Still from Cuentos de mi niñez (1991)
Excited to show a programme of films at MONO NO AWARE in Brooklyn NY!
The Films of Franci Duran Friday September 6 at 7pm , 33 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn. FREE!
This is the first time most of these films have screened in New York.
I am also doing a phytogram workshop with Amina Gingold on September 7 and 8. Register here.
So excited to announce that I will be at S(8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico this year!
June 5–8
INPUT PERSONALISED TUTORING SPACE FOR FILM PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
June 9
DIRECT ANIMATION EXPLORATORY WORKSHOP
Collaborating with Philip Hoffman, Robin Riad and Rhayne Vermette to lead an exploratory direct animation workshop for visual arts students:
June 9th, 19:30
FRANCI DURÁN: ANTÍDOTOS CONTRA EL OLVIDO
Film programme curated by Elena Duque
June 14 and 15
XPRESA WORKSHOP WITH FRANCI DURÁN
teaching a phytography workshop as part of XPresa
Delighted that Compendium will screen in Most Beautiful Touch short experimental film program at Acme Obscura curated by Robin Riad.
Friday May 31, at ACME, C/Corral de Cantos, 4
The last 2 screenings for the Film Talks Touring Programmes will be on May 24 and 25, 8:15 at Close Up Cinema in London, UK
Film Talks: 15 Conversations on Experimental Cinema, edited by Simon Payne and Andrew Vallence
Programme 1 May 24, 8:15pm
Programme 2 May 25th, 8:15pm
Wednesday May 8, 7pm
It Matters What screens at TIFF Lightbox as part of Film Talks: a touring programme of experimental cinema
“Film Talks: 15 Conversations on Experimental Cinema, edited by Andrew Vallance and Simon Payne, is a collection of unique conversations on experimental cinema, involving a range of international film and video makers from the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America. The book represents a snapshot of diverse ways that several practitioners have come to think about the field of experimental cinema in relation to other art forms, moving image culture at large, as well as wider social issues. This touring film programme features more than 20 16mm films and video works by several of the artists featured in Film Talks, drawing out new ideas and connections that span different visions of cinema.
Andrew Vallance and Simon Payne will be present to introduce the screenings. Copies of Film Talks will be available for purchase. For more details of the book, please see here.”
Film Talks tour schedule
8 May: TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto (Programme 1)
9 May: Film Studies Centre, University of Chicago (Programme 1)
10 May: Block Cinema, Northwestern University (Programme 2)
13 May: Visions, Cinémathèque québécoise, Montréal (Programme 1)
14 May: Visions, Cinémathèque québécoise, Montréal (Programme 2)
16 May: Ad Hoc, Toronto (Programme 2)
Honoured that It Matters What will screen in a Special Program at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival on Saturday March 30 at 7pm in the State Theatre 1
An Animal is Not a Metaphor
Curated by Kornelia Boczkowska
Since the early days of avant-garde cinema, some iconic experimental films, including Private Life of a Cat (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1947), Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963), Berlin Horse (Malcolm Le Grice, 1970), and Jamal (Ibrahim Shaddad, 1981), have abundantly featured animals, usually presented not as mere props or companions, but as central characters both closely interlinked with and independent of humans. In response to the animal crisis and the current developments of the Anthropocene, this program will demonstrate how artist-made films bring in the animal viewpoint so that animals become not just a subject or a metaphor, but a real object of the film, and provide clues to reexamining and transforming species co-existence. @aafilmfest @cfmdcfilm #experimentalfilm #phytogram #ecoprocessedfilm
Wednesday March 20–21, 2024
I will be giving an artist talk and phytography workshop and doing studio visits at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art.
Looking forward to being back on Treaty No. 1 to work with School of Art students!
details here
Research garden: a compendium of lost moments (Installation view)
The opening reception for Research garden: a compendium of lost moments is this Friday November 10, 7pm-10pm during Hamilton’s November Art Crawl. I hope you can make it!
Research garden: a compendium of lost moments is curated by Lesley Loksi Chan and runs from Friday October 27 to Friday December 1st at Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice in partnership with the Dandelion Film Collective.
The exhibit catalogues my phytographic work with curated and unintentional plants living in Kensington Market, from 2020–2022. Details below and here.
Visit the exhibit Wednesday–Friday 10am–5pm.
Centre[3] 173 James Street North, Hamilton ON
Only a 10-minute walk from West Harbour GO Station!
Lesley and I will be at the reception. Hope to see you there!