake City - experimental film from around the globe (Local AND International).
2007
December 28th - 7pm MadArt Gallery 727 S. 12th Street, St. Louis, MO.
December 22nd - 7pm. OUT/EX will take place at No Brow Coffee and Tea Salt Lake City
November 17th - special "ODDS AND ENDS" program curated by Portland OR. filmmaker Karl Lind.
November 10th & November 11th - special "Out" program, and Tyrone Davies music videos to screen at Select Media Festival in Chicago! This is FFFF's first curitorial collaboration with Select Media and Lumpen! check out the details at http://selectmediafestival.org/2007/
Thursday, November 8th 8:00pm Echo Park Film Center 1200 N. Alvarado @ Sunset, Los Angeles, CA.
Oct 20th 8:00pm NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT.
Sept 22nd 8:00pm NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT. - The Free Form Film Festival, Loaf-I Productions, Trasa Urban Arts Collective, and NoBrow Coffee and Tea present yet another evening of fringe filmmaking
Aug 18th 8:30 PM, NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT. - The Free Form Film Festival, Loaf-I Productions, Trasa Urban Arts Collective, and NoBrow Coffee and Tea present yet another evening of fringe filmmaking on Saturday August 18th (just the day after Gallery Stroll).
Jul 21st 8:30 PM, NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT. - Loaf-i Productions, the Lost Media Archive, the Free form Film Festival, and Trasa Urban Arts Collective present: PLEASE SELF-HELP ME The latest instalment in the OUT/EX series.
Jul 3rd 9:45 PM, Ragtag Cinemacafe, 23 N. 10th st. Columbia, MO 65201 - An eclectic mix of contemporary shorts from filmmakers across the globe. Sometimes hilarious and always challenging the Free Form Film Festival brings all genres together for a unique viewing experience. The program will begin with gut wrenching clips from the Lost Media Archive followed by an hour of new and original shorts films.
Co-curator, Ryan Wylie will be present.
Jul 1st 6:30 PM, MadArt Gallery 727 S. 12th Street - $5 good for all screenings-- 6:30-7:00 - live jazz 7:00-8:00 - shorts program -co-curator, Ryan Wylie will be present 8:00-8:30 - live jazz 8:30-9:45 - "Manhattan, Kansas" A documentary by Tara Wray
Jun 16th 8:30pm OUT/EX #5 "ONE FRAME AT A TIME: The filmstrips of Brian Dewan (and others)" location: No Brow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S. Salt Lake City). ADMISSION IS FREE!
May 19th 8:00 PM, MONDO FABULOSO, the May installment of OUT/EX will screen at NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S. Salt Lake City). ADMISSION IS FREE!
Apr 21st 8:00 PM, Screening of OUT/EX: Manhattan Kansas, a film by Tara Wray @No Brow Coffee and Tea Company (315 E. 300 S. Salt Lake City).
Mar 17th 7:30 PM, @No Brow Coffee and Tea Company (315 E. 300 S. Salt Lake City).
Feb 17th, 7:00pm NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT. OUT/EX Program
Jan 13th, 7:00pm NoBrow Coffee and Tea (315 E. 300 S.), Salt Lake City, UT. Lost Media Archive Event
2006
Dec 21st, 8:00pm at Starry Night in Provo UT. FFFF introduces the Lost Media Archive! Special FREE event! for more details, visit http://lostmedia.blogspot.com/
Nov 28th, 7:00pm at Castleman Auditorium, Rolla, MO. - FREE - FFFF presents new shorts.
Dec 7th, 10:30pm at Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, MO - FFFF presents "OUT"
Dec 14th, 9:00pm at MadArt Gallery, St. Louis, MO - FFFF presents "OUT"
Oct 16th, 8:00pm at Artist's Television Access (992 Valencia Street), San Francisco, CA - FFFF presents OUT2, the second in a series of outsider video clips currated by the Lost Media Archive
Sept 25th, 9:00pm (Sharp!) at the Pickle Company at Trasa Arts, Salt Lake City, UT - FFFF Co-presents Bill Daniel's "Who is Bozo Texino"!
August 12th, 8:00pm at Le Petit Versailles Garden, New York City. FFFF presents, "OUT" -- a collection of found video clips. 346 East Houston Street (between Avenue B & C). F/V train to 2nd Ave. J/M to Delancey. 5$ suggested donation. http://www.alliedproductions.org
August 3rd, 6-9:00pm at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis MO. FFFF presents, The Science of Movement, an experiment in dance, live music, and projection.
