Our film screenings highlight underground, avant-garde and independent cinema. When we can, we host the filmmaker for an introduction and post screening Q&A. We have shown thousands of films ranging from structural classics like Tony Conrad's "The Flicker" on 16mm, to music films such as Bjork's "Biophilia Live" and Sigur Ros' "Heima". We strive to bring classic films to be screened on 16mm but also new films by emerging independent filmmakers.
Date:
10.16.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
ZOETROPOLIS Lancaster, PA
"MAGDALEN" feature film with filmmaker ANDREW McELHINNEY IN-PERSON!
at ZOETROPOLIS, Lancaster. 8PM.
Date:
10.03.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder, Olivia Block from 25 FPS on Vimeo.
info on Sandra and Luis:
http://handmadecinema.com/mobileview.php?id=19
http://cuff.org/2013-fest/2013-full-program/
more details to follow.
all-ages, $5 donation to the visiting filmmakers.\
8PM. at STUDIO A.
Date:
08.22.2013 8:00am
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
Moviate presents a rare series of 3 social documentaries from the late 70's & 80's on full-color VHS - Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story, Sam Maloof: Woodworker, Full of Sound and Fury: Living with Schizophrenia
Date:
07.11.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
"LOW MOVIE: HOW TO QUIT SMOKING"
Low Movie (How to Quit Smoking) from Cinema Purgatorio on Vimeo.
"Low Movie (How To Quit Smoking)" follows the entire career of the iconic band Low and their relationship with director Philip Harder. For twenty years they made music videos and short films together, filming on ice, in railroad yards, and in rapidly disintegrating rooms.
Low formed in 1993. Before the band’s debut record, Harder, armed with a 16mm camera, filmed the band on Lake Superior in minus 30 windchill. At the time Low bucked rock protocol by turning their volume down and the haunting visuals helped define their minimalist approach. As Low matured they turned up and the lyrics grew more aggressive and political. The visuals followed suit resulting in clips that were never released due to the violent subject matter. Year after year, for two decades, Harder continued to shoot Low’s music.
For Low Movie, Harder went back into the vaults and reassembled all of his 16mm negatives, including outtakes, new material mixed with old, much of which has never been seen by anyone, including the band.
Low Movie was created by the one person — other than members Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker — who has worked with the band Low over its entire existence.
8PM, $5 donation, all ages, at
STUDIO A photography studio,
106 State St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
United States
Date:
04.18.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate at LITTLE AMPS COFFEE ROASTERS
In Celebration of RECORD STORE DAY at LITTLE AMPS, we are hosting a FREE SCREENING of the new documentary
"Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop"
LAST SHOP STANDING IS THE OFFICIAL FILM OF RECORD STORE DAY 2013 from Record Store Day on Vimeo.
8PM, FREE SCREENING
at LITTLE AMPS COFFEE ROASTERS,
1836 GREEN STREET, HARRISBURG, PA
Date:
04.23.2013 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
The PHILLIPS MUSEUM of ART at F&M College, LANCASTER
7:30PM
16mm film print of "THE VIRGIN SPRING" by Ingmar Bergman
at the PHILLIPS MUSEUM OF ART, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
(moviate is providing projection for the film screening)
Date:
04.08.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
THE OTHER ROOM THEATRE at F&M, Lancaster
Moviate & The Film and Media Studies Program At
Franklin & Marshall College Present:
16MM EXPERIMENTAL FILM NIGHT
on Monday April 8, 2013
At
THE OTHER ROOM THEATRE (on the campus of F&M)
715 Pine Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Come out and enjoy a program of rarely seen classic experimental films! All films will be shown in glorious 16mm!
Admission = $5 (Free with current F&M Student ID)
Date:
04.02.2013 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
GREEN ROOM THEATER at FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, LANCASTER
FILMMAKER MARTHA COLBURN will be IN-PERSON at the GREEN ROOM THEATRE (Franklin and Marshall College, LANCASTER)
Martha Colburn Brings the War Home | "New York Close Up" | Art21 from Art21 on Vimeo.
7:30PM, FREE (for more info, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
Date:
03.23.2013 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - DeSoto Film and Music Series:
This classic silent film will be presented with a live original score by The Reese Project.
This husband and wife duo played the live score to last year's popular presentation of Buster Keaton's "The General."
