Shorts Program Archive – October 2025

Thursday, October 2nd:

6:45 PM
Ben Rivers, PGM 1: This Is My Land + I Know Where I’m Going – 50 min.
This Is My Land (2006) dir. Ben Rivers – 14 min.
I Know Where I’m Going (2009) dir. Ben Rivers – 30 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Ben Rivers + Jake Williams – Tickets

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Saturday, October 4th:

4:45 PM
Ben Rivers, PGM 1: This Is My Land + I Know Where I’m Going – 50 min.
This Is My Land (2006) dir. Ben Rivers – 14 min.
I Know Where I’m Going (2009) dir. Ben Rivers – 30 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Ben Rivers + Jake Williams – Tickets

7:15 PM
Currents Program 3: Common Ground – 68 min.
Jacob’s House (2025) dir. Lucas Kane – 22 min.
Anoka (2025) dir. Karthik Pandian – 12 min.
Give It Back: Crimes Against Realty (DCP) [2025] dir. New Red Order – 34 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New York Film Festival 63 – Tickets
*Q&A with Karthik Pandian and New Red Order

7:30 PM
Visions of Unearthly Splendor – 45 min.
The White Rose (35mm) [1967] dir. Bruce Conner – 7 min.
Thank You Jesus For the Eternal Present (1973) dir. Owel Land – 6 min.
Letters (Digital) [1972] dir. Dorothy Wiley – 11 min.
Sausage City (1974) dir. Adam Beckett – 6 min.
Samadhi (1967) dir. Jordan Belson – 6 min.
Lonesome Cowboy (1979) dir. Toney W. Merritt – 1 min.
Invocation (1982) dir. Amy Halpern – 2 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets

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Tuesday, October 7th:

5:30 PM
What’s Happening? Affirmations: A Celebration of the LGBTQ+ Gaze – 120 min.
In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, we screen experimental works from the history of queer filmmakers, including 16mm prints from Barbara Hammer, Jerry Tartaglia, Jack Smith and Gregory Markopoulos, as well as video by Marlon Riggs and Sadie Benning.
The New York Public Library (Performing Arts) – Tickets
*Followed by a Q&A

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Wednesday, October 8th:

6:00 PM
Currents Program 5: Fields of Vision – 67 min.
FELT (3D DCP) [2025] dir. Blake Williams – 15 min.
Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love (2025) dir. Jodie Mack – 15 min.
Keyhole Conversation (Digital) [2025] dir. Peter Larsson – 6 min.
toward a fundamental theory of physics (3D DCP) [2025] dir. Victor Van Rossem – 13 min.
As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025) dir. Jiayi Chen – 18 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New York Film Festival 63 – Tickets
*Q&A with Blake Williams, Peter Larsson, and Jiayi Chen

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Thursday, October 9th:

9:00 PM
Currents Program 5: Fields of Vision – 67 min.
FELT (3D DCP) [2025] dir. Blake Williams – 15 min.
Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love (2025) dir. Jodie Mack – 15 min.
Keyhole Conversation (Digital) [2025] dir. Peter Larsson – 6 min.
toward a fundamental theory of physics (3D DCP) [2025] dir. Victor Van Rossem – 13 min.
As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025) dir. Jiayi Chen – 18 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New York Film Festival 63 – Tickets
*Q&A with Blake Williams, Peter Larsson, and Jiayi Chen

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Tuesday, October 21st:

7:00 PM
The Image Is Cracked
Blood Ah Go Run (Digital) [1981] dir. Menelik Shabazz – 20 min.
Hang on a Minute (Digital) [1983] dir. Lis Rhodes – 13 min.
Epiphany (Digital) [1984] dir. Cerith Wyn Evans – 24 min.
Swan (1986) dir. Alia Syed – 4 min.
Sari Red (Digital) [1988] dir. Pratibha Parmar – 12 min.
Pedagogue (Digital) [1988] dir. Stuart Marshall – 10 min.
Light Industry – Tickets

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Thursday, October 23rd:

4:00 PM
João César Monteiro: Modern Folktales
The Mother (35mm) [1979] dir. João César Monteiro – 27 min.
The Two Soldiers (DCP) [1979] dir. João César Monteiro – 27 min.
The Love of the Three Pomegranates (DCP) [1979] dir. João César Monteiro – 27 min.
The Museum of Modern Art – Part of João César Monteiro: Symphonies of a Libertine – Tickets

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Saturday, October 25th:

2:00 PM
The Children’s Cinema
Chipi chipi chapa chapa cat (Digital) [2024] dir. CatsMakeLifeGood – 1 min.
The Sick Kitten (Digital) [1903] dir. George Albert Smith – 1 min.
A Little Hero (Digital) [George Nichols, 1913, digital projection, 4 min.
How to Draw a Cat (1973) dir. Pola Chapelle – 3 min.
Cat Listening to Music (Digital) [1988] dir. Chris Marker – 3 min.
I sped up “Takedown” every time those baddies said “Takedown” (Digital) [2025] dir. Cheesecake’s Life – 2 min.
Begone Dull Care (Digital) [1949] dir. Evelyn Lambart & Norman McLaren – 8 min.
APT x Lava Chicken (Digital) [2025] dir. EM – 1 min.
All My Life (1966) dir. Bruce Baillie – 3 min.
Ich Bin Dein Gummibar (Digital) [2017] dir. The Official Gummibär Channel – 3 min.
An Interesting Story (Digital) [1904] dir. James Williamson – 4 min.
The House of Ghosts (Digital) [1906] dir. Segundo de Chomón – 6 min.
The Haunted House (Digital) [1921] dir. Eddie Cline & Buster Keaton – 20 min.
Light Industry – Tickets

3:00 PM
Memories of the Village – 60 min.
Village Sunday (1960) dir. Stewart Wilensky – 13 min.
Community Dig (1984) dir. Patricia Streeten – 18 min.
The New York Public Library (Jefferson Market) – Tickets

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