August 2nd, Lollapalooza's Last Band Standing competition @ The Double Door - Live video mix accompanying the band Kate Starr
May 25th, 9:00pm at The Antique Row Picture Show, St. Louis, MO. FFFF and Inner Mission Productions present a night of experimental and documentary film pertaining to immigration and refugee issues. 1940 Cherokee St. Call 573-489-2509 for info.
April 6th, 8:00pm at CAVE. Hall.of.Mirrors...music for double quintet and improvised film. Part of CAVE's 10th Anniversary celebration. 5$. 58 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
April 27th, 8:00pm Program: OUT, followed by a premiere of the experimental short, "The Human Story." At Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles California.
April 29th, 3:00-5:00pm Workshop: found footage/video improv. At Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles."
February 24th, 10:00pm Live Video performance by Freeformers Ryan B Wylie and Paul Baker at the True False Film Festival kick-off party www.truefalse.org - Columbia, MO.
March 2nd, 6:00pm-9:00pm Live Video performance by Free Form's, Ryan B Wylie at The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
Human Story Tour (2005) - Tour Photos
October 27, 7:00pm at Utah Valley State College, Orem Utah
October 9, 9:00 at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton Texas
October 8, 6:00pm and 10:00pm at Church of the Friendly Ghost, Austin Texas
October 1, 10:30 at Ragtag Cinemacafe, Columbia Missouri
September 30, 8:00pm at Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis Missouri
September 28, 4:30pm and 8:30pm at Orpheum Theatre, Madison Wisconsin
September 25, at Rodan, Chicago Illinois
September 23 and 24, 8:00pm at The Music Gallery, Toronto Ontario
September 17, 8:30pm at OfficeOps, Brooklyn New York
September 16, 7:30pm at the Shed, Palmer Massachusetts
September 13, 8:30pm at Concordia University, Montreal Quebec
September 12, 9:30pm at Club Metronome, Burlington Vermont
September 9, 8:00pm at The Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax Nova Scotia
September 7, 8:00pm at The Octagon Arts Centre, Dingwall Nova Scotia
2005
December 18, 10:00pm at Rodan, Chicago Illinois
August 19-21, Organic Grooves Festival, Sullivan Missouri
August 15, 7:00pm at Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City Utah
August 11, 9:00pm at Capitol Theatre, Olympia Washington
August 10, 7:30pm at Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre, Seattle Washington with a special performance by In'Lakech
August 9, 10:00pm at Clinton Street Theatre, Portland Oregon
August 6, 9:00pm at The Know, Portland Oregon with a special performance by In'Lakech
August 4, 11:00pm at Bijou Art Cinemas, Eugene Oregon
August 3, 8:30pm at DIVA, Eugene Oregon
July 29, 8:00pm at ATA, San Francisco California
July 27, 8:00pm at Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles Californa
July 25, 2:00pm at Cinespace, Los Angeles California
March 3, 6 - 10:00pm Rendevous Jewel Box Theatre (with special performance by Library Science), Seattle
March 1, 9:00pm The Know, Portland
February 26, 8:30pm DIVA, Eugene
February 25, 9:00pm Stewart Aquatic Center, Eugene
February 17, 8:00pm ATA (992 Valencia Street) San Francisco
2004
October 29 - 30, 7:00pm Provo Arts Center, Provo, Utah
September 18, 12:00pm Roxie Theatre, San Francisco California
September 4, 8:00pm Core Star Cultural Center, Eugene Oregon
August 29, 7:00pm Media Arts Center, San Diego California
August 27, 7:00pm Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
August 21, 8:00pm Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles California
March 24, 8:00pm Rubber Gloves, Denton, Texas
March 23, 7:30pm Magnolia Theatre, Dallas Texas
March 22, 8:00pm Rhizome Collective, Austin Texas
2003
December 12-13, Fort Gondo, St Louis
December 3-5, Ragtag Cinemacafe. Columbia MO.
December 2, Castleman Hall, Rolla MO.
November 21-22, Westport Coffee House, Kansas City
November 14-15, Kilby Court, Salt Lake City
November 1, Cellspace, San Francisco
