The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum in Istanbul and Marseille

With the reopening of venues, a backlog of unfulfilled UNIVERSAL EAR bookings is unleashed.

To be precise, two (2) screenings of the latest episode, The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum, will take place next weekend. One in Istanbul, Turkey, and the other in Marseille, France.

EVENT: UNIVERSAL EAR: The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum at Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival

PROGRAM: Competition: Fresh Air 2

WHERE: Pera Museum, Asmalı Mescit, Meşrutiyet Cd. No:65, 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey

WHEN: Friday 19th November, 2021, 14:00

COST: 25 TL/10 TL

EVENT: UNIVERSAL EAR: The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum at 4th Marseille Underground Film & Music Festival

PROGRAM: Fréquences visuelles

WHERE: Videodrome 2, 49 Cr Julien, 13006 Marseille, France

WHEN: Sunday 21st November, 2021, 19:00

COST: Free with €5 membership to Videodrome 2 cinematheque.

NOTES: Facebook Event

Letters from the Ends of the World in Sarajevo

Mr Cole has contributed a cinematic letter from quarantine to a new omnibus feature film from the Bistrik7 collective - and it will premiere as it opens the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Sarajevo is a particularly beloved city to the filmmakers of Bistrik7, as they are united in having graduated as the first generation from Béla Tarr's film.factory in that very city. Mr Cole has also had the pleasure and the privilege of screening It's Nick's Birthday and Amateri at the festival in previous years.

Mr Cole will be in town to present the movie with his colleagues on the opening night.

The film is called Letters from the Ends of the World.

EVENT: Letters from the Ends of the World at 27th Sarajevo Film Festival.

PROGRAM: Special Screening (Opening Night Film)

WHERE: Summer Screen, Hamdije Kreševljakovića, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia & Herzegovina

WHEN: Friday 13th August, 2021, 21:15

COST: 9.00 KM

NOTES: Opening night film. Four filmmakers in attendance, including Mr Cole.

Additional screenings:

WHERE: Meeting Point, Hamdije Kreševljakovića 13, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia & Herzegovina

WHEN: Sunday 15th August, 2021, 15:00

COST: 6.50 KM, 7.50 KM, 10.00 KM

WHERE: Cineplexx Sarajevo 1, Zmaja od Bosne 4, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia & Herzegovina

WHEN: Thursday 19th August, 2021, 12:30

COST: 7.00 KM, 8.00 KM

The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum in Niš

The most recent UNIVERSAL EAR episode to be resuscitated will breathe again in Niš, Serbia, this weekend. The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum won a hastily-invented audience award at the Kinoskop Festival of Analogue Experimental Film in 2019, and is playing in a special 'best of' reconstruction at a real in-person event some 250km to the north-east of the original screening venue.

EVENT: UNIVERSAL EAR: The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum at Niš Cultural Centre

PROGRAM: Kinoskop: Apsurd, pank & subverzije (Absurd, Punks & Subversives)

WHERE: Niški kulturni centar, Small Hall, Stanoja Bunuševca, 18000 Niš, Serbia

WHEN: Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June, 2021

COST: Enquire at venue

NOTES: Please refer to Kinoskop's Facebook presence for further information & updates.