filmmaker Betzy Bromberg harnesses the fundamental qualities of film to explore astonishing microcosmic vistas of incredible mystery and beauty. Long devoted to 16mm analog filmmaking, Bromberg’s career has evolved from her diaristic and punk-inflected works of the 1970s to the ecstatic, organic abstractions she has explored in her last few films, though her interest in presence, consciousness, and the transience of existence remain vivid themes throughout. Bromberg’s films are unabashedly immersive, intensely sensorial, and unexpectedly affecting, conjuring audiovisual experiences that emphasize the fluid, ephemeral transcendence of consciousness and subjective experience. Glide of Transparency —an intimate reverie on the hidden phantasmagoria of nature—is, in many ways, the culmination thus far of her singular filmmaking sensibility. Programmed and note by Academy Film Archive Senior Film Preservationist Mark Toscano.
animating luminous, backlit plasticine on glass. Programmed and note by Academy Film Archive Senior Film Preservationist Mark Toscano.
All films directed by Ishu Patel and courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.
Total program runtime: 62 min.
How Death Came to Earth 1971. 15 min. Canada. Color. English. Digital. Perspectrum 1975. 7 min. Canada. Color. Sound. Digital. The Bead Game 1977. 6 min. Canada. Color. Sound. Digital. Paradise 1984. 16 min. Canada. Color. Sound. Digital. Divine Fate 1993. 10 min. Canada. Color. English. Digital. Afterlife 1978. 8 min. Canada. Color. English and French titles. Digital.
Glide of Transparency DIRECTED BY: Betzy Bromberg. 2016. 89 min. USA. Color. Sound. 16mm. Print courtesy of Betzy Bromberg. )
AFTERLIFE
The Divine Visions of Ishu Patel Mon, Nov 25 | 7:30pm | TMT
Internationally esteemed for his stunning animated shorts, two-time Oscar nominee Ishu Patel has influenced and inspired generations of fans and fellow animators with his gorgeously crafted and exquisitely realized films. Often working in completely different techniques for each production, his philosophically rich and deeply affecting films redefined the boundaries of artistry and expression in the world of independent animation. Born in Gujarat, India, in 1942, Patel was inspired to explore animation through his early experiences with films by Norman McLaren and other National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animators, eventually relocating to Montreal in the early 1970s. Working with the NFB, he went on to create several extraordinary short, experimental animations, as well as organize animation workshops around the world. This program features six of Patel’s most memorable and visionary works, including his Oscar-nominated films Paradise (1984) and The Bead Game (1977), as well as Afterlife (1978)—his breathtaking rumination on death and transformation, made entirely by
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