IMPERFECT CINEMA

Really looking forward to our first day of filming with the Community in Gwynfi, South Wales today. We’re here all week to create and craft a participatory film together, which takes as one of its points of inspiration Jill Craigie’s 1949 film ‘Blue Scar’ which was filmed and set here in Gwynfi, and which featured many members of the local community. We’ll explore how the past, present and future might intersect and interplay, and what is it that combines to make a sense of place, community and belonging. Should be a fascinating and exciting week! X

Really looking forward to our first day of filming with the Community in Gwynfi, South Wales today. We’re here all week to create and craft a participatory film together, which takes as one of its points of inspiration Jill Craigie’s 1949 film ‘Blue Scar’ which was filmed and set here in Gwynfi, and which featured many members of the local community. We’ll explore how the past, present and future might intersect and interplay, and what is it that combines to make a sense of place, community and belonging. Should be a fascinating and exciting week! X

New Imperfect Cinema Film: ‘RE/POSIT/ORY’

Produced by Imperfect Cinema, with music composition and sound design by Patrick James Pearson, this new five-screen film was commissioned by The Box and has been in development over the past eight months as a part of their Reimaging the Film Archive programme, which is funded by the National Lottery and the BFI Screen Heritage Fund.

RE/POSIT/ORY is a five-screen film installation by Allister Gall and Dan Paolantonio, co-founders and co-directors of the Imperfect Cinema film collective. Drawing from the extensive resources of The Box Film Archive, the film seeks to reimagine the archive as a place of memory, absence, beauty and loss.

RE/POSIT/ORY will be showing in The Media Lab Gallery at The Box (Plymouth, UK) until 29 September 2024.

For more info on this film, please follow link in Bio x

To find out more about Imperfect Cinema's new film RE/POSIT/ORY check out the link below. Screening all summer in The Media Lab Gallery at The Box. Check it out! X

RE/POSIT/ORY - reframing the film archive | The Box Plymouth The Box has just launched a new digital film commission called 'RE/POSIT/ORY' which visitors can watch in the Media Lab gallery throughout the summer of 2024.

Our new film RE/POSIT/ORY is now showing in the Media Lab Gallery at The Box. Over six months in production and exclusively utilising film footage from The Box Film Archive depicting the Plymouth area over the course of a century over a century, this five-screen film installation will be screened throughout the summer. Check it out! X

Watch this space for an imminent announcement re all things Imperfect Cinema!

After what has been by far the busiest year since our inception, we’re almost ready to reveal our latest large-scale film project, and details of where & when you can experience it.

So watch this space for the big reveal!

Hey Ho! Let’s Go! X

This Saturday at Manor Street Galleries people! 5pm doors, 6pm start for Cinaesthesia 3! Featuring ‘Frame of Mind’ (a bespoke programme of brand new films by BA (Hons) Creative Media Artists), the infamous Imperfect Cinema Open Reel, and of course, the amazing Alternate Sensory Reality international programme! May the fourth be with you! X

This Saturday! As part of Imperfect Cinema’s collaboration with Alternate Sensory Reality, we will be presenting a ‘Frame of Mind’ - a programme of brand new film work by BA (Hons) Creative Media Student Artists at our third Cinaesthesia event this Saturday (4th May) at Manor Street Galleries. Should be a fantastic evening of thought provoking film! 5pm doors, 6pm start. Hope to see you there! X

📽️ Filmmaking at Plymouth University takeover IMPERFECT CINEMA! 📽️

Come join us on April 30th at Manor Street Galleries, Stonehouse for Cine-Gallery, a BA Filmmaking second-year student showcase.

See their visions of experimental, punk, imperfect cinema. See you at the front!

LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SECOND CINAESTHESIA EVENT TONIGHT!!!

6PM MANOR STREET GALLERIES, STONEHOUSE.

We will be running a collective moving image workshop during the day, followed by short films and a live score performance in the evening by the wonderful looped-out dynamism of Oddstep Deployment Uni!

https://oddstepdeploymentunit.bandcamp.com/album/battleship

Hey Ho Lets Go!

