XINEMA is an ongoing series that showcases underrepresented artists and media forms through expansive film programs and discussions. We aim to create intersections between emerging and well-established filmmakers within and around “Vancouver”, BC. Established in VIFF Centre’s micro-theatre, XINEMA aims to strengthen and preserve the experimental film scene by creating a space for open conversation, skill-sharing, and community. Programs will occur every third Sunday of the month.
XINEMA Program 9: Phosphenia! a hypnotic film experience
Explore the chasms of the human subconscious and confront the creatures of cannibalistic psychedelia in these experimental short films by Dave Biddle, Pablo Garcia Garcia, Phoebe Parsons, and Rafael Zen.
XINEMA Program 1 - Times Long Past
Join us for the premiere of a new experimental film series, XINEMA. Selected works will highlight BC-based emerging & established filmmakers, and will be followed by reflective discussions between filmmakers & audience. Programs will occur every third Sunday of the month in VIFF's Studio Theatre. Program 1: Times Long Past includes works by Brittney Appleby, Sammy Chien, Richard Martin, Lindsay McIntyre, Linda Serrano, & Sydney Southam.
Curated by Celina de Leon & Sidney Gordon
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XINEMA Program 2: The Void of the Voice
Join us for XINEMA's second program of experimental film work from BC-based emerging & established filmmakers, followed by reflective discussions. 9 films that embody the dual existence of language within communication and the vastness of the voice.
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XINEMA Program 3: Absurd + Subversive
XINEMA // @xin3ma is an ongoing series that highlights BC-based experimental filmmakers. Program 3: Absurd + Subversive includes works by Sean Brennan, Deborah Edmeades, Denise Kenney, Celina de Leon, Ivan Li, Coral Short, and Michael V. Smith.
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XINEMA Program 4: The Framing of Perception
XINEMA // @xin3ma is an ongoing series that highlights BC-based experimental filmmakers.
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XINEMA Program 5: Earth as Womb
Earth as Womb invokes the existential feeling you get when you remember you're a living entity on a floating ball in space. Includes works by Khalil Alomar, Inanna Cusi, Ann Marie Fleming, MiruFiyu, Lisa G, Luciana Siebert, Evan Swain, Rafael Zen.
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XINEMA Program 6: Roleplay, Fantasy, PLEASURE!
XINEMA is thrilled to present a duo of gender-defying films — a 2002 feature-length erotic pirate adventure and a 2013 short, a tender homage to the Czech feminist filmmaker, Věra Chytilová. Join us for a night of fantasy, strap-ons, and (pirate's) booty.
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XINEMA Program 7: Grass is red and blood is green
XINEMA presents: Grass is red and blood is green, a program featuring a live-action “girl horror”, an excerpt from a 3D computer animated film, and a stop-motion experimental short.
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XINEMA Program 8: Cosmic Queerities
A seven-film exploration of the intersections between identity & fantasy. Experience the depths of queer imagination and resiliency in the face of earthly alienation – through the lens of a Lesbian Vampire, Pink Fairy, Jesus, Tom Waits and more.
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XINEMA Program 10: Duties in the Domestic Cinema
Five short films that explore the impact the queer and diasporic experience have on temporal and bodily manipulation. These artists return to the personalized domestic and familiar to better understand themselves and the world around them.