Los Angeles Filmforum presents
Apparitions: Recent Handmade Wonders from the French Film Lab L’Abominable
Sunday, September 22, 2019, 7:30 pm
At the Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles CA 90026
Los Angeles premieres!
L’Abominable is an artist-run film laboratory near Paris. Since 1996, it offers filmmakers the tools to work with silver-based film material: super-8, 16mm and 35mm.
Over the years, a wide array of makers have hand-produced an astonishing selection of films outside the realm of large corporations, including “live” film performances or installations using the film medium. The scope of what is produced there and the specificity of practices make L’Abominable a unique place of creation, a living conservatory of cinematographic techniques. Very much akin to the Echo Park Film Center, L’Abominable’s filmmakers retain the art and the artisanal in each hand-crafted frame. Filmforum hosts a new touring program of recent works by filmmakers there, all films having their LA premieres! Including Les films du dés-apparaître – #1 – Mes cheuvs dans ta, by Oscar Hache; Cailloux, rocher, algues, By David Dudouit; Midnight Orange, By Gautam Valluri; El Oro de Cajamarca, By Alexandre Regol; Trilogie carnassière #1, By Carole Thibaud; Dos sueños después (Two Dreams Later)
By Pilar Monsell; Cactos, a film by Leonor Guerra; Septième Fraction (Seventh Fraction), By Guillaume Mazloum.
Tickets: $10 general; $6 students (with ID)/seniors; free for Filmforum Members. Available in advance from Brown Paper Tickets at https://labominable.bpt.me
or at the door.
For more information: www.lafilmforum.org or 323-377-7238.