📨📽 MOVING IMAGE WORKSHOP SCORED LIVE + SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE SECOND CINAESTHESIA EVENT! 📨📽

Imperfect Cinema partners with Alternate Sensory Reality for a series of participatory screening events: CINAESTHESIA, exploring relationships of sensory experience with the world of moving image and sound through experimental approaches.

CINAESTHESIA 2!

We will be running a collective moving image workshop during the day, with a live score perfoemd in the evening by the wonderful looped-out dynamism of Oddstep Deployment Uni!

https://oddstepdeploymentunit.bandcamp.com/album/battleship

Hey Ho Lets Go! x

To sign up for the workshop please go here (limited places): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cinaesthesia-film-workshop-tickets-860075297367?aff=oddtdtcreator

To submit a film please go here: https://imperfectcinema.com/?page_id=2800

ARE YOU BASED IN OR AROUND PLYMOUTH, UK?

SUBMIT YOUR FILM
to be featured in a screening of shorts alongside a curated international screening of experimental and artists films around the theme of sensory perception.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
How can the sensory perception/subjective experience be communicated and challenged by filmmaking? How does film allow us to connect to others and the world by exchanging subjective realities?

One of the premises of neurodiversity is that the ways we see, hear, experience the world are slightly different and unique for every person. The ways we interact with the world make us who we are.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR SCREENING ON SATURDAY 23 MARCH 2024

AT MANOR STREET GALLERIES, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH.

📨📽 MOVING IMAGE WORKSHOP SCORED LIVE + SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE SECOND CINAESTHESIA EVENT! 📨📽

Imperfect Cinema partners with Alternate Sensory Reality for a series of participatory screening events: CINAESTHESIA, exploring relationships of sensory experience with the world of moving image and sound through experimental approaches.

CINAESTHESIA 2!

We will be running a collective moving image workshop during the day, with a live score perfoemd in the evening by the wonderful looped-out dynamism of Oddstep Deployment Uni!

https://oddstepdeploymentunit.bandcamp.com/album/battleship

Hey Ho Lets Go! x

To sign up for the workshop please go here (limited places): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cinaesthesia-film-workshop-tickets-860075297367?aff=oddtdtcreator

To submit a film please go here: https://imperfectcinema.com/?page_id=2800

ARE YOU BASED IN OR AROUND PLYMOUTH, UK?

SUBMIT YOUR FILM
to be featured in a screening of shorts alongside a curated international screening of experimental and artists films around the theme of sensory perception.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
How can the sensory perception/subjective experience be communicated and challenged by filmmaking? How does film allow us to connect to others and the world by exchanging subjective realities?

One of the premises of neurodiversity is that the ways we see, hear, experience the world are slightly different and unique for every person. The ways we interact with the world make us who we are.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR SCREENING ON SATURDAY 23 MARCH 2024

AT MANOR STREET GALLERIES, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH.

Just received a lovely surprise from one of my very cool BA2 filmmaking students, Sartikah—a printed photo of myself - which I had no idea she had taken!

It’s part of their analogue photography project for our Imperfect Cinema module, where students have been considering alternative filmmaking, Third Cinema, ‘punk’ filmmaking, No Wave, experimental film, surrealism, Soviet Montage, creative obstructions, manifestos/DOGME 95, and more recently psychedelic/flicker film guided by filmmaker and associate lecturer Patrycja Loranc.

Today we just a fantastic session led by my Imperfect Cinema partner Dan Paolantonio, where we explored Cyanotypes, looked at analogue processes/filmmaking and pondered the concept of humans being analogue beings (and not digital). Students will be able to explore analogue with our new 16mm camera!

I'm super keen to see the films they'll craft for the module and very proud of their creativity, and willingness to experiment and push their practice into new areas—stay tuned for a public micro-cinema event in Plymouth in late April/early May where you can come to watch their films as they take over Imperfect Cinema for an evening!

Tonight people! Join Imperfect Cinema & Alternate Sensory Reality at Manor Street Galleries for Cinaesthesia! Free of charge, 6pm till late! Hey, Ho, Let’s Go! X

Here is the lineup for our first of three IMPERFECT CINEMA / Alternate Senory Reality ‘Cinaesthesia’ events happening this Saturday at Manor Street Galleries!

Join us to watch some experimental films, have a drink and chat with filmmakers - and hopefully get inspired to make a film for the next one.

