Wednesday, April 2nd:
8:15 PM
Harry Smith – 60 min.
Film Nos. 1-5, 7 & 10 (Early Abstractions) (35mm) [1946-57] dir. Harry Smith – 23 min.
Film No. 11 (Mirror Animations) (1957) dir. Harry Smith – 4 min.
Film No. 14 (Late Superimpositions) (35mm) [1964] dir. Harry Smith – 28 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Saturday, April 5th:
12:30 PM
Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: April Showers – 60 min.
Stathes joins Metrograph in April with April Showers, a selection of vintage animated shorts revolving around the old saying “April showers bring May flowers.” Come enjoy a cantankerous farmer piloting his very own Noah’s Ark; a little girl’s surreal fantasy when a rainstorm prevents her from playing outside; a cartoon clown and his human creator in quite a hurricane; two clever magpies and their attempts to end a drought; a famous cartoon pig playing a farmer and seeking rainfall for his crops, and more. Spanning the 1920s through the ’50s, this assortment showcases classic characters such as Farmer Al Falfa, Little Audrey, Heckle and Jeckle, Koko the Clown, Porky Pig, and others.
Metrograph – Tickets
*Featuring introduction and Q&A with Stathes
Friday, April 11th:
8:45 PM
ND/NF 2025 Shorts Program II – 86 min.
Life Story (35mm) [2024] dir. Jessica Dunn Rovinelli – 10 min.
Crushed (DCP) [2024] dir. Camille Vigny – 12 min.
Maidenhair (DCP) [2025] dir. Julia Sipowicz – 7 min.
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (DCP) [2025] dir. Kevin Walker & Irene Zahariadis – 26 min.
What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move (DCP) [2024] dir. Daphné Hérétakis – 31 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New Directors/New Films 2025 – Tickets
*Q&A with Julia Sipowicz, Jessica Dunn Rovinelli, Julia Sipowicz, Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis
Sunday, April 13th:
3:30 PM
ND/NF 2025 Shorts Program II – 86 min.
Life Story (35mm) [2024] dir. Jessica Dunn Rovinelli – 10 min.
Crushed (DCP) [2024] dir. Camille Vigny – 12 min.
Maidenhair (DCP) [2025] dir. Julia Sipowicz – 7 min.
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (DCP) [2025] dir. Kevin Walker & Irene Zahariadis – 26 min.
What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move (DCP) [2024] dir. Daphné Hérétakis – 31 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New Directors/New Films 2025 – Tickets
*Q&A with Julia Sipowicz, Jessica Dunn Rovinelli, Julia Sipowicz, Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis
7:30 PM
WINTER BEYOND WINTER: The Films of Jonathan Schwartz
A Leaf is the Sea Is a Theater (Digital) [2017] dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 17 min.
The Crack-Up (Digital) [2017] dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 17 min.
If the War Continues (2012) dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 5 min.
For a Winter (2007) dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 5 min.
Winter Beyond Winter (2016) dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 11 min.
New Year Sun (2010) dir. Jonathan Schwartz – 3 min.
Spectacle Theater – Tickets
*The event will be introduced by Jonathan’s close friends Rebekah Rutkoff and Emily Drury
Tuesday, April 15th:
7:00 PM
No More Sweets for You
German Song (Digital) [1995] dir. Sadie Benning – 6 min.
An Epic: Falling Between the Cracks (Digital) [1995] dir. Nancy Andrews – 6 min.
True Confessions of an Artist (Digital) [1994] dir. Kirsten Stoltmann – 5 min.
The Fight (Digital) [1995] dir. Jeanine Oleson – 3 min.
Sapphire and the Slave Girl (Digital) [1995] dir. L. Franklin Gilliam – 17 min.
I, Bear (Digital) [1995] dir. Hendl Helen Mirra – 6 min.
Dear Mom (Digital) [1995] dir. Tammy Rae Carland – 3 min.
aletheia (Digital) [1992] dir. Tran T. Kim-Trang – 16 min.
Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) (1992) dir. Cauleen Smith – 6 min.
The Girl’s Nervy (1995) dir. Jennifer Reeves – 5 min.
My Failure to Assimilate (Digital) [1995] dir. Cecilia Dougherty – 20 min.
Light Industry – Tickets
Friday, April 18th:
7:00 PM
Sprockets, Scratches, Splotches shorts program – 79 min.
Timescraps: Film Threads and Sprocket Holes (Digital) [2023] dir. Krista Leigh Steinke – 8 min.
An Ecstatic Experience (Digital) [2015] dir. Ja’Tovia Gary – 6 min.
The Dante Quartet (1987) dir. Stan Brakhage – 8 min.
Slides (1971) dir. Annabel Nicolson – 11 min.
Train Again (DCP) [2021] dir. Peter Tscherkassky – 20 min.
Black Is (Format unlisted) [1965] dir. Aldo Tambellini – 4 min.
Black Rectangle (Digital) [2013] dir. Rhayne Vermette – 2 min.
Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles (Digital) [1966] dir. Owen Land – 6 min.
Ray Gun Virus (1966) dir. Paul Sharits – 14 min.
