Shorts Program Archive – January 2026

Saturday, January 3rd:

8:00 PM
Kubelka / Lye – 60 min.
Mosiac in Confidence (35mm) [1955] dir. Peter Kubelka – 16 min.
Adebar (35mm) [1957] dir. Peter Kubelka – 1 min.
Schwechater (1958) dir. Peter Kubelka – 1 min.
Arnulf Rainer (35mm) [1960] dir. Peter Kubelka – 7 min.
Our Trip to Africa (1966) dir. Peter Kubelka – 12 min.
Tusalava (1929) dir. Len Lye – 10 min.
Rhythm (1957) dir. Len Lye – 1 min.
Free Radicals (1958/79) dir. Len Lye – 4 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Sunday, January 4th:

7:15 PM
George Landow, aka Owen Land – 70 min.
Fleming Faloon (1963) dir. Owen Land – 6 min.
Film In Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, etc. (1965-66) dir. Owen Land – 5 min.
Diploteratology (1967/78) dir. Owen Land – 7 min.
The Film That Rises To The Surface Of Clarified Butter (1968) dir. Owen Land – 9 min.
Institutional Quality (1969) dir. Owen Land – 5 min.
Remedial Reading Comprehension (1970) dir. Owen Land – 5 min.
What’s Wrong With This Picture? (1972) dir. Owen Land – 13 min.
Thank You Jesus For The Eternal Present (1973) dir. Owen Land – 6 min.
A Film Of Their 1973 Spring Tour Commissioned By Christian World Liberation Front Of Berkeley, California (1974) dir. Owen Land – 12 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Monday, January 5th:

4:00 PM
Children’s Films: Blackberry Subway Jam & The Trip – 60 min.
Blackberry Subway Jam (1961) dir. Robert Doucet – 8 min.
The Trip (1959) – 10 min.
The New York Public Library (Melrose Library) – Tickets
*Followed by an arts and crafts activity


Wednesday, January 7th:

6:00 PM
Seasonal Short Film Showcase – 60 min.
Cold Pizza (1972) dir. Larry Kent – 19 min.
New Friends (1981) dir. Diane Kenna – 11 min.
The Cop and the Anthem (1982) dir. Peter Mark Schifter – 23 min.
The New York Public Library (Seward Park Library) – Tickets


Thursday, January 8th:

8:30 PM
Léger & Murphy / Picabia & Clair / Man Ray & Duchamp – 85 min.
Ballet Mécanique (35mm) [1924] dir. Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy – 19 min.
Entr’acte (35mm) [1924] dir. René Clair & Francis Picabia – 22 min.
La Retour à la raison (1923) dir. Man Ray – 2 min.
Étoile de mer (1927) dir. Man Ray – 13 min.
Emak Bakia (35mm) [1927] dir. Man Ray – 18 min.
Anemic Cinema (35mm) [1926] dir. Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray – 7 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Saturday, January 10th:

7:30 PM
Haunted Time: Witherspoon / Campbell / Owens / Julien – 95 min.
T (Digital) [2019] dir. Keisha Rae Witherspoon – 14 min.
Go-Rilla Means War (Digital) [2017] dir. Crystal Z Campbell – 19 min.
Remembrance: A Portrait Study (1967) dir. Edward Owens – 6 min.
Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts (1968-70) dir. Edward Owens – 9 min.
Looking for Langston (DCP) [1989] dir. Isaac Julien – 45 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Black Time, Queer Time: Part 1Tickets
*Q&A with Yasmina Price and other participants TBA.


