Some Ideas for my ScreenPlay Part 4
#ExperimentalCinema
#BodyHorror
#ArtHorror
#AvantGardeFilm
#GoreAesthetics
#TransgressiveCinema
#UndergroundFilm
#DarkSurrealism
#VisceralArt
#CinemaOfTheBody
#RitualCinema
#GrotesqueAesthetics
#SensoryHorror
#RadicalFilm
Some Ideas for my ScreenPlay Part 3
#ExperimentalCinema
#BodyHorror
#ArtHorror
#AvantGardeFilm
#GoreAesthetics
#TransgressiveCinema
#UndergroundFilm
#DarkSurrealism
#VisceralArt
#CinemaOfTheBody
#RitualCinema
#GrotesqueAesthetics
#SensoryHorror
#RadicalFilm
Some Ideas for my ScreenPlay Part 2
#ExperimentalCinema
#BodyHorror
#ArtHorror
#AvantGardeFilm
#GoreAesthetics
#TransgressiveCinema
#UndergroundFilm
#DarkSurrealism
#VisceralArt
#CinemaOfTheBody
#RitualCinema
#GrotesqueAesthetics
#SensoryHorror
#RadicalFilm
Some Ideas for my ScreenPlay Part 1
#ExperimentalCinema
#BodyHorror
#ArtHorror
#AvantGardeFilm
#GoreAesthetics
#TransgressiveCinema
#UndergroundFilm
#DarkSurrealism
#VisceralArt
#CinemaOfTheBody
#RitualCinema
#GrotesqueAesthetics
#SensoryHorror
#RadicalFilm
Attention filmmakers! The CROSSROADS 2026 submission deadline has been EXTENDED to the end of March! Send us your films!
www.sfcinematheque.org/crossroads/2...
#XRDS26 #filmfestival #CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
Filmmaker R. Bruce Elder’s Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together) imagines a digital media that brings humanity together, rather than driving us apart www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2026... #film #avantgardefilm #experimentalfilm #hamiltonontario #toronto #filmmaker #electrology #electromorphicart
We’re now at 76% of our $50K goal — thank you! ❤️
Cinematheque’s year-end fundraiser continues, and we’re close but not there yet.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
SFCinematheque rings in the new year with two in-person screenings with Jennifer Reeves!
📅 Jan 14 @ Shapeshifters (Oakland) — When It Was Blue
📅 Jan 15 @ Gray Area (SF) — The Gloria of Your Imagination
Details + tickets: www.sfcinematheque.org
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
We’re at 74% of our $50K goal—thank you! ❤️
Cinematheque still needs your support to survive in this post-NEA moment.
Help us reach the finish line and keep our programming alive into 2026
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #nonprofit #yearend
This #GivingTuesday, please support SFCinematheque.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
We’re halfway to our $50K goal—your gift helps sustain our screenings, publications & archives into 2026.
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit
I blurred my signature because it hasn’t much changed. The PO Box, the account, the bank: long gone. ISTR I had a Working Assets long distance phone plan, too, for my landline.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
¹ we’ll get to the one exception.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
People’ve deleted my posts elsewhere on this topic, blocked my account. All along, those in a position to address the issue¹ have resorted to hand-wringing & “oh, that’s a shame”.
Doubters: my check.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
This former Board Member/President, program note compiler/author, monograph co-author, occasional curator & fundraiser, says: time for callous treatment of individual donors to come home to roost.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
No invitations to “special members events” ever. Naturally, social media delivers member party photos to me after the fact.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend #bullypulpit
No publications since 2002. No printed calendars since 2009. No free admission since the mid-2000s.
#sfcinematheque #lifetimemember #StevePolta #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend
backside of the 1993 prospectus for #sfcinematheque membership showing member benefits at the $1,500 level to include, for life, copies of all publications, free admission plus reservation privileges for two people, first class calendar mailings, invitations to special member events, and occasional issues of the long-discontinued Cinemascope newsletter. Plus a one-time t-shirt designed by George Kuchar.
frontside of the 1993 prospectus for #sfcinematheque membership
In 1993 I gave #sfcinematheque $1500 (3312 in 2025 $) to be a #lifetimemember. #StevePolta denied my annual publications benefit starting 2002 & eventually whittled all promised benefits to zero.
