Mirror World

color, sound, 12 min
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In collaboration with Gary Sullivan & Mehboob Khan's AAN. A reshaping of Khan's classic Bollywood feature, locating its narrative tropes against mis-translated subtitles - becoming "multi-lingual" ...

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In collaboration with Gary Sullivan & Mehboob Khan's AAN. A reshaping of Khan's classic Bollywood feature, locating its narrative tropes against mis-translated subtitles - becoming "multi-lingual" in the maneuver. Formal play and poetic montage wrench causality create a sub-version of class conflict and desire.

Programs

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    New Year/New Work 2017

    A two-day program showcasing the wide-ranging work of both new and long-term FMC members

    Our annual New Year/New Work program, a two-day screening showcasing the wide-ranging work of both new and long-term FMC members. Filmmakers will be present for Q&A following screening. Programmed and curated by Gregg Biermann, G. Anthony Svatek, and Courtney Muller.

Films

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    Ornamentals
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    Prefaces Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 1)
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    Prefaces Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 1)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 9.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Music
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    Mutiny
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    Mutiny
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 9.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Ethnographic
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    Covert Action Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 4)
    Experimental

    Covert Action Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 4)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, black and white, sound, 7.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Philosophical
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    Perils, Mayhem, Mercy
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    Perils, Mayhem, Mercy
    Abigail Child

    16mm, black and white, sound, 126 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    Perils Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 5)
    Experimental
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    Perils Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 5)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, black and white, sound, 3.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    Is This What You Were Born For? 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Prefaces, Mutiny, Covert, Perils, Mayhem)
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    Is This What You Were Born For? 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Prefaces, Mutiny, Covert, Perils, Mayhem)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 46.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    Mayhem Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 6)
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    Mayhem Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 6)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, black and white, sound, 16.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Body
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    Both Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 2)

    Both Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 2)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 2 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Body
    • Erotic
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    Mercy Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 7)
    Experimental

    Mercy Is This What You Were Born For? (Part 7)
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 10 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Technology
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    B/Side
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    Abigail Child

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 40 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Below The New:  A Russian Chronicle
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    Below The New: A Russian Chronicle
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 30 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Ethnographic
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Surface Noise
    Experimental

    Surface Noise
    Abigail Child

    16mm, color, sound, 18 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Found Footage
    • Philosophical
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Dark Dark
    Experimental
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    Dark Dark
    Abigail Child

    16mm, black and white, sound, 16 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    • Philosophical
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    Cake and Steak
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    Cake and Steak
    Abigail Child

    color, sound, 10 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Children / Youth
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    To and No Fro
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    To and No Fro
    Abigail Child

    color and b/w, sound, 4.5 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    Foreign Film Series
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    Foreign Film Series
    Abigail Child

    color and b/w, sound, 45 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Films About Film
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    (If I can sing a song of) LIGATURES
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    (If I can sing a song of) LIGATURES
    Abigail Child

    color and b/w, sound, 5 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    The Suburban Trilogy
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    The Suburban Trilogy
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    16mm, sound, 75 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    UNBOUND: Scenes from the Life of Mary Shelley
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    DVD, color, sound, 70 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • History
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    ELSA merdelamerdelamer + VIS A VIS
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    Abigail Child

    black and white, sound, 30 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    BLUE EDIT
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    BLUE EDIT
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    Digital, color, sound, 15 min