Free entry - everyone welcome!

CINAESTHESIA

Imperfect Cinema partners with Alternate Sensory Reality for a series of three participatory screening events entitled CINAESTHESIA, which will explore the relationships of sensory experience with the world of moving image and sound through experimental approaches.

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

How can the sensory perception/subjective experience be communicated and challenged by filmmaking? How does film allow us to connect to others and the world by exchanging subjective realities?
One of the premises of neurodiversity is that the ways we see, hear, experience the world are slightly different and unique for every person. The ways we interact with the world make us who we are.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM

to be featured in a screening of shorts alongside a curated international screening of experimental and artists films around the theme of sensory perception.

Check link below for further info! X

https://imperfectcinema.com/?page_id=2800

A festive blast from the past - Imperfect Cinema Xmas Matinee 2011! Mince pies, radical DIY film, mulled wine, festive cheer and a super-8 film played backwards & upside down (unintentionally - mainly due to the aforementioned mulled wine!).
Stay tuned for a few exciting IC updates in the next few days! X

14 years ago, the very first IMPERFECT CINEMA micro-cinema event was held at Benjamin Turners joint, Jack Chams! The bery first poster featured Rachel Gippetti as a feminist gangster (doing her laundry on Mutley Plain).

We're busier now than ever! We have evolved the idea into new perspectives, but certainly kept the same ethos and approach.

And we have very exciting news to announce soon, with new projects, exciting collaborations and continued opportunities for local people to participate in the creative filmmaking process and screen your work publically here in Plymouth and beyond!

Who would have thought it!

Come and join us at The Box and University of Plymouth of Plymouth as we bring Home Movie Day to Plymouth for the first time ever!

We want to help you share your home movies with the community. Celebrate with us on Saturday 21 October 2023 and bring along your home movies - film or video. Learn how to identify and digitise your film gauge or video format, and how to care for your beloved family footage.

Event info 👉🏻👉🏾👉🏿https://ow.ly/s51350PSNo9

Home Movie Day was started in 2002 by a group of film archivists concerned about what would happen to all the home movies shot on film during the 20th century.

Find out more about Home Movie Day
👉🏻👉🏾👉🏿https://ow.ly/Y8k450PSNoa

In Plymouth, Home Movie Day is a collaboration between The Box and University of Plymouth exploring how home movies and amateur films form important cultural heritage. These films contain possibilities for how we might live now and in the future.

This Friday, we're looking forward to supporting the 2023 Plymouth Community History Festival, with our interactive silver-screen-themed history tour along Stonehouse’s iconic Union Street. There is genuinely remarkable (and largely completely forgotten) film & cinema heritage here, which will be brought back to life by Plymouth’s very own underground film Collective!

Check out the other unique and amazing events organised by brilliant projects, happening as part of this fantastic celebration of the City:

"From poetry to comedy, social history to sporting history, the programme is packed with insights into many different aspects of the city's heritage" - Jemima Laing Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, Culture, Events and Communications.

We couldn't have put it better ourselves! Find out all you need to know 👇

The countdown is on to this year's Plymouth Community History Festival | The Box Plymouth Plymouth’s popular annual History Festival returns later this month, with a refreshed identity and week-long programme focused on community and diversity. This year’s festival runs from 30 September to 6 October with a programme that features a great selection of history talks, guided walks and ...

From 7.00pm tonight!

Join Imperfect Cinema from 7.00pm on Friday 12th May for Amalgam, an evening of film, music, popcorn and more in the uniquely atmospheric surroundings of The Old Morgue Cafe on Manor St. in Stonehouse!

The evening will feature a programme of original short films which explore and respond to the incredible (and largely completely forgotten) Film & Cinema heritage of Plymouth’s iconic union street!

Entirely conceived and programmed by Amalgam, a collective of emerging Creative Media Artists, this event will surely be a fantastic way to spend a Friday evening!

Expect bespoke short films, music, and the usual convivial Imperfect Cinema vibe (including screenings of a few rarities and gems from our vaults!

We also welcome the return of The Open Reel, where you can also screen a short film (of around 3-mins in duration). Either bring your film on the night on a memory stick or email [email protected] with a link to the film, and you too can have your film screened at Imperfect Cinema!