Sunday, January 11th:

4:00 PM
Christopher Maclaine – 65 min.
The Man Who Invented Gold (1957) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 14 min.
Beat (1958) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 6 min.
Scotch Hop (1959) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 6 min.
The End (1953) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 35 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Monday, January 12th:

6:30 PM
Double Time: Compensation / Cauleen Smith – 95 min.
Compensation (DCP) [1999] dir. Zeinabu irene Davis – 92 min.
Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (By Kelly Gabron) (1992) dir. Cauleen Smith – 2 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Black Time, Queer Time: Part 1Tickets


Thursday, January 15th:

8:45 PM
Haunted Time: Witherspoon / Campbell / Owens / Julien – 95 min.
T (Digital) [2019] dir. Keisha Rae Witherspoon – 14 min.
Go-Rilla Means War (Digital) [2017] dir. Crystal Z Campbell – 19 min.
Remembrance: A Portrait Study (1967) dir. Edward Owens – 6 min.
Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts (1968-70) dir. Edward Owens – 9 min.
Looking for Langston (DCP) [1989] dir. Isaac Julien – 45 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Black Time, Queer Time: Part 1Tickets


Friday, January 16th:

7:30 PM
Intercat 2025
How to Draw a Cat (1973) dir. Pola Chapelle – 3 min.
Fishes in Screaming Water (1969) dir. Pola Chapelle – 6 min.
Nightcats (1956) dir. Stan Brakhage – 8 min.
Max (2002) dir. Stan Brakhage – 4 min.
Ophelia / The Cat Lady (Digital) [1969] dir. Tom Chomont – 3 min.
My Cat Gets an Aura Reading (Digital) [2011] dir. Peggy Ahwesh – 1 min.
Catfood (1968) dir. Joyce Wieland – 13 min.
The White Cat (1969) dir. Mary Ann Spencer – 2 min.
The Neighborhood Cat (1999) dir. Sarah Jane Lapp – 2 min.
Meow, Meow (1970) dir. Yvonne Andersen – 7 min.
Curly’s Thanksgiving (Digital) [2020] dir. Bill Morrison – 12 min.
If This Ain’t Heaven (1984) dir. Roberta Cantow – 27 min.
Spectacle Theater – Part of Best of Spectacle 2025Tickets


Saturday, January 17th:

5:00 PM
Intercat 2025
How to Draw a Cat (1973) dir. Pola Chapelle – 3 min.
Fishes in Screaming Water (1969) dir. Pola Chapelle – 6 min.
Nightcats (1956) dir. Stan Brakhage – 8 min.
Max (2002) dir. Stan Brakhage – 4 min.
Ophelia / The Cat Lady (Digital) [1969] dir. Tom Chomont – 3 min.
My Cat Gets an Aura Reading (Digital) [2011] dir. Peggy Ahwesh – 1 min.
Catfood (1968) dir. Joyce Wieland – 13 min.
The White Cat (1969) dir. Mary Ann Spencer – 2 min.
The Neighborhood Cat (1999) dir. Sarah Jane Lapp – 2 min.
Meow, Meow (1970) dir. Yvonne Andersen – 7 min.
Curly’s Thanksgiving (Digital) [2020] dir. Bill Morrison – 12 min.
If This Ain’t Heaven (1984) dir. Roberta Cantow – 27 min.
Spectacle Theater – Part of Best of Spectacle 2025Tickets


Sunday, January 18th:

6:00 PM
Double Time: Compensation / Cauleen Smith – 95 min.
Compensation (DCP) [1999] dir. Zeinabu irene Davis – 92 min.
Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (By Kelly Gabron) (1992) dir. Cauleen Smith – 2 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Black Time, Queer Time: Part 1Tickets


Tuesday, January 20th:

7:00 PM
Early Films by Pat O’Neill
7362 (1967) dir. Pat O’Neill – 10 min.
Runs Good (1970) dir. Pat O’Neill – 15 min.
Saugus Series (1974) dir. Pat O’Neill – 19 min.
Sidewinder’s Delta (1977) dir. Pat O’Neill – 21 min.
Light Industry – Tickets


Friday, January 23rd:

