Tuesday , August 20 at 7pm SCRIBE PRODUCERS ’ FORUM Shored Up – Philadelphia Premiere ! dir . Ben Kalina , US , 2013 , digital , 83 min .
Ben Kalina in person for a post-screening discussion
Shored Up is a documentary that asks tough questions about our coastal communities and our relationship to the land . What will a rising sea do to our homes , our businesses , and the survival of our communities ? Can we afford to pile enough sand on our shores to keep the ocean at bay ? In Long Beach Island , New Jersey and the Outer Banks of North Carolina , surfers , politicians , scientists , and residents are racing to answer these questions .
Presented in partnership with Sierra Club Philadelphia Chapter .
Friday , August 23 at 8pm EXHUMED FILMS
Formed in 1997 , Exhumed Films was created to provide a theatrical venue for a much beloved art form that had all but disappeared in the 1990s and is in further decline in the early 21st Century : the B-grade horror movie . From the late-1960s through the mid-1980s , low-budget horror films prospered by playing drive-in movie theaters and single-screen movie houses across the country . In these days before video , genre fans could see newly released “ grindhouse ” films at almost any local theater , often on double- or triple-bills with other horror movies from years past . Some of these movies – such as Night of the Living Dead , Texas Chainsaw Massacre , Halloween and Evil Dead – are now thought by many critics to be minor classics . As well , several of today ’ s most respected filmmakers cut their teeth on low budget horror .
Monday , August 26 at 9pm INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Last Dance : Dirty Looks at the End of Days
Dirty Looks makes its Philadelphia debut ! A New York-based roaming platform for queer experimental film and video , Dirty Looks will screen an evening of apocalyptic-themed recent work by Stephanie Barber , Harry Dodge , Jessie Mott and Steve Reinke , Michael Robinson , Luther Price , Nao Bustamante , and A . K . Burns . In an attempt to nurture a greater sense of community and to cultivate a dynamic view of historical queer production , Dirty Looks reimagines the screening situations of the experimental and Underground Film boom of the 1960s and 70s . Situating screenings in alternative spaces , Dirty Looks celebrates the collaborative and social aspects of NYC film culture . Hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art , International House , Penn Cinema Studies , and the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at Penn . ( The evening kicks off at 9pm with a reception for incoming Penn students as part of Penn ’ s New Student Orientation .)
Healing dir . Stephanie Barber , 2012 , 12 min .
Ipse Dixit dir . Harry Dodge , 2011 , 4 min .
A Day for Cake and Accidents dir . Jessie Mott and Steve Reinke , 2013 , 4 min .
She Gone Rogue dir . Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst , 2012 , 22 min .
If There Be Thorns dir . Michael Robinson , 2009 , 14 min .
Inside Velvet K dir . Luther Price , 2006 , 10 min .
Tableau dir . Nao Bustamante , 2013 , 17 min .
Earthship 2013 dir . A . K . Burns , 2012 , 8 min .
Total running time : 90 min . Free screening . ihousephilly . org