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This Week at EPFC North: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival August 8

EPFC | August 3rd, 2021

We’re celebrating the upcoming 19th Annual Vancouver Latin American Film Festival with a whole day of cinematic wonder! Tecate vs. Mate eco-processing workshop! Collaborative animation! Luxando experimental film screening curated by Alexandra Gelis and Jorge Lozano. All events are free and all-ages! More info: https://vlaff.org/

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This Week on Optical Track: Eastside Radio and AIR on the Air: Margie Schnibbe

EPFC | August 3rd, 2021

Optical Track is EPFC’s weekly cinematic radio show on dublab.com! Join us Tuesday August 3, 8 – 10 pm for Eastside Radio, followed by AIR on the Air Episode 17 with EPFC LA AIR 2012 artist in residence Margie Schnibbe

Can’t tune in for the live broadcast? Shows are archived at https://www.dublab.com/shows/optical-track.

Eastside Stories is supported by the Vancouver Foundation’s Neighbourhood Small Grants program.

AIR on the Air is supported by The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts.

 

Welcome shimby!

EPFC | August 2nd, 2021
Hagere Selam “shimby” Zegeye-Gebrehiwot (they/them, she/her) is an experimental filmmaker, writer and administrator who currently works and resides between Treaty 1 and Treaty 4 territories. Their practice engages with themes of place and it’s abstraction from a diasporic, queer and feminist perspective. Currently, they are the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Interim Director of WNDX Festival of Moving Image and guest editor of the 6th and final art&wonder publication.
 
While in residence at EPFC North, they will work on a forthcoming 16mm project entitled Autonomous Uncle, experiment with eco processing analog film and have a screening of some new and old work.
 
If you’re interested in participating in or learning more about a diasporicly grounded mini workshop on super 8mm, feel free to reach out to shimby at shimby@wndx.org. The workshop will be limited to 4 participants and will occur between August 7-14th.
 
If you’re interested in giving or receiving a 45 minute studio visit, shimby will be available to meet with up to 8 moving image artists, writers, curators and/or artists from other mediums, August 3rd-15th. Email shimby@wndx.org to book a time.

This Week at EPFC North

EPFC | July 26th, 2021

Lots of great stuff going on! We’ve got Growing Healthy online on Tuesday, Haiku You online on Wednesday, Eco-Lab in person at Moberly Fieldhouse on Thursday, the final session for our international Care Package: Power to the Pinholes workshop with Dagie Brundert on Saturday, the Sunday night Filmcycle mobile screening AND the arrival of our summer Artist In Residence, Hagere Selam “shimby” Zegeye-Gebrehiwot. All events are FREE and all ages!

More details here: http://www.archive.echoparkfilmcenter.org/blog/epfc-north/

This Week at EPFC North: Starry Night Open Mic

EPFC | July 21st, 2021

Screening (In Person, Outside at Moberly Fieldhouse): STARRY NIGHT OPEN MIC Saturday, July 24
8 – 10 pm
An evening of 16mm and Super 8 films projected under the stars plus songs, poems, stories and jokes! It’s a starry night starring YOU! Free event! All welcome!