[spectre] 8th Season of Independent Exposure begins this month!

[Joel S. Bachar]

MICROCINEMA INTERNATIONAL, FILM ARTS FOUNDATION & 111 MINNA GALLERY TO
PRESENT EIGHTH SEASON OF INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE SCREENING SERIES

 10-month series to be presented the last Monday of each month through
October

San Francisco, CA – Microcinema International, Film Arts Foundation and 111
Minna Gallery will present the eighth season of INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE, the
monthly screening series of international independent short films and
videos, the last Monday of each month beginning January 27th and continuing
through October. INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE, created by Microcinema International
in Seattle in 1996, relocated to San Francisco last year, playing to
capacity crowds at the 111 Minna Gallery from May-October of 2002.  Since
1996, INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE has presented over 750 short works from all over
the world and has toured to 36 countries and Antarctica.  Film Arts
Foundation and Microcinema International recently were awarded a grant from
the Community Arts Distribution Committee of the ZELLERBACH FAMILY
FOUNDATION to pay honoraria to artists included in INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE
2003.
	 “We are thrilled that our series is entering into its eighth year, and
look forward to another exciting season made possible not only by our
committed partners, Film Arts Foundation and 111 Minna Gallery, but also by
the enthusiastic and devoted San Francisco audiences,” says Joel S. Bachar,
Co-founder and Curator of Microcinema.
	INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE will present San Francisco audiences with a diverse
and thoughtfully curated selection of unique short films and videos created
by international directors as well as local filmmakers. The evenings also
will include live performances by local classical musicians. After
premiering at 111 Minna Gallery, INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE will be presented to
Houston, TX audiences at its sister microcinema venue, Firestation #3
Gallery, before being exported to alternative venues and festivals around
the world via what is fast becoming known as the International Microcinema
Network.

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The thirteen works included in the January 27th, EIGHTH SEASON PREMIER
SCREENING are:

DEAR XXX (16mm) by Daniel Cavey, San Francisco; COUNTERFEIT FILM (DV) by
Brett Simon, San Francisco; SIMPSON VERDICT (Digital Animation) by Kota
Ezawa, San Francisco; LET'S EAT (16mm) by Sarah Klein, San Francisco; WALK
(Digital Animation) by Jeff Drew, New Mexico; CLAY (16mm) by Yoo Jung Lee,
New York City; ARMOR OF GOD (16mm) by Jim Haverkamp and Brett Ingram, North
Carolina; ALGORITHMEN (direct on 35mm-film animation) by Baerbel Neubauer,
Munich, Germany; WITHOUT LEAVE (Super-16mm) by Gary Evans and Karl Fodor,
Montreal, Canada; DRAGONFLY (16mm) by Kristiina Szabo, Toronto, Canada; AIR
SQUARE (35mm) by Marcus J. Carney, Austria; U (16mm) by Yuri A., Vancouver,
Canada; and BIRD IN THE WIRE (35mm) by Phillip Donnellon, Australia.

Program also includes a special musical performance by Pietro Lusvardi.

INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE will occur the LAST MONDAY of EVERY MONTH starting on
January 27th and ending on October 27th.  The program will begin at 8pm.
Admission is $5.00 and is reserved for audiences 21 years and older. 111
Minna Gallery is located at 111 Minna Street at 2nd Street.
For details please contact 415-864-0660 or log onto www.microcinema.com.

About Microcinema International – www.microcinema.com
Microcinema International exists to promote, exhibit and distribute
international independent film and video via the International Microcinema
Network, an ever-evolving syndicate of alternative exhibition venues and
outlets.

About Film Arts Foundation – www.filmarts.org
Film Arts Foundation is a non-profit leader in the media arts field,
providing comprehensive training, equipment, information, funding and
sponsorship, consultations, and exhibition opportunities to independent
filmmakers. Now in its twenty-sixth year, Film Arts has more than 3,400
members working in film, video, and multimedia, and is the largest regional
organization of independent producers in the country.

About 111 Minna Gallery – www.111minnagallery.com
111 Minna Gallery is a dynamic ‘contemporary art salon’ that provides an
arena for multi-dimensional artistic expression in a community atmosphere.
The goal of the ‘gallery-as salon’ concept is to nurture and support a
communal gathering of artists and collaboration between diverse art forms.
‘Minna’ is not only the name of the street on which the gallery is found but
also translates from Japanese as "everybody," an all-inclusive term that
symbolizes the embracing environment of the space.