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  • Skin, Inscribed – Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed Films

    Friday, May 23 @ 8:00 PM

    Skin, Inscribed – Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed Films
    Attendees of the 2023 edition of Celluloid Now, CFS’s recurring showcase for working analog filmmakers, may have noticed a preponderance of handmade films from Brazil. With a steadily growing network of artist-run film labs servicing a healthy number of DIY filmmakers, the largest country in South America has quietly become a hotbed for analog experimental cinema, fostering a community of artists practicing a rough- and- tumble and totally punk form of celluloid materialism. Curated by Tetsuya Maruyama (whose super 8 short ANTFILM was one of the standouts of Celluloid Now 2023), Skin, Inscribed brings together a number of recent films to come out of this scene, utilizing a variety of techniques which involve the direct manipulation of the film’s surface and presented in one-of-a-kind 16mm prints.
    Approx. 60 min • 16mm from filmmakers

    Tetsuya Maruyama in person!

    Limited Seating. RSVP required to attend.


    Saturday + Sunday, May 24th & 25th @ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

    Japanese Matchbox Pinhole Camera Workshop w/ Tetsuya Maruyama
    In this two-day workshop, filmmaker Tetsuya Maruyama will lead participants in making and using 16mm pinhole cameras using vintage Japanese matchbooks. Participants will have the opportunity to process the material they shoot during the workshop and watch it at the end of the second day of the workshop. All workshop supplies will be covered.

    Cost: $100; workshop limited to ten participants. Registration Required.


    NEXT UP: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE on Saturday, May 31 at Music Box

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Fri 5/23 at 8:00 PM
Skin, Inscribed – Contemporary Brazilian Hand-Processed FilmsRSVP Required

Sat 5/24 & Sun 5/25 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Japanese Matchbox Pinhole Camera Workshop
• Registration Required

Sat 5/31 at 2:00 PM at Music Box
My Darling Clementine

Sun 6/8 at 11:30 AM at Music Box
Alias Jimmy Valentine • Advance Tickets

Tues 6/17 at 7:00 PM at Music Box
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
• Advance Tickets

Thu 6/26 at 6:00 PM at Film Center
Lightning

Sat 7/5 at 11:30 AM at Music Box
A Story of Floating Weeds

Mon 7/14 at 7:00 PM at Music Box
Pierrot le Fou

Thu 7/24 at 6:00 PM at Film Center
Tea and Sympathy

Sun 8/3 at 7:00 PM at Music Box
Earth

Thu 8/7 at 6:00 PM at Film Center
Time and Tide

Wed 8/13 at 8:00 PM at Constellation
Music of the Spheres: Films by Jordan Belson

8/22 – 8/24 at Film Center
Technicolor Weekend

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