Films & Schedules - Experimental

(EXP) EMPTY QUARTER is a film about the region of Southeastern Oregon, an area populated by ranching and farming communities in Lake, Harney, and Malheur Counties. The region is roughly one-third of Oregon’s landmass yet holds less than two percent of the state’s population. Through a series of stationary shots, recording open landscapes and the activities of local residents, Portland filmmakers LeTourneau and Minty reflect on the character of the region as viewed through its natural areas, industry, various labor processes, resource management, and recreation. The voices of local residents describe the history of pioneer settlement, the social life of...

(EXP) EMPTY QUARTER is a film about the region of Southeastern Oregon, an area populated by ranching and farming communities in Lake, Harney, and Malheur Counties. The region is roughly one-third of Oregon’s landmass yet holds less than two percent of the state’s population. Through a series of stationary shots, recording open landscapes and the activities of local residents, Portland filmmakers LeTourneau and Minty reflect on the character of the region as viewed through its natural areas, industry, various labor processes, resource management, and recreation. The voices of local residents describe the history of pioneer settlement, the social life of rural communities, and the struggles of small town economies.

Co-presented with Cinema Project.

FILM REVIEW

Whitsell Auditorium     70 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental.

(EXP) “Do we know Abraham Lincoln in any other form than animatronic or wax figure? In this uncanny scenario, an animatronic Abe Lincoln recites the Gettysburg Address in a shopping mall which then folds in behind him.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “Do we know Abraham Lincoln in any other form than animatronic or wax figure? In this uncanny scenario, an animatronic Abe Lincoln recites the Gettysburg Address in a shopping mall which then folds in behind him.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

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Whitsell Auditorium     2 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) “A mind-bending animation in which a coquettish woman pops in and out of a surreal landscape reciting staccato poetry by James Broughton.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “A mind-bending animation in which a coquettish woman pops in and out of a surreal landscape reciting staccato poetry by James Broughton.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

Whitsell Auditorium     3 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) “Shot in the active port city of Tacoma, this narration-free meditation complicates one’s feelings about humanity’s monumental feats of engineering and the impact on the natural coastline.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “Shot in the active port city of Tacoma, this narration-free meditation complicates one’s feelings about humanity’s monumental feats of engineering and the impact on the natural coastline.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

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Whitsell Auditorium     9 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) “Gorgeous images of slugs traversing a mossy Oregon landscape—looks like National Geographic on LSD.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “Gorgeous images of slugs traversing a mossy Oregon landscape—looks like National Geographic on LSD.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

Whitsell Auditorium     10 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) The Festival partners with Grand Detour to present this collection of camera-free films produced by Olympia’s Devon Damonte. The program will include a multiple projector performance employing a dazzling array of outmoded light-throwing contraptions, including overhead projector, Kodak Carousel Slide projector, Tamron Fotovix, and various 16mm projectors, as well as the following films by Damonte: THE ARTIFACTS OF LIFE (2011), BLUE BALLS SUITE (2010), BROWNIE RUBBING (1989), SCRATCH FEATURE TEASER (2011), LOOPIN LI (2009-11), and the as-yet-unproduced THE MASTERPIECE MADE THE NIGHT BEFORE (2011)—a project made at the Hand Painted Film Society workshop the preceding Wednesday.

(EXP) The Festival partners with Grand Detour to present this collection of camera-free films produced by Olympia’s Devon Damonte. The program will include a multiple projector performance employing a dazzling array of outmoded light-throwing contraptions, including overhead projector, Kodak Carousel Slide projector, Tamron Fotovix, and various 16mm projectors, as well as the following films by Damonte: THE ARTIFACTS OF LIFE (2011), BLUE BALLS SUITE (2010), BROWNIE RUBBING (1989), SCRATCH FEATURE TEASER (2011), LOOPIN LI (2009-11), and the as-yet-unproduced THE MASTERPIECE MADE THE NIGHT BEFORE (2011)—a project made at the Hand Painted Film Society workshop the preceding Wednesday.

Admission: $3-$6 donation suggested. All proceeds go directly to the artist.

Worksound Gallery, 820 SE Alder     90 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental.

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TO PURCHASE ALL INCLUSIVE OPENING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY TICKETS, PLEASE SELECT THE $15 FILM AND PARTY OPTION IN THE TICKETING MENU.

Whitsell Auditorium    

Interests: Animation, Documentary, Narrative, Experimental.

