4th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival

ATA celebrates original, independent and underground film & video with the 4th ATA Film & Video Festival on October 21, 22 & 23, 2009.

On Thursday, October 22, ATA will present "Specters and Machines", a program of short works that offers unique representations of the myriad facets of life by emerging and established artists.

The Salariat in Parts
Zachary Epcar - 2009, 11:18, 16mm/DV, San Francisco, CA

Diatribe
Ben Popp - 2009, 2:07, 16mm, Portland, OR

Breathe
Sam Barnett (in person) - 2009, 5:24, Animation, Berkeley, CA

Up And About Again
Maarit Suomi-Vaananen - 2009, 9:49, S16mm, Finland

Passage Briare
Friedl vom Groller - 2009, 3:00, 16mm, Germany

Patrolling The Ether
Carl Diehl - 2009, 7:00, miniDV, Portland, OR

Elro
Ariel Diaz (in person) - 2009, 3:52, miniDV, San Francisco, CA

Spectrololgy
Kerry Laitala (in person) - 2009, 11:00, 16mm, San Francisco, CA

The screenings will be followed by musical performances and the announcement of ATA Audience Awards.

In addition, two installations by local artists will be presented in ATA's gallery: "Gaze," by Mary Franck, exploring new possibilities of speculation through digital technology, and "Trace," an Intervention by Rebecca Najdowski, focusing on thresholds of humankind and the natural world.

And, the ATA Window will project a selection of experimental shorts and innovative animations during the month of October. Pieces range from Jeejung Kim's sinister, ocular - –opened eye, closed i - i closed, eye opened– - to Anna Geyer's glorious Ich bin ein junger Hupfer, a hand-manipulated color study accompanied by birdsong and yodeling.

ATA is at 992 Valencia at 21st Street. Doors open at 7pm every night. Screenings start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $7-$10.

For complete information, festival trailer and questions with the filmmakers visit http://festival.atasite.org/2009