Sunday, April 30th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT SUNDAY, THERE ARE SCREENINGS TUESDAY April 25th AND THURSDAY April 27th!

Directed By: Anna Rose Holmer

Tomboy Toni lands a spot on the Lionesses Dance Team, but when members of the group begin to experience a series of mysterious spasms -- "the fits" -- she fears how far she must go to fit in.

2015 / USA / RT: 72 minutes / Unrated

Sponsored By: The Center for Film & Media Studies at The University of Cincinnati

Thursday, April 27th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THURSDAY, THERE WILL BE SCREENINGS TUESDAY AND SUNDAY THIS WEEK!

Directed By: Anna Rose Holmer

Tomboy Toni lands a spot on the Lionesses Dance Team, but when members of the group begin to experience a series of mysterious spasms -- "the fits" -- she fears how far she must go to fit in.

2015 / USA / RT: 72 minutes / Unrated

Sponsored By: The Center for Film & Media Studies at The University of Cincinnati

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TUESDAY, THERE WILL BE SCREENINGS THURSDAY AND SUNDAY THIS WEEK!

Directed By: Anna Rose Holmer

Tomboy Toni lands a spot on the Lionesses Dance Team, but when members of the group begin to experience a series of mysterious spasms -- "the fits" -- she fears how far she must go to fit in.

2015 / USA / RT: 72 minutes / Unrated

Sponsored By: The Center for Film & Media Studies at The University of Cincinnati

Black Folks Make Movies .... Presents... 

1st Feature, Herb Jeffrey, "The Bronze Buckaroo," (1939) followed by Sydney Poitier & Harry Belafonte in "Buck and the Preacher" (1999). 

Free & open to the public

Discussion follows each film.

Doors open at 2, screening 2:30
Nibbles provided by BAKED4025

Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

VIGOUROUS - A Series of Shorts Curated By: Tess Cortes

Miguel Arzabe - Charles Fairbanks and two other men. Mucho Macho!

VIGOROUS is a healthy dose of macho. Works in this program explore form, repetition, and exercise as it pertains to formal structure as well as athletic pursuits. 

ARTISTS

Miguel Arzabe

James Connolly

Charles Fairbanks

Jeremy Rotsztain

FREE w/$5 Suggested Donation

Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Directed By: Bruno Varela

Motherboard

MOTHERBOARD depicts director Bruno Varela and his guide Felix Roque's trip to the Ciudad de la Piedra (City of Stone). The film shows the different ways in which memory can be kept: in the Ciudad de la Piedra, the stories can only be remembered and transmitted by those who have walked the city's paths, revealing the secrets that lie beneath the ground. -Festival Scope

Mexico, Bolivia, 2016, 54 min

Spanish, Aymara (with Spanish subtitles)

Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Presented By: tt Stern-Enzi

Directed by Frank Pavich, JODOROWSKY'S DUNE is a feature-length documentary about cinema's greatest epic... that never was.

Saturday, April 8th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Presented By: tt Stern-Enzi

Directed by Frank Pavich, JODOROWSKY'S DUNE is a feature-length documentary about cinema's greatest epic... that never was.

Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

CINCINNATI PREMIERE

About the film:

A family's home movies document a desperate crime spree and the bid to outrun the consequences. Born from a colossal trove of innocuous uploads to YouTube, Fraud is an impressionistic metafiction thriller that reveals one family’s struggle for the American Dream and the mutability of the stories we tell online. 

53 Minutes | Not Rated | USA | English | 2016

http://www.fraud.film/

Writer & Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp

Producers: Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo

Editor: Jonathan Rippon

Executive Producers: David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Brandon James

About the Director:

DEAN FLEISCHER-CAMP • WRITER & DIRECTOR: Dean Fleischer-Camp is an award winning director, editor and New York Timesbestselling children's book author. He lives in Los Angeles. Website: www.deanfleischercamp.com Twitter: @dfleischercamp

MEMORY is a full service independent production company specializing in developing and producing, high quality feature film, television and digital content. : www.memory.is

FRAUD has screened at:

2016 HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL • World Premiere 2016 SHEFFIELD DOC FESTIVAL • UK Premiere 2016 BAM CINEMA FEST (Brooklyn) 2016 AFI FILM FEST (Los Angeles) 2016 MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL (Baltimore) 2016 FANTASTIC FEST (Austin) 2016 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 DENVER FILM FESTIVAL

FREE

Doors at 7:00 PM... Screening at 7:30 PM
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

"On April 4, 2017, over 180 art house movie theatres across the country in 165 cities and in 43 states, plus five locations in Canada, one in England, and one in Swedenftower will be participating collectively in a NATIONAL EVENT DAY screening of the 80's movie 1984 starring John Hurt, who sadly died last month. This date was chosen because it's the day George Orwell's protagonist Winston Smith begins rebelling against his oppressive government by keeping a forbidden diary. These theaters owners also strongly believe in supporting the National Endowment for the Arts and see any attempt to scuttle that program as an attack on free speech and creative expression through entertainment. This event provides a chance for communities around the country to show their unity and have their voices heard." - unitedstateofcinema.com

http://www.unitedstateofcinema.com/

Saturday, April 1st, 2017
Doors at 10:30am... Screening at 11:00
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Lils + Lil’s New York International Children’s Film Festival Tour (Ages 3+), Screening + FREE Bagel Brunch (10:30 am)

Recommended ages 3-7
All films either in English or without dialogue.

Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

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

Music Fills the Days of Our Lives

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

FREEEEEE

Curated by David Siders a.k.a. Little Bastard and Steve Kemple, featuring vids w Culture Queer and Ass Ponys.

What would life be without music? Our life experience and memories are infiltrated by song; we remember facets of our lives when we hear a favorite refrain. Add visuals, and music explodes into our existence, helping us elevate our experiences, escape from problems, and distract from hardships. Music can make a parody of life, a fantasy of life, and a protest of the political life. This series of short films, along with short sound/noise interludes created by DJ Steve Kemple, explores the range of ecstasy, exhilaration, fantasy and sadness of music filling the days of our lives. Music is temporal and also integral in long term memory.

OTR Lost
Found 8mm vintage short amateur film from an Over-The-Rhine row building Soundtrack by Fritz Pape

U Bummin' Mr. Drummond
Music video by Culture Queer; Director/D.P.: Scott Fredette; Editor: Brandon Wayman; Wardrobe: Tim Willig and Dana Hamblen; Talent: Tim Willig; Extras: Abiyah, Melissa Soluski, Ashley Marie Bowman, Eva Threlkel

The Entire Reality of Memory Becomes Spectral
Short film by artist Steve Kemple

Little Bastard
Music video by Ass Ponys

Experimental Footage
Dana Hamblen & Scott Fredette

Theme Song from Grrrrrrlll Possy
8mm music video by Dana Hamblen & Hannah Beachler

Pattern Skies
Music video by Greenhornes; Director: Scott Fredette and Dana Hamblen; Wardrobe: Dana Hamblen; D.P.: Gary Bush; Editor: Jeremiah Shuff; Effects: Dave Irion; Designer: Tuesday McGowan

Wasted Garden
Music video by Culture Queer; Director/D.P.: Scott Fredette; Wardrobe: Dana Hamblen; Talent: Kristen Lundberg and Jesse Baum; Editor: Brandon Wayman and Scott Fredette

Untitled
Short film and soundtrack by Fritz Pape

Black Folks Make Movies Presents:

Looking for Langston - A film by Isaac Julien

Sunday, March 19th, 2017
Doors at 2:00... Screening at 2:30 PM
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

A perpetual icon, Looking for Langston is Isaac Julien's still controversial "meditation" on Langston Hughes. Beautifully shot in Black & White, this film is a rare treat not to be missed!

MORE INFO HERE

Discussion follows.

Free with contributions welcome.

Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Encore Screening

A series of short films by Kelly Gallagher

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

A series of short films by Kelly Gallagher- in attendance!

Saturday, March 11th, 2017
Doors at 10:30am... Screening at 11:00am
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns for its second year in theaters with 13 charming family-friendly films. Highlights include “About a Mother,” a new folktale with echoes of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree,” Disney/Pixar’s sweet “Piper,” and the latest in 360o storytelling in Google’s touching father-and daughter-journey “Pearl” by Academy Award® winner Patrick Osborne.

Screening + FREE Bagel Brunch (10:30 am)

Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

10 on Ten (2004)

Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

A cinematic master-class in which Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry) discusses his filmmaking in relation to his 2002 film Ten.

TRT:  83 Minutes

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Ten (2002) Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

Celebrated Iranian writer-director Abbas Kiarostami (TASTE OF CHERRY, CLOSE-UP) once again casts his masterful cinematic gaze upon the modern sociopolitical landscape of his homeland, this time as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers, including her sister, a hitchhiking prostitute and a jilted bride, as well as her imperious young son. As Kiarostami's 'dashboard cam' eavesdrops on these lively, heart-wrenching road trips, a complex portrait of contemporary Iran comes sharply into focus. Calling it a 'work of inspired simplicity,' A.O. Scott in The New York Times wrote that Kiarostami, "in addition to being perhaps the most internationally admired Iranian filmmaker of the past decade, is also among the world masters of automotive cinema...He understands the automobile as a place of reflection, observation and, above all, talk."

TRT: 94 minutes

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Doors at 7:00... Screening at 7:30
@ The Mini - 1329 Main St.

Each of the four films collected in this program are observations on distinct areas in the world: the stunning winged inhabitants of an island off the coast of Wales, the interplay between cowboy and horse in the isolation of the Canadian Rockies, heavenly cloud formations in the Alps, and the Gulf of Guinea’s sacred role to a village in Ghana. Made in different eras (spanning 1926 to 1956) by filmmakers of different nationalities (British, Canadian, French, and German), these movies share a reverence and awe for nature. Due to their short length and non-commercial genre, they are examples of movies that are rarely given an audience. In presenting them as a group, these brief glimpses of places seldom seen take on a transportive quality; a travelogue away from the here and now.

International Mix of Vintage Nature Documentaries

Program:

Das Wolkenphaenomen von Maloja (Arnold Fanck, 1924) 10 min. Video

The Private Life of the Gannets (Julian Huxley, 1934) 10 min. 16mm

Mammy Water (Jean Rouch, 1953) 18 min. Video

Corral (Colin Low, 1954) 11 min. 16mm