CAN: Cincinnati Animation Network

In the Kitchen of Jan Svankmajer: Svankmajer on Food Presented By: Rom Wells Rom Wells presents the work of Czech surrealist filmmaker/puppeteer/artist Jan Svankmajer! The program looks at the use of food in Svankmajer's work, presenting two shorts (Food and Meat Love) and the feature film Alice. Thursday, May 18th, 2017 Mini Microcinema 1329 Main Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Doors open at 7:00pm, screening starts at 7:30pm $5 suggested donation welcome if you have it

Thursday May 4th Mini Microcinema 1329 Main Street Cincinnati, OH, 45202 Doors open 7:00pm, screening starts at 7:30pm Suggested Donation: $5 (if you have it) Twelve Chapters Through Pop Landscapes of 1966 Los Angeles "An anthology film in 12 chapters, Lewis Klahr’s animated mosaic Sixty Six is both greater than the sum of its parts and grander than the scope of its one-dimensional decoupage. Any attempt to describe the film leads to a maze of contradictions. Largely a work of stop-motion collage (a term the filmmaker favours to distinguish his practice from traditional animation), it is at once Klahr’s latest feature and a compendium compiled from years of short-form experimentation." - Cinemascope Sixty Six // Clip from SFFILM on Vimeo .

For those of you who missed the Latin American Experimental Animation screening at Mini Microcinema yesterday, here are a bunch of my personal favorites from the show. Overall the tone of the show was creepy, a little dilapidated or decaying, a little scary, but with genuinely beautiful moments. Luis- Diluvio Animacion (Chile) Luis is the 2nd short video of the series “Lucía, Luis y el lobo” (”Lucía, Luis and the Wolf”), it is a follow-up to the short video Lucía. The video was shot frame by frame with a digital photo camera. Materials: charcoal, dirt, flowers, found objects and cardboard. LUIS from diluvio on Vimeo . Aedes- Quique Rivera (Puerto Rico)  (Adult themes) "Aedes" is a cyclic animation that explores the relationship between various small objects: a syringe needle, a bullet, and money. Violence, drug dependance and ambition are as transmissible as a disease on a mosquito bite. Lucia- Diluvio Animacion (Chile) Lucía is the 1st short v...

The lovely folks at the Mini Microcinema are hosting a screening of Latin American Experimental Animation on Thursday, March 30th. Curated By: Lina Aguirre & Cecilia Traslaviña Experience a diverse selection of vibrant contemporary experimental animation from filmmakers in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Peru. The evening is organized and introduced by Cecilia Traslaviña, animator and professor in the art department of Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, and Ohio State alum Dr. Lina X. Aguirre. (Prog. approx. 120 mins., digital video). Introduction and discussion led by Mauricio Espinoza, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Cincinnati Sponsored By: The Center for Film & Media Studies at The University of Cincinnati Thursday, March 30th, 2017 Doors open at 7:00... Screening at 7:30 Mini Microcinema 1329 Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 Free Admission, or a donation if you can afford it. Suggested Donation $5