BAM Rose Cinemas – Part of Triple Canopy Presents: In The Hole – Tickets
Sunday, April 20th:
8:00 PM
She is Resin
The Gardener of Eden (Digital) [1981] dir. James Broughton – 8 min.
Stop The Church (Digital) [1991] Robert Hilferty – 23 min.
Way of the Wicked (Digital) [1989] Christine Vachon – 15 min.
Damned If You Don’t (1987) Su Friedrich – 42 min.
MIX NYC – Tickets
*”Smoke break” halfway through the program
Saturday, April 26th:
3:30 PM
The Cinema of Attractions with Tom Gunning and Daniel Morgan
How It Feels to Be Run Over (Digital) [1900] dir. Cecil Hepworth – 1 min.
Conway Castle–Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway (Digital) [1898] dir. William K.L. Dickson – 2 min.
Hooligan in Jail (Digital) [1903] dir. Billy Bitzer – 1 min.
The Lonedale Operator (1911) dir. D. W. Griffith – 17 min.
Untitled 1977 (1977) dir. Ernie Gehr – 4 min.
Doctor’s Dream (1978) dir. Ken Jacobs – 23 min.
Monogram (Digital) [2019] dir. Lewis Klahr – 9 min.
Mothlight (1963) dir. Stan Brakhage – 3 min.
Museum of the Moving Image – Part of A Weekend with Tom Gunning: The Attractions of Cinema – Tickets
*Followed by a signing with Tom Gunning of his new book The Attractions of the Moving Image: Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde, edited by Daniel Morgan for the University of Chicago Press
7:30 PM
LUMINOUS PASSAGE: An Evening with Ryan Marino
All That Remains (Digital) [2008] dir. Ryan Marino – 8 min.
The Luminous Passage (2010) dir. Ryan Marino – 6 min.
A Distant Horizon (2012) dir. Ryan Marino – 6 min.
Old Growth (2014) dir. Ryan Marino – 8 min.
Aura of Uncertainty (2016) dir. Ryan Marino – 6 min.
Depths (2020) dir. Ryan Marino – 5 min.
Radiant Forms (2022) dir. Ryan Marino – 7 min.
Half Light (2023) dir. Ryan Marino – 10 min.
The Visible Material (2024) dir. Ryan Marino – 8 min.
Spectacle Theater – Tickets
*Filmmaker in person for Q+A
Sunday, April 27th:
3:00 PM
Peculiar Puppets Vol. IX – 90 min.
Roxy Cinema hereby presents a ninth retrospective screening featuring various peculiar examples of puppet films from the 1930s through the 1950s+. Warning: You may find some of the offerings to be rather unsettling, and possibly even creepy! This event is programmed by early animation archivist and historian Tommy José Stathes, and prints are hand-selected from his personal 16mm film archive.
Roxy Cinema New York – Tickets
*Film presentation will be followed by a live Q&A session with Stathes
6:00 PM
Films by Ken Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, and Peggy Ahwesh
Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde (1989) dir. Stan Brakhage – 16 min.
The Chinese Series (2003) dir. Stan Brakhage – 2 min.
Blonde Cobra (1963) dir. Ken Jacobs – 33 min.
Perfect Film (1986) dir. Ken Jacobs – 22 min.
Martina’s Playhouse (1989) dir. Peggy Ahwesh – 20 min.
Museum of the Moving Image – Part of A Weekend with Tom Gunning: The Attractions of Cinema – Tickets
*Introduced by Tom Gunning
Monday, April 28th:
7:00 PM
Tom Gunning + Ernie Gehr – 75 min.
Untitled 1977 (1977) dir. Ernie Gehr – 4 min.
Read Window (1986) dir. Ernie Gehr – 10 min.
Side/Walk/Shuttle (1991) dir. Ernie Gehr – 41 min.
This Side of Paradise (1991) dir. Ernie Gehr – 15 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets
Tuesday, April 29th:
7:30 PM
Assembled Visions: Peggy Ahwesh, Joseph Cornell, and Carolee Schneemann – 60 min.
Rose Hobart (1936/68) dir. Joseph Cornell – 20 min.
Viet-Flakes 1962-67) dir. Carolee Schneemann – 9 min.
Red News (1962-67) dir. Carolee Schneemann – 3 min.
Plumb Line (1968-71) dir. Carolee Schneemann – 15 min.
The Falling Sky (Digital) [2017] dir. Peggy Ahwesh – 10 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets
*A conversation with Peggy Ahwesh, Rachel Churner, John Klacsmann, Karl McCool, and Kenneth White follows the screening
Wednesday, April 30th:
9:15 PM
Prismatic Ground: wave 1: your touch makes others invisible
A Black Screen Too (2024) dir. Rhayne Vermette – 2 min.
Adieu Ugarit (Format unlisted) [2024] dir. Samy Benammar – 16 min.
Winter Portrait (Format unlisted) [2024] dir. Fernando Saldivia Yanez – 9 min.
Buseok (Format unlisted) [2024] dir. Kyujae Park – 18 min.
How He Died is Not Controversial (Format unlisted) [2025] dir. Gio Lingao – 14 min.
Empty Rider (Format unlisted) [2025] dir. Lawrence Lek – 15 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Prismatic Ground 2025 – Tickets
*Followed by a Q&A
Analog Film NYC 