- Maya Deren’s 16mm Birthday PartyAt Harris Theater, we celebrate legendary experimental filmmaker Maya Deren’s 107th birthday by presenting her movies on her format of choice: 16mm film. Featured …
- Open ArchivesSee us at the Cultural District Gallery Crawl on Friday, April 26th! PSI Director of Programming Steven Haines and artist Sean Darby take over …
- Reefer MadnessWhat does a nearly 90-year-old anti-drug exploitation film have to offer 2024 audiences? Join us as we look back on Reefer Madness, how it …
- FILMS for ONE to EIGHT PROJECTORS with Roger BeebeRoger Beebe brings his multi-projector roadshow to Pittsburgh for the first time in more than a decade. Using up to eight projectors at once, …
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- Luther Price on Super 8 and 35mmWe are honored to bring to you an evening of one-of-a-kind art objects by a giant of the experimental film world: Luther Price. Tara …
- 16mm’s Biggest NightA century of Academy Award short film nominations all lead up to this. Join Pittsburgh Sound + Image and your host Olivia Devorah Tucker …
- A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre LordeJoin filmmakers Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson for a special 16mm screening of A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre …
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- Fantastic PlanetSpecial 35mm screenings co-presented with the Harris Theater! As Criterion puts it, “Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated …
- 1 (2024)It’s back! Originally intended as a “one”-off event, our “1” screening last January proved to be such a hit that we’re forced to bring …
- Spang’s First CenturyPittsburgh Sound + Image is honored to present the world premiere of a film restoration nearly 200 years in the making! Spang’s First Century: …
- Cycles and Rhythms: RPM Festival, Pittsburgh EditionRevolutions Per Minute (RPM) is a Boston-based, artist-run festival devoted to experimental cinematic work in animation, documentary, essay film, installation, and audiovisual performance. This …
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- Essential Pittsburgh: Alycia Crawley Knauer and Evan KnauerIn the 1990s, Alycia Crawley Knauer and Evan Knauer were a Pittsburgh punk filmmaking power couple. Across a series of short films, Alycia would …
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- A Synesthete’s AtlasPittsburgh Sound + Image is honored to host visiting artist Eric Theise and Pittsburgh-based sound artist Trē Abalos for an evening unlike any other. …
- GIANT SCREAM SHOW: Haunt of the Horror Trailers + FreaksOur GIANT SCREAM SHOW is let loose only one night a year. And what better night for 16mm madness than…Friday the 13th!We’ll kick things …
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- Essential Pittsburgh: Natalka VoslakovTo any Pittsburgher active in the film, music, or poetry communities here in the late 70s or 1980s, the name Natalka Voslakov needs no …
- 1920s Avant-Garde with live score by David BernaboPittsburgh Sound + Image is thrilled to join the Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival for an evening of canonical classics of avant-garde film of the …
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- Fermented Films in 5DPittsburgh Sound + Image is pickled pink to be able to pique your five senses with a most peculiar picture show. For one night …
- Essential Pittsburgh: Henry RollHenry Roll’s ties to Pittsburgh film history run deep: he was an extra in several Romero films; he taught animation at Pittsburgh Filmmakers in …
- Essential Pittsburgh: Sheila ChamovitzSheila Chamovitz is the Pittsburgh director behind two important but seldom screened 30-minute documentaries. In the 1970s, with Skokie: Rights or Wrong, Sheila examined …
- The Films of Edward OwensFour newly restored films from the latest figure shaking up the film canon: Edward Owens. Our friends at Chicago Film Society write: “By the …
- Essential Pittsburgh: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCEtENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE is a sprocket scientist who has worked in too many mediums to enumerate here, but he is currently the self-proclaimed most …
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- Ernst Lubitsch’s CLUNY BROWN on 16mm + shorts by Janie GeiserLubitsch’s last film, Cluny Brown, closed out a career of insouciant brilliance with one of his most delightful romantic comedies — albeit one that …
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- Essential Pittsburgh: Billy JacksonIn his half century as an award-winning filmmaker, Billy Jackson has earned legendary status. In his early days, he served on crews for iconic …
- One Hundred Years of 16mm Party with FILMO16mm film is 100 years old this year, but the format has never seen something like this! Filmo is our one-of-a-kind experiment in participatory …
- Pittsburgh Filmmakers: 70s-80s Punk with Peggy Ahwesh and Touchstone CinemaOur CMU friends at Touchstone Cinema are bringing Peggy Ahwesh to Pittsburgh for two events as part of Rust Belt Renegades! On Friday, April …
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- Maya Deren on 16mmWe celebrate legendary experimental filmmaker Maya Deren’s 106th birthday (approximately) by presenting her movies on her format of choice: 16mm film. Featured is her …
- Psychodrama On Film: William Greaves’ IN THE COMPANY OF MENIN THE COMPANY OF MEN by William Greaves (1969, 52 min) Description from IndieCollect: In the Company of Men illustrates Bill Greaves’ decision to …
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- F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE on filmPittsburgh Sound + Image has plenty to celebrate this February, and you’re invited! Join us for a very special screening of F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: …
- 1When it comes to mysterious old film reels, we’ve noticed that, in many cases, the shorter the title, the better. So we’ve selected some …
- It’s the End of the WorldWe’re finishing the year with a bang. Join us as we let loose with an evening of cataclysmic bacchanalia. Feast on an array of …
- Films by Chick Strand on 16mmPittsburgh Sound + Image is excited to partner with scholar, author, and archivist Adam Hart to co-curate a show we’ve all dreamed of for …
- GIANT SCREAM SHOW: Night of the Living Dead + Haunt of the Horror TrailersWe offer not just one but TWO terrifying events this Halloween season. Put them together and you’ve got one GIANT SCREAM SHOW! Kick things …
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- Avant-Garde in the ClassroomGo back to school in offbeat style with Avant-Garde in the Classroom, an all-new lineup of 1960s and 1970s shorts illuminating the wilder side …
- Shirley Clarke’s THE COOL WORLD on 16mmThe Essential Archives series from Pittsburgh Sound + Image is proud to present a movie so rare that we haven’t even seen it yet! …
- On 16mm: The Short Films of Barbara Loden and Joan Micklin SilverJoin us for the overlooked short films of pioneering moviemakers Barbara Loden and Joan Micklin Silver. Seldom screened theatrically from any format, these four …
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- Special 16mm Presentation: THE BLOOD OF A POETWe can’t wait to share the magic of projected celluloid! Synopsis from Criterion: “Poets . . . shed not only the red blood of …