475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm

Est. 1961.
"The coolest film organization in the world." —John Waters
On Saturday, May 30th, from 11am to 3pm, learn how to make a camera-less 16mm film with Joel Schlemowitz.
Learn how to work directly on 16mm film with scratching tools, paints, markers to create “instant cinema,” ready to project in the Film Coop screening room during the workshop. Various techniques will be covered: working frame-by-frame versus using the whole ribbon of images at once; calculations of time and using frame-counting rulers; use of animator’s efficiency techniques; experimentation with different paint mediums; scratching and painting with found footage; creating hand-drawn optical soundtracks. Workshop participants will work collectively on large loops of film to be projected with each iteration of techniques and approaches to the camera-less filmmaking process.
This workshop is free to attend and open to all, regardless of experience level.
Suggested donation: $20-30.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (a.k.a. New American Cinema Group) is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Established in 1961 by a group of 22 path-breaking moving image artists (including Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, and Stan Brakhage), the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes, and DVDs in its collection.
475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm