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Monday 13th April 2015 | 6pm

Studio 6 | Free admission, all welcome

The fourth of six bi-monthly Experimental Film Society (EFS) screenings, taking place at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios under the Studio 6 Open programme, is a very special event: a double world premiere of new feature films by Dean Kavanagh and Michael Higgins, two Irish-based members of EFS. Both filmmakers will be present at the screening.

Full information here

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

Read the full article by Dean Kavanagh on Rouzbeh Rashidi's latest feature film

"Ten Years in the Sun" (2015) on EFS Publications

The film will have its World Premiere on Friday March 27th, 8PM

 @ Lighthouse Cinema as part of the 

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

Book Tickets Here

EFS Publications

"EFS Publications" is a new project spearheaded by Maximilian Le Cain, Dean Kavanagh and Rouzbeh Rashidi. It is an online film journal that will be constantly updated as material comes in. It will mix writing by and on Experimental Film Society members with reflections on filmmaking and cinema past and present by an international array of writers. We hope that in time it will become a lively and diverse site for thinking, dreaming and discussing cinema and constantly questioning its limits.

Julius Richard on PF4

Julius Richard has written a truly extraordinary review of the 4th edition of Pantalla Fantasma 

which includes what is certainly the most imaginative writing done to date on Experimental Film Society.

It can be read here in Spanish. An English version will follow soon.

EFS @ Repressed Cinema Portland

A programme of Experimental Film Society will play at The Hollywood Theatre as part of Repressed Cinema

Tuesday, March 17th 2015 at 7:30pm  4122 NE Sandy Boulevard Portland, OR 97212. 

Repressed Cinema presents works by five members of the Experimental Film Society:

Homo Sapiens Project (157) by Rouzbeh Rashidi 

Homo Sapiens Project is an ongoing series of varied short films that provides, first and foremost, a laboratory for experimenting with cinematic forms. The range of works produced consists of everything from ‘sketches’ to fully finished and polished films.

HSP (157) is a medium-length film that unleashes the sinister atmospheres lurking in an apparently idyllic rural environment.

Funnel Web Family by Michael Higgins 

A prying look at the creatures that inhabit a home.

The Distance by Dean Kavanagh 

A young man recalls a fishing trip from his childhood, but he is not sure if they are his memories.

Dirt by Vicky Langan & Maximilian Le Cain 

A phantasmagoric mélange of live performances and elements of gothic horror, resulting in a

haunting, intense and sometimes humorous portrait of Langan as performer. 

More info HERE & HERE

Gianluca Pulsoni on Kavanagh, Rashidi & Le Cain

To tie in with the upcoming EFS screening in Bologna, Gianluca Pulsoni has written an informative

 piece on Dean Kavanagh, Rouzbeh Rashidi and Maximilian Le Cain.

Read HERE

Info about the screening on 16th March 2015 HERE

EFS @ Kinodromo, Bologna

A programme of Experimental Film Society will play at Kinodromo Bologna, Italy on 16th March 2015 7:30PM. This programme of short films provides a cross section of the work of current EFS members. It will be presented by Rouzbeh Rashidi, head of EFS, and filmmaker Dean Kavanagh, who will also be on hand to answer questions after the screening.

Luminosity (1) (2013)

By Atoosa Pour Hosseini / Ireland / 5mins

Canvas Eye (2014)

By Jann Clavadetscher / Ireland-Italy / 12mins 

W.E (2013)

By Bahar Samadi / France / 5mins

Pitpony (2014)

By Jason Marsh / UK / 3:30mins 

The Illuminating Gas (2012)

By Esperanza Collado / Spain / 7:30mins 

Murder (2014)

By Michael Higgins / Ireland / 5mins

Friends with Johnny Kline (2015)

By Dean Kavanagh / Ireland / 17:30mins

67-69-Take 5 (2015)

By Maximilian Le cain Ireland-Spain / 14mins 

Homo Sapiens Project (150)

(2013) By Rouzbeh Rashidi / Ireland / 36mins

Total Running Time: 104 Minutes

More info HERE & HERE