Come watch beautiful images dance upon a screen in your own neighborhood! Shows begin promptly @ 8PM and are $5 (unless otherwise noted). EPFC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Sell your TV and come to the cinema.

ECHO PARK FILM CENTER THANKS THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS
AND SCIENCES FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE EPFC THURSDAY NIGHT MICROCINEMA SERIES. http://www.oscars.org

Thursday, January 14 – OPEN SCREEN - 8 PM
Our quarterly cinematic free-for-all dares you to share your film with the feisty EPFC audience.
Any genre! Any style! New, old, work-in-progress! First come, first screened; one film per filmmaker; 10 minute maximum. DVD, VHS, mini-DV, DV-CAM, Super 8, 8mm, 16mm. FILMMAKERS GET IN FREE!

Sunday, January 17 – INTRO TO FINAL CUT PRO: 1 – 5 pm
Calling all interested adults (ages 20+) looking to learn the beauty and grace of digital editing! All equipment and materials provided by EPFC. Class limited to 6 students; tuition is $60/$50 for EPFC members.

Thursday, January 21 – THE FILMS OF MOVIATE – 8PM
Michael Robinson of Moviate, a film and sound cooperative in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, will present a program of animation, collage, and personal cinema that highlights the independent perspective and passion for cinema as an art form. Films and videos produced in Super-8, digital video, and pixelvision video (a toy video camera made by Fisher-Price) will include diary and observational content on environment and texture. The members of Moviate lean toward the charm of super-8 film whenever possible, realizing the warmth and tactile feeling that film provides. More info: www.moviate.org/

Saturday, January 23 – HANDMADE CINEMATIC SPECTACLE – 6 PM
In the small scale of puppet theater, elaborate special effects are within reach. Shipwrecks, thunderstorms, and the giant maw of a monster destroying the city can all be handcrafted with everyday objects. Using small cameras that can move easily through miniature environments, one can create close ups, aerial shots, sweeping panorama, and many other conventions of cinematic spectacle. Cutting and dissolving between multiple camera feeds during the performance creates a viewing experience that slips back and forth between a grand cinematic experience and intimate handmade theater. Join us for this special presentation of live cinema performance incorporating found objects, puppet, toys, miniature sets and live video mixing, the culmination of a 6-week youth workshop created and facilitated by Susan Simpson of The Manual Archives. FREE EVENT! www.manualarchives.org/

Sunday, January 24 – BEATRIX*JAR CIRCUIT BENDING WORKSHOP & CONCERT – 1 - 3 PM
Beatrix*JAR is a conceptual electronic music duo Bianca Pettis - "Beatrix" and Jacob Aaron Roske - "JAR". Beatrix*JAR are based in St. Paul, Minnesota and travel extensively spreading the good word of Do It Yourself (D.I.Y.) electronics with hands-on Circuit Bending Workshops and playful conceptual sound art performances.. Participants will learn how to short-cut circuits using soldering techniques, creating handmade musical instruments from previously discarded objects and using them to unleash hidden sounds. Participants should bring battery powered sound making devices (keyboards, drum machines, children’s toys, etc.) to work with. TUITION: $20/$10 YOUTH AND SENIORS; CLASS SIZE LIMITED, CALL OR EMAIL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! For details on what kinds of devices to bring, please visit Beatrix*JAR's Circuit-Bending FAQ website: http://beatrixjar.blogspot.com/2008/10/circuit-bending-workshop-faq.html

Sunday, January 24 – ROCK AND ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS FUNDRAISER – 5 PM
Girls Rock Los Angeles presents a screening of the 2005 documentary film Girls Rock! Using music and the DIY ethic as methods of empowering girls and creating social change, Portland, Oregon's Rock n' Roll Camp for Girls has been making an impact for nine years and has inspired 20 other similar camps to take root across the U.S. "Girls Rock!" is insightful, entertaining and heartfelt as it follows the stories of four campers in Portland. Come to the screening to learn more about Girls Rock Los Angeles, a volunteer-run organization intending to launch a similar camp in L.A. in 2010. All proceeds from the event help forward this mission. More info: http://www.girlsrockcamp.org/main/

Thursday, January 28 – FILMS BY STEVEN EASTWOOD – 8:00 PM
Steven Eastwood's film & video practice spans artists' moving image, experimental fiction and documentary. He uses narrative as a material, appropriating cinema language and documentary tropes, piggybacking on conventions whilst deconstructing them. Conventions are misused and the appearances of the cinema's habits are dragged into unusual contexts. Story burns in the gate, subjects become caught-up in the interval of the edit, the very act of representation is made a ruin of. Eastwood's research has involved taking filmmaking to specific groups and localities and conducting cinematic drifts, through Dorset in the UK, Lithuania, Croatia and most recently Bosnia (Different Systems of Chaos 2003, The Film 2004, Come As You Are 2005, and the feature Buried Land 2009, respectively). These films are encounters with a real place, where the event of filmmaking becomes a site for performing difference. The outcome can be short or feature length, single screen or multi-screen installation, live performed or contextually situated. He recently completed his first feature length film. FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!

Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, January 31 – PINHOLE CAMERA CONSTRUCTION & HAND PROCESSING WORKSHOP – NOON – 4 PM
Join EPFC staff member and filmmaker, Eve LaFountain, in the handmade film revolution! In this two-day handmade film workshop students will learn how to make their own 16mm pinhole motion picture cameras from scratch and then hand process the film. Day One covers making the cameras and shooting the film. Day Two will be a hand processing workshop. The camera is yours to keep at the end of the workshop! All materials and chemistry provided by EPFC. $100 non members/$80 members.

Saturday, January 30 – WILL WRIGHT READS – 8 PM
A semi-regular gathering of writers and the folks who love ‘em. Past readings have included critical theory, fiction, drama, poetry, performance, erotica, excerpts from plays, poorly written ad copy promoting consumables, letters to your math teacher and more. Featured Writers/ Performers include: Peter Darchuk, Chiwan Choi, Jessica Chisum, Chip Godwin, Toddy Walters, Kristina Klebe, Will Wright, Daveed Kapoor, Anna Scott, The Here & Now. Refreshments provided!

Sunday, January 31 – THE ADAM SHENKMAN COMEDY SPECIAL – 8 PM
A groundbreaking interactive comedy show where you must heckle Adam in order to watch the show! Adam Shenkman performs regularly throughout Los Angeles with his progressive, radically unique comedy styling. He has appeared at the Comedy Store, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Garage Comedy, The Improv, and D&D Joke Center. He is the host of Shenk-Flo at All Star Lanes, Eagle Rock every Wednesday at 9pm. $5 admission; refreshments available. Special guests! NOTE: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS MANDATORY; THIS SHOW IS FILMED FOR WEBCAST.

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