CinemaAttic is delighted to bring to Edinburgh 48 hours of JONAS MEKAS.
In celebration of the centenary of Jonas mekas birth, the Independent Cinema Office, Lithuanian Cultural Institute and curator Herb Shellenberger present the Jonas Mekas 100! UK Cinema Tour, a series bringing together several of Jonas Mekas’s most-celebrated films alongside lesser-seen works.
After pioneering his own poetic and expressive use of the handheld 16mm Bolex—a camera more associated with home movies and amateur filmmakers than with “real cinema”—Mekas would later adopt new consumer video and digital camera technologies, experimenting to develop his own personal technique with each.
Across three programmes, this series brings together works made between 1966 and 2017, showing the many different styles and modes of cinema that Mekas worked in. Including a contextualises Mekas’s work as a programmer, through showing the work of his friends and co-conspirators whose films he exhibited at Anthology Film Archives.
The 3 Programmes will repeat on Friday and Saturday 25th and 26th of November. This would give everyone the chance to watch the full programme which is around 11 hours long including intermissions.
Programme 1:
The New American Cinema and After Dir: Various // United States // 1963-2010 // 70 minutes
To complement the four programs of Jonas Mekas’s films in this series, this programme contextualises his own filmmaking through works by filmmakers who were his peers or who worked as a result of his influence and history.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1976 & 2007 // 87 minutes
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania documents the brothers’ return to their home after 27 years abroad.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 13:00
Safety regulations apply
Buy tickets for Friday // Buy tickets for Saturday
Programme 2:
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man – Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1980 & 2012 // 88 minutes
“Late at night, the city is sleeping, everybody is sleeping… only the filmmakers are awake.” Jonas Mekas’s late period film Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man is a reverie built up from discarded footage not used in any of his other films.
Jonas Mekas: Short Films & Videos 1966–2017 – Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1966-2017 // 78 minutes
This programme presents a curated selection of Jonas Mekas’s short-form works made across a fifty-one-year period, showcasing the remarkable breadth of cinematic forms that he worked in over the decades.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 16:30
Safety regulations apply
Buy tickets for Friday // Buy tickets for Saturday
Programme 3:
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 2000 // 289 minutes (plus intermission)
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of documentary film, and it is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary on Letterboxd. This epic diary film is structured into twelve chapters, each introduced by Mekas’s wry and self-reflexive commentary.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 20:00
Safety regulations apply
Buy tickets for Friday // Buy tickets for Saturday
Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd. Alongside these titles, we have worked with RE:VOIR and the Estate of Jonas Mekas to curate a completely original series of Jonas Mekas’s lesser-known films to bring the joy, beauty and sense of wonder integral to his cinema to audiences across the United Kingdom.
Jonas Mekas 100! UK Cinema Tour is curated by Herb Shellenberger. The project is delivered by the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Independent Cinema Office with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Cultural Attaché in the UK. Special thanks to RE:VOIR (Pip Chodorov), the Estate of Jonas Mekas (Sebastian Mekas) and Julius Ziz for their cooperation.
Summary
Event
Jonas mekas 100!
Location
Summerhall,
Summerhall, Newington,Edinburgh ,-EH9 1PL
Starting on
25/11/2022
Ending on
26/11/2022
Description
CinemaAttic is delighted to bring in partnership with Independent Cinema Office 48 hours of JONAS MEKAS.
In celebration of the centenary of Jonas mekas birth, the Independent Cinema Office, Lithuanian Cultural Institute and curator Herb Shellenberger present the Jonas Mekas 100! UK Cinema Tour, a series bringing together several of Jonas Mekas’s most-celebrated films alongside lesser-seen works.
After pioneering his own poetic and expressive use of the handheld 16mm Bolex—a camera more associated with home movies and amateur filmmakers than with “real cinema”—Mekas would later adopt new consumer video and digital camera technologies, experimenting to develop his own personal technique with each.
Across three programmes, this series brings together works made between 1966 and 2017, showing the many different styles and modes of cinema that Mekas worked in. Including a contextualises Mekas’s work as a programmer, through showing the work of his friends and co-conspirators whose films he exhibited at Anthology Film Archives.
The 3 Programmes will repeat on Friday and Saturday 25th and 26th of November. This would give everyone the chance to watch the full programme with is around 11 hours long including intermissions.
Programme 1:
The New American Cinema and After
Dir: Various // United States // 1963-2010 // 70 minutes
To complement the four programs of Jonas Mekas’s films in this series, this programme contextualises his own filmmaking through works by filmmakers who were his peers or who worked as a result of his influence and history.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1976 & 2007 // 87 minutes
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania documents the brothers’ return to their home after 27 years abroad.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 13:00
Safety regulations apply
Programme 2:
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1980 & 2012 // 88 minutes
“Late at night, the city is sleeping, everybody is sleeping… only the filmmakers are awake.” Jonas Mekas’s late period film Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man is a reverie built up from discarded footage not used in any of his other films. .
Jonas Mekas: Short Films & Videos 1966–2017
Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 1966-2017 // 78 minutes
This programme presents a curated selection of Jonas Mekas’s short-form works made across a fifty-one-year period, showcasing the remarkable breadth of cinematic forms that he worked in over the decades.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 16:30
Safety regulations apply
Programme 3:
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Dir: Jonas Mekas // United States // 2000 // 289 minutes (plus intermission)
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of documentary film, and it is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary on Letterboxd. This epic diary film is structured into twelve chapters, each introduced by Mekas’s wry and self-reflexive commentary.
Where: Summerhall (1, Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1PL)
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of November, screening starts at 18:00
Safety regulations apply
Jonas Mekas 100! features two landmark works by Mekas: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1976), which depicts Jonas and his brother Adolfas’s return journey to their homeland after several decades in the United States, and was inducted into the United States National Film Registry in 2006; and a new digital restoration of As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, an epic, 4.5 hour-film that premiered at the 2000 London Film Festival and is currently the fourth highest-rated documentary film on Letterboxd. Alongside these titles, we have worked with RE:VOIR and the Estate of Jonas Mekas to curate a completely original series of Jonas Mekas’s lesser-known films to bring the joy, beauty and sense of wonder integral to his cinema to audiences across the United Kingdom.
Jonas Mekas 100! UK Cinema Tour is curated by Herb Shellenberger. The project is delivered by the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Independent Cinema Office with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Cultural Attaché in the UK. Special thanks to RE:VOIR (Pip Chodorov), the Estate of Jonas Mekas (Sebastian Mekas) and Julius Ziz for their cooperation.
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