ATA Film and Video Fest!
Live in San Francisco? Like short films? Like experimental freak out beauty? Then run to the great ATA this weekend for their 2nd Annual ATA Film & Video three day fest of “original, independent & underground� cinema. On Wednesday October 10th, the Opening Night Party will feature an eclectic music selection by dj_spaceinvader & Niles of mk2 reality enhancement, and will premiere local filmmaker Paul Clipson’s new super 8 film “Illuminations� with live musical score by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.
On Thursday, October 11, the night starts with the experimental shorts program “Auteur Space�, anchored by the haunting Paradise Drift (Martin Hansen), following people whose bodies are on earth but their souls seem elsewhere. Followed by the political program “Reelpolitik�, a strong collection of films that are minimal yet very lyrical, including the mystical, endearing films Marmot (Olga Chernysheva); Tetescha Us (Stefanie Wuschitz) and La Parabolica (Xavi Sala).
The Friday, October 12, early program is “Mnemonics�, avant shorts of really nice, classic design like hand painting and scratching, and reinventing found footage. Flight Home (Tadashi Moriyama) is engaging, following these animated sort of Sim City guys in a strange universe, and Paul Clipson’s Echo Park is a luscious, epic lightshow. The later program is “States of Matter�, mixing a variety of films from rough art performance to articulate cut and paste animation. Sissy Boy Slap Party (Guy Maddin) and Phantom Canyon (Stacey Steers) are great standouts.
Also on the scene are ATA Film & Video Festival Installation Films:
Btween calm & chaos & calm & chaos… (Dayv Jones); Cantata In C
Major (Ronnie Cramer); Contraction (Marlon Gonzalez); Fanatica (Marco Castro); Hybrids (Niloo Tehranchi); La Fuerza Eyaculatoria del Ojo/The Ejaculatory Power of the Eye (Sara Sama Acedo); Three Decades of Static (Yin-Ju Chen); Todo Disfraz Esta Hecho de Recuerdos/All Disguise is Done of Memories (Manuel Olias).
Go support true indie art!