Here’s what’s playing at Film Pop

Persistence of Vision

Yesterday afternoon Pop Montreal announced the various line-ups for their festival, which runs Wednesday, Sept. 25–Sunday, Sept. 29. What’s in store for Film Pop does not disappoint as the fest is filled with underground gems and some stellar music documentaries .

It’s also good to note that they’ll be offering a FIlm Pop pass for $45, which includes all of the film screenings except the Hack Your Own… workshop. Here’s the line-up:

Voices From Beyond: The EVP Project
Wednesday, Sept. 25–Sunday, Sept. 29
Quartiers Pop (3451 St-Urbain)
Vernissage: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.
FREE
An installation piece that addresses the concept of Electronic Voice Phenomenon: the process of using technological apparatuses to allow for communication with the spirit world or with alternate dimensions.

Audio High Rise – Installation
Wednesday, Sept. 25–Sunday, Sept. 29
Quartiers Pop (3450 St-Urbain), 3rd Floor
Vernissage: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.
FREE
Experimental/found footage film loops and a series of still images that form a critique of the evolution of audio-visual technology and a sense of dystopian “future shock.”

OPENING FILM:
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker – with director Lily Keber in person!
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 7:30 p.m. / film 8 p.m.
Tickets $8
Keber’s documentary explores New Orleans piano legend James Booker with never before seen footage and exclusive interviews.

Alors, t’as soif de quoi? (With Mahogany Frog) – Quebec premiere!
Thursday, Sept. 26
Quartiers Pop (3450 St-Urbain)
doors 6:30 p.m. / film 7 p.m.
Tickets $8
Presented with Sara Gunnarsdóttir’s short film The Pirate of Love.
Stéphane Oystryk’s documentary on Winnipeg’s Mahogany Frog, one of the best bands you’ve never heard of.

How We Played the Revolution – Canadian premiere!
Thursday, Sept. 26
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 6:30 p.m. / film 7 p.m.
Tickets $8
Giedre Zickyte’s Lithuanian film about the subversive art-rock phenomenon “Antis.”

Wonderwall
Thursday, Sept. 26
Cinémathèque Québécoise (355 de Maisonneuve E.)
doors 8 p.m. / film 8:30 p.m.
Tickets $8 / $7 for students and seniors
Presented with the music video for Alialujah Choir’s “A House, A Home,” directed by Daniel Fickle.
Joe Massot’s psychedelic flick from 1968 starring Jane Birkin and featuring a sitar-laced instrumental soundtrack by George Harrison.

A Band Called Death – Quebec premiere!
Thursday, Sept. 26
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 8:30 p.m. / film 9 p.m.
Tickets $8
Presented with the music video for Ethan Daniel Davidson’s “I See Satan Fall Like Lightening” directed by Otto Buj.
Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett’s documentary about 1970s band Death who were creating punk music before it even existed.

An evening with Ian Svenonius
Friday, Sept. 27
Quartiers Pop (3450 St-Urbain)
doors 6:30 p.m. / event 7 p.m.
Tickets $8
The legendary frontman for Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up and Weird War, author, journalist, DJ and host of Vice’s talk show Soft Focus will present his short film What Is a Group? and will launch his new book.

Tropicalia
Friday, Sept. 27
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 6:30 p.m. / film 7 p.m.
Tickets $8
This Marcelo Machado documentary explores the Tropicalia artistic movement in Brazil in the late 1960s.

Metal Messiah
Friday, Sept. 27
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 8:45 p.m. / film 9:15 p.m.
Tickets $8
Watch Tibor Takács’s bizarre sci-fi rock opera from 1978.

Monster Team – T-Shirt Workshop
Saturday, Sept. 28
doors 11:30 a.m. / workshop 12 p.m.
Film BOX (Quartiers Pop), 3450 St-Urbain
FREE
Create a monster tee. There will be two workshops with limited enrollment.
To reserve your spot, email kids@popmontreal.com with “MONSTER TEAM Registration” in the subject line. Kids must bring their own blank T-shirts.

PFFR: Legacy 2112 – with John Lee in person!
Saturday, Sept. 28
Film BOX (Quartiers Pop), 3450 St-Urbain
doors 2:30 p.m. / event 3 p.m.
Tickets $8
John Lee (Wonder Showzen, Delocated) will screen some of PFFR’s rare shorts, music videos and failed dreams.

Persistence of Vision – Quebec premiere!
Saturday, Sept. 28
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 4 p.m. / film 4:30 p.m.
Tickets $8
Presented with Silvia Carpizo’s short film Alienation.
Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) was en route to create the greatest animated film of all time when it was torn from his hands. In Kevin Schreck’s documentary, hear the untold story of the most incredible animated film never made.

Ghost Porn in Ectoplasm! – Retrospective
Saturday, Sept. 28
Film BOX (Quartiers Pop), 3450 St-Urbain
doors 6 p.m. / film 6:30 p.m.
Tickets $8
A showcase of prolific collage artist, experimental filmmaker and graphic novelist Dalibor Barić’s work, including 23 of his films, videos and quirky experiments.

Strutter – Canadian premiere!
Allison Anders live
Saturday, Sept. 28
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 6:30 p.m. / film 7 p.m.
Tickets $10 in advance / $12 at the door
Presented with music video “Lemmy, I’m a Feminist” by German underground horror auteur Jorg Buttgereit.
Allison Anders and Kurt Voss’s documentary which finishes their trilogy including Border Radio (1986) and Sugar Town (1999). This flick follows an L.A. musician with a score provided by J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.

Filmage: The Story of The Descendents/ALL
Saturday, Sept. 28
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 9 p.m. / film 9:30 p.m.
Tickets $8
Deedle LaCour and Matt Riggle’s documentary about the Descendents — the band arguably behind the creation of pop punk.

Hack Your Own EVP Generator
Sunday, Sept. 29
Film BOX