ECSTATIC PLASMATIC
Guest-curated by Jonah Primiano.
Animators have long understood the irresistible power of transformation, bringing to life under their pencils what can be so hard to enact in the world. Characters change shape, change bodies — free to become this or that at any moment. Sergei Eisenstein dubbed this quality of animation “plasmatic” and related it to the potential for change in evolutionary biology. This program brings together films from throughout animation history that speak to that quality.
EGYEDEM-BEGYEDEM by Dóra Keresztes. 2005. 4 min
RED HOUSE by Barry Doupé. 2022. 3 min.
CHRONOSYNTHESIS by Katie Morris. 2024. 1 min.
MOTH by Allison Schulnik. 2019. 3 min.
RIDDLE OR: A CHILD'S BESTIARY OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS by Runfeng Qiu. 2023. 3 min.
THE BEAD GAME by Ishu Patel.1977. 6 min
THE LONG BODIES by Douglass Crockwell.1895-1940. 6 min.
PLANE OF INCIDENCE by Sabrina Ratte. 2024. 4 min.
SAUSAGE CITY by Adam Beckett. 1974. 5 min.
MIMT by Ted Wiggin. 2024. 4 min.
VISIONS OF THE INVERTEBRATE by Edwin Rostron. 2011. 2 min.
A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR by Robert Breer. 1957. 2 min.
BETWEENNESS by Oliver Laric. 2019. 5 min.
SPIRITUAL CONSTRUCTIONS by Oskar Fischinger. 1927. 6 min.
GLAZING by Lilli Carré. 2021. 2 min.
MOON BREATH BEAT by Lisze Bechtold. 1980. 5 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
7pm kora music performance by local talent Dylan Amadeus Davis. Screening starts at 8pm.
Food available by La Cevicheria.
Our Sponsors
Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
RFF is proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall. RFF receives additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.