FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival is Back on April 6th!
CONTACT:
Kristen Dillehunt, Light House Studio, (434) 293-6992, kristen@lighthousestudio.org
lighthousestudio.org/oddsandends
Charlottesville, VA, March 29, 2024 – Light House Studio is excited to announce that the second annual Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival will be held on April 6th at the Vinegar Hill Theatre, our locally-owned, historical, and state-of-the-art community film center.
Odds & Ends is an experimental film festival that seeks films and videos that push formal and conceptual boundaries, allowing for multiple ways of understanding and interpretation. The aim is to celebrate a diverse range of films that work across modes and genres, addressing the materiality of the medium from poetic, personal, or political perspectives. The festival welcomes everyone, especially innovative works by emerging filmmakers that work outside of commercial structures.
The festival was co-founded by Rachel Lane, Jason Robinson, and Anna Hogg. Rachel Lane is the Program Director at Light House Studio, Anna Hogg teaches Studio Art Foundations and Cinematography at the University of Virginia, and Jason Robinson teaches Digital Art and Filmmaking at the University of Mary Washington.
This year, several films in the program explore intimacy and connection through family heirlooms, photographs, and other objects, while others engage with public sculptures, memorials, and landmarks as they relate to school systems, identity fictions, or settler-colonialism. Different filmmakers search for and engage with questions of identity within the context of motherhood, the African diaspora, Islam, and more. The films often undertake alternative modes of perception through touch, taste, and hearing. Others address the form of film, drawing attention to the cultural implications of such a simple tool as the gray-card, or breaking apart the synchronicity of sound and image. Fable, speculative fiction, and nonfiction feature in the program, with their subjects ranging from the human to the nonhuman.
The newest feature of the program includes a series of installations and events, including a looped 16mm projection by Charlotte Taylor, an installation of video and sculpture by Will Goss, and a video and film projection from our brand-new experimental film and video workshop with LHS students. Lastly, there will be a video installation by Lindsey Arturo and Kaitlyn Paston at Quirk Gallery, which will be available for viewing in the week preceding the festival.
Light House Studio looks forward to sharing the work of this year’s filmmakers with the local community. We invite you to purchase your tickets today for the Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival on Saturday, April 6 at 6:00pm at the Vinegar Hill Theatre.
ABOUT LIGHT HOUSE STUDIO
For over twenty years, Light House Studio has been equipping students with the skills and confidence to tell their stories and build community through collaborative filmmaking. We seek to foster a community of flourishing students, storytellers, and citizens.
In 2023, Light House taught 85 workshops to 1,258 students, resulting in over 353 completed films; partnered with 58 local nonprofits and schools; had 47 student films accepted to 38 different film festivals, with 13 films receiving awards; and provided 63% of students with scholarships allowing them to attend at free or reduced cost. 98% of our students reported improved creativity; 96% improved their collaboration skills; and 94% improved storytelling and critical thinking skills.
For more information, contact: Kristen Dillehunt, (434) 293-6992, kristen@lighthousestudio.org