San Francisco Cinematheque
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San Francisco Cinematheque is a San Francisco-based film society for artist-made cinema. It was created in 1961 by a group of filmmakers, including Bruce Baillie and Chick Strand. This screening progr
San Francisco Cinematheque director Steve Polta presenting Crossroads 2022
Experimental film
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Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that does not apply standard cinematic conventions, instead adopting non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or me
San Francisco Cinematheque
…named the Foundation for Art in Cinema, during the 1970s. San Francisco Cinematheque is one of the Bay Area's longest-running outlets for exhibiting experimental film. It produces the annual film festival Crossroads. Canyon Cinema began as a film exhibition outlet in Canyon, California. Its early programs were…
Poster for The Great Blondino, a 1960s counterculture film directed by Robert Nelson and William T. Wiley
Lithuanian artist Jonas Mekas, regarded as godfather of American avant-garde cinema