Christian Lebrat, filmmaker and photographer, is the author of Peter Kubelka (1990) and The Walden Book (with Pip Chodorov, 1997), manages Les Editions Paris Expérimental, exclusively devoted to the avant-garde and experimental cinema, and has organized several film retrospectives including "Paris as Seen by the Avant-Garde Cinema (1923-1983)", the first retrospective of films by Jonas Mekas in France (with Danièle Hibon, 1994) and „Jeune, dure et pure! Une histoire du cinéma d‚avant-garde et expérimental en France (with Nicole Brenez, 2000).

All programs introduced by Christian Lebrat

APRIL 28TH (SATURDAY), 8 : 00 MILLENIUM
66 East 4th Street visit :www.milleniumfilm.org
LE MOUVEMENT BROWNIEN by Maurice FRANÇON, 1960, 2’
LE ROUGE by Gérard FROMANGER and Jean-Luc GODARD, 1968, 3’
SIX FILMS INFINITESIMAUX ET SUPERTEMPOREL by Maurice LEMAITRE, 1967-1975, 10’
DENSITE OPTIQUE I by Patrice KIRCHHOFER, 1977, 27’
IN/CONTRO/LUCE by Giovanna PUGGIONI, 1976, 10’
TRIBOLOGIE by Yves BERTHIER & Jean-Pierre DALLE, 1995, 11’
CHROMINANCES by Nicolas BERTHELOT, 2000, 6’
HOLON by Christian LEBRAT, 1981-82, 14’

APRIL 30TH (MONDAY), 2 : 30 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
James Stewart Theater at 185 Nassau St.
AFRIQUE 50 by René Vautier, 1951, 20’
LE MOUVEMENT BROWNIEN by Maurice Françon, 1960, 2’
LE ROUGE by Gérard Fromanger, with Jean-Luc Godard, 1968, 3’
NOUVELLE SOCIETE N° 5 by the Medvedkine Group, 1970, 12’
GRAPHYTY by Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, 1969, 20’
IN/CONTRO/LUCE by Giovanna Puggioni, 1976, 10’
SIX FILMS INFINITESIMAUX ET SUPERTEMPORELS by Maurice Lemaître, 1967-1975, 10’
DENSITE OPTIQUE I by Patrice Kirchhofer, 1977, 27’
TRIBOLOGIE by Yves Berthier and Jean-François Dalle, 1995, 11’
IL N’Y A RIEN DE PLUS INUTILE QU’UN ORGANE, by Augustin Gimel, 1999, 8’

MAY 3RD (THURSDAY), 8 : 00 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
32 Second Avenue (at Second Street)
AFRIQUE 50, by René VAUTIER, 1951, 20’
NOUVELLE SOCIETE N° 5, by Groupe SLON/MEDVEDKINE, 1970, 12’
GRAPHYTY, by Jean-Pierre BOUYXOU, 1969, 20’
FETE DES MORTS, by Sothean NHIEIM, 1996 13’
IL N’Y A RIEN DE PLUS INUTILE QU’UN ORGANE, by Augustin GIMEL, 1999, 8’
ENTELECHIE, by André ALMURO, 2000, 20’


+ FILMS AND PERFORMANCE BY CHRISTIAN LEBRAT (1976-1985) at :

APRIL 30TH (MONDAY), 7 : 30 ? PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
James Stewart Theater at 185 Nassau St.
FILM NUMERO DEUX, 1976, 3’
COULEURS DE LICIEUSES SUR FOND BLEU, 1976, 10’
ORGANISATION, 1977, 5’
RESEAUX, 1978, 10’
TRAMA, 1978-1980, 12’
AUTOPORTRAIT AU DISPOSITIF, 1981, 7’
HOLON, 1981-82, 14’
LE MOTEUR DE L’ACTION (À M. D.), 1985, 8’30’’

And :

MAY 1ST (TUESDAY), 9 : 00 ROBERT BECK MEMORIAL CINEMA
at Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St.
NYC Films + LIMINAL MINIMAL (Performance with 2 projectors)
Presented as part of the OUTER LIMITS FILM AND VIDEO SERIES visit : www.videolounge.org. (satellite program) www.rbmc.net


Merci aux cinéastes et à : P. Adams Sitney, Brian Frye, Howard Guttenplan, Jonas Mekas, Rachel Melman, Jean-François Renac (SFRS), Inger Servolin (ISKRA), Light Cone, Tami Williams.