2010 FILM SCREENINGS AND MEDIA EVENTS

Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Coordinators: Thomas Blank and Neal Miller
Time: 9:00-Noon
Cost: $10 per class session, with a minimum registration for 4 Sessions required
Registration: 344-3482
~~~ The Shaggy Dog Project is a screenwriting and film production project designed to provide aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers with the opportunity to create a series of short creative films. Emphasis will be on humorous stories with surprise or twist endings.
    The Shaggy Dog project will select stories from ideas submitted by students and develop them into short screenplays under the guidance of Tom Blank, screenwriting specialist and former television director.  From those screenplays that qualify, short (5 to 10 minute) films will be produced under the supervision of professional filmmaker Neal Miller (www.rubicon-films.com).  The class will become part of the production team for no additional fee.  The goal is to provide the total filmmaking experience, from idea-to-finished-film. Registration is on going with new participants encouraged to join at the beginning of the month. More information available at the Shaggy Dog web page.

Time: 7:00 PM Roberto Rossellini: Rome, Open City" (1945)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma, città aperta) is a 1945 Italian war drama that features Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero, and is set in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1944. The film, with a script by Federico Fellini, was nominated for an Academy Award. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
    This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Time: 5:30 PM DIVA Features Media Arts Program
Admission: Free

DIVA will feature its Media Arts Program for Winter including classes, screenings, and OpenLens Festival.

The DIVA Galleries will be under going a bit of remodeling in which we will expand our exhibit space and move the Members' Gallery to a new location. We will remain open for Jaunary events including performances and film screenings.

Time: 7:00 PM Roberto Rossellini:  "Germany, Year Zero " (1947)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

This is the final film in Roberto Rossellini's famed war movie trilogy (the first two being Rome, Open City and Paisan). Unlike the first two films that took place in Italy, this takes place in post-war Germany.
    The film tells the story of 13-year-old Edmund Koeler who lives by his wits to support he and his father only to succumb to a life shattered by the circumstances following the destruction of Berlin.
    As in many neorealist films, Rossellini used mainly local, non-professional actors. He filmed on locations in Berlin and intended to convey the reality in Germany the year after its near total destruction in World War II. It contains dramatic images of bombed out Berlin and of the human struggle for survival following the destruction of the Third Reich. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Time: 7:00 PM Beth Harrington "Beervana" (2007)
Host: Steve Newcomb
Cost: Free

Beth Harrington's film, Beervana, looks at the history of beer brewing in the state and at the vibrant craft beer industry that exists today. Find out about how the adventurous tastes of Oregonians inspired a micro-brewing movement. It's the craft beer of Oregon -- made locally, recognized worldwide -- that contributes significantly to the state’s economy and fuels a vibrant social culture in the form of numerous brew pubs. This documentary tells the story of this industry through compelling and amusing anecdotes from the fascinating characters of the Oregon beer community.

This program provided courtesy of Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Oregon Historical Society. Funding for Oregon Experience is provided by the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust, and the Oregon Cultural Trust."

Beth Harrington is this year's OpenLens Festival visiting artist and host (See: January 29, 30, and 31).

Also Showing: Selected shorts from the recent Ninkasi Film Festival competition held at the David Minor Theater, October 29, 2009.

Time: 7:00 PM - VIDEO SLAM!
Admission: Free
~~~ Have you seen the latest work by emerging regional artists? DIVA's Video Slam, now meeting every third Sunday of the month provides that opportunity. The slam welcomes students, amateurs, and professionals. Everyone is encouraged to bring completed videos, or work in-progress, for screening. We will watch, discuss and choose the best of the slam!
     The DIVA Video Slam has become a venue for new and seasoned independent filmmakers to share their work with audiences, most for the first time. Feedback from audiences helps artists hone their work resulting in many of the slam films having gone on to competitive events. Examples at left are from recent screenings.

Time: 7:00 PM Roberto Rossellini: "The Flowers of St. Francis" (1950)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

The Flowers of St. Francis consists of a series of vignettes, based on the 14th century book Little Flowers of St. Francis, which relate the life and work of St. Francis and the early Franciscans, all of whom are portrayed in this film by actual monks; with the exception of Aldo Fabrizi in a small supporting role.
    Co-written by Federico Fellini this film lovingly conveys the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Time: 7:00 PM Roberto Rossellini: "The Taking of Power by Louis XIV"

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"The Taking of Power by Louis XIV" is a French television film by Italian film director Roberto Rossellini The film revolves around the French king Louis XIV's rise to power after the death of his powerful advisor, Cardinal Mazarin. To achieve this political autonomy, Louis deals with his mother and the court nobles, all of whom assumed that Mazarin's death would give them all more power.
    "The Taking of Power by Louis XIV" was made toward the end of Rossellini's career. Though it was made for French television rather than the movie house, it adheres to many of the tenets of Neorealism while also acting as a time machine, recreating a period long past. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Time: 6:30 PM "At Hand" with Intermedia Artists Kevin Patton and Maria del Carmen Montoya
Admission: Suggested $3.00 donation

DIVA and the University of Oregon's Arts and Administration Program are pleased to present an intermedia performance by visiting artists Kevin Patton and Maria del Carmen Montoya commencing with a 6:30 pre-concert introduction on Thursday, January 28th. Suggested donation: $3.00.

"At Hand", is a concert of structured improvisations built around the idea of touching things. Instrumental and electronic sound is generated and manipulated by Patton and Montoya through a variety of interfaces — from a glove controller to a specially designed family of wireless wood instruments, from found objects to a guitar. Montoya and Patton designed the series of unique electronic objects and computer programs they will interact with during the concert. Their work interrogates instrumental music by creating objects and exploring intermedia processes that move beyond traditional practice.

 

Time: 7:00PM Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly
Feature Documentary by festival Host Director Beth Harrington. Q&A to follow film.
Admission: $6.00 Limited Seating
~~~ Sure, Elvis was King. But who was the Queen? Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly is a documentary search for the "female Elvis," as we meet the women of rockabilly music and explore the "what-ifs?" and "what nows?" of their careers. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Brenda Lee, Wanda Jackson and a sassy cast of lesser known but no less colorful pretenders to the throne describe their trailblazing days when they were the embodiment of exuberance, sexuality and defiance in a world that wasn't quite ready for them. A Grammy-nominated documentary by Beth Harrington.

Time: 9:20PM Encore Screening: Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly. $6.00

Time: 9:30 - 12 Noon - Seminar: "Making Music Documentaries - The Sound and the Fury"
Registration: $40 general, or $25 for OpenLens Entrants and students with school identification
Instructor: Beth Harrington
~~~ Making films about music in the post-MTV video era seemed a natural enough vocation, particularly for musician turned filmmaker Beth Harrington. But the realities of funding, clearances, record label, management and artist issues presented pitfalls that could not always be sidestepped. Harrington will show excerpts from two works, her Grammy-nominated film Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly and her work-in-progress The Winding Stream - The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music and discuss the various challenges involved in bringing these stories to the screen.

2:00 - 4:00 PM - Youth Visions' Teen Video Challegne Screening and Awards.
Admission: Donation. Seating Limited. Encore January 31st
~~~ DIVA's 2010 Youth Visions' Teen Video Challenge celebrates the work of young videomakers in Lane County. Each year teens submit work that is reviewed by a panel of video professionals and educators. Those videos that demonstrate the most creative, effective and skillful responses to the call for entries will be screened and awarded prizes. Winning videos will go on to be shown at other festivals and events as part of a 2010 Youth Visions Festival compilation. Prizes include: First Place - Jury Prize: $200; Second Place - Jury Prize: $150; Third Place - Jury Prize: $100; Audiience Choice Awards $50. An awards ceremony will follow the screening. Refreshments served.

Featured Videos and Vidomakers:

"Vents" by Kyle Stamer, MLK Education Center
"French Kiss" by Loren Arthur, Crow High School
"LMYC Video Project" by Looking Glass Lane Metro Youth Corps, Riverfront School
"Phobia" by The Elite, Thurston High School
"Skella Skaters" by Hannah Clover and Casey Bingham, Crow High School
"Zombie Walk" by Riley Webber
"Tomato Soup" by John Sevey and Zoe Livelybrooks, Crow High School
"Penciled Percussion" by Daniel Hart, Homeschool
"Safety First" by Donkey Bandits, Thurston High School
"French Kiss 2 " by Loren Arthur, Crow High School
"If Only" by Amy Gadbois and Brenna Strassburg, Academy of Arts and Academics

7:00 PM - Screening: OpenLens Festival Short Film & Video Competition and awards Ceremony
Admission: $6.00 Seating Limited. Encore January 31st.
~~~ This is the signature event of the OpenLens Festival weekend and is a celebration of the independent spirit in filmmaking. It provides an opportunity for regional film-video makers to showcase their work in a competitive event.

Featured Films and Filmmakers:

"The Robbery" by Terry Holloway
"The Community Beyond UO" by Erick Talbert
"I Love Scaring the Squares with My Scars and Stares" by Daniel  Eli Dronsfield
"Elegy: A Kevn Adams Mystery" by Jason Miller
"Blizzcon: An Event for Fans" by Christopher Nguyen
"The Alcoholic Pirate" by K. Quinton Anderson
"Wiley Reads" Stephen Speidel and Gary Elam
"Who’s Your Friend?" Brad Harringan
"What’s Keeping Portland Weird?" by Josh McHale, Christina  Diamond and Cori Mintzer
"Know Your Stuff! Coffee Rules the World" by Wen Lee
"Embers" by Tyler Macklin
"Monday with a Bullet 'Scent of Your Blood'" by Henry Weintraub
"Model Rules" by Ray Nomoto Robison and Marlyn Mason
"Pinkontinuum" by Brian Knowles
"Jamais Vu" by John Nichoals Bellville
"The Story of Astoria Oregon" by Spence Palermo
"Have a Ball!" by Lee Wolochuck and Damon Wolf

The OpenLens Short Film compeition includes work by artist living in the Oregon counties of Benton, Coos, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Polk. This includes Florence and Newport to the West, Bend to the East, Salem to the North with Medford and Klamath Falls to the South. Prizes include: Best Of Show $500; Honorable Mention $200; and Audience Choice Awards $100.

