7 – 13 September 2022
in London

Programme

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“In this session I propose to discuss the relationship between sound and image in film and video." Read More

Masterclass: Luke Fowler

Sun 12 Sep, 12:30

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With contributions from Ute Aurand, Robert Beavers, Ricardo Matos Cabo, Peter Todd, amongst others. Screenings will be interspersed with readings, discussions and presentations. The Journey to Cairo (Die Fahrt nach Kairo) Renate Sami | 1990 | Germany | 60’ | digital “The Journey to Cairo contains something of the marvel that the cinematograph enabled, the marvel of discovery, the marv... Read More

In Focus: Renate Sami 4

Sun 12 Sep, 13:30

Goethe-Institut

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Godard’s brilliant dialectical farce, distinctly disquieting as well as gratingly funny, in which five Parisian students, members of a Maoist cell, discuss the implications of the Chinese cultural revolution, stands as a prophetic and remarkably acute analysis of the impulse behind the events of May 68. Read More

La Chinoise

Sun 12 Sep, 14:00 ... ...

Ciné Lumière - Institut français

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In this epic work of observational, investigative filmmaking, first-time documentarian Jill Li embedded herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years to document an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Read More

Lost Course / 迷航

Sun 12 Sep, 14:00

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Join artists Hope Strickland and Onyeka Igwe in a collective reading and discussion of McKittrick’s Dear Science and Other Stories. Read More

swimming for seven hours; a reading group

Sun 12 Sep, 15:00

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The films of Brazilian artist and filmmaker Ana Vaz propose a critical reflection on the relationship between colonialism, modernity and the impending ecological disaster. This survey of recent works focuses on ideas of excavation, archiving and critical pedagogy. Read More

Recent Works by Ana Vaz

Sun 12 Sep, 15:20

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Rock Bottom Riser is an essay film that explores connections between geology, astrology and settler colonialism on the island of Hawaii. Read More

Rock Bottom Riser

Sun 12 Sep, 15:30

Bertha DocHouse

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The first retrospective of Alia Syed's work in the UK. Read More

In Focus: Alia Syed 2

Sun 12 Sep, 17:40

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Hamedine Kane's portrait of an artist living in the Calais Jungle is followed by Sílvia das Fadas' travelogue across sites of revolutionary outsider architecture. Read More

The Blue House + The House is Yet to Be Built

Sun 12 Sep, 18:00

Bertha DocHouse

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This screening, which will be followed by a conversation between Fowler and Quaintance, will present their work in dialogue for the first time. It focuses on recent works which take a personal turn and will also include a new sound work by Luke Fowler. Read More

In Dialogue: Luke Fowler & Morgan Quaintance

Sun 12 Sep, 20:00

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Los murmullos Rubén Gámez | 1976 | Mexico | 25’ | digital A portrait of Juchitepec – an abandoned agricultural community – and its inhabitants, who struggle to survive in extreme poverty conditions. Gámez listens to those who have nothing in this short film which recalls the poetic universe of Juan Rulfo’s work. The Secret Formula La fórmula secreta Rubén Gámez | 1965 | Mexico | 42’ |... Read More

Rubén Gámez: Los murmullos + The Secret Formula

Sun 12 Sep, 20:00

Ciné Lumière - Institut français

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Convened by Erika Balsom and Elena Gorfinkel, this day-long event will focus on the practice of writing about cinema, particularly as it takes shape on the margins of mainstream film criticism and academic publishing. Read More

On Film Writing: Forms and Histories

Mon 13 Sep, 10:00

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