Monday 23 March 2015

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun


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

The film will have its World Premiere on Friday March 27th, 8PM
 @ Lighthouse Cinema as part of the 
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival








Friday 20 March 2015

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.





Thursday 12 March 2015

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




Wednesday 11 March 2015

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




Thursday 5 March 2015

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





"Ten Years in the Sun" @ JDIFF 2015



Rouzbeh Rashidi's latest and most epic film to-date "Ten Years in the Sun" has been included in the programme of this year's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (Friday, March 27th, 8pm). A great chance to see this incredible, truly explosive and unforgettable film on the big screen. Who will survive and what will be left of them...








"Ornaments of the Bone" (2015)



Production has begun on a new project titled "Ornaments of the Bone" (2015),
 a three-part film series circling the exploits of a hideous Foley artist 
who terrorises a small township to the brink of cataclysm.