THOUSANDSUNS CINEMA


THOUSANDSUNS CINEMA animates aspects of Media City Film Festival’s long-storied program history online. Featuring selections from hundreds of artists showcased by MCFF over its twenty-five year history, THOUSANDSUNS presents short and feature-length films, previous MCFF commissions, fellowship screenings, retrospectives, and other cinematic endeavours connected with our activities since 1994. Moving image artworks exhibited in THOUSANDSUNS CINEMA will screen for a limited time. Conceived as a working space, THOUSANDSUNS will also function as an ever-growing online index, cataloguing artists operating in avant-garde film circles internationally. As MCFF works to migrate its immense history of previously screened filmmakers online, new artists will also be invited to exhibit their work.   

 


NAVIGATING THIS SPACE

Artists with films streaming in THOUSANDSUNS aggregate to the top of the grid space. A blinking red light indicates that films by a featured artist are currently accessible to view. Click the accompanying portrait to stream films and programs. When streaming dates have ended, biographical and other information will remain. Artists listed as “currently unavailable” have previously exhibited at MCFF. As this space grows, users will be able to preview thousands of artist profiles. Additional films will be made available on a rolling basis. Enjoy!

Image credits: Top © Racquel Rowe, Bodies of Water, 2023. Bottom ©  Jude Abu Zaineh, FORMations, 2023. Courtesy the artists. Southwest Seen is presented in partnership with Museum London. 


