Nothing But a Dream: Experimental Shorts

In Person / Zachary Epcar and Ryan Marino


In the impossible spaces and eerie places of these nine experimental films, birds fill the sky and then disappear, a parrot barks, people and animals are transformed. Color leaps from the frame—the glow of an ancient forest, the spectacle of fireworks, the dazzling play of abstraction. Is it nothing but a dream? Featuring work by Zachary Epcar, Janie Geiser, Mike Gibisser, Shambhavi Kaul, T. Marie, Ryan Marino, Jennifer Reeves, Vanessa Renwick, and Leslie Thornton.

Night Noon (Shambhavi Kaul, Mexico/US, 2014, 12 mins, Color, Digital video)

Panchrome I, II, III (T. Marie, US, 2014, 14 mins, Silent, Color, Digital video)

Under the Heat Lamp an Opening (Zachary Epcar, US/Spain, 2014, 10 mins, Color, Digital video)

Binocular Menagerie (Leslie Thornton, US, 2014, 3 mins, Color, Digital video)

The Hummingbird Wars (Janie Geiser, US, 2014, 11 mins, Color, Digital video)

Old Growth (Ryan Marino, US, 2014, 8:15 mins, Color, 16mm)

Color Neutral (Jennifer Reeves, US, 2014, 3 mins, Color, 16mm)

Blue Loop, July (Mike Gibisser, US, 2014, 5:30 mins, Color, 16mm)

• Total running time: 75 mins

Curated by Vanessa O'Neill and Kathy Geritz. Cosponsored by San Francisco Cinematheque.