CAMERA OBSCURA
Fifth Annual Report
23-24 November
Camera Obscura
A History
Appearing a few years after Frank Stauffacher’s “Art in Cinema” series at SFMOMA ended, the original Camera Obscura Film Society was founded in 1957 by Lawrence Jordan and Bruce Conner (along with Roger Ferragallo, Willy Werby, Ben Payne and others). Their eclectic programs continued until the organization ceased to exist in 1962. The reconvened Camera Obscura continues to present "unique, antique and experimental" films under the coordination of co-directors Jonathan Marlow and Amanda Salazar.
Then: “First Annual Report” : 12- to 13-December | 2015
THE AMERICAN DREAMER (1971) dir. L.M. Kit Carson and Lawrence Schiller
OUR LADY OF THE SPHERE (1969) dir. Lawrence Jordan
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1973) dir. Eiichi Yamamoto
MOUNT SONG (2013) dir. Shambhavi Kaul
THE IDEA OF NORTH (1967) audio-prod. Glenn Gould
SENTIENT I (2015) dir. Ashley Sabin
NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD DRIVE (2015) dir. Jerzy Rose [in attendance]
TRANSMAGNIFICAN DAMBAMUALITY (1976) dir. Ronald Gray
THE LOBSTER (2015) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
THE APOPLECTIC WALRUS (2015) dir. Lawrence Jordan [in attendance]
Fifth Annual Report
(23-24 November)
Saturday, 23-November
— Program I —
noon
Civil War Surveillance Poems (pt.I) (2019) Mitch McCabe
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The Hottest August (2019) Brett Story
— Program II —
3:00pm
Nuit sur le Mont Chauve [Night on Bald Mountain] (1931) Alexander Alexeieff + Claire Parker
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Chiquitita and the Soft Escape (2003) Michael Robinson
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Valpi (2019) Dianna Barrie + Richard Tuohy
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Low Visibility (2019) Richard Tuohy + Dianna Barrie
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Star of Day (1994) Lawrence Jordan
[poet Joanna McClure and filmmakers Dianna Barrie, Richard Tuohy and Lawrence Jordan in attendance]
— Program III —
5:15pm
Skyworks: Wind and Fire (1975) LeAnn Bartok
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Bridges-Go-Round (1958) Shirley Clarke
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Cartoon le Mousse (1979) Chick Strand
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Glistening Thrills (2013) Jodie Mack
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Sanctus (1990) Barbara Hammer
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Awake, but Dreaming (2000) Kerry Laitala
[filmmakers Jodie Mack and Kerry Laitala in attendance]
— Program IV —
8:30pm
Reverse Shadow (2019) Janie Geiser
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Fehérlófia [Son of the White Mare] (1981) Marcell Jankovics [restoration]
[filmmaker Janie Geiser in attendance]
Sunday, 24-November
— Program V —
noon
Eyes at the Specter Glass (2019) Matthew Wade
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La casa lobo [The Wolf House] (2018) Cristóbal León + Joaquín Cociñ
— Program VI —
2:00pm
Allapatah (2019) Adam Khalil + Adam Piron
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Caballerango [Horse Wrangler] (2018) Juan Pablo González
— Program VII —
4:00pm
Hot Seat (1982) Bill Kinder
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Black and White Trypps no.3 (2007) Ben Russell
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Untitled Target Video documentary [excerpt] (2020) Mike Plante + Jason Willis
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Crime 1978 (2019 via 1978) Jon Bastian
[producer Henry Rosenthal and filmmakers Jon Bastian and Bill Kinder in attendance]
— Program VII —
7:00pm
Eastern State (2019) Talena Sanders
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Duett för kannibaler [Duet for Cannibals] (1969) Susan Sontag [restoration]
[filmmaker Talena Sanders in attendance]
CO-V-AR presented with support from the members of the Camera Obscura Film Society and the financial contributions of crowdfunders. Film materials courtesy of the respective filmmakers and/or producers as well as Arbelos Films, the Canyon Cinema Foundation, Grasshopper Film, KimStim, Metrograph Pictures and private film collectors.
Funding for the public programs of the Canyon Cinema Foundation are generously provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation and the Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation.
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