VISIONS | Under Prairie Skies: Works by Mike Rollo & Accents of Air and Earth: Works programmed by Mike Rollo
This week I am in Montreal presenting my work and hosting a curated screening of recent experimental work that has captivated me in the past couple of years. The program entitled “Accents of Air and Earth” features the films of Anna Hogg, Ella Mikkola, Tânia Dinis, Kyath Battie, Lana Z Caplan, Jaimz Asmundson and Karen Asmundson. Screenings […]
Farewell Transmission @ Atlanta Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, and Kyiv International Short Film Festival
Farewell Transmission had a busy April with screenings at the Atlanta Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, and the Kyiv Short Film Festival. At the Atlanta Film Festival, my film was programmed in a screening entitled Those Who Make Tomorrow with Canadian filmmaker Josephine Massarella. In Milwaukee, I’m included in a program titled Do You Remember and features […]
Farewell Transmission @ Denison University and Single Frame
Farewell Transmission will have two screenings this weekend in the United States. On April 7, I will participate in an Experimental Film Symposium hosted by Denison University with fellow filmmakers Terra Long and Rhayne Vermette. The panel discussion is moderated by Visiting Assitant Professor Kyath Battie. The following day, April 8, I screen at Single […]
The Broken Altar screens at VIS: Vienna Independent Shorts
The Broken Altar screens at VIS: Vienna Independent Shorts May 29 in a program curated by Dan Karo in cooperation with the Festival du nouveau cinéma. The program entitled “Utopia and How to Get There (or Not)” features the work of Matthew Rankin, Eva Kolcze in collaboration with Philip Hoffman, Miryam Charles and John Paizs.
au bord de la rivière @ Dawson City International Short Film Festival
au bord de la rivière will screen at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival which runs March 24 – 27. Developed as a project back in 2000 by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, The Dawson City International Short Film Festival (DCISFF) opens its arms to a migration of film lovers for a four-day […]
au bord de la rivière @ Festival du nouveau cinéma
au bord de la rivière will screen at the Festival du nouveau cinéma October 11th and 16th as part of the FNC Lab competition. 28 short films and 6 feature films are participating in this year’s edition! Short films lab NATIONAL TAPESTRY by Steven Woloshen the country devaste by Emmanuel lefrant DREAM ENCLOSURE de Sandy Ding the […]
au bord de la rivière @ Haverhill Experimental Film Festival
au bord de la rivière is screening at the Haverhill Experimental Film Festival September 18. The festival, founded by twin filmmakers Brendan and Jeremy Smith, is in its third year presenting an excellent programme of experimental and underground cinema. My film shares a programme with Shannon Harris, Mike Stoltz, Robert Todd, Ross Nugent, Richard Wiebe, […]
au bord de la rivière @ WNDX: The Festival of Moving Image
au bord de la rivière is screening September 23 at WNDX: The Festival of Moving Image in a shorts programme entitled Visitations. WNDX is a fabulous festival in Winnipeg presenting accomplished works of underground and experimental cinema. This year’s highlights include a performance from Crispin Hellion Glover, the films of Richard Tuohy, and film projector performances […]
au bord de la rivière @ Yorkton Film Festival
au bord de la rivière will screen at the Yorkton Film Festival on May 20. My film is a Golden Sheaf nominee for Best Experimental Film and shares this nomination with Ryan McKenna’s Controversies, Kent Tate’s Isolated Gestures and Randall Lloyd Okita’s The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer. The Yorkton Film Festival is North America’s longest running festival entering […]
Chicago Underground Film Festival
au bord de la rivière [at the edge of the river] will have its US premiere at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. My programme entitled what a proud dreamhorse pulling(smoothloomingly)through includes a fantastic list of filmmakers such as Mary Beth Reed, Rhayne Vermette, Ben Balcom, Christina Santa Cruz, Nazlı Dinçel, Mike Gibisser, Mike Stoltz, Michael Lyons, Malte Steiner, Stephen Broomer and Ben Rivers. […]
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