Kitchen Pot Alchemy: Beer-making for Filmmakers
Instructor: Gilbert Guerrero
Saturday, November 21, 2020
1-4pm PST
Meeting via live video

In this one-day workshop, led by Shapeshifters Co-director and owner of Temescal Homebrewing Gilbert Guerrero, participants will learn how to brew a one-gallon batch of beer using simple ingredients and equipment found in their own kitchens. This workshop includes a brief discussion on the history and chemistry of beer brewing and step-by-step instructions on mashing, sparging, boiling, cooling, and pitching the yeast to make your own beer. The end product will be a seasonal beer that can either be consumed or used as an alternative film processing solution (in a second workshop: Eco-Brew, see below!). Register by November 18th.

Eco-Brew: Hand-Processing with Beer and Other Natural Materials
Instructors: Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo
Sunday, November 29, 2020
1-4pm PST
Meeting via live video

Why use toxic chemistry to develop your Super 8, 8mm, 16mm or 35mm film when you can get fantastic results with ingredients from your own garden and kitchen?

In this one-day workshop, led by Lisa Marr and Paolo Davanzo of Echo Park Film Center, participants will learn how to use beer, coffee, flowers and other organic materials to make their own eco-friendly developers for photographic and motion-picture film. A companion workshop to Kitchen Pot Alchemy: Beer-making for Filmmakers, this workshop includes a brief discussion on the history and chemistry of eco-processing, helpful hints for setting up a processing lab at home, and step-by-step instructions on your own tasty organic cinematic brews. DIY Echo Eco textbook included! Register by November 26th.

Workshop (Online via Zoom): DECAY – A Found Footage Adventure

Sunday, November 15 and Sunday, November 22: 10 – 11:30 AM

In a year when it feels like everything is falling apart, this all-ages analog film workshop explores of decay as catalyst for creative rebirth. Participants will receive a packet of supplies and instructions for at-home experiments and online sharing! FREE! ALL WELCOME! To sign up, send an email with DECAY in the subject line to info@echoparkfilmcenter.org or drop by EPFC North at Moberly Fieldhouse (7646 Prince Albert Street, Vancouver, V5X 3Z4) on Saturday, November 14 between 1 and 5 pm.

Event (Outdoors at Moberly Fieldhouse): HOME MOVIE DAY
Saturday, October 17
1 pm – 5 pm
Saturday, October 17 is 2020 Home Movie Day! Bring your home movies to share with family, friends and neighbours at EPFC North Moberly Fieldhouse. We can project many formats including 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, VHS, mini-DV, DVD and Quicktime files so dig deep into that basement or attic and come on down. Fun for the whole family! Free event! Everyone welcome!

As the Sound We See: South Vancouver continues, we’re hosting a Super 8 processing session at Moberly Fieldhouse Saturday, August 29 between 1 and 5 pm for those who have already shot their hours and those who are still interested in getting involved and want to learn more! Come on down!

Catch the latest eco-processed Super 8 cinematic wonder by EPFC 2018 LA AIR artist Nesanet Teshager Abegaze, screening Saturday, August 22 at 10 AM as part of the the 2020 BlackStar Film Festival. Go, Nes! https://www.blackstarfest.org/2020festival/

From 2020 BlackStar Film Festival program:

Afrikan Space Program Forever – Dir. Nesanet Teshager Abegaze

Short Documentary, United States, 2020, 6 min.

World Premiere

The Ras G music festival was held in Leimert Park on August 10, 2019 as a loving tribute to community champion, musical genius, and visionary Gregory Shroter — aka Ras G. The Super 8 film was eco-processed by hand with flowers, coffee, and berbere at the Echo Park Film Center by the Director.