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 Lisbon

The latest episode of our pre-constructed adventure serial of the future, UNIVERSAL EAR, will receive its world (festival) premiere at IndieLisboa International Festival of Independent Cinema this May. The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum also played in a temporary cinema during Mr Cole's solo exhibition at Bandits-Mages in November. It marks the Institute's return to IndieLisboa ten years after It's Nick's Birthday received a Special Mention from the Jury at the 2009 edition - although a tight connection has been maintained between the festival and the Institute in the interim, through our presence on the prize jury in 2013 and attendance in support of colleague Aleksandra Niemczyk's work in 2016 and 2018. From wherever you're sat, it's a good festival.

Synopsis: Time-travelling record producer Harley Byrne crash-lands in a virtual reality heritage theme park in 22nd-century France. Corrupt holograms, cyborg saints, and sentient statues haunt an absurdist Super-8 universe, digitally re-colourized for your pleasure!

EVENT: UNIVERSAL EAR: The Curse of the Phantom Tympanum at IndieLisboa '19.
PROGRAM: International Shorts

WHERE: Culturgest - Pequeno Auditório, Edifício-sede da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Rua Arco do Cego, 50, 1000–300 Lisbon

WHEN: Sunday 5th May, 2019, 21.45 & Wednesday 8th May, 2019, 17.00

COST: €4.50
NOTES: Writer/Director Graeme Cole will be in attendance for the Sunday screening (and potential intro/Q&A duty).

Epizoda ?, Amateri in Varaždin

Our sad cop movie and cyberpunk weather diary will play the Trash Film Festival in Varaždin, Croatia, this Friday. Please comment below if you visit!

EVENT: Epizoda ? and Amateri, or The Lost Innocents at the 13th Trash Film Festival
PROGRAM: Blok H

WHERE: Kino Gaj, Gajeva 1, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia.

WHEN: Friday 7th September, 2018, 19.50

COST: Enquire at venue.

Amateri in Denver

Amateri, or The Lost Innocents will play at The Unseen Festival 2018 in Denver, USA this September. The Institute salutes the festival's programming principles and we'd love to hear back from anyone who attends!

EVENT: Amateri at The Unseen Festival 2018
PROGRAM:  Volleyball Holiday

WHERE: Counterpath, 7935 East 14th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, CO 80220, USA.

WHEN: Friday, 14th September 2018, 19.30

COST: $7

NOTES: "Working with new definitions of experimental film, writing, and dance during a full 30 days of screenings and other performances at multiple venues from September 1 to September 30, 2018, Counterpath is excited to present year 2 of The Unseen Festival, exploring notions of the resistant, the excluded, and the unacknowledged."