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META ABERRATIO

DIRECTOR: TIMOTHY FIRTH - (SEATTLE, WA)

(ANI) “This gorgeous black-and-white animation makes three typewriters and their guts come to life, calling to mind a century of stop-motion animation from Georges Méliès to the Brothers Quay.”—AG

12 Minutes    

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BASIN

DIRECTOR: DAVID GEISS - (VICTORIA, BC)

(DOC) “Images of the once pristine landscape of northern Alberta scarred by industrial development compels us to take environmental action.”—AG

8 Minutes    

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OLD-TIME FILM

DIRECTOR: BARBARA TETENBAUM, MARILYN ZORNADO - (PORTLAND, OR)

(ANI) “A fiddle and some antique engravings make for good times in this short toe-tapper.”—AG

3 Minutes    

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LASZLO LASSU

DIRECTOR: BEN POPP - (PORTLAND, OR)

(ANI) “This masterful cut-paper animation has an Eastern European folk art flare to its lines and narrative.”—AG

4 Minutes    

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MT. PARNASSUS

DIRECTOR: JESSE LARSON, KYLE PARKER - (WILSONVILLE, OR)

(DOC) “A lovely story of a man and his airplane home, with striking compositions of fuselage in the forest.”—AG

4 Minutes    

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WOMAN WAITING

DIRECTOR: ANTOINE BOURGES - (VANCOUVER, BC)

(NAR) “This powerful narrative uses minimal dialogue and long takes to depict a middle-aged woman on the edge of homelessness and invisibility.”—AG

15 Minutes    

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STRANDS, A MUSIC VIDEO

DIRECTOR: ROB TYLER - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “A visual celebration of the ghosts of mixtapes past.”—AG

4 Minutes    

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THE SWIMMER

DIRECTOR: SALISE HUGHES - (SEATTLE, WA)

(EXP) “Burt Lancaster from the 1968 film THE SWIMMER free-styling his way through a strange hand-painted landscape, peppered with synchronized swimmers.”—AG

4 Minutes    

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THE BIG SAYONARA

DIRECTOR: DON HAMILTON - (SPOKANE, WA)

(NAR) “Some of the funniest understated dialogue I’ve heard in a short independent film about a former Wall Street employee hitting rock bottom in rural Rosalia, Washington.”—AG

15 Minutes    

Whitsell Auditorium    

Interests: Animation, Documentary, Experimental.

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MOSSGROVE

DIRECTOR: KURTIS HOUGH - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “Gorgeous images of slugs traversing a mossy Oregon landscape—looks like National Geographic on LSD.”—AG

10 Minutes    

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CAMERON’S BOOKS

DIRECTOR: JIN RYU, YI-FAN LU - (PORTLAND, OR)

(DOC) “This documentary touched my soft spot for another endangered species: the independent bookseller.”—AG

6 Minutes    

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EYE LINER

DIRECTOR: JOANNA PRIESTLEY - (PORTLAND, OR)

(ANI) “Our capacity for facial recognition in the most basic forms is considered through this whimsical patterned animation.”—AG

4 Minutes    

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WITH YOU

DIRECTOR: JONATHAN MARRS, JOSH FERDASZEWSKI - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “A strange series of conceptual performances by two men in a domestic, suburban setting.”—AG

17 Minutes    

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I AM INTO YOUR FIRE

DIRECTOR: ORLAND NUTT - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “A mind-bending animation in which a coquettish woman pops in and out of a surreal landscape reciting staccato poetry by James Broughton.”—AG

3 Minutes    

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THE GR8 TASK REMAINING B4 US

DIRECTOR: KARL LIND - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “Do we know Abraham Lincoln in any other form than animatronic or wax figure? In this uncanny scenario, an animatronic Abe Lincoln recites the Gettysburg Address in a shopping mall which then folds in behind him.”—AG

2 Minutes    

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MIGHTY TACOMA

DIRECTOR: VANESSA RENWICK - (PORTLAND, OR)

(EXP) “Shot in the active port city of Tacoma, this narration-free meditation complicates one’s feelings about humanity’s monumental feats of engineering and the impact on the natural coastline.”—AG

9 Minutes    

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KOSMOS

DIRECTOR: FANTAVIOUS FRITZ - (PORTLAND, OR)

(NAR) “This film has the playful energy of a surf journey film with exuberant experimental camera work.”—AG

15 Minutes    

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SEXY NOIR

DIRECTOR: BEN POPP - (PORTLAND, OR)

(ANI) “A highly stylized gritty twist on the film noir genre.”—AG

3 Minutes    

(EXP) “A visual celebration of the ghosts of mixtapes past.”—AG

See SHORTS I to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “A visual celebration of the ghosts of mixtapes past.”—AG

See SHORTS I to purchase tickets.

Whitsell Auditorium     4 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) “Burt Lancaster from the 1968 film THE SWIMMER free-styling his way through a strange hand-painted landscape, peppered with synchronized swimmers.”—AG

See SHORTS I to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “Burt Lancaster from the 1968 film THE SWIMMER free-styling his way through a strange hand-painted landscape, peppered with synchronized swimmers.”—AG

See SHORTS I to purchase tickets.

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Whitsell Auditorium     4 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.

(EXP) “A strange series of conceptual performances by two men in a domestic, suburban setting.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

(EXP) “A strange series of conceptual performances by two men in a domestic, suburban setting.”—AG

See SHORTS II to purchase tickets.

LEARN MORE

Whitsell Auditorium     17 Minutes    

Interests: Experimental, Shorts.