Sponsored by Carole DeSoto
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
ADMISSION: $8
Date:
03.21.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
THIS THURSDAY,
SHORT DOCS from the ART21 series on:
ANN HAMILTON
RAYMOND PETTIBON
CINDY SHERMAN
MATTHEW BARNEY
SALLY MANN
MIKE KELLEY
FREE SCREENING OF ART21 DOCUMENTARIES!
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
Date:
03.17.2013 12:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate at THE MAKESPACE
at MAKESPACE: ARTBRUNCH at 12NOON
(pot-luck art brunch at noon, bring a dish), 1PM SCREENING.
FREE SCREENING OF ART21 DOCUMENTARIES!
(short films about)
KIKI SMITH
RICHARD SERRA
LOUISE BORGEOIS
CAI GUO-QIANG
BARRY McGEE and MARGARET KILGALLEN
AI WEIWEI
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
Date:
03.07.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate at THE MAKESPACE
Robert Persons' directorial debut, General Orders No. 9, exists as a breathtakingly poetic meditation on the state of Georgia and its cultural, moral and geographical birthright, rendered through the rapt contemplation of historical maps, architectural artifacts, lyrical narration and exquisite landscape cinematography. In synthesizing a mixture of imagery and iconography vital to reconciling the cultural and territorial identity of Georgia, and by proxy the entire American South, Persons traces a spellbinding genealogy that is both uniquely American and unforgettable. Written by Riverrun Film Festival
Thursday March 7th, 2012
at The MakeSpace, 1916 n. 3rd St. Harrisburg, PA 17102
8PM, $5 suggested donation.
Date:
03.04.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
THE OTHER ROOM THEATRE at F&M, Lancaster
MOVIATE and The Film & Media Studies Program at Franklin & Marshall College Present:
AN EVENING OF EXPERIMENTAL FOUND FOOTAGE CINEMA
With Filmmaker James Hollenbaugh
Showing his works:
DAKU (2012) - A companion piece to the conceptual sounds of Tennessee performance artist, Bryan Lewis Saunders, and American percussionist, Z'EV. This 38 minute religious experience just returned from a month long tour in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
MERCURY (2012) - Another found footage experience, this time combined with the talents of Bryan Lewis Saunders and the sounds of musician Kaontrol Kontraos. Learn about an outer space you've never before considered.
BRUCE TIMES EIGHT (2013) - Screening publicly for the first time, this short film collage is entirely made up of rare split 8mm film internegatives shot by early physique photographer "Bruce of Los Angeles".
GOODNIGHT MAMA (2010) - A protest film exploring the similarities between organized religion, pornography, and mass suicide.
Showing at:
THE OTHER ROOM THEATRE
715 Pine Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
Monday March 4, 2013
Show Starts At 8pm
Admission = $5
For More Info Email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bryan Lewis Saunders - www.bryanlewissaunders.org
Date:
02.21.2013 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
A VERY RARE screening of a 16mm film print
of the 1963 Claude Chabrol film
synopsis: Whilst World War I occupies the attention of the French nation, Henri Landru (Charles Denner), an outwardly respectable antiques dealer, hits upon an ingenious solution to the problem of providing enough money for his wife and four children. Posting ads in the lonely hearts sections of newspapers under various assumed names, he meets and charms a string of wealthy middle-class women, who he then lures to a rented villa outside Paris. Once there, he persuades them to sign over their possessions, before murdering them and burning their bodies in the stove. For a time his plan goes perfectly until, one day, the sister of one of his victims recognises him, leading to his arrest. On trial for his life, an unrepentant Landru protests his innocence…
Date:
12.14.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
A VERY RARE 16MM FILM PRINT SCREENING OF:
"SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS"
WITH A "ONE OF A KIND" CUSTOM TITLE SEQUENCE, ANIMATED AND SHOT IN HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA!
PLUS a few short retro 16mm holiday films.
THESE ARE SHOWN ON FILM not VIDEO! Very rare and a great treat!
8PM
$5 donation
(free candy canes and apple cider)
Date:
12.07.2012 7:30pm
Venue/Location:
moviate at THE MAKESPACE
Moviate Presents: THE VALTARI FILM EXPERIMENT (short films made for Sigur Ros)
THIS FRIDAY ONLY
7:30PM
$5 suggested donation
at MAKESPACE
seating is LIMITED, doors at 7PM.
sigur rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's new album valtari. the idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. among the filmmakers are ramin bahrani, alma har'el and john cameron mitchell (dir. of Hedwig and the Angry Inch).
amazing example:
Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.
