Sub Rosa

The latest project of the Motion Collective, Sub Rosa, is taking shape this month with a planned shooting schedule of eight days in June. The film, a 16 min. short, is the story of Laurel, a middle-aged woman who becomes obsessed with the idea of rescuing a young girl from her father, who may be a criminal. The producer on this project is Leopoldo Marino, and he will be responding to most preliminary cast and crew issues as the film takes shape. For additional information, please write to leopoldo@subrosafilm.com or call 503.805.0069.

The Carbon Augury – Best Experimental Film

The International Festival of Cinema and Technology (as described below) gave The Motion Collective's 2008 film The Carbon Augury the award for Best Experimental Film. The festival took place in a lovely new theatre, the Downtown Independent, just north of Los Angeles' Old Bank District, and was shown alongside other fascinating, strange and magical works. 

Some of the highlights included "Calamaris," by Markus Huber (www.mareone.multimediaart.at), "In Your Eyes," by Gregory McKneally (www.photonshepherds.com), "De-Limited," by Aravinth Vince Kesavamoorthy and Alan So (de-limited.blogspot.com), and "The Following Preview" by Kevin Roy (www.kevinroy.com).

Thanks to the organizers of this event, especially Isaac Alexander, and those intrepid filmmakers who participated in this fun and enriching display of film art and craft. 

The International Festival of Cinema and Technology

The IFCT (www.ifct.org) is hosting the Los Angeles premiere of The Carbon Augury on the weekend of February 7–8, 2009, at the tastefully modern site of the Downtown Independent Theatre (251 S. Main St., www.downtownindependent.com). It will be included in the Experimental Films Showcase at 8:30 p.m. on February 8.

In its mission "to discover the undiscovered film," the IFCT "showcases many films that use innovative/cutting edge technology" and "has had 700+ world and regional premieres to date...in some of the world's top film cities including London, NYC, Sydney, Paris, Toronto and Los Angeles." 

In 2008 some of its featured works toured nationally at locations such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, along with sites in Australia and the Philippines.

Friends and odd relations

Writer/director:

J.D. Dickey

Production:

Meg Chamberlain

Leopoldo Marino

Jill Ravenoir

Gray Nieland

Visuals:

Tom Frisch

Matt Adamik

Brian Mohr

Rhett Jackson

Eric Macey

Sounds:

Steve Hovey

Lisa Scarpelli