Goodbye, July
Hello friends,
I am once again dropping a line here to let you know how much we (the editors of Ultra Dogme) appreciate your continued support of our site. Every cent (and then some) gets spent on paying authors for their quality work. We aim to continue supporting experienced writers while seeking out new voices we can help nurture.
Our editorial team has been through a change lately which should be mentioned. As you might have already deduced from our last Patreon post or noticed on social media, Ruairí and I were very happy to add Malkah Manouel to our editorial team in May. This addition also meant an important change for our 'model' -- instead of a hierarchical masthead, Ruairí and I have 'given up' our titles of 'managing' editor and editor 'in chief' (respectively) in favor of joining Malkah simply as the site's 'editor's. We are an equal team and decided the titles should reflect that.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GAËLLE ROUARD: My latest filmmaker interview has just dropped over on MUBI Notebook -- an interview with Gaëlle Rouard, who has made an ambitious diptych experimental feature film on 16mm, titled Darkness Darkness Burning Bright. Through unusual chemical processing techniques, Rouard crafts images and tones which are uniquely her own. A link to her Vimeo page can be found in the interview, which includes hi-def scans of three of her earlier short works (also touched upon in the interview).
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ATTENTION FILMMAKERS: Light Matter has just opened the call for submissions for their second edition. They are looking for experimental films + video art. Best of all, it's free to submit.
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A SHORT FILM BY MLP: I shot a new roll of 16mm back in May, the first I had made since some scholarship money covered the 5 rolls (and their digitization) of 16mm that I shot in college, way back in 2013-14...I have watched and learned what feels like a small lifetime about experimental film practice since 2014, and I think the difference really shows. Here is a link to that new roll, which you'll notice includes '24fps version' in its title, as I am considering screening it at 18fps whenever the actual print is shown. I haven't yet seen the print projected, so we'll have to wait and see. For now I am mostly sharing the 24fps version of the scan, but if you're curious to see the 18fps version, feel free to email me and ask.
'Fluid Dynamics: Steady Flow - 24fps version'
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FOUR SHORTS BY BARBARA HAMMER: I'm honestly not sure if I've shared these here before, but every time I'm unsure it seems I haven't, so I wanted to point out that for nearly a year there have been four short films by Barbara Hammer available to stream for free via Berlin's Julia Stoschek gallery. Watch here.
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ROBERT KRAMER: If you haven't read it yet, be sure and peep our recent translation of a Cahiers du Cinema interview with director Robert Kramer from 1978!
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TEMENOS: In June I spent two weeks in a remote village in Greece where 7 out of 10 evenings were spent watching a few hours worth of Gregory J. Markopoulos' epic experimental work, Eniaios, and it was a life-changing event. I am working on a piece about the film and the experience. But for now I will leave you with an image or two.
Yours,
MLP