Admission is free, there is of course a fully licensed bar and popcorn available too! So join us for Amalgam, an evening of film, fun and frolics for Imperfect Cineastes everywhere!

Hey Ho, Let’s Go!

When: 7,00pm, Friday 12th May 2023
Admission: Free of Charge
Venue: The Old Morgue, First Floor, 14-17 Manor Street, Stonehouse, PL11TL

From 7.00pm tomorrow night!!

Join Imperfect Cinema from 7.00pm on Friday 12th May for Amalgam, an evening of film, music, popcorn and more in the uniquely atmospheric surroundings of The Old Morgue Cafe on Manor St. in Stonehouse!

The evening will feature a programme of original short films which explore and respond to the incredible (and largely completely forgotten) Film & Cinema heritage of Plymouth’s iconic union street!

Entirely conceived and programmed by Amalgam, a collective of emerging Creative Media Artists, this event will surely be a fantastic way to spend a Friday evening!

Expect bespoke short films, music, and the usual convivial Imperfect Cinema vibe (including screenings of a few rarities and gems from our vaults!

We also welcome the return of The Open Reel, where you can also screen a short film (of around 3-mins in duration). Either bring your film on the night on a memory stick or email [email protected] with a link to the film, and you too can have your film screened at Imperfect Cinema!

Admission is free, there is of course a fully licensed bar and popcorn available too! So join us for Amalgam, an evening of film, fun and frolics for Imperfect Cineastes everywhere!

Hey Ho, Let’s Go!

When: 7,00pm, Friday 12th May 2023
Admission: Free of Charge
Venue: The Old Morgue, First Floor, 14-17 Manor Street, Stonehouse, PL11TL

From 7.00pm This Friday!!

Join Imperfect Cinema from 7.00pm on Friday 12th May for Amalgam, an evening of film, music, popcorn and more in the uniquely atmospheric surroundings of The Old Morgue Cafe on Manor St. in Stonehouse!

The evening will feature a programme of original short films which explore and respond to the incredible (and largely completely forgotten) Film & Cinema heritage of Plymouth’s iconic union street!

Entirely conceived and programmed by Amalgam, a collective of emerging Creative Media Artists, this event will surely be a fantastic way to spend a Friday evening!

Expect bespoke short films, music, and the usual convivial Imperfect Cinema vibe (including screenings of a few rarities and gems from our vaults!

We also welcome the return of The Open Reel, where you can also screen a short film (of around 3-mins in duration). Either bring your film on the night on a memory stick or email [email protected] with a link to the film, and you too can have your film screened at Imperfect Cinema!

Admission is free, there is of course a fully licensed bar and popcorn available too! So join us for Amalgam, an evening of film, fun and frolics for Imperfect Cineastes everywhere!

Hey Ho, Let’s Go!

When: 7,00pm, Friday 12th May 2023
Admission: Free of Charge
Venue: The Old Morgue, First Floor, 14-17 Manor Street, Stonehouse, PL11TL

Join Imperfect Cinema from 7.00pm on Friday 12th May for Amalgam, an evening of film, music, popcorn and more in the uniquely atmospheric surroundings of The Old Morgue Cafe (Manor St. Stonehouse)!

The evening will feature a programme of original short films which explore and respond to the incredible (and largely completely forgotten) Film & Cinema heritage of Plymouth’s iconic union street! Entirely conceived and programmed by Amalgam, a collective of emerging Creative Media Artists, this event will surely be a fantastic way to spend a Friday evening!

Expect bespoke short films, music, and the usual convivial Imperfect Cinema vibe (including screenings of a few rarities and gems from our vaults!

We also welcome the return of The Open Reel, where you can also screen a short film (of around 3-mins in duration). Either bring your film on the night on a memory stick or email [email protected] with a link to the film, and you too can have your film screened at Imperfect Cinema!

Admission is free, there is of course a fully licensed bar and popcorn available too! So join us for Amalgam, an evening of film, fun and frolics for Imperfect Cineastes everywhere!
Hey Ho, Let’s Go!

When: 7,00pm, Friday 12th May 2023
Admission: Free of Charge
Venue: The Old Morgue, First Floor, 14-17 Manor Street, Stonehouse, PL11TL