"we never meant our music to come with a pre-programmed emotional response. we don’t want to tell anyone how to feel and what to take from it. with the films, we have literally no idea what the directors are going to come back with. none of them know what the others are doing, so hopefully it could be interesting."
the screenings:
On the weekend of december 7-9, more than a hundred screenings of the valtari film experiment will take place worldwide in all seven continents. the valtari film experiment program collects 16 commissioned "official" and fan-created short films created to coincide with the album valtari.
Date:
10.31.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
AMAZINGLY and THANKFULLY, we welcome back the amazing filmmaker:
MIKE KUCHAR
with a very rare 16mm film for HALLOWEEN!
He will also intro his films and videos and be talking post screening as well.
8PM, $5 donation goes directly to visiting filmmaker.
Date:
10.25.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
STUDIO A, HARRISBURG
From NYC, Filmmaker Steve Cossman will be bringing his touring 16mm film program "DIRECT-ER'S CUTS" to MOVIATE (including a rare LEN LYE film print!)
8 FILMS, all on 16mm, from 1958 to 2012, including "FREE RADICALS" by Len Lye:
8pm, all-ages, $5 suggested donation goes directly to visiting artist.
AT STUDIO A, Front and State St. Harrisburg
Date:
10.18.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
THE OTHER ROOM THEATRE at F&M, Lancaster
EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE SOME:
SEX ED. FILMS!
16mm film prints too (not a video projection)
A few of the film titles:
"SEX, CHOICES, and YOU" 1988, 17 min. Color, Sound. STARRING ALEXANDRA PAUL (of BAYWATCH fame)
"VENERIAL DISEASE: HIDDEN EPIDEMIC" (might be from 1972, might be this one... here)
"THEN ONE YEAR" 19 min. color, sound. from the study guide: "Can a girl get pregnant if she's not married?" "Do you become pregnant if you pet?" "Are necking and petting bad for the health?"
"RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT"
"BECAUSE HE MADE ME FEEL IMPORTANT"
"NO MORE SECRETS"
8pm at The Other Room Theatre, Pine Street, Lancaster
$ donation
always a good time!
Date:
05.03.2012 8:00pm
Venue/Location:
moviate
trailer: http://www.livefrombethlehemfilm.com/trailer.html
The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency (MNA) emerged out of the ashes of the second Intifada to become the only independent news network in the Palestinian Territories and an increasingly prominent and influential journalistic force in the wider Middle East. Live: From Bethlehem tells MNA's remarkable story. It chronicles the agency's struggles and successes through the eyes of the station's reporters, producers, and photographers, in the process quietly revealing the humanity of ordinary Palestinians as they go about their daily business. The documentary trains its focus on people more than on abstract issues, yet it never loses sight of the myriad social and political forces and pressures that Ma'an journalists are forced to negotiate as they try to gather and report balanced information. What results is an admirably nuanced portrait of how news gets produced, and how Palestinians live, in one of the world's most troubled regions.
Filmmaker Info
MATT SIENKIEWICZ | Producer/Director/Cinematographer
Matt Sienkiewicz is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and documentarian, as well as a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin. His credits include the award winning comedy series Windy Acres and the acclaimed television documentary Festa. His academic research focuses on Western involvement in Middle Eastern broadcasting initiatives and ethnic representation in American media. He has articles forthcoming in The Journal of Film and Video and The Community Media Reader.
press:
"fascinating..."
- The Chicago Reader
"A truly superb film...exceptional in its nuanced portrayal of the forces that come to bear on media production in the Palestinian Territories."
- Dr. Michael Curtin | author of Playing to the World's Biggest Audience
"The film presents a concise snapshot of the struggles faced by a news organization struggling to survive and maintain integrity in an atmosphere of extreme political tension and economic uncertainty, and as such would provide an additional dimension to a collection supporting Journalism and Middle Eastern studies curricula. Recommended."
- Educational Media Reviews Online
"Live From Bethlehem goes behind the cameras and beyond the standard frameworks of seeing the Palestinians as either antagonists or victims in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...This thought provoking, action packed, and sensitive documentary is a must-see for anyone interested in how journalists work, and for anyone who wants an up close look at working life under occupation."
- Dr. Amahl Bishara | Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University
"Live from Bethlehem...gives viewers, especially those of us without first-hand experience of the region, a sense of the conflicting political and social forces journalists must deal with as they strive to provide Palestinians with a source of reliable news. This film is an important contribution to both popular and scholarly understandings of the Middle East."
- Dr. Kyle Conway | Professor of English at University of North Dakota
8PM, $5 suggested donation.