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DarkRoom x3 + more
Massive thanks to all who continue to show up to our monthly DarkRoom Screening & Salons throughout the five boroughs and beyond. You make it all happen! Photos below from the Bronx and Brooklyn.
(Pictured: Non Films, Eric Cortes, Brian DiLorenzo, Alex Rivera, Mimi Davila, CHEYENNE, Jeffrey Delano Davis, Rob Steinberg)
(Pictured: Michael Glover Smith; video essay by Ben Creech)
NEXT UP: FREDDY’S, BALTIMORE, NITEHAWK!
Tuesday, May 26: DarkRoom returns to Freddy’s Bar & Backroom (Doors 8pm • Films 9pm) to host another edition of independent filmmaking. FREE + donations encouraged for the visiting artists.
Saturday, May 30: DarkRoom Screening & Salon goes on the road to Baltimore, MD to present short films from the East Coast. TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! We are extremely excited to host filmmakers and patrons at the amazing Parkway Theatre for a one-night-only centerpiece screening as part of the inaugural event The Filmmaker’s Playground: Baltimore Film Summit. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
OUR RETURN TO NITEHAWK CINEMA!
Monday, June 1: DarkRoom Screening & Salon at Nitehawk Prospect Park is always a very special event. LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN! We are over halfway SOLD OUT, so please snag a ticket and join us at one of our favorite Brooklyn cinema houses. 🤍
Saturday, June 13: DarkRoom Screening & Salon returns to The Film-makers’ Cooperative microcinema in Manhattan. This special ticketed event is the third and final installment in our series of Birth/Life/Death and will feature a special live score by Hollywood Extras to a piece by filmmaker David Gettens. Hope to see you there!
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 and send us your work. We cannot promise a response to every submission, but we do watch each film and will respond to you well in advance of the date to confirm your availability.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OTHER NEWS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
• Upcoming festival deadlines: Slamdance Film Festival (Opens: May 18), Atlanta Film Festival (Hella Early: May 29), Chicago Underground Film Festival (Extended: May 31), Drunken Film Festival Oakland (Extended: May 31), Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival (Regular: June 15), The Film & Video Poetry Society (August 31).
• June 22 – July 25: An [atrocity] exhibition of rare archival material by the late Ian Curtis of Joy Division is coming to NYC at the Voltz Clarke Gallery. FREE and open to the public.
• The Brooklyn Film Festival announced their lineup! Read more HERE.
• HERE is a great interview with Charles Burnett and Boots Riley. CB: “Cinema is powerful. We’ve seen how a single image can transform how people see themselves and their history. I hope younger filmmakers use that power to engage, to challenge, to remember, and to care for the people who are most at risk of being forgotten.”
~ ~ FILM RECOMMENDATION ~ ~
Local legend and DarkRoom alumni Matthew Danger Lippman stars in this indie gem directed by Chris Scamurra. This film is the perfect example of world-building and creating a legacy on a shoestring with very few characters. Highly recommended.
xoxo
Non Films
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