Calla Moya
Racquel Rowe
Jude Abu Zaineh
Alanis Obomsawin
Shelley Niro
Sky Hopinka
Fox Maxy
Animation from Cape Dorset
Cecilia Vicuña
Svetlana Romanova
Rhayne Vermette
Raven Chacon & Cristóbal Martinez
Dana Claxton
Victor Masayesva Jr
Caroline Monnet
Adam Piron & Adam Khalil
Alexandra Lazarowich
Mosha Michael
Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Kent Monkman
Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio
Lindsay McIntyre
Miguel Hilari
New Red Order
TJ Cuthand
asinnajaq
Eve-Lauryn LaFountain
Cauleen Smith
Kevin Jerome Everson
Maria Lassnig
Basma Alsharif
Sergei Loznitsa
Julius-Amédée Laou
Želimir Žilnik
VALIE EXPORT
Chick Strand
Sergei Eisenstein
Barbara Hammer
Raymundo Gleyzer
Peter Hutton
Ben Russell
Toney Merritt
Kurt Kren
Abigail Child
Anya Tsyrlina
Sid Iandovka
Johan van der Keuken
Paige Taul
Tomonari Nishikawa
Fern Silva
Mati Diop
Ephraim Asili
Ana Vaz
Karimah Ashadu
Ben Rivers
Nazlı Dinçel
Christopher Harris
Parastoo Anoushahpour
Faraz Anoushahpour
Ryan Ferko
Michael Snow
Rajee Samarasinghe
Keewatin Dewdney
Chris Kennedy
Terra Long
Alexandre Larose
Joyce Wieland
Sylvia Schedelbauer
Daïchi Saïto
Christopher McNamara
Philip Hoffman
Currently Unavailable
Helen Levitt
Currently Unavailable
Edward Owens
Currently Unavailable
Ellie Epp
Currently Unavailable
Ayo Akingbade
Currently Unavailable
Lumière Brothers
Currently Unavailable
Forough Farrokhzad
Currently Unavailable
Dziga Vertov
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Salomé Lamas
Currently Unavailable
Simone Leigh
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Nooshin Farhid
Currently Unavailable
William Raban
Currently Unavailable
Behrouz Rae
Currently Unavailable
Harun Farocki
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Zhou Tao
Currently Unavailable
Vika Kirchenbauer
Currently Unavailable
David Rimmer
Currently Unavailable
Lois Patiño
Currently Unavailable
Willie Varela
Currently Unavailable
Eitan Efrat
Currently Unavailable
Matana Roberts
Currently Unavailable
Takahiko Iimura
Currently Unavailable
Joseph Cornell
Currently Unavailable
Shirin Sabahi
Currently Unavailable
Stephen Broomer
Currently Unavailable
Guy Sherwin
Currently Unavailable
Hans Scheugl
Currently Unavailable
Zohar Kfir
Currently Unavailable
Meesoo Lee
Currently Unavailable
Neil Baloufa
Currently Unavailable
Ute Aurand
Currently Unavailable
Jeroen Eisinga
Currently Unavailable
Aldo Tambellini
Currently Unavailable
Claudrena Harold
Currently Unavailable
Laila Pakalnina
Currently Unavailable
Anna Marziano
Currently Unavailable
Jaap Pieters
Currently Unavailable
Jun Miyazaki
Currently Unavailable
Sharon Lockhart
Currently Unavailable
Andy Warhol
Currently Unavailable
Les Blank
Currently Unavailable
James Benning
Currently Unavailable
Naoyuki Tsuji
Currently Unavailable
Aki Onda
Currently Unavailable
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Currently Unavailable
Pratibha Parmar
Currently Unavailable
Peter Tscherkassky
Currently Unavailable
Warren Sonbert
Currently Unavailable
Phil Solomon
Currently Unavailable
Walid Raad
Currently Unavailable
Selma Doborac
Currently Unavailable
Shiho Kano
Currently Unavailable
Miranda July
Currently Unavailable
Johann Lurf
Currently Unavailable
Ariel Smith
Currently Unavailable
Standish Lawder
Currently Unavailable
Manon de Boer
Currently Unavailable
Ruba Nadda
Currently Unavailable
Jeannette Muñoz
Currently Unavailable
Milena Gierke
Currently Unavailable
Shizuko Tabata
Currently Unavailable
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Currently Unavailable
Jem Cohen
Currently Unavailable
Helga Fanderl
Currently Unavailable
Ken Jacobs
Currently Unavailable
Takashi Ishida
Currently Unavailable
Jennifer Saparzadeh
Currently Unavailable
Tran T Kim-Trang
Currently Unavailable
Robert Fenz
Currently Unavailable
Yuiko Matsuyama
Currently Unavailable
Karpo Godina
Currently Unavailable
Alina Rudnitskya
Currently Unavailable
Rose Lowder
Currently Unavailable
Malcolm LeGrice
Currently Unavailable
Pablo Mazzolo
Currently Unavailable
Igor Strembitsky
Currently Unavailable
Sarah Foighel Brutman
Currently Unavailable
Christina Battle
Currently Unavailable
David Claerbout
Currently Unavailable
Louise Neguchi
Currently Unavailable
Nicolas Rey
Currently Unavailable
Adriana Arenas Ilian
Currently Unavailable
Helen Lee
Currently Unavailable
Rosa Barba
Currently Unavailable
Vivian Ostrovsky
Currently Unavailable
Pavel Medvedev
Currently Unavailable
Ismail Bahri
Currently Unavailable
Brigid McCaffrey
Currently Unavailable
Yoko Ono
Currently Unavailable
Joost Rekveld
Currently Unavailable
Michael Robinson
Currently Unavailable
Julie Murray
Currently Unavailable
Camilo Restrepo
Currently Unavailable
Laura Huertas Millàn
Currently Unavailable
Matthias Müller
Currently Unavailable
John Smith
Currently Unavailable
Alvin Lucier
Currently Unavailable
Tyler Turkle
Currently Unavailable
Deitmar Brehm
Currently Unavailable
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep
Currently Unavailable
Mika Taanila
Currently Unavailable
Malena Szlam
Currently Unavailable
Robert Todd
Currently Unavailable
John Price
Currently Unavailable
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Currently Unavailable
Deimantas Narkevičius
Currently Unavailable
Naomi Uman
Currently Unavailable
Peter Gidal
Currently Unavailable
Jayne Parker
Currently Unavailable
Aglaia Konrad
Currently Unavailable
Stephanie Barber
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Luke Fowler
Currently Unavailable
Margaret Tait
Currently Unavailable
Ivan Martinac
Currently Unavailable
Philipp Fleischmann
Currently Unavailable
Bea Haut
Currently Unavailable
Wojciech Bruszewski
Currently Unavailable
Tadasu Takamine
Currently Unavailable
Anna Artaker
Currently Unavailable
Bruce McClure
Currently Unavailable
Alexandra Cuesta
Currently Unavailable
Neil Henderson
Currently Unavailable
Friedl vom Gröller Kubelka
Currently Unavailable
Carolee Schneemann
Currently Unavailable
David Rokeby
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Yael Bartana
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Jodie Mack
Currently Unavailable
Mary Helena Clark
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Dani Restack
Currently Unavailable
Seamus Harahan
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Lis Rhodes
Currently Unavailable
Jonathan Schwartz
Currently Unavailable
Saul Levine
Currently Unavailable
Artavadz Pelechian
Currently Unavailable
Shinkan Tamaki
Currently Unavailable
Madeline Anderson
Currently Unavailable
Kelly Gallagher
Currently Unavailable
Deirdre Logue
Currently Unavailable
Pieter Geenen