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TICKETS Documentary Block As time-space passes and elements of identity become entangled and change definition, assumptions of self transform. Where does one end and the other begin? How does place influence human connection? From a school in Hungary to Helan Shan; from California suburbs to the cathode tube, the selves in this program live, learn, […]

TICKETS by Oksana Karpovych (2024, CA/FR/UA, 93’) Sound and image stare each other in the face as quiet compositions of Ukrainians’ everyday life since the full-scale invasion contrast with intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families. *not available virtually

TICKETS Documentary Block Echoes of oppression, extraction, and the colonial project linger in a cool evening breeze. The commonplace turns into energetic resilience, defying historical forces through everyday ritual. These films illustrate kaleidoscopic power dynamics and the mundanity of oppression, inviting us to question the way histories are recorded. Program: Pasatiempos de un jardinero (What […]

TICKETS Documentary Block Conjuring ghosts banal and intimate in speculative reconstructions of disappeared historical narratives, these films interrogate both ephemerality and endurance. Juxtaposing personal and sociopolitical layers, the Poor Image (no matter how quotidian or forsaken) illuminates neglected pasts, embodied presents, and potential futures. Program: Bliss.jpg (2023, US, 10’) Emily Rose Apter and Elijah Stevens […]

TICKETS Documentary Block The politics of public space buffed to a blinding shine - coal drops and blast furnaces regenerate into boutiques and tech corridors. George Romero and petty thievery spur re-calibrations of a home town’s self-image. Citizens navigate a maze of civic responsibility, community pride, and collective disgrace in a media city gone viral. […]

TICKETS by Miryam Charles (2022, CA, 75’) Friday 16 August 8 PM Boedecker Cinema Shot on dreamy 16mm, the stunning debut feature from Haitian-Canadian filmmaker Miryam Charles resurrects a tragedy that occurred within her own family—the unresolved death of her cousin—to weave a ghostly and gorgeous reflection on memory, grief, and what could have been. […]

TICKETS A workshop with Miryam Charles It is possible to translate a rich sound experience into a film practice. This workshop with Mimesis 2024 Artist-in-Focus Miryam Charles explores the principles of sound mapping. Participants will learn how to draw up a sound map that can serve as the basis for writing a screenplay or designing […]

TICKETS Live Performances This program is presented in partnership with Cool Boulder. From antique magic lanterns to 3D game engines, two live documentary performances bridge an era of rampant technological development and drastically shifting ethics. Pre-cinematic techniques conjure specters of nature as seen through a dark mirror, while virtual landscapes model sustainable practices in a […]

​TICKETS Documentary Block This program is presented in partnership with Cool Boulder. Exercises in radical attention imagine humanity dethroned. Science fiction and citizen science balance the scales of expert-driven authority, excavating and connecting little known histories with the present realities of endangerment and conservation. These projects incite us to picture a better world and enable […]