Image from "On Top of the Tallest Mountain in the World"
by Matt Reynolds, Portland, OR.
Other Voices Series Presentation
SPENDY Productions presents
Strange Beauty Film Festival 2011
February 17-19, 2011
Between terrifying normality and sublime fever dreams lies Strange Beauty…
Durham's newest film festival returns for a second helping of adventurous and striking short films from around the world, including fiction, documentaries, experimental, and wholly unclassifiable works. Come marvel at the everyday beauty and strangeness that surrounds us.
Complete Schedule / Video preview / Strange Beauty website
IN THE LOBBY: Delayed Reactions: A photography exhibit by Durham photographer MJ Sharp, spotlighting dead-of-night photography
Featuring 4 program blocks:
Block 1: Thursday Feb 17, 8:00
Block 2: Friday Feb 18, 8:00 Advance tickets sold out
Block 3: Saturday Feb 19, 3:15. Advance tickets sold out
Block 4: Saturday Feb 19, 8:00 Advance tickets sold out
Weekend Pass: $40 Weekend passes are sold out.
Advance individual ticket sales for Saturday afternoon and Saturday night blocks are sold out.
NOTE: About 20 tickets will be available for sale at the door for each show. Door sales are first-come, first served, CASH OR CHECK ONLY, starting when the box office opens about one hour before the show (2:00 for matinee, 7:00 for evening).
Individual Tickets: $12, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Students
Season Vouchers accepted for individual blocks.
Tickets now on sale.
Purchase online
Or by phone: 919.682.3343
(NOTE: Advance purchase tickets including Weekend Pass tickets must be picked up at the box office prior to each program block, beginning an hour before start time. Tickets not picked up by ten minutes before start time may be released to the waiting list. Late admission is at the discretion of the house staff and may be standing room only. No refunds for unused tickets.)
PROGRAM BLOCKS:
Full Schedule Here
BLOCK 1: Thursday February 17, 8:00
Strange Beauty opening night, featuring;
• An eclectic mix of strange and beautiful short films from around the world.
• Interviewed - a Durham Cinematheque program by local filmmaker and archivist Tom Whiteside and Durham sound artist Khristian Weeks.
• Thursday After Party: Fullsteam Brewery, 726 Rigsbee Ave. Free, informal gathering.
BLOCK 2: Friday February 18, 8:00
Strange Beauty second night, featuring:
• More strangely beautiful documentaries, animations, music videos, fiction films, and otherwise unclassifiable works.
• Sound Between Lines: Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra -- world premiere of a documentary by Jason Middleton.
• Live musical performance by the Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra, with video accompaniment by Jim Kellough's WINKY.
• Friday After Party: Flash mob at a Mystery Venue to be revealed Friday evening.
BLOCK 3: Saturday February 19, 3:00
Strange Beauty Saturday matinee, featuring:
• Another heaping helping of short films lying somewhere between terrifying normality and sublime fever dream.
• Drifting by Seattle filmmaker Malic Amalya, with live musical accompaniment by Chapel Hill's Felix Obelix.
BLOCK 4: Saturday February 19, 8:00
Strange Beauty final night, featuring:
• A last jolt of films about the real and the surreal worlds hidden behind the veil of the everyday.
• The Strange Beauty Aural Fixation, a listening session featuring audio documentary and audio art by Big Shed Audio+Media.
• After Party: Motorco, 723 Rigsbee Ave. Music by Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes, Felix Obelix, and Schooner; plus a dance installation/performance by Alexis Mastromichalis. $7 cover (show your Strange Beauty weekend pass for a $2 discount on the cover charge.)
LOCATION: Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street in Durham.
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Manbites Dog's 2010-11 Season listings
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Questions? Email us at manbitesdogtheater@gmail.com
Manbites Dog Theater’s 2010-2011 season is made possible by gifts to the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund, and support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cutural Resources; and by funding from an anonymous foundation.
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