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"DarkRoom: Now Celebrated in The Brooklyn Rail!"

Lately, we have been working hard and cooking up a handful of new screenings, and get this: our very first piece of print publicity! The multi-talented Stephanie Monahan (check our her excellent illustration work) wrote about DarkRoom for The Brooklyn Rail, one of our favorite NYC publications. Read all about it.

We were delighted to be joined by legendary documentary filmmaker Alex Megaro for a special DarkRoom Screening at Ryan Bock’s YOUNG AMERICANS Satellite Art Show in Manhattan. Alex discussed themes of American security and its effects on everyday citizens, using films crafted solely from archival footage, which lends itself a strong semblance of immediacy to the material while giving the audience room to absorb the actions and misdirections of our own government in real time. We return on Wednesday July 22 for another secret shorts block.

Tuesday, July 28: 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 is happening once again at Freddy’s in Brooklyn, with this being our very first MUSIC VIDEO edition. (Doors 8pm • Films 9pm • Donations encouraged.) Another one-night-only event with directors and artists in person, maybe with a few surprises…

THREE August DarkRoom Screenings

Saturday, August 1: A very special edition of 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 Screening & Salon is happening again The Film-makers’ Cooperative: a Mini-Retrospective to filmmaker and animation pioneer Lawrence Jordan! Join us in Manhattan for an evening of surreal collage animation on 16mm, including his magnum opus (with narration by Orson Welles). Tickets on sale NOW! ONE NIGHT ONLY.

Monday, August 3: 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 Screening & Salon returns to the mighty Nitehawk Prospect Park with an all-new lineup of rarely-screened short films. Our past shows have all SOLD OUT, so please GET TICKETS and secure your seats. (With a brand-new gorgeous poster by Elizabeth Yoo.) DO NOT MISS OUT!

Tuesday, August 25: Like every fourth Tuesday of the month, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 continues its “monthly residency” at Freddy’s Bar & Backroom with an all-new secret lineup of short films. FREE to attend + donations encouraged for the visiting filmmakers, featuring animation, documentary, and special surprises.

Free limited edition zines will be available exclusively at each screening.

* If you are interested in screening a short film at DarkRoom, please use THIS FORM to send us your work. We cannot promise a reply to every submission, but we do watch each film and will respond to you well in advance of the date to confirm your availability.

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• Upcoming festival deadlines: Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival (Late: July 15), Ann Arbor Film Festival (Early: July 31), Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Early: July 31), Slamdance Film Festival (Regular: August 10), Coney Island Film Festival (Early: August 14), The Film & Video Poetry Society (August 31), International Film Festival Rotterdam (Reg: August 31), Atlanta Film Festival (Regular: September 11), MONO NO AWARE XX (October 15), FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter (March 1, 2027).

• This month, the debut feature from Aidan Cronin will have its NY Premiere at the legendary Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg! The Birds Tell Me All There is to Know is already one of the Best Films of 2026, so watch the trailer and GET TIX NOW. You now have four upcoming chances to see it on the big screen this July. 🐦

• “Thousands flocked to a soon-to-close shopping center near Pittsburgh for a celebration of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.” 💀

• On July 10, Film at Lincoln Center hosts the New York premiere of a new 35mm print of Tsai Ming-liang’s The Hole alongside its first-ever NYC theatrical release. Not to be missed! (Poster by the amazing Tyler Rubenfeld.)

• One of our favorite musicians is the multi-faceted Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches, Last Lizard, etc). He has released a fantastic new sonic record: “As Orion/Mother unfolds, Zhang’s trumpet flies above thrumming electronics (“Earth Orbit”), navigates percussion strikes (“Mother”), communes with explosive sounds (“Sidewinder”), or melts into silence.” Suggested listening.

• Find us on Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Threads…

~ ~ FILM RECOMMENDATION ~ ~

Hypnotic new music video by Joao de Botelho, starring Vicky Krieps: “This project took two years of hard work—trial and error, countless reschedules, and a lot of persistence. The challenge was to expose the same film negative 30 times! the same way. with the same stedicam movement. To get it flawlessly overlaid. I’m so grateful to the entire team and everyone who made this possible.” Read more HERE.

xoxo
Non Films

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