In the near future, the polar ice caps have melted and laid waste to the world. A small ruling class emerges jealously guarding the remains of civilizations, while the deeply religious masses, born "degenerate" from the toxic air and water, are driven into camps or kept as servants. They await a savior.
From monsters and Mayakovsky, Utopian Socialism and space exploration, to ecological disaster and weaponization, and capitalism and colonialization, this set is an odyssey of hopes, fears, and aspirations, in vibrant, swirling, psychedelic glory!
Special screening celebrating the legacy of Frantz Fanon and to raise funds for indigenous people in Winnemucca.
CHIZOKU'S YOUNGER SISTER is a gentle, poignant and playful coming of age story by the great Nobuhiko Obayashi, an experimental film genius and the director of Hausu.
AUGUST IN WATER saw cyberpunk cult icon Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii shifting toward metaphysical, poetic, and hallucinatory films in the 90s, under the influence of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard.
Baba Yaga, the Troll King, Giants (evil and kind), and all sorts of creatures haunt magical forests, lakes, and caves in this spellbound and spell-binding set of fairy tale and fantasy films from the Soviet Union's great animation studio, Soyuzmultfilm!
Baba Yaga, the Troll King, Giants (evil and kind), and all sorts of creatures haunt magical forests, lakes, and caves in this spellbound and spell-binding set of fairy tale and fantasy films from the Soviet Union's great animation studio, Soyuzmultfilm!
An aging actress agrees to preserve her digital likeness for a studio to use in any future films it likes.
A Mondo doc about the dangers of being a young woman in a world full of predatory men. As with classic Mondo, Bowling makes it hard to separate straight doc from re-creation and invention, though all of it serves her pointed purpose.