Time: 9:30 - 12 Noon - Seminar: "Anatomy of a Personal Documentary"
Registration: $40 general, or $25 for OpenLens Entrants and students with school identification
Instructor: Beth Harrington
~~~ Many of us have stories from our own lives that seem obviously cinematic. But taking the raw material of personal experience and developing it into a film is harder than it looks. Filmmaker Beth Harrington will show her personal documentary The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles and describe the content development process, the trials and tribulations of funding the film and the aftermath of its airing on public television.

1:00 - 2:30 PM Encore Screening: Youth Visions' Teen Video Challenge
Admission: Donation. Seating Limited

3:00 - 4:30 PM Encore Screening: OpenLens Short Film & Video Competition
Admission: $6.00 - Seating Limited

Time: 7:00 PM Frank Capra - It Happened One Night (1934)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"It Happened One Night is an 1934 American comedy with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which provided the shooting title. It Happened One Night was one of the last film romantic comedies created before the MPAA began enforcing the 1930 production code in 1934. In spite of its title the movie takes place over several nights and none is particularly key to the plot.
    The film was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay), a feat that would not be matched until One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and later by The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In 1993, It Happened One Night was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." It was remade as a 1956 musical comedy, You Can't Run Away from It, starring Jack Lemmon and June Allyson." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Coordinators: Thomas Blank and Neal Miller
Time: 9:00-Noon
Cost: $10 per class session, with a minimum registration for 4 Sessions required
Registration: 344-3482
~~~ The Shaggy Dog Project is a screenwriting and film production project designed to provide aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers with the opportunity to create a series of short creative films. Emphasis will be on humorous stories with surprise or twist endings.
    The Shaggy Dog project will select stories from ideas submitted by students and develop them into short screenplays under the guidance of Tom Blank, screenwriting specialist and former television director.  From those screenplays that qualify, short (5 to 10 minute) films will be produced under the supervision of professional filmmaker Neal Miller (www.rubicon-films.com).  The class will become part of the production team for no additional fee.  The goal is to provide the total filmmaking experience, from idea-to-finished-film. Registration is on going with new participants encouraged to join at the beginning of the month. More information available at the Shaggy Dog web page.

Time: 7:00 PM Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 comedy film directed by Frank Capra, based on the story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland that appeared in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post. It stars Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. The screenplay was written by Kelland and Robert Riskin in his fifth collaboration with Capra." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

Time: 7:00 PM Frank Capra - You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"You Can't Take It With You (1938) is a comedy film directed by Frank Capra adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.[1] The cast includes James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold.
The movie won two Academy Awards from seven nominations: Best Picture and Best Director for Frank Capra. This was Capra's third Oscar for Best Director in just five years, following It Happened One Night in 1934 and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town in 1936. It was also the highest-grossing picture of the year." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

Time: 5:00 PM Poets Laton Carter and Colette Tennant
Admission: Free

Laton Carter is the author of Leaving (University of Chicago Press), which won the 2005 Oregon Book Award. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Ploughshares, Northwest Review, Notre Dame Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Faultline, and The Fourth River. He is a full-time stay-at-home father.

Colette is an English Professor at Corban College. Her poems have appeared in Southern Poetry Review, Rosebud, Pudding, Dos Passos Review, Natural Bridge, Global City Review, among others. She has poetry forthcoming in Karamu, and Orpheus II. Her first poetry book, published in January 2010, Commotion of Wings, was a finalist in Main Street Rag’s book contest. In 2003, her book Reading the Gothic in Margaret Atwood’s Novels was published by Edwin Mellen Press.

Time: 7:00 PM Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American 1939 comedy/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on American politics. It was directed by Frank Capra – his last film for Columbia Pictures, the studio where he made his name – and written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star. The film features a bevy of well-known supporting actors, among them Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell and Beulah Bondi.
     Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Screenplay. In 1989, the Library of Congress added Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to the United States National Film Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Success with Your Digital Camera & CREATIVITY
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fee: $75 (non refundable)
Register: Call: 541-344-3482 or by PayPal at divacenter.org (Education)
Instructor: Sherrlyn Borkgren.

Get beyond the basics with your camera. Learn how to use ISO, aperture and speed in unison. Push yourself with honest critiques and work alongside other photographers. Today it is essential to protect your images on the Internet with basic copyright. We will briefly cover copyright basics. Session includes: snacks beverages, teaching materials, hands on learning and fun! Limited Enrolment

What to Bring:

• A digital Camera with f-Stops (meaning you can set your own f-stops and focusing). All camera brands are welcome but because I am a CANON user I am most familiar with Canon SLR.
• Notebook and pen
• 5 prints without your name on the front
• Empty flash drive
• Laptop if you have one

About Sherrlyn Borkgren: Professional photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren’s clients have included Newsweek, National Geographic, Time, World Magazine and she has been featured in Rangefinder and Professional Photographer’s Magazine. Her work has taken her to Iraq, the Congo and Latin America. She is presently creating a photo/tour workshop to Guatemala. See Borkgren's work at: http://www.Borkgren.com or http://www.BorkgrenPhoto.net.

Screening: "A Voodoo Memory (Une Memoire Vodou)" a film by Irene Lichtenstein
Time: 7:30 PM
Fee: $10 suggested donation, but larger and smaller donations accepted.

An Archaeology Channel and DIVA Benefit for Hati Program:

Born in Kirchberg in the canton of Bern (Switzerland), Marianne Lehmann settled in Port-au-Prince in 1957 after marrying a Haitian national.  She started collecting voodoo objects in 1970, out of an early fascination for this culture and in an attempt to prevent them from being sold abroad.  Over the years, she has built the most important collection in the world, which is now world-recognized by UNESCO.  A Voodoo Memory reveals the beauty and signification of these pieces, highlights the link between voodoo and the emancipation of the Haitian people, and draws a unique portrait of this 70-year old woman still imbued with a youthful spirit.

The 60-minute documentary is in French and Creole with English subtitles.

Screening: Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010

DIVA is pleased to present the 2010 Oscar nominated Live Action and Animated Short Films for an extended run in Eugene beginning March 5th.

Don't think that because these films are short that it makes them any less entertaining, important or thought provoking. In fact, it can be argued that the short film genre actually makes the art of filmmaking a greater challenge, considering the limited budgets and the narrative constraints of time. Viewers will find this year's five live action and five animated films combine imaginative daring with meticulous attention to the art of filmmaking.

This year’s Animated Shorts include French Roast, Granny O’Grimm’sSleeping Beauty, The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Logorama and the new Wallace and Gromit film A Matter of Loaf and Death. There will three additional award-winning films to round out the show: Partly Cloudy, The Kinematograph and Runaway. In various languages with English subtitles. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

The Live Action Program features The Door, The New Tenants Instead of Abracadabra, Kavi and Miracle Fish. In various languages with English subtitles. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

“Imaginative daring with meticulous attention to craft”: the New York Time's A.O. Scott describing the films in the 2010 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films programs (February 23, 2010).

Read more about these two programs

5:10 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

7:15 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

9:10 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

Screening: Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010

5:10 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

7:15 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

9:10 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

Screening: Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010

1:00 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

3:15 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00

Time: 7:00 PM Volker Schlondorff: "The Tin Drum" (1979)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel) is a 1979 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Günter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schlöndorff. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

David Bennent plays Oskar, the young son of a Kashubian family in a rural area of the Free City of Danzig, circa 1925. On his third birthday, Oskar receives a shiny new tin drum. At this point, rather than mature into one of the miserable specimens of grown-up humanity that he sees around him, he vows never to get any bigger. Whenever the world around him becomes too much to bear, the boy begins to hammer on his drum; should anyone try to take the toy away from him, he emits an ear-piercing scream that shatters glass. As Germany evolves towards Nazism and war in the 1930s and 1940s, the unaging Oskar continues savagely beating his drum. Only after the Soviet invasion at the end of the war, when his only surviving family member is killed, does he decide to grow up." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

Screening: Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010

DIVA is pleased to present the 2010 Oscar nominated Live Action and Animated Short Films for an extended run in Eugene beginning March 5th.

Don't think that because these films are short that it makes them any less entertaining, important or thought provoking. In fact, it can be argued that the short film genre actually makes the art of filmmaking a greater challenge, considering the limited budgets and the narrative constraints of time. Viewers will find this year's five live action and five animated films combine imaginative daring with meticulous attention to the art of filmmaking.

This year’s Animated Shorts include French Roast, Granny O’Grimm’sSleeping Beauty, The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Logorama and the new Wallace and Gromit film A Matter of Loaf and Death. There will three additional award-winning films to round out the show: Partly Cloudy, The Kinematograph and Runaway. In various languages with English subtitles. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

The Live Action Program features The Door, The New Tenants Instead of Abracadabra, Kavi and Miracle Fish. In various languages with English subtitles. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

“Imaginative daring with meticulous attention to craft”: the New York Time's A.O. Scott describing the films in the 2010 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films programs (February 23, 2010).

Read more about these two programs

5:10 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00
Read more about this program

7:15 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00
Read more about this program

9:10 PM Live-Action Shorts.
Admission: $6.00
Read more about this program

Screening: Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010

This year’s Animated Shorts include French Roast, Granny O’Grimm’sSleeping Beauty, The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Logorama and the new Wallace and Gromit film A Matter of Loaf and Death. There will three additional award-winning films to round out the show: Partly Cloudy, The Kinematograph and Runaway. In various languages with English subtitles. 101 minutes. Not Rated.

5:00 PM Animation Shorts.
Admission: $6.00
Read more about this program

Time: 7:00 PM Volker Schlondorff: "Young Torless" (1966)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

At a boy's boarding school in the early 1900s, Torless watches the sadistic actions of his fellow students but fails to help a friend who is being tortured.  Like this year's "The White Ribbon", "Young Torless" establishes the conditions of German culture that eventually allowed the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler to take hold.

