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Screenings & Films
Spectral Evidence
A showcase of expanded cinema
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 12–2 PM
A dynamic film program from Shapeshifter Cinema, featuring three sets of kinetic, multi-projector, and multimedia performances.
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Workshops
Material Cinema Workshop
Workshop presented by Shapeshifters Cinema
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 12–5 PM
Learn how to repurpose castaway mid-century 16mm film through scratching, painting, puncturing, boiling, bleaching, and more in this hands-on material cinema bonanza with filmmaker Ellie Vanderlip.
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Screenings & Films
Prismatic Permutations: Expanded Cinema Performances
Bay Area Now 9 Looping Film Program
December 1–30, 2023, 11 AM–5 PM
An hour-long program of select expanded cinema performances that have been presented by Shapeshifters Cinema over its 11-year history.
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Screenings & Films
Canyon Cinema Across Time and Space
Bay Area Now 9 Looping Film Program
November 1–30, 2023, 11 AM–5 PM
A selection of films from the Canyon Cinema collection tracing six decades of experimental filmmaking in the Bay Area.
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Screenings & Films
APAture 2023: Unearthing, a film showcase
In partnership with Kearny Street Workshop
October 29, 2023, 2–4:30 PM
A film showcase featuring Adamu Chan, as a part of Kearny Street Workshop’s annual multi-disciplinary arts festival, APAture.
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Screenings & Films
San Francisco Cinematheque: Contemporary Views from the Bay Area
In partnership with San Francisco Cinematheque
October 21, 2023, 3–5 PM
Nine works by ten contemporary Bay Area filmmakers, a cross-section of the Bay Area’s ever-vibrant multi-generational community curated by Steve Polta, artistic director of San Francisco Cinematheque.
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Screenings & Films
Canyon Cinema: Contemporary Bay Area Film
In partnership with Canyon Cinema
October 14, 2023, 3–5 PM
An afternoon of contemporary Bay Area works on film and video from the Canyon Cinema catalog, curated and hosted by executive director Brett Kashmere.
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Screenings & Films
San Francisco Cinematheque’s CROSSROADS Film
Bay Area Now 9 Looping Film Program
October 6–31, 2023, 11 AM–5 PM
Experience selections from fourteen years of CROSSROADS, San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual film festival in this ongoing daily screening.
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Screenings & Films
I Hear a Butterfly
Sunday, June 25, 2023
This new short film shares vibrant stories of migration and resilience.
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