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit #yearend #bullypulpit
Live soundtracks to silent films returns 28th Jan at FACT Liverpool
An immersive evening of live experimental electronica and avant-garde film with Sara Wolff, The Metamorph and Rjania
Tickets via skiddle.com/g/moolakiiclubai
£10 adv
#ambient #electronicmusic #avantgardefilm #livemusic
CALL TO ACTION — SAVE CINEMATHEQUE
The NEA’s collapse cut 25% of our funding. Help us raise $50,000 to keep San Francisco Cinematheque alive! Your support sustains 60+ years of experimental film culture.
www.sfcinematheque.org/about/suppor...
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #nonprofit
Daisies (1966) by Vera Chytilová was such a pleasure to watch! Anarchy w/radical joy for two young blissful women. #Daisies #VeraChytilova #CzechNewWave #FeministCinema #AvantGardeFilm #CultCinema #FilmHistory #WomenInFilm #FilmmakHERS #CinematicRebellion
The late artist Ken Jacobs, shot on 16mm film on July 18, 2025, by Pip Chodorov (used with permission of the filmmaker)
The late artist Ken Jacobs, shot on 16mm film on July 18, 2025, by Pip Chodorov (used with permission of the filmmaker)
The late artist Ken Jacobs, shot on 16mm film on July 18, 2025, by Pip Chodorov (used with permission of the filmmaker)
The late artist Ken Jacobs, shot on 16mm film on July 18, 2025, by Pip Chodorov (used with permission of the filmmaker)
RIP Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
It has been announced that this pioneer of Avant-Garde film and pioneering projector-performance master has passed on.
Photos courtesy of Pip Chodorov, taken from a July 18, 2025 roll of #16mm film.
#experimentalfilm
#experimental-film
#avantgardefilm
#kenjacobs
#MFF Tony Rodero: #TEST123
Korte experimentele films waarin geluid de hoofdrol speelt. Van verlaten fabriek tot bruisend plein – kunstenaar #TonyRodero vangt verborgen klanken en mixt ze tot hypnotiserende soundscapes.
Te zien op 19/9 & 20/9 bij MFF
#SoundArt #AvantGardeFilm #ExperimentalCinema
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 10: Craft, Tradition & Ritual
Presented by Shapeshifters Cinema & San Francisco Cinematheque
Fri, Aug 22 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/45eEyiO
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 9: LABOR
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
Friday, July 11 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/44xyfFu
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
Unboxing S.T.A.L.K.E.R - The Boardgame, Wave 1!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVQA...
#boardgames #unboxing #stalker #avantgardefilm
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 8.5: IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN + LESBIAN CUSTODY
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
June 29 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/4dLwHvw
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues
Program 8.5: PARENTHOOD
Presented in association with Shapeshifters Cinema
June 6 — 7pm at Shapeshifters Cinema
bit.ly/3ZhZMZr
#cinema #oakland #feminist #feministfilm #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
THEN＜·＞NOW: TAIWAN EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO ART
June 26 — 7:30pm at The Lab
bit.ly/4kAnXuv
Curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu
Presented by San Francisco Cinematheque & the Center for Asian American Media
#Taiwan #Taiwanese #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm
INVENTION: A film by Callie Hernandez & Courtney Stephens
May 28 — 8:30pm at the Roxie Theater
bit.ly/3Yy1QMM
#CallieHernandez #CourtneyStephens #experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque
FOUND FOOTAGE & COLLAGE FILMS
The Artist’s Voice
May 29 — 7:30pm at The Lab
bit.ly/4jyB6nP
#experimentalfilm #avantgardefilm #sfcinematheque #FoundFootageMagazine #FoundFootageFilms