"Young Torless" launched the film movement known as New German Cinema, winning the 1966 Cannes Film Festival Critic's Prize for director Volker Schlondorff 's first film.

Schlondorff has placed three films on the list of the fifty best films from Germany: "Young Torless"; "The Lost Honor of Katarina Blum"; and "The Tin Drum."

Time: 7:00 PM Elia Kazan: "Streetcar Named Desire" 1951
First Film in the Spring Series

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

"Streetcar Named Desire" is an electrifying film that tells the feverish and steamy story of the pathetic mental and emotional demise of a determined, yet fragile, repressed and delicate Blanche DuBois a Southern lady born to a once-wealthy family of Mississippi planters. Her impoverished, tragic downfall in the squalid, cramped and tawdry French Quarter one-bedroom apartment of her married sister (Stella) and animalistic brother-in-law (Stanley Kowalski) is at the hands of savage, brutal forces in modern society. In her search for refuge, she finds that her sister lives with drunkenness, violence, lust, and ignorance. (Reference: Filmsite.org). The film stars: Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Video Slam Submission Deadline - Today for April
Time: 5:00 PM

Shoot It! Show it! Watch it! DIVA's Video Slam is taking a fresh new approach to Eugene's only all-ages showcase for film and video artists.

Video Slam participation requires videomakers to submit their work in advance on the first day of each month. A screening of submitted videos will follow on the third Wednesday at 7:00 PM. The lead-time between submission and screening will facilitate the Center's organizing a full Video Slam program for audience viewing. See DIVA Video Slam Web Page for details.

First Friday Art Walk - DIVA Reception
Time: 5:30 PM

DIVA is opening three new shows during the First Friday Art Walk including: The Revenant Archives explores the visual and material culture of the paranormal. Regionalism: New Art By North American Printmakers is an exhibition of work on paper that will provide an overview of new experimental printmaking. And, Claudia Patton's acrylic on canvas paintings will be on view in the Member's Gallery.

Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Coordinators: Thomas Blank and Neal Miller
Time: 9:00-Noon
Cost: $10 per class session, with a minimum registration for 4 Sessions required
Registration: 344-3482
~~~ The Shaggy Dog Project is a screenwriting and film production project designed to provide aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers with the opportunity to create a series of short creative films. Emphasis will be on humorous stories with surprise or twist endings.
    The Shaggy Dog project will select stories from ideas submitted by students and develop them into short screenplays under the guidance of Tom Blank, screenwriting specialist and former television director.  From those screenplays that qualify, short (5 to 10 minute) films will be produced under the supervision of professional filmmaker Neal Miller (www.rubicon-films.com).  The class will become part of the production team for no additional fee.  The goal is to provide the total filmmaking experience, from idea-to-finished-film. Registration is on going with new participants encouraged to join at the beginning of the month. More information available at the Shaggy Dog web page.

Time: 7:00 PM Elia Kazan: "On the Waterfront" (1954)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

On the Waterfront is a 1954 American drama film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. It was based on a series of articles written in the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson and is a classic story of Mob informers was based on a number of true stories and filmed on location in and around the docks of Hoboken, New Jersey.

The film received eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. It is Leonard Bernstein's only original film score not adapted from a stage production with songs. (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Music - Douglas Detrick's AnyWhen Ensemble
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5-$10

This is a different kind of group, with a different kind of mission. The idea behind forming “AnyWhen,” to bring together means musical genres ranging from romantic orchestral music, modernist chamber music, traditional and contemporary jazz, and free improvised music, as well as rock, electronica and folk music. In broader terms the music reflects emotional and intellectual honesty as the key values, regardless of genre.

Film: Freedom State Directed by Cullen Hoback.
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Donation

It’s about sanity. It’s about a quest. It’s about crazy love. When eight mental health home patients wake up to discover that the Nurse is absent, the T.V. is out, and there’s a glass eye made in Rapture, Indiana… they come to the only possible conclusion: the apocalypse has happened. Each takes a role in their society, a finds a new sense of purpose through imagination. Led by their president, a disenfranchised housewife who has decided normal is crazy, they commandeer the facility’s short bus and head out on a mission to save survivors. Written and Directed by Cullen Hoback. Executive Producer: David Morrison Douglas. Produced by: Aaron Kirk Douglas.

Time: 7:00 PM Elia Kazan: "East of Eden" (1955)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, is loosely based on the second half of the 1952 novel of the same name by American author John Steinbeck about a wayward young man who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the affection of his Bible-toting father against his favored brother. It is, in essence, a retelling of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. The story is set in 1917, during World War I, in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas.

The film stars Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major screen role), and Raymond Massey; it also features Burl Ives, Richard Davalos and Jo Van Fleet, and was adapted by Paul Osborn and John Steinbeck. (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Time: 7:00 PM Elia Kazan: "A Face In The Crowd " (1957)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, stars Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau. The screenplay was written by Budd Schulberg, based on his short story "Your Arkansas Traveler".

The story centers on a drifter named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Griffith, in a role starkly different from the amiable "Sheriff Andy Taylor" persona), who is discovered by the producer (Neal) of a small-market radio program in rural northeast Arkansas.

In 2008, A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

(Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Video Slam Screenings
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Donation Welcome

Shoot It! Show it! Watch it! DIVA's Video Slam is taking a fresh new approach to Eugene's only all-ages showcase for film and video artists. Come see this month's selection.

Note: Videomakers need to submit their work in advance on the first day of each month. The lead-time between submission and screening will facilitate the Center's organizing a full Video Slam program for audience viewing. See DIVA Video Slam Web Page for details.

Video Slam Submission Deadline - Today for May
Time: 5:00 PM

Shoot It! Show it! Watch it! DIVA's Video Slam is taking a fresh new approach to Eugene's only all-ages showcase for film and video artists.

Video Slam participation requires videomakers to submit their work in advance on the first day of each month. A screening of submitted videos will follow on the third Wednesday at 7:00 PM. The lead-time between submission and screening will facilitate the Center's organizing a full Video Slam program for audience viewing. See DIVA Video Slam Web Page for details.

Time: 7:00 PM Robert Bresson: "A Man Escaped" (1956)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

A Man Escaped, directed by Robert Bresson, is a French film based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a prisoner of war held at Fort Montluc during World War II.

The story focuses on the protagonist Fontaine (Francois Leterrier), a member of the French Resistance, who is captured by the Nazi occupiers. His journey is that of finding a way of escape by gathering bits of information from brief encounters with other prisoners and coded tapping on walls.

Bresson, like Devigny and the character Fontaine, was imprisoned by Nazis as a member of the French Resistance.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

CINEMA PACIFIC PRESENTS: The Best Of The 36th NW Film & Video Festival. Hosted by Bill Foster
Time: 10:30 AM
Admission: $6.00


This program presents a carefully selected cross-section of the state of filmmaking in the Northwest. These films‹all chosen as official selections by Festival Judge Kenneth Turan and screened at the 36th Fest in Portland. The program will be followed by a conversation about film festival programming with Bill Foster, director of the Northwest Film Center (host of the Portland International Film Festival and the Northwest Film and Video Festival), Jay Rosenblatt (filmmaker and program director, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival), and Richard Herskowitz (Director of Cinema Pacific and Artistic Director, Cinema Arts Festival Houston). Selections include:

The Mouse That Soared (Kyle T. Bell/Portland, 6 min.) A famous flying circus mouse reflects on his humble beginnings in this high-altitude adventure in aerodynamics.

Nous Deux Encore (Heather Harlow/Portland, 16 min.) "A truly, madly, deeply moving love story, inventively told and powerfully evocative of time and place." Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles film critic and Northwest Film Festival juror).

Nature On Its Course (Su-an Ng/Port Moody, 3 min.) It¹s not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

Is That Me (Elijah M. Hasan/Portland, 5 min.) "An effortless blend of experiment and social conscience." Kenneth Turan

Eros (Megan Griffiths/Seattle, 2 min.) This lush and chilling thriller is told through the preparation of an extravagant meal.

Endless Tunner (Tommy Thompson/Olympia, 5 min.) Bringing to mind Italian Futurism of the early 20th Century, this state-of-the-art Stratastencil animation weighs in on the stress of contemporary life.

Missed Aches (Joanna Priestley/Portland, 4 min.) An ode to the fallibility of spell-check.

122 Random Seconds (Karl Lind/Portland, 2 min.) A real-time doc that encourages you to "keep Portland weird," and "always
carry your camera."

Damian and Ende (Benjamin Schuetze/Vancouver, 10 min.) Two boyhood friends negotiate the changing seasons and their own relationship, forever corrupted by a long-ago tragedy.

Stick (Patrick Beechinor, Justin Longoz, Chris McKinlay/Vancouver, 1 min.) "Life from life to death in sixty breathless seconds." ‹Kenneth Turan

Don't Worry It's a New Century (Jeff Guay/Portland, 9 min.) In a wry homage to a seminal Northwest short, Crystal Lake explores the concept of "idea recycling."

Somewhere (Salise Hughes/Seattle, 4 min.) Opposites attract in this found footage romance.

CINEMA PACIFIC PRESENTS: The Films of Jay Rosenblatt: Part Two Presented by Jay Rosenblatt
Time: 10:30 AM
Admission: $6.00

The second of two programs blending Rosenblatt's collage and diary films, collecting five works made since 2004 will be screened.
    Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over twenty-five films.

 

Afraid So  (2006, 3 min.)
Afraid So is about fear and anxiety. It is based on a poem where each line forms a question with the implied response being “Afraid so”. Impending doom permeates the film.

Phantom Limb (2005, 28 min.)
The death of Rosenblatt's seven-year-old brother when he was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. Phantom Limb uses this personal story as a point of departure. The film is loosely structured according to the stages of grieving, and interspersed throughout this poetic documentary are interviews with a cemetery owner, a phantom limb patient, and an author of a book about evidence for life after death.

I Like It a Lot (2004, 4 min.)
“I Like It a Lot, a stunner of sentiment without sentimentality, spends four attentive, agreeable minutes with a two-year-old and an ice cream cone.  (It) succinctly conveys the splendor of being human.” -Jonathan Kiefer, San Francisco Magazine

I'm Charlie Chaplin (2005, 8 min.)
Ella is two and a half years old. She has two great loves: Charlie Chaplin and candy. What better way to have both at once than to be The Little Tramp for Halloween?  Audience Award, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival

Beginning Filmmaking  (2008, 23 min.)
It has been two and a half years since Ella said she wanted to be a filmmaker. Beginning Filmmaking takes us through one year of trying to teach a preschooler how to make a film. Ella rises to the challenge but on her own terms.

Time: 7:00 PM Robert Bresson: "Pickpocket" (1959)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

Michel (Martin LaSalle) takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favour of returning to pickpocketing (after taking lessons from an expert), because he realizes that it's the only way he can express himself

This was the first film Bresson wrote the screenplay for rather than "adapting it from an existing text."

(Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Kristen Gallerneaux, Chief Archivist and curator of the Revanent archives exhibit now on view at DIVA through June, will give a presentation/lecture/talk about the exhibit followed by a performance by Portland media artists Carl Diehl and Weired Fiction.

Schedule:

7:00 PM Kristen Gllerneaux - Revanent Archive Exhibit - free

8:00 PM The Polterzeitgeist a performance by Weird Faction - donation suggested.

The Polterzeitgeist is a scary spirit of the times, a shadow formation fluttering betwixt billions and billions of queries.    The evening's audio-visual exploration of this speculative phenomenon will be led by Metaphortean Researcher Carl Diehl with members of interdisciplinary arts group Weird Fiction. Together they will operate on the innards of this curious phantom, believed to be loitering in the techno-cultural imagination.

Deriving metaphors and tropes from Fortean phenomena, Portland's Carl Diehl examines the anomalies lurking between structured obsolescence and the perpetual fissures of curiosity.  He terms this practice "Metaphortean Research" metaphorteanspace.com

Also based in Portland, Weird Fiction explore the outer regions and ramifications of today’s pervasive information environments through interactive installations, performance and speculative fiction.

Time: 7:00 PM Robert Bresson: "L'Argent" (1983)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

This is the final film by French film director Robert Bresson. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's short story The Forged Coupon. A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which has devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder. The film stars Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci and Caroline Lang. It earned its Bresson the Director's Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Video Slam Screenings
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Donation Welcome

Shoot It! Show it! Watch it! DIVA's Video Slam is taking a fresh new approach to Eugene's only all-ages showcase for film and video artists. Come see this month's selection.

Note: Videomakers need to submit their work in advance on the first day of each month. The lead-time between submission and screening will facilitate the Center's organizing a full Video Slam program for audience viewing. See DIVA Video Slam Web Page for details.

Three Women Filmmakers address "Art and Expression across Boundaries"
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Donation

"Art and Expression across Boundaries" is the theme explored by three women filmmakers associated with the University of Oregon's Folklore program when DIVA hosts an evening of documentary films they have directed.

"Rocking the Boat" by Emily West Afanador. (57 min.) This documentary about gendered dynamics in co-ed rock bands takes on accusations that rock and roll is a "boys’ club," while voicing the challenges that women players uniquely face, even in small town music scenes.  Tracing four bands in Eugene, Oregon the movie highlights five women among them who, over the course of the film, develop - and abandon - an all-female rock group.   

