The 6th Experimental Film Festival Process will take place from 21 to 25 May in Riga, Latvia.
Organized by the artist-run film lab Baltic Analog Lab, the festival is dedicated to the diverse analog cinema practices employed by adventurous audiovisual artists from around the world. The programme comprises film screenings, live performances, installations, talks, and, of course, parties.
The theme of this year’s festival is Gathering of Ghosts, referring to the phantasmagoria performances as one of the early moving image practices. Through it, we want to explore the connections between cinema and magic, viewing the creation and the experience of cinema as rituals with which to make visible the otherwise invisible.
In the framework of SPECTRAL* project, the focus of this edition will be on expanded cinematic art practice showcasing expanded cinema works in several curated programmes.
Along with focus programmes and events, the festival has four non-competitive film programmes for which everyone working with analog film in any kind of unconventional way is welcome to submit their work. We will be prioritizing films in their original formats - 16mm or Super 8mm analogue prints, if available.
*SPECTRAL (Spatial, Performative & Expanded Cinematic Transnational Research at Artist-run Labs) is a joint project initiated by six such labs focusing on a variety of kinds of work with photo-chemical moving images. SPECTRAL has been conceived to support the creation and dissemination of Expanded Cinematic Art (E.C.A.) and to encourage international collaborations to ensure that this kind of artistic practice can thrive in the future.
The programmes are non-competitive.