Experimental Film Festival Fundraiser
Saturday, July 25th, 6:00-9:00pm
Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron St.
We are so excited to announce a very special fundraiser event and experimental film screening on Saturday, July 25th at Drifters Theater. We'll have live music, raffles, and more, all surrounding the centerpiece of the evening: a curated program of contemporary experimental short films from around the world!
We are so grateful for the kind and curious cinemagoing community we are continuing to build, and we can't keep building without your support.
Keep scrolling to see the incredible line-up of films and live performers!
The Films
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The Films 〰️
About the Filmmaker
Billy Palumbo is an experimental filmmaker, programmer, and educator in Oklahoma City.
His films have screened at festivals and galleries internationally. He is the founding director of the Wide Open Experimental Film Festival & Forum, and he is Professor of Film at Oklahoma City University.
About the Filmmaker
Forrest Sprague has been making films since the pandemic, when he discovered the works of Larry Gottheim, Ernie Gehr, James Benning, and Peter Hutton. Since then, he has been exploring the contour of the landscape as a tableau of perceptual depth, and as an emblem of the collectivism of industrialization.
About the Filmmaker
Luke Thompson is an experimental filmmaker based in Tulsa, OK. Primarily shot with cellphones and occasionally intermingling digital and celluloid elements, his films are by turns diaristic and dreamy, cosmic and closeup, an attempt to document the minutiae in search of the whole. His work has been screened in festivals across the US.
Alongside his partner Sara, he runs Available Light Cinema Club.
About the Filmmaker
Gabriel Lizama Sangüeza (1990), also known as Liz Taylor, is a artist, filmmaker, musician, researcher, and programmer from Santiago, Chile. Since 2010, he has developed a body of work that moves between documentary and fiction, focusing on experimental cinema since the 2020s.
He is a member of the Filmmaker's Cooperative (New York), and his work has been screened at festivals and venues in the United States, France, Peru, and Chile.
About the Filmmaker
Kil Min-hyeong (b. 1997) is a filmmaker based in South Korea. He is interested in abstracting and personalizing natural elements within the frame, their movements, and light, focusing on perception and rhythm rather than representation.
His works have been screened internationally including at the Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival, the WNDX Moving Image Festival, and the New Horizons International Film Festival.
About the Filmmaker
Francisco Rojas (Coyhaique, 1993) is a Chilean abstract filmmaker. He is also head programmer at Cineclub La Región Central, and has contributed writing to Revista Desistfilm and Chute Film Coop.
His work has been shown at festivals and screening spaces like Crossroads, Houston Cinema Arts, FICValdivia, Light Matter, Wide Open Film Festival, Doc Films among others.
The performers
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The performers 〰️
Crescent Window (ft. carl Antonowicz)