"Five Minutes of Fame" by Tiffany Christian. (24 min.). The sense of community that a group of regular karaoke fans create at a local Eugene bar is the theme of this video documentary. The movie contrast the "regulars" with more casual performers, showing how the regulars form a sense of camaraderie that revolves around karaoke (knowing the etiquette, interacting with each other inside the performance space, etc.) Several interviews with women present their unique perspective as members of both the featured "regular community" and those who are more casual participants.

"Kumekucha Amka Wamama: Rise Up Women, It Is Dawn," by Ashley Gossman. (38 mins). The idea for this film rose out of the filmmakers' interest of creating awareness of women's lives in Tanzania and to highlight their art making abilities and struggles to carry on batik traditions. The film explores both the tie-and-dye and wooden block and wax processes for making tapestries that become products the women are able to market to tourist and others as they learn how to be successful small business entrepreneurs.

Awards Reception - Archaeology Channel: International Film and Video Festival
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Cost: $5.00

Come celebrate the conclusion of the Archaeology Channel's International Film and Video Festival when it holds its awards ceremony and reception at DIVA.

The world's best films and videos on archaeology and indigenous peoples are showcased at The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, to be held May 18-22, in the Soreng Theater at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon, USA. See: The Archaeology Channel's International Film and Video Festival web site for full details.
   

Time: 7:00 PM Kenji Mizoguchi: "Ugetsu"

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

Director Kenji Mizoguchi's film stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyo and is inspired by short stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant. The story is set in villages that line the shore of Lake Biwa in Omi Province in the late 16th century. It revolves around two peasant couples: Genjur and wife Miyagi and Tobei and wife Ohama who are uprooted as Shibata Katsuie's army sweeps through the their farming village. (Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks.

Time: 7:00 PM Kenji Mizoguchi: "Sansho the Bailiff"

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

Based on a short story of the same name by Mori Ogai, the film tells the story of a virtuous governor who is banished by a feudal lord to a far-off province. His wife and children are left to fend for themselves as they try to join him. They become separated, and the children grow up amid suffering, slavery, and oppression.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

First Friday Art Walk
Time: 5:30

This month's First Friday Art Walk is guest-hosted by George Evano of the Oregon Bach Festival. The downtown Eugene tour begins at 5:30 p.m. at Art of War gallery, followed by hosted stops at Jacobs Gallery, Studio Mantra, Modern, and Greater Goods. Participating ArtWalk venues include: Art of War, The Birdhouse/Hummingbird Gallery , Blue Moon Jewelry Designs, and Brenner's Green Living Gallery.

DIVA is not on the walk, but will be open. So, come join us in Eugene's living room on Broadway and enjoy great art and old friends.

Time: 7:00 PM Kenji Mizoguchi: "Street Of Shame "

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

Behind The Lens Seminar instructor Tom Blank screens and discusses director Kenjui Mizoguchi's final film "Street Of Shame" In this production, Mizoguchi brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them. Set in Tokyo’s Red Light District (the literal translation of the Japanese title), Street of Shame was so cutting, and its popularity so great, that when an anti-prostitution law was passed in Japan just a few months after the film’s release, some said it was a catalyst

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Time: 7:00 PM Dennis Hopper: "Easy Rider" (1969)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

This was the game changing film where a new, unknown director was allowed to make an unconventional movie about the counterculture which surprised everyone by making a fortune. The film stars Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Feature Film: Field Guide To November Days
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: $5-7 sliding scale

This is the second feature from Portland filmmaker Nick Peterson (Yellow). Field Guide to November Days focuses on Matt and Natalie, recently separated, who resume their relationship after a chance meeting. However, they soon fall back into old destructive patterns, and they separate once again. To cope with the loss, Natalie isolates herself and experiments with a radically different place in society. Matt finds solace in his friendship with Christian, who is gay. Confused by their companionship, he begins to question his own sexual identity. The film features: Nick Peterson, Mary DeFreese, Joe Haege, and Briana Ledford

This film was made entirely with bikes instead of any motorized transport. Everyone working on the film biked to set and everything (including furniture) was pulled by bike (except for one trip to the coast!).

International Documentary Film Challenge
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $5-7 sliding scale

DIVA is pleased to present this year's top 12 films, as selected by a panel of judges. These films premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto this past May where the Winners were announced.

The International Documentary Challenge is a timed filmmaking competition where filmmakers have 5 days to make a short 4-7 minute non-fiction films. All of the registered participants script, shoot, and edit their films during the same competition time period and are required to submit their movie by a set deadline.

Death Goes Green. An intimate portrait of the pioneers of the green burial movement. Produced by The Cut Tos. Portland, Oregon. Award: Best Original Score and Best Use of Nature/Environmental Genre.

The Flour Dreams. Chronicles the stories of individuals in northern Thailand whose life experiences are realized, shaped, interpreted and coped with through various expressions. Team: Asia Outpost. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Use Of Art Genre

Grounded By Reality. Jessica is an artist who rolls hard and lives large as she creates work that documents her body's--but not her creativity's--decline. Team: Shed Collective. Atlanta, Georgia. Award: Best Directing

Hanging Out. In his own way, Paul asks us what it means to be free. Team Surge. New York City.

I SAW U. A Seattle filmmaker explores stories of dreamers who seek connections through the classifieds. Team: Reel Grrls. Seattle, Washington.

Legend: A Film About Greg Garing. In his early 20s, legendary musician Greg Garing played with every country and bluegrass superstar on the Nashville Opry scene. Now, at 43, his doctors give him a year to live and he's forced to come to terms with the secret he's kept all his life. Team Kamikaze Chickadee. Brooklyn, New York

Life is but a Dream. Charlie Wilkins is going to write a new book, if he survives his next adventure of rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic in 30 days. Team: Flash Frame & Video Network. Thunder Bay, Ontario

Lynching: America's Nightmare. History about lynching in America. Team Media Bridges. Cincinnati, Ohio. Award: Best Use of Historical Genre.

Old Radicals. A story of a radical grandfather who risked his life working for peace, and the deeply personal consequences of his courage. Team: Noonday Films. ward: Documentary Educational Resources (DER) Award, Best Use of Theme, Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre

Oneironauts. Filmed itself like a dream, this short documentary gives us a snap insight of what dreams are. Team: Viewmaster. Athens, Greece.  Award: Best Use of Experimental Genre.

Tami Tushie's Toys. A Minnesota mom does something she never thought she would do. Team: Minnesota Docuclubbers. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Walk Across America. Seventy-four year old Bruce Maynard builds a solar powered baby stroller to accompany him on a walk across America. Team: A4 Creative. Moutlake Terrace, Washington.

Time: 7:00 PM Johne Schlessinger: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Seminar Instructor: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director
Admission: LCC Community Education Registration or, Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased at the door.

This film challenged prevailing norms of sexual freedom, and it became the first (only) X-Rated movie ever to win the Oscar for best film. June 27. Stars Jon Voight, and Dustin Hoffman.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

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The Darkest Corner of Paradise (2010) Directed by Henry Weintraub
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $5.00

When college graduate, Peter Landsman, moves to the city to pursue a career in professional accounting, he finds himself in a situation far less predictable. With the disappearance of a mysterious woman, Landsman is lured into an underworld of black market traders and killers.

Independent film director Henry Weintraub has been shooting films in Eugene, Oregon for over eight years, including the feature length film "Melvin" which has won multiple awards and has been screened across America and even as far as Canada. Now, Weintraub's trying his hand at drama with the release of "The Darkest Corner of Paradise".

"The Darkest Corner of Paradise" is a feature length film shot entirely in Eugene and Portland Oregon over the last nine months and was worked on by a local cast and crew of over thirty people, including local actors Patrick O'Driscoll, Richard Leebrick, John Schmor and Kato Buss. It was scored by Eugene artist Zac Sawyer of the Sawyer Family, all on a single double-bass and features multiple local bands.

 

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PRODUCTIONS

The Darkest Corner of Paradise (2010) Directed by Henry Weintraub
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $5.00

When college graduate, Peter Landsman, moves to the city to pursue a career in professional accounting, he finds himself in a situation far less predictable. With the disappearance of a mysterious woman, Landsman is lured into an underworld of black market traders and killers.

Independent film director Henry Weintraub has been shooting films in Eugene, Oregon for over eight years, including the feature length film "Melvin" which has won multiple awards and has been screened across America and even as far as Canada. Now, Weintraub's trying his hand at drama with the release of "The Darkest Corner of Paradise".

"The Darkest Corner of Paradise" is a feature length film shot entirely in Eugene and Portland Oregon over the last nine months and was worked on by a local cast and crew of over thirty people, including local actors Patrick O'Driscoll, Richard Leebrick, John Schmor and Kato Buss. It was scored by Eugene artist Zac Sawyer of the Sawyer Family, all on a single double-bass and features multiple local bands.

Last Picture Show (1971) Director: Peter Bogdanovich.
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

The youth of a small town in mid-twentieth-century Texas search for ways to escape boredom and experience life and love

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

First Friday Art Walk
Time: 5:30 PM
Admission: Free

Join Lane Arts Council for First Friday ArtWalk on July 2nd, guest-hosted by Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy. The downtown Eugene tour begins at 5:30 p.m. at Ballet Fantastique's new and expanded downtown dance center, near 10th and Oak, followed by hosted stops at Studio Tre Amiche, David Minor Theater, and 5th Street Market's artisan studios. DIVA will be open, so come by to say hello and enjoy a summer's evening downtown. Always Free. ArtWalk details.

NOTE: DIVA Exhibit Galleries will be closed during July in prepartion for August opening. All events on this Calendar will take place at times scheduled. Enjoy one of the many programs we have planned for July.

Poetry Series features Joe Hall and James Yeary
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: Donation

East Coast author Joe Hall is currently on tour promoting his new book of poems, “Pigafetta Is My Wife” (Black Ocean Press, 2010). His earlier work, including poems and essays, have been published by numerous publishers including Coast, HTMLGIANT, Rooms Outlast Us, Barrelhouse, Versal, Octopus and other journals.

Hall is the founder of the “Cheryle’s Gone” a reading and performance series that features a mix of poets, prose writers, and music. The monthly event is held at the Big Bear Café in the District of Columbia.

James Yeary is a Portland-based writer and performance artist who’s interests in ambient modes of writing and reading, aesthetics of duration and sustain, and expanded notions of the non-egoic and erasure have led him to begin work on a performance-ritual/bookshelf installation titled 'KARAOKE.' He is co-author (with visual artist Nate Orton) of the My Day zine serial and he helps curate the Spare Room reading series in Portland, which has facilitated experimental poets in Portland for over 8 years.  He has worked in print and radio journalism and holds a Bachelor's in General Studies from the University of Idaho.

Harold and Maude (1971) Directed by Hal Ashby
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A classic comedy film from the period about sex, death, and unexpected love. Starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort.
           

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Mean Streets Directed by Martin Scorsese
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

In a series of character-led incidents set against the background of New York City's Little Italy, we follow the life of Charlie (Harvey Keitel), a small-time member of the wiseguy community who collects protection money. His friends Tony and Michael are part of the community, but his other friend Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) is unreliable and therefore must be shunned. Charlie's secret girlfriend Teresa has epilepsy, and so must also be shunned. When Charlie's uncle Giovanni offers him a restaurant - the first step up the ladder - Charlie is forced to choose between his desire for power, his love for Teresa and his duty to protect his friend Johnny