7:00 PM
Wendy’s Subway Presents: A Grammar Built With Rocks: The Trace of the Land – 80 min.
Crossroads (Digital) [2022] dir. Julien Creuzet – 8 min.
Lessons In Semaphore (2015) dir. Cauleen Smith – 5 min.
In the Soldier’s Head (Digital) [2015] dir. Christine Rebet – 5 min.
Apiyemiyekî? (Digital) [2019] dir. Ana Vaz – 28 min.
The Black Cave (Digital) [2013] dir. Beatriz Santiago Muñoz – 20 min.
Deep Sleep (Digital) [2014] dir. Basma al-Sharif – 13 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets


Saturday, January 24th:

7:00 PM
Look What I Found! – 96 min.
Murder Psalm (1980) dir. Stan Brakhage – 17 min.
Perfect Film (1985) dir. Ken Jacobs – 22 min.
S1 (1985) dir. Christoph Janetzko – 16 min.
The Film of Her (1996) dir. Bill Morrisson – 12 min.
Cartoon Le Mousse (1979) dir. Chick Strand – 12 min.
Peace O’Mind (1983) dir. Mary Fillippo – 9 min.
Come Dance With Me (Unknown) – 6 min.
Mongoloid (1978) dir. Bruce Conner – 3 min.
Rose Hobart (1936) dir. Joseph Cornell – 19 min.
Just For You Girls (1998) dir. MM Serra – 2 min.
Millenium Film Workshop – Tickets

7:30 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 1 – 60 min.
The Conjuror (35mm) [1899] dir. Georges Méliès – 1 min.
Trip to the Moon (35mm) [1902] dir. Georges Méliès – 12 min.
The Palace of the Arabian Nights (35mm) [1905] dir. Georges Méliès – 21 min.
Merry Frolics of Satan (35mm) [1906] dir. Georges Méliès – 18 min.
Delirium in a Studio (35mm) [1907] dir. Georges Méliès – 5 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Sunday, January 25th:

5:45 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 2 – 50 min.
A Diabolical Tenant (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 8 min.
The Cascade of Fire (35mm) [1904] dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
Voyage Across the Impossible (35mm) [1904] dir. Georges Méliès – 20 min.
The Hunchback Fairy (35mm) [1906] dir. Georges Méliès – 13 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets

7:30 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 3 – 55 min.
Extraordinary Illusions (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
The Enchanted Well (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
Tunnel Under the Channel (35mm) [1907] dir. Georges Méliès – 25 min.
The Apparition (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
The Doctor’s Secret (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 11 min.
Sightseeing Through Whisky (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 5 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets


Friday, January 30th:

7:00 PM
Brute Charm: The Films of Emily Breer – 54 min.
Chicken (1981) dir. Emily Breer – 7 min.
Fluke (1985) dir. Emily Breer – 6 min.
Brute Charm (1989) dir. Emily Breer – 25 min.
Moona Luna (1990) dir. Emily Breer – 10 min.
Superhero (1995) dir. Emily Breer – 6 min.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative – Tickets
*Introduced by Carter Haskins


Saturday, January 31st:

2:00 PM
Orphans at MoMA: At Play—Amateurs, Animators, and Avant-Gardes
Less (1973) dir. Hollis Frampton – 1 min.
See the Forest and the Trees: The Creative Work of the Fillinger Family (Format unlisted) [2024] – 10 min.
Celebration of Life: Trees (DCP) [1973] dir. Paul Fillinger & Glenda Fillinger – 12 min.
Neapolitan Nights (DCP) [c. 1929] – 3 min.
Doin’ the Racoon (DCP) [c. 1929] – 3 min.
The Little Farmers of Reynoldsburg, Ohio (Format unlisted) [1936] dir. Nicholas Viernes – 15 min.
[Untitled: #16] (1966) dir. Edward Owens – 4 min.
[Untitled: #18] (1966) dir. Edward Owens – 4 min.
[Untitled: #19] (1966) dir. Edward Owens – 4 min.
[Untitled: #20] (1966) dir. Edward Owens – 4 min.
Japanese Paper Films (Format unlisted) [1930s] – 40 min.
The Museum of Modern Art – Part of To Save and Project: The 22nd MoMA International Festival of Film PreservationTickets