Event

Brand Upon The Brain!

(Guy Maddin, USA/Canada, 2006, 35mm, 95 min)
Back in 2004 Guy Maddin came to town for a NWFF retrospective. As part of his stay we hooked him up with our the non-profit film studio The Film Company who were renting space from us and coordinating productions through our Wiggly World Studios. When we asked him to produce a short film, he took the opportunity as a way to change the way films are experienced! This semiautobiographical Brand upon the Brain! mines the rich territories of Maddin's youth and spins them into a delirious fantasy of familial discontent. Originally premiered in our Local Sightings Film Festival in 2007 complete with live orchestra, foley artists and narration by Karen Black and Maddin himself, here we screen the 35mm print which we toured around the country to overwhelming critical success.

Screens with
It Was A Crushing Defeat
(Matt McCormick, USA, 2007, 35mm, 4 min)
In hi-8 night vision, this film features beautiful images of a late night at the Portland Police horse paddock beside Centennial Mills.