This summer we will be exploring lesser-known films from the 1970s by directors, such as  Martin Scorsese,  Steven Spielberg, and Hal Ashby.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

The Conversation (1974) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

The Conversation of the title takes place in a public park. A nervous-looking couple (Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams) are suspicious of everybody around them. They are wary of being watched or being heard. So they should be. They are being watched and their conversation is being recorded by a man named Harry Caul (Gene Hackman).

This summer we will be exploring lesser-known films from the 1970s by directors, such as  Martin Scorsese,  Steven Spielberg, and Hal Ashby.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

The Sugarland Express (1974) Directed Steven Spielberg
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Based on an actual incident, Steven Spielberg's first theatrical feature follows the adventures of a Texas outlaw couple striving to keep their family together by any means necessary. Determined not to lose her child to the authorities, Lou Jean Poplin )Goldie Hawn gets her obedient convict husband Clovis (William Atherton) to break out of jail and help her kidnap their baby from its foster parents. With hostage Officer Slide (Michael Sacks) in tow, the fugitives head across the plains to Sugarland, Texas, pursued by a flotilla of cop cars. Even though Slide becomes the couple's friend, the Law is bent on capturing its criminal quarry.

This summer we will be exploring lesser-known films from the 1970s by directors, such as  Martin Scorsese,  Steven Spielberg, and Hal Ashby.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

"Five Easy Pieces"  Director:  Bob Rafelson  (1970)  With Jack Nicholson and Karen Black.  (98 min.)
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Jack Nicholson plays a concert pianist who has dropped out of the music world to work in the oil fields.  When his father falls ill, he brings his waitress girlfriend  to Spokane to visit his upper class family.
   Several sequences were filmed in Oregon, and the most famous, the "chicken sandwich" scene was filmed in Eugene at the Denny's near the 30th Street I-5 onramp...
   This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

"Flickering Images and Silver Screens" - A First Friday Art Walk Showcase Event
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Admission: Free

“Flickering Images” is the theme of a special DIVA event during the First Friday Art Walk from 5:30PM to 8:00 PM on August 6th.  DIVA will be hosting an informational evening showcasing many of the area’s film festivals, film programs, classes, and events.

The evening’s goal is to share with the public the growing diversity of film/video organizations and activities in our community that present festivals, teach about film, and promote the professional film, video, and media arts.

Confirmed participants with hosted tables, many with audiovisual presentations, include: Mid-Oregon Production Arts Network (MOPAN), The Archeology Channel’s International Film Festival, The Eugene International Film Festival, the University of Oregon’s Cinema Pacific, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival, The Eugene Celebration Film Festival, and DIVA’s own OpenLens Festival, Behind The Lens Film Seminar, and The Shaggy Dog film production Project.

DIVA will be screening a sampler reel of the many film related events it sponsors throughout the year.

At 8:15, the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and DIVA hosts the first program in The ArchaeologyFest Film Series with "Chumpi's Adventure" and "Lost Nation: The Ioway". These are two of the jury-selected films from The Archaeology Channel’s International Film and Video Festival: 2010. Doors open at 7:45. Admission: $6. Other programs in this fundraising series follow on August 7th, 13th, and 14th.

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2010 - Program A
Time: 8:15 PM - Doors open at 7:45
Admission: $6

A benefit for The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. These are the best films from the 2010 edition of TAC Festival.  (The 2011 edition of TAC Festival takes place at Eugene’s Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, May 24-28)

Chumpi's Adventure (Peru) 47 min. This film focuses on the lives of three generations of Achuar, who live in the Peruvian Amazon.  A young boy, Chumpi, his father, Secha, and his grandfather, Irar, make an upriver trip to a sacred waterfall, where both adults received their visions as young men.  They travel through the tropical rainforest in an adventure into the spiritual world of these indigenous people.  Their journey gives insight into the Achuar culture, as they try to continue their traditions while facing conflicts with oil companies and the encroaching industrial world. (Special Mention by Jury; Honorable Mention for Script, Cinematography, and Inspirational)

Lost Nation: The Ioway (USA) 57 min. In 1824, during the twilight of Native American dominion, two conflicted Ioway leaders met with William Clark, one of the principals of the earlier Lewis and Clark Expedition, to sign a momentous treaty.  White Cloud saw cooperation as survival for his people, while Great Walker regretted the loss of their ancestral homeland.  This pivotal moment led both men to different tragic destinies in their battle with epic change. Ioway Elders join historians and archaeologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota, to St. Louis.  What was a quest for survival in the past has become a struggle to retain a unique Native American culture and language in the present. (Honorable Mention for Best Film)

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2010 - Program B
Time: 7:30 PM - Doors open at 7:00
Admission: $6

A benefit for The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. These are the best films from the 2010 edition of TAC Festival.  (The 2011 edition of TAC Festival takes place at Eugene’s Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, May 24-28)

Life in Limbo (USA) 40 min. This film paints a portrait of life in the town of Hasankeyf, in southeastern Turkey, adramatic town of caves located near the borders of Iraq and Syria. It has been inhabited since the 9th Century B.C. and is considered an archaeological treasure because it is the finest example of a medieval city in the region. Hasankeyf has endured upheavals through the centuries but it now faces a seemingly insurmountable threat to its survival; a proposed dam on the Tigris River that will submerge the town. Through a combination of verite scenes, lyrical landscape images and interviews, Hasankeyf is revealed as a town of long traditions, an archaeological treasure and finally, a community that is fated to be destroyed. (Honorable Mention for Audience Favorite, Best Film, Cinematography, and Music)

Stone Age Artists: The Magdalenian Masters (France) 52 min. The inception of art in prehistoric times is a much debated issue.  Some believe it coincides with a revolution of the mind, which is thought to have started about 40,000 years ago.  Others think it is the result of gradual evolution that began with the very first human beings, some two million years ago.  Our forefathers gradually devoted more and more time to art, decorating their objects and their places of residence.  As for the Magdalenians, ancestors that settled in large areas of Europe between 18,000 and 10,000 years B.C., art was amazingly developed.  The sculpted bas-relief of the Roc-aux-Sorciers site in southwestern France is proof that a golden age of prehistory did actually exist.  For the first time ever, this film reveals Lascaux Cave, a showcase that suggests that the Stone Age may well have had its share of “Michelangelos.” (Best Script; Honorable Mention for Audience Favorite, Best Film, Narration, Animation, Cinematography, and Inspirational)

"McCabe and Mrs. Miller" Director: Robert Altman  (1971)  With Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.  (120 min.)
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A gambler makes a business partnership with a prostitute in a mining camp in the Old West.  Many of Altman's signature techniques are present, including overlapping and improvised dialogue.  The photography by Vilmos Zsigmond is spectacular, and the songs of Leonard Cohen set a perfect, off-center mood.
   This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2010 - Program C
Time: 7:30 PM - Doors open at 7:00
Admission: $6

A benefit for The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. These are the best films from the 2010 edition of TAC Festival.  (The 2011 edition of TAC Festival takes place at Eugene’s Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, May 24-28)

Standing with Stones (UK) 135 min. Produced and directed by documentary film-maker Michael Bott and presented by naturalist and explorer Rupert Soskin, this is a first-hand account from Rupert of a journey taken through the British Isles and Ireland, starting at the tip of Cornwall and ending on the Scottish Isles, visiting more than 100 Neolithic and Bronze age monuments en route.  Beautiful to look at and aiming to be enlightening, the film explores the diversity and wonder of these extraordinary enigmatic structures.  It also looks at some of the explanations and absurdities which attach to them.  Rupert Soskin has a deep knowledge of the subject, but also a refreshingly open-minded attitude to the whos, the hows and especially the whys of the stone construction.  The entire project was conceived and realized entirely by Michael Bott and Rupert Soskin, with a camera, a camper van, two very understanding wives, and a passion for stones. (Best Narration; Most Inspirational; Honorable Mention for Audience Favorite, Best Film, Animation, Script, and Music.

ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2010 - Program D
Time: 7:30 PM - Doors open at 7:00
Admission: $6

A benefit for The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. These are the best films from the 2010 edition of TAC Festival.  (The 2011 edition of TAC Festival takes place at Eugene’s Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, May 24-28)

Herculaneum: Diaries of Darkness and Light (Italy) 52 min. This film tells the story of the excavations at Herculaneum, following Amedeo Maiuri, the archaeologist who in little more than 30 years brought to light the Roman city, which had been destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.  Today, two-thirds of the ancient city still lies under the modern city of Ercolano.  In order to continue the excavations, large parts of the modern city would have to be knocked down, as Maiuri had started to do a few years before his death.  The diaries of Maiuri, together with interviews and unseen footage, lead us in the discovery of the archaeological site and invite us to consider the relationship that humans have with their past along with our desire to discover it, to understand it and to preserve it in time.

Paddle Ship “Patris”Lost in 1868... (Greece) 63 min. This documentary concerns the historic steam engine paddle ship Patris, which sank in 1868.  This type of boat is unique because it used wheels for movement.  It was manufactured at a time before the advent of the screw propeller, when most ships were made of wood.  This particular boat was one of very few made of metal and for this reason it was preserved.  It was a luxurious vessel that had a paddle-wheel steam engine, but also had sails.  Patris was property of “Hellenic Steam Navigation Company,” the first coastal shipping company that was founded in Greece.  The film was made with the collaboration of the Museum of Industrial Heritage of Syros, subordinate to the Municipality of Syros, Greece, and the Greek Ministry of Culture, the National Institute of Research, the Department of Underwater Antiquities, and the Underwater Filming Research (UFR) diving team. (Best Film; Best Cinematography; Honorable Mention for Best Narration, Animation, Special Effects, Script, Music, and Inspirational)

Poetry Series features Nicholas Karavatos and Tim Shaner.
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: Donation
NOTE: This session to be held at the DIVA Annex at 80 E. Broadway.

Nicholas Karavatos is included in the anthology Punk Rock Saved My Ass (Ukiah: Medusa’s Muse, 2010) and the latest issue of West Wind Review (University of Southern Oregon, 2010).
    In December 2009, Amendment Nine published his first book titled No Asylum (Arcata, 2009). David Meltzer wrote on the back cover: “Nicholas Karavatos is a poet of great range and clarity. This book is an amazing collectanea of smart sharp political poetry in tandem with astute and tender love lyrics. All of it voiced with an impressive singularity.”
   Nick lives near Dubai, teaching at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Previously he taught in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. He is a graduate of New College of California and Humboldt State University.

Tim Shaner’s work has appeared in Jacket, Kiosk, P-Queue, Shampoo, 88: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry, The Portable Lower Eastside, Ambit (UK), The Rialto (UK), and other magazines. He is the co-editor of Wig, a magazine devoted to poetry written on the job, and curates A New Poetry Series in Eugene, Oregon. He has a Ph.D. from SUNY-Buffalo’s Poetics Program and teaches at Lane Community College and Umpqua Community College.

"American Graffiti" Director: George Lucas (1973)  With Richard Dreyfess and Ron Howard.  (120 min.)
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Two recent high school grads spend a final night cruising their home town streets before leaving for college.  The soundtrack features memorable rock and roll hits from the period.  Look for Harrison Ford and Suzanne Somers in small parts.  This movie's success made "Star Wars" possible.
   This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

"Chinatown" Director:  Roman Polanski   (1974)  With Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.  (130 min.)
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A detective stumbles on a plot involving the Los Angeles water supply, but that doesn't tell us that "Chinatown" is a magnificent "neo-noir" that muddies its feet with murder, incest, and civic corruption.  The success of this film made Nicholson decide, in order to avoid type casting,  to never again play a detective.  This was the last film Polanski directed in America.
    Academy Award for Best Screenplay to Robert Towne, the only win out of eleven nominations.
    This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

"Network" Director:  Sidney Lumet   (1976)  With William Holden, Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway.  (121 min.)
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A detective stumbles on a plot involving the Los Angeles water A television network uses the mental illness of its anchorman to boost ratings.  It was considered satiric that a network would turn over its news department to the entertainment division.  Sadly, that's seems to be the way the whole industry decided to operate.
   Academy Awards for Peter Finch (Best Actor, Faye Dunaway (Best Actress) and Beatrice Strait (Best Supporting Actress).  Best Screenplay to Paddy Chayefsky
   This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

DIVA Gallery Exhibit: "Do You Want To Ford The River?"
Time: 5:30PM Reception - (First Friday Art Walk)
Admission: Free

DIVA is proud to present Do You Want to Ford the River?  This international group exhibition will attempt to use the Oregon Trail the videogame as a starting point from which to view notions such as mass migration, displacement, “manifest destiny,” popular histories, and regional identity.  The exhibit features established and emerging artists from the United States and Canada offering their unique interpretations on the theme.

This even marks the Fall opening of the DIVA Galleries for exhibits. This show continues through October.

"Little Murders" (1971) By Jules Fieffer, Director Alan Arkin
Time: 8:00 PM (note time)
Admission: LCC Summer Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A girl brings home her latest boyfriend to meet her parents. This is done against the background of random shootings that had just begun in NYC at the time the play was written. How the family's failings are magnified by the social confusion of the times is the crux of the plot.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment. Those who registered for the 2010 summer session may attend this extended August program free.

Extreme Animals: An Evening with Jacob and David
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: $6-9 sliding scale.

Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman, known as the high-NRG electronic music band Extreme Animals, present a mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and global meltdowns.  They choreograph a disjunctive array of maniac live drumming, extreme feedback malfunctions, youtube trash, sloppy dance moves, and Sunday morning cartoons. Amidst this chaos they encourage audiences to get involved with their personalized hippy punk flavor of group antics.
   Jacob is an artist and college professor notably regarded as one third of the American art collective Paper Rad; prolific producer of comics, installations, websites, and animations.
   David is a musical artist and student of Orchestral Composition. Some of his many music projects include Fortress of Amplitude, Powdered Wigs, and Chariots of Fire. He is a lecturer of pop music studies.
   Jacob and David have toured the country every summer for the past 8 years presenting their music, videos, and art.

“Public Enemy” (1931) (83 min.) Director: William Wellman.  Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war.

This is a FALL TERM LCC community-education class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Private Reception: University of Oregon's,Emerging Leaders in the Arts Chapter
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Admission: By Invitation

The University of Oregon's,Emerging Leaders in the Arts chapter, a Graduate student group from the Arts and Administration program celebrates our partnerships with our community partners for the 2010 school year.
    This is also a great opportunity for our community partners to meet our incoming 2010 Graduate students who may be interested in completing a practicum with your organizations this coming school year.

Open Studios Art Tour - Vip Reception
Time: 7:00 - 8:30
Admission: By Invitation

Preview opening of work by artists participating in this year's Open Studios Art Tour. Twenty-one artists will be opening their studios to tour participants on the weekends of October 16&17 and 23&24. Public showing opens on Friday, October 1st during the First Friday Art Walk.

"The Good Fairy” (1935) Director: William Wyler. (98 min.)  Cast: Margaret Sullavan
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.

This is a FALL TERM LCC community-education class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Don Haugen Presents: Cranksurgeon with Styrofoam Sancez, Chefkirk, and Spark Applied To Powder. A noise and performance event.
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5

Noise/performance artist cranksturgeon comes to Eugene from Maine. Expect noise, freaky costumes (including birthday suits) and various transgressive stage antics add up to a multi-media experience not for the timid. Also performing: Styrofoam Sancez, Chefkirk, and Spark Applied to Powder.

A New Poetry Series - Features Author Kaia Sand
Time: 7:30PM
Admission: Donation

Guest Readers: Kaia Sand

Kaia Sand, raised in Salem, earned a Master of Fine Arts in poetry at George Mason University and taught from 2001 to 2004 at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Her first poetry collection, "Interval," was awarded Small Press Traffic Book of the Year in 2004. These days, Sand teaches at Pacific University and co-curates the Tangent Reading Series in Portland, where she lives.

Kaia Sand's book, Remember to Wave, was just released by Tinfish Press. This collection investigates political geography in Portland, Oregon, which takes the form of a poetry walk. She is also the author of a poetry collection, interval (Edge Books 2004), and co-author with Jules Boykoff of Landscapes of Dissent: Guerrilla Poetry and Public Space (Palm Press 2008). Sand has created several chapbooks through the Dusie Kollektiv, which also published her wee book, lotto. Her poems comprise the text of two books in Jim Dine's Hot Dreams series (Steidl Editions 2008). Supported by a Regional Arts and Culture Council project grant, she is currently working on Shell Games, a multi-media poetry project investigating foreclosures and the uneven distribution of shelter

“Swing Time” (1936) Director: George Stevens. (103 min.) Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.  

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

“The Awful Truth” (1937) Director: Leo McCarey. (91 min.) Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Documentary Challenge
Time: 5PM Screening and 7PM Screening
Admission: $5-7 sliding scale

DIVA is pleased to present this year's top 12 films, as selected by a panel of judges. These films premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto this past May where the Winners were announced.

The International Documentary Challenge is a timed filmmaking competition where filmmakers have 5 days to make a short 4-7 minute non-fiction films. All of the registered participants script, shoot, and edit their films during the same competition time period and are required to submit their movie by a set deadline.

Death Goes Green. An intimate portrait of the pioneers of the green burial movement. Produced by The Cut Tos. Portland, Oregon. Award: Best Original Score and Best Use of Nature/Environmental Genre.

The Flour Dreams. Chronicles the stories of individuals in northern Thailand whose life experiences are realized, shaped, interpreted and coped with through various expressions. Team: Asia Outpost. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Use Of Art Genre

Grounded By Reality. Jessica is an artist who rolls hard and lives large as she creates work that documents her body's--but not her creativity's--decline. Team: Shed Collective. Atlanta, Georgia. Award: Best Directing

Hanging Out. In his own way, Paul asks us what it means to be free. Team Surge. New York City.

I SAW U. A Seattle filmmaker explores stories of dreamers who seek connections through the classifieds. Team: Reel Grrls. Seattle, Washington.

Legend: A Film About Greg Garing. In his early 20s, legendary musician Greg Garing played with every country and bluegrass superstar on the Nashville Opry scene. Now, at 43, his doctors give him a year to live and he's forced to come to terms with the secret he's kept all his life. Team Kamikaze Chickadee. Brooklyn, New York

Life is but a Dream. Charlie Wilkins is going to write a new book, if he survives his next adventure of rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic in 30 days. Team: Flash Frame & Video Network. Thunder Bay, Ontario

Lynching: America's Nightmare. History about lynching in America. Team Media Bridges. Cincinnati, Ohio. Award: Best Use of Historical Genre.

Old Radicals. A story of a radical grandfather who risked his life working for peace, and the deeply personal consequences of his courage. Team: Noonday Films. ward: Documentary Educational Resources (DER) Award, Best Use of Theme, Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre

Oneironauts. Filmed itself like a dream, this short documentary gives us a snap insight of what dreams are. Team: Viewmaster. Athens, Greece.  Award: Best Use of Experimental Genre.

Tami Tushie's Toys. A Minnesota mom does something she never thought she would do. Team: Minnesota Docuclubbers. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Walk Across America. Seventy-four year old Bruce Maynard builds a solar powered baby stroller to accompany him on a walk across America. Team: A4 Creative. Moutlake Terrace, Washington.

“Nothing Sacred” (1937) Director: William Wellman. (77
min.) Cast: Carol Lombard, Fredric March
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

To redeem himself after a hoax, reporter Wallace Cook proposes a series of stories on doomed Hazel Flagg.  Hazel discovers she really doesn't have radium poisoning, but still accepts the big fling in New York that Cook offers.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Portland Women's Film Festival - Shorts Program
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $6

POW Fest specifically features the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers as well as providing recognition and support for rising stars. Although the festival’s contributors include Oscar winners and Hollywood heavy hitters, special attention is also paid to dynamic young filmmakers and outstanding local talent in Portland’s burgeoning film industry. To that end, we are dedicated to promoting and creating professional development and networking opportunities for women filmmakers of every level.

Nous Deux Encore
Heather Harlow 2009
17 min. | France,USA

When someone dies in Greece they say, 'live to make your loved one live again'', relates Maxie Leoussis in Nous Deux Encore [Together Again]. 'This man is totally alive for me. Alive in his absence.' Twenty-two years after the sudden death of her Greek husband, this former French television journalist takes us into the soul of the love affair that changed her life forever. Captured visually through many of the countless photographs that he snapped over the years, this piercing portrait of one couple's passion for life and each other will touch even the most disenchanted hearts. More | Trailer

Talking Heads
Gabe Van Lelyveld, Kristina Whipple 2009
Run time: 20 min. | USA

Over 300 interviews went into the making of this short documentary, which asks people of all ages and backgrounds 'Who are you?' and 'What do you want out of life?' Interviewees are presented from youngest to oldest, creating a patchwork of individuals and outlooks on life.What do our answers to these simple yet fundamental questions reveal about our selves? What do they reveal about the larger socio-economic and political forces that shape our lives?Careful attention was paid during production of the film to gathering a diverse body of interviews, from people of various ethnic backgrounds to undocumented workers to those who defy traditional boundaries of gender and sexuality. Talking Heads explores the vastly different experiences (as well as the juxtapositions between them) of those who call the United States their home. Based on a 1980 documentary of the same name by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. More | Trailer

Her Name Was Mary
Elizabeth Vice 2009
Her Name was Mary is a 1950s period-piece that tells the story of a six-year-old girl named Mary who struggles with the idea that her grandmother was never allowed to receive an education and therefore doesn?t know how to write her name. As Mary learns to write in school, she finds herself determined to share her new discovery with her grandmother, one letter at a time. More | Trailer

Linda
Jainee Dial 2008
Run time: 6 min. | USA
Awkward 10 year-old Linda Gonzales has been invited to a popular girl's birthday party. Unfortunately for her, 2 mean-spirited boys from her neighborhood are out to make her look like a fool at the party. They may have succeeded before, but this time she'll get her revenge. More (NA) | Trailer (NA)

POW Fest is produced by Sour Apple Productions in partnership with Film Action Oregon.

 

Uphook Press’ Anthology Reading At DIVA
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Admission: TBA

New York based Uphook Press celebrates the publication of its latest anthology hell strung and crooked with selected readings by visiting authors including: Alex O. Bleecker, plus three Eugeneans: Nancy Carol Moody, Charles F. Thielman and Laura LeHew. LeHew’s work appeared in a previous anthology, you say. say. The group will be joined by visiting Danish author Claus Ankersen and Uphook Press editors Ice and Jane Ormerod.

Uphook Press specializes in work by poets and spoken word artists who love both the ink and the mike. hell strung and crooked is their second anthology taken from open submission.

ALEX O. BLEECKER is, at thirty-three, the youngest retired New York City public school teacher vested in the pension fund. He recently spent a year abroad writing online pro-Tibetan independence propaganda for The Tibet Post International. Alex now lives in Seattle.

NANCY CAROL MOODY is the author of the full-length collection, Photograph With Girls (Traprock Books, 2009). Her poetry has been published in journals including Belleview Literary Review, Poetry, Northwest, The New York Quarterly, and the anthology The Quizzical Chair (Uttered Chaos Press, 2010).

LAURA LEHEW's chapbook Beauty was published by Tiger's Eye Press in 2009. Her work also appears in such anthologies and journals as Eating Her Wedding Dress (Ragged Sky Press, 2009), A Cappella Zoo, and Untamed Ink.

CLAUS ANKERSEN has published two collections of poetry, a poetry CD, and has directed and produced a documentary on spoken word in his native Denmark. He writes and performs in both English and Danish, and has presented his work in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Turkey, India, and the U.S.

CHARLES F. THIELMAN has worked as a corrections counselor, a truck driver, bus driver, shoe salesman, and Left-Coast Sandcastler. He is one of 36 writers who are shareholders in an independent, lefty bookstore. He organizes readings around Eugene and is a board member of both the Lane Literary Guild and the Oregon State Poetry Association.

“Make Way for Tomorrow” (1937) Leo McCarey. (111 min.) Cast: Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring’s selfish whims. An inspiration for Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Make Way for Tomorrow is among American cinema’s purest tearjerkers, all the way to its unflinching ending, which McCarey refused to change despite studio pressure.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall seminar focuses on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series includse work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a former Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions

Double Halloween Creature Festure!
Time: (see individual film listings below)
Admission: $3

DIVA’s usual focus on the art of film takes a scary turn with a Halloween weekend double creature-feature:

7:00 PM “The Little Shop of Horrors” is a 1960 American comedy film directed by Roger Corman and is a farce about an inadequate young florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh and blood. The film stars: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles and Dick Mille. The film was shot in two days with a budget of only $30,000. Since its release it has become a cult favorite.

9:00 PM “Carnival of Souls” is another low budget cult favorite produced in 1962 and directed by Herk Harvey. The film, which tells the story of a young woman haunted by unearthly phantoms of death, was shot in three weeks on location in Lawrence, Kansas and Salt Lake City. Actress Candace Hilligoss starts in this production along with local talent. The abandoned Saltair Pavilion in Utah serves as an atmospheric set for the film that uses few special effects to create a sense of horror.

Touring Video and Music Artists: Jess Malmed, Brainstorm & Jeffrey Jersusalem.
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5-8 sliding scale

Video performance and music artists Jesse Malmed, Brainstorm, and Jeffrey Jersusalem will appear at DIVA at 8:00PM on October 30th. Admission: $5-8ss.

After a month long US tour the ensemble of musicians and video artists end their travel with a stop in Eugene before returning to their Portland home base.

Jesse Malmed is a video artist whose performance included participatory parts for the audience, live song poems and tons of lovelies. Jesse combines video art, installation and participatory performance into a special blend of visionary, expanded cinema.

Brainstorm, featuring Adam Baz and Patrick Phillips, offers an ecstatic and eclectic mixture of video art, song poems over selected headies, conceptual performative poetic games and a participatory installation called  “Conversational Karaoke!!” featuring the artists’ own strange, goofy and dense texts being performed by members of the audience.

Musician Jeffrey Jerusalem (a.ka. Jeff Brodsky) has tremendous charm and energy on stage and plays computer, keyboard, LED tambourine, a variety of real and unreal drums, rototoms, etc. The music is eclectic, energetic and forward thinking. 

“A Star is Born” (1937) Director: William Wellman. (111 min.) Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

A New Poetry Series features authors Standard Schaefer and Scot Siegel.
Time: 7:30PM
Admission: Donation

Standard Schaefer is poet, fiction writer and essayist who recently relocated to Portland from California. He will be reading from The Notebook of False Purgatories, his fourth book, due out from Chax this year. It's a collage of documentary sources and psychogeography dealing with the effect birds have on writing when they are leashed to a typewriter. Laura Moriarty has called it "stark raving A Tonalism" which is to say radical lyricism with a mind to community and artifice. He and Laura are currently collaborating on sci-fi detective novel centered around techno-cultists and fictional Bay Area poetry wars.

Scot Siegel lives in Oregon with his wife and two daughters and works as an urban planning consultant. The author of three books of poetry, he is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and serves on the board of trustees of the Friends of William Stafford. His second full-length poetry collection is due out from Salmon Poetry in early 2012. Siegel edits the online poetry journal Untitled Country Review.

“Jezebel” (1938) Director: William Wyler. (104 min.) Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

A haughty headstrong Southern Belle in Antebellum Louisiana loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride and vows to get him back

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Grrrlz Rock - Indie Film Screening
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Admission: $5, Free w/VIP pass, door prizes for 3 cans of food. This is an all ages event.

This evening Grrrlz Rock 2010 will screen three independent films ranging from international causes, to motherhood theories to rocking grrrlz in a gallery setting with Q&A time with the female directors/filmmakers after the screening!

7:00pm - 7:30pm: “Loud, Proud and Prosperous” - 22 minutes. By Dana Vion (Read Bio.)

Women with disabilities in many parts of the world often face a life of begging to survive, and are cast out of their families and communities. For a group of women with disabilities in Zambia and Zimbabwe, all of this changed when they were given small micro-credit loans to start a business. They became the respected bread winners of their families and their lives were completely transformed. This 22 minute film tells their story and was made for Mobility International USA by Dana Vion.

7:45pm - 9:00pm: "Always Open" – approx. 40 mins.
By Johnnie Mazacco (Read Bio.)

Always Open is an in-progress creative documentary that examines motherhood and is built around audio interviews with several women about their experiences as mothers. Always Open seeks to shine a light on the underbelly of motherhood and to make visible the complex psychology of mothering and the labor intensiveness inherent in raising children.

Also screening is a trailer for Found Objects, an upcoming feature length film by Johnnie.

9:00pm - 9:30pm - Q&A w/Dana & Johnnie

9:30pm - 10:15pm "Lost Valley Culture" - approx 45 mins.
By Ramona Houston (Read Bio.)

Lost Valley Culture features female artists with their paintings, prints/photos, street performers, live gigs and interviews

10:15pm - 10:45pm Q&A w/Ramona

 

“Love Affair” (1939) Director: Leo McCarey (88 min.) Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Despite both being engaged, a French playboy and an American fall in love on an ocean voyage and have an affair. They decide to meet 6 months later at the Empire State Building to decide whether to marry.  

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

Punto Y Raya (point and line) Film Festival
Time:7:30 PM
Addmission: $5-10.

The Punto Y Raya (point and line) Festival is coming to Eugene to present a program of award-winning films from Punto Y Raya - 2007, plus the best of Punto Y Raya - 2009 featuring the 16 finalist and awarded films selected at the Arts Santa Mònica, in Barcelona last November. The evening is hosted by Nöel Palazzo, curator at the Moviment d’alliberament digital (MAD).

This festival, which has earned the title of “most abstract in the world”, explores the creative possibilities of dots and lines in various spheres of science, art and thought. No figuration, just dots and lines as ends in themselves!

The DIVA screening will follow a seminar titled "Larry Cuba and other abstract classics” at the University of Oregon on November 18th. This event is to introduced by Larry Cuba, artist and iota Center director in Los Angeles.

Watch Trailer Online

“Beau Geste” (1939) Director: William Wellman. (112 min.) Cast: Gary Cooper
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

Beau Geste is one of three brothers suspected of stealing their stepmother’s prized sapphire.  After the theft, the brothers leave home to join the French Foreign legion.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

“Wuthering Heights” (1939) Director: William Wyler. (104 min.) Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

The unfortunate lovers Heathcliff and Cathy are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live their lives apart.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar will focus on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series will include work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

New Films by Ian Clark and Jared Liebenau
Time: 7:00PM
Admission: Free

DIVA Indie Nights presents Ian Clark’s film “Pool Room” and Jared Liebenau’s “Floaters” Ian Clark will be available for Q&A after the screening of his film.
 
POOL ROOM (57 min.) is a naturalistic portrait of a quiet and reclusive man named Calvin. His days are spent observing the surrounding, forgotten landscape and walking through the city. He is a collector of discarded treasures, items that would be considered junk by most. His nights are spent living in a storage shed behind the residential home where his younger brother Nathan resides. Inside this safe haven he writes and performs monologues, plays video games, and rediscovers his beloved objects. Most of his time is spent in isolation until he attends a small house party where he meets a girl named Bonnie. See Trailer.

According to Ian Clark, "Pool Room began in January 2008 when I called my longtime friend Joshua Saunders and we started discussing the possibility of working on a narrative film together.”
“As visual artists we recognized a lot of overlap in our interests concerning aesthetics and the kinds of environments and themes that we were drawn to, and decided to tell a story about a character that's ever present but rarely seen. I wanted to focus on beauty that exists in quiet and ordinary, a story about someone who's practically invisible, while also searching for subtle humor in the day-to-day situations. These ideas were in tune with a character that Josh had started to sculpt a few years prior, through video sketches and photographs, and thus we began developing this character and story.”
 
FLOATERS (15 min.) is a short psychological drama about a depressed, out-of-work nobody named Alex, whose mundane life suddenly takes a strange turn when he begins experiencing a bad case of eye floaters.  Partly autobiographical, but wholly surreal, and could even be considered a black comedy with elements of science fiction and horror. 
 
Jared Liebenau is an experimental filmmaker based in Eugene, and a graduate of the NW Film Center’s Certificate in Film program in Portland. He mainly focuses on narrative films with an emphasis on science fiction, surrealism, and horror, but he has also worked on various documentaries including Tunnel Canary and Norcal Noisefest: The Movie.
 
He has provided visual projections during many experimental music shows in Eugene, Portland, and Vancouver, WA, and has worked on various short films throughout film school. Jared’s experimental films have screened at Artists? Television Access in San Francisco, Olympia Experimental Film Fest in Olympia, WA, Noise! Festival in Victoria, B.C., Canada, and the Portland Art Museum.
 
FLOATERS, was made for the NW Film Center’s Certificate of Film program. Written, Produced, Edited, Directed by, and Starring Jared Liebenau.

“Gunga Din” (1939) Director: George Stevens. (104 min.) Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen
New Location: Baker Downtown Center at 975 High Street
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: LCC Registration or $3 donation at the door.
Seminar Host: Tom Blank Former Hollywood Director

In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of a murderous native cult.

This is a LCC community-education seminar at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. This Fall the seminar focuses on four film directors who, it is said, could do anything. The series includes work by William Wellman, William Wyler, Leo McCarey and George Stevens. Tom Blank, a retired Hollywood television and feature film director, hosts the screenings and discussion sessions.

If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you as it examines the trends and highlights in the history of film while participants relax in a casual screening room environment.

A New Poetry Series: Chris Alexander and Kristen Gallagher
New location: Oregon Arts Alliance at 881 Willamette St.
Time: 7:30PM
Admission: Donation

Kristen Gallagher received a Ph.D. from the SUNY Buffalo Poetics Program in 2005 and is now Associate Professor at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.
   Her work on Paulo Freire received a UCLA Paulo Friere Institute Reinventing Freire Award in 2007, and a recent essay “Teaching Freire and Open Admissions” was published in Radical Teacher. An essay on Tan Lin’s Heath Plagiarism/Outsource has appeared in Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, and another essay on Tan Lin's work will appear in the first issue of Jacket 2 in early 2011. Her first book of poetry, We Are Here, was published by Truck Books in November of 2010.

Chris Alexander's work has been described as "selective large-scale appropriation" that focuses on the presentation of cultural artifacts (fan writing and promotional materials, novels and soap operas) and on technical and sub-technical discourse (phone books, US Patent Office documents, machine translations). Most recently, he was involved in the production of EDIT, 2010, a four-volume series of machine translations that rendered Tan Lin's Seven Controlled Vocabularies in fractured Chinese and then returned it to English.
   His first book of poetry, Panda, was published by Truck Books in fall 2010. You can view an online distribution of the Panda archive.
   His current work, 68826567857665, involves using a computer program to translate Bram Stoker's Dracula into ASCII code. He works as an Assistant Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.