New film to screen at Sydney Underground Film Festival 2013

 I am happy to say that I will  once again be  screening at the wonderful  Sydney Underground Film Festival. I wish I could be there in person but maybe next time. Looks like an interesting line up for SUFF

a Beginning a Middle and an End
Structured, found footage, hand painted, emulsion manipulated optically printed film.
2013, 16mm, color sound 4:22

This film will shown as part of the Free Radicals program on Saturday Sept 7th at 2pm at the Factory Theatre. for more information visit Sydney Underground Film Festival  

Frames from the film :

a Beginning a Middle and an End : New Film 2013 : 39th Seattle International Film Festival.

My latest hand painted / manipulated found footage optically printed realization

Northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening one of his latest films a Beginning a Middle and an End on Thursday May 23 at 9pm in the ALT shorts program

a Beginning a Middle and an End
Thursday May 23
9pm
ALT Shorts
SIFF Uptown Cinema

Atomic Theory and Chemistry : 15th annual Antimatter Film Festival

I will be screening one of my latest films Atomic Theory and Chemistry . at the 15th Antimatter Film Festival The film will be showing as part of the program : Dance Hypnotist on Friday Oct 12th


ANTIMATTER FILM FESTIVAL
Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter has grown into the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west. Encompassing screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids, Antimatter provides a noncompetitive festival setting in Victoria, British Columbia, free from commercial and industry agendas.

The highest standards of curatorial practice are employed to build thematic programs of innovative film and video selected from international submissions. In addition, our annual Foreign Matter series has become the incubator for hundreds of short films, all new to North American audiences, compiled and contextualized by international curators. Reciprocally, Antimatter delivers curated programs of new Canadian work to international audiences through our Foreign Matter tours. Since 1998, the quality and creativity of its programming, commitment to audience development, and respect for filmmakers and their work have made Antimatter one of the most important media arts events in Canada, and the world.



7pm at The Vic Theatre: Square Dance Hypnotist




The Yodeling Farmer
Mike Maryniuk & John Scoles
35mm/16mm/S8 on HD
2011
Canada
6:10
Vic Premiere
The Yodeling Farmer explores the life and music of Manitoba yodeling cowboy legend Stew Clayton. This playful, animated documentary portrays this charming character with humour and wit and “looks the way yodeling sounds.”

Crop Duster Octet
Gregg Biermann
greggbiermann.com
DV
2011
USA
5:30
Cdn Premiere
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest is deconstructed and reassembled to illuminate the patterns, rhythms and choreography of the original so as to break through and make for an eight band kinetic tour-de-force. As the piece progresses, the temporal displacement of each band gets closer and closer until they all unite into a remarkable grand finale. – Black Maria Film Festival

László Lassú
Ben Popp
benpoppfilm.com
16mm
2011
USA
4:05
W Cdn Premiere
Two lovers are separated by the recesses of space. They can only be reunited by the music they loved to play together. Music from A Hawk and A Hacksaw’s Cervantine album.

Blanket Statement #1: Home is Where the Heart Is
Jodie Mack
jodiemack.com
16mm
2012
USA
3:00
World Premiere
Discordant dysfunction down to the nitty griddy.

The Magik Iffektor
Christine Lucy Latimer
VHS/DV
2011
Canada
4:30
W Cdn Premiere
A video that electronically twists the fates of witches, monkeys, apparitions and conjoined bald men. Created with found VHS footage.

One Way to Find Out
Scott Stark
scottstark.com
35mm
2012
USA
5:00
Cdn Premiere
Hand-printed sections from 35mm movie trailers create a chaotic and densely layered retelling of Hollywood form. Loosely about desire, fear of coupling, and the consequences of moving forward, with results both catastrophic and ecstatic.

Scarlet
Sharon A Mooney
gosharongo.com
DV
2012
USA
4:44
World Premiere
Audio samples culled from Jane Fonda films from the 1960s and ’70s are woven underneath lenticular images of sexpot aliens to form a calm and meditative space in which the video explores the pluralities of perception. Scarlet is inspired by Jane Fonda, yoga videos, and sexy aliens, and was created with altered projections and physical image manipulations.

Square Dance Hypnotist
Allan Brown
volatileworks.org
DV
2011
Canada
17:10
W Cdn Premiere
A square dance is performed in a constantly mutating loop revolving back onto itself while the audio swings from train station service announcements to police dispatches from a fugitive in a stolen police car. Square Dance Hypnotist is a film which oscillates between the isolation of outlaw individualism and the search for the self within community.

Elektrotechnique
Lernert & Sander
lernertandsander.com
HD
2011
Netherlands
3:00
Cdn Premiere
The artist duo Lernert & Sander are known for their witty and colourful video works that stylistically remind of the world of advertising. Elektrotechnique is the video clip they made for the song of the same title by the popular Dutch band De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig. In this video, Lernert & Sander transform domestic appliances into sex machines and sadomasochistic accessories.

Wingdings Love Letter
Scott Fitzpatrick
16mm
2011
Canada
2:00
W Cdn Premiere
noun 1. A lavish or lively party or celebration. 2. A real or pretended fit or seizure; a rage. An ode to a misunderstood font is rendered by laser printing directly onto 16mm leader. Made in Microsoft Paint.

Atomic Theory and Chemistry
Jon Behrens
jonbehrensfilms.com
16mm
2012
USA
5:30
Cdn Premiere
With Atomic Theory and Chemistry, Behrens introduces found footage into his signature style of hand-painted and optically printed direct cinema.

Hoshi Neko
Emily Pelstring & Ruby Kato Attwood
emilypelstring.com
16mm on HD
2012
Canada
4:39
World Premiere
This B&W cut-out animation borrows narrative tropes from early Atari video games, silent films and anime cartoons, offering a weird story and a unique hybrid aesthetic. The narrative is based on imagined adventures of Yamantaka // Sonic Titan singer Attwood’s lost cat, Hoshi. Hoshi eats a koi fish, who emerges angry from his digestive system. The koi enlists the help of a pug to exact revenge, and the three characters embark on an epic chase through the cosmos.

The Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina @ EFF Portland

I will be screening my film Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina from 2011 during the inagual year of the Experimental Film Festival Portland on Friday May 25th. The film will be shown as part of the Magma Flow program.

@Studio Two - 810 SE Belmont St.:
Portland Oregon



Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. This time I used custom made dye’s that I call Kenville dyes. By the time I did this film I was experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design.
2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

Our final programming has been set! Eighty-five short films, fifteen video installations, and seven performances, plus Jim Trainor, the Dill Pickle Club, and Vanessa Renwick are all on the schedule. HERE'S THE LINE-UP! And check out our brand-spankin-new EFFPortland Blog for all kinds of juicy tidbits fresh off the digital presses!

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New Film : Atomic Theory & Chemistry - World Premiere

Northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be having the world premiere of his latest film Atomic Theory and Chemistry . at the 38th Annual Seattle International Film Festival The film will be showing as part of the Alternative Shorts program : Beyond Narrative on Thursday May 24th

Atomic Theory and Chemistry

In my latest film I have began to experiment with incorporating found footage into my hand painted and optical printing filmmaking. I also experimented with using jelled light using a variety of different colours . I also created this films sound design
2012, 16mm, color, sound, 5:30

SIFF Cinema Uptown
Thursday May 24th
8:30 pm

New Films at the 5th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival

For Immediate Release:Award winning northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening two of his most recent films at the 5th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival in Sydney Australia. Each of the films have been programmed into two different programs that will play on Sept 11 2011

SUFF is back for its 5th year with political, provocative and perverse films. Exploring themes and landscapes where other films have feared to tread, SUFF’s program is made up of independent and experimental features and shorts from around the world. Offering Sydney audiences a chance to escape from the mainstream and tuck into some completely different. Located at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville, SUFF promises to screen “independent films that transgress the status quo and challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking”. Never one to shy away from controversy and always providing exciting programming this year’s festival runs over the weekend of the 8th-11th September including plenty of Australian premieres.

Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created ...using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. This time I used custom made dye’s that I call Kenville dyes. By the time I did this film I was experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design.

2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE PROGRAM LSD FACTORY AT 5:30 PM

A Meditation in Color and Light

This film is entirely made from hand painted sections of clear 16mm film, along with hand manipulated sections of found film. The footage was then re-photographed on a JK Optical printer I also used a variety of different light gels, to create this cinema poem. I also created the sound design.

2010, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE PROGRAM ANIMATION FORNICATION 4:30 PM

FOR MORE INFORMATION OF THE SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE
http://suff.com.au/

New Film : Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina : 37th Seattle International Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Northwest Filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening his latest film "Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina " for the very first time on Thursday May 26th at the 37th Seattle International Film Festival. This film will be shown during the ALT Cinema Program

The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye, and this hand-painted, optically printed film makes you feel like you're

in it.- SIFF

Anatomy of the Verebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. and re photographed on a Optical Printer along with some sections of hand manipulated found footage, This time I used custom made dye's that I call Kenville dyes. I am experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design. ~ Jon Behrens

2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

One of the films featured in the ALT short film program :

Thursday May 26th : 9:30 pm
SIFF Cinema
321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall
37th Seattle International Film Festival