XINEMA is an ongoing series that showcases emerging and established experimental filmmakers within and around “Vancouver”, BC. They aim to strengthen and preserve the experimental film scene by creating a space for open conversation, skill-sharing, and
community. Programs will usually occur every third Sunday of the month.
Program 5: Earth as Womb
What happens between birth and death? Earth as Womb invokes the existential feeling you get when you remember you’re a living entity on a floating ball in space. This program illustrates earth as a foreign site of creation, sustenance, and destruction; encompassing life’s experiences through personal contemplations, precarious documentation, and a karaoke sing-along.
Screening:
Little King (2022)
Rafael Zen + Khalil Alomar + Luciana Siebert
5:04 min.
Dream Of Life (2019)
Inanna Cusi
8:10 min.
Waving (1987)
Ann Marie Fleming
5:14 min.
Drive with Persephone (2018)
MiruFiyu
10:38 min.
A Private View (2018)
Lisa G
3:21 min.
Carla is Confronted by a Purple Glob (2022)
Evan Swain
2:07 min
River by my House 2006- (2021)
Evan Swain
1:32 min.
You Take Care Now (1989)
Ann Marie Fleming
10:31 min.
Window Horses Karaoke (2009)
Ann Marie Fleming
2:33 min.
Curated by Celina de Leon & Sidney Gordon
Image: Ann Marie Fleming, still from Window Horses Karaoke, 2009, digital video, 2:33 min.
Courtesy of the Artist.
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2023
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