23rd Edition Festival Archives - Media City Film Festival

TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONS: THE FILMS OF CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN & VALIE EXPORT

TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONS: THE FILMS OF CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN & VALIE EXPORT Wednesday, November 7, 2018 7:30PM Detroit Institute of Arts, DETROIT FILM THEATRE Admission: $5 (Free for Media City Pass holders) 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan Media City Film Festival celebrates its Opening Night Detroit in partnership with The Penny Stamps Speaker Series at the Detroit […]

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL: OPENING NIGHT PARTY

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL: OPENING NIGHT PARTY Celebrate Media City Film Festival’s 23rd edition at the historic Capitol Theatre & Arts Centre in downtown Windsor. Opening remarks from Steve Polta (California), Julie Tucker (ACWR), and introduction to MCFF’s 2018 International Competition Jury from Sweden, Turkey, and Ecuador. Share a drink with fellow festival-goers, filmmakers, and […]

YUGOSLAV STRUCTURALISM

YUGOSLAV STRUCTURALISM Organized by Greg de Cuir Jr. in attendance from Belgrade, Serbia Thursday November 8 | 7:30PM Capitol Theatre | 121 University Ave West, Windsor Retrospective screening 1963-1984 You might be forgiven for believing that structural-materialist film is strictly a North American and Western European phenomenon. The canon has fortified itself over the decades, […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 1

Polly One Artist: Kevin Jerome Everson Country: USA Format: 16mm > digital Duration: 6 min Year: 2018 Polly One is a silent meditation on the cosmos, capturing a light dimmed but never extinguished. Made in memory of Bertha Everson, the filmmaker’s grandmother—who passed the day before the August 2017 solar eclipse. Kevin Jerome Everson (Mansfield OH, […]

HOME COMING: The Diaspora Suite on the Underground Railroad EPHRAIM ASILI & THE FREEDOM SEEKERS

HOME COMING: The Diaspora Suite on the Underground Railroad EPHRAIM ASILI & THE FREEDOM SEEKERS Friday, November 9 | 1:00PM Sandwich First Baptist Church | 3652 Peter Street | Windsor, Ontario Screening of The Diaspora Suite with New York filmmaker Ephraim Asili in attendance. Hosted at Sandwich First Baptist Church, significant terminus on the Underground Railroad. Descendants […]

REGIONAL ARTISTS’ PROGRAM

Contents Artist: Derek Jenkins City: Hamilton Format: 16mm Duration: 7.5 min Year: 2018 Uncorroborated memories of a close, but distant relation. GEDE VIZYON Artist: Jefferson Kielwagen, Marcos Serafim, Steevens Simeon City: East Lansing Format: digital Duration: 15 min Year: 2018 A walk through the Port-au-Prince Grand Cemetery guided by one of its inhabitants. Road 3 […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2

Candle Artist: Neil Henderson Country: UK Format: 16mm Duration: 3min Year: 2018 A polaroid of a candle is observed developing from the moment of capture to its final state. The film presents this event in reverse. As the image “un-develops” it dissolves/fades into a frame of white light, illuminating the space and audience in the […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 3

3 Peonies Artist: Stephanie Barber Country: USA Format: 16mm Duration: 3 min Year: 2017 What becomes apparent is the humour possible in material interactions and the tender and sometimes melodramatic symbolism of cut flowers. What begins as a reverence for natural beauty ends up pointing towards the abstract expressionism and colour field work of high […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 4

Observeillance Artist: Tyler Turkle Country: USA Format: 16mm Duration: 4 min Year: 1975 A lyrical tour guide takes the viewer on a trip down the Wakulla River in North Florida. Although the camera remains relentlessly fixed on the protagonist, his vivid, near-musical descriptions of Southern flora, fauna, and wildlife gives a better view of things […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 5

Om Artist: John Smith Country: UK Format: 16mm Duration: 4 min Year: 1986 “This four-minute film explores our response to stereotypes – aural, visual and ideological. Smith signals these stereotypes to the viewer through a chiefly associational system, which deftly manipulates the path of our expectations. The structure is stunningly simple and deceptively subtle. We […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 6

Candle (Black & White) Artist: Neil Henderson Country: UK Format: 16mm Duration: 3 min Year: 2018 A polaroid of a candle is observed developing from the moment of capture to its final state. The film presents this event in reverse. As the image “un-develops” it dissolves/fades into a frame of white light, illuminating the space […]

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY & AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY Alexandra Cuesta (Ecuador / USA) is a filmmaker and visual artist. Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. 5+ films since 2007; screenings and exhibitions at Image Forum (Tokyo), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), The Viennale, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), Cinéma Du Réel (Paris), Palacio de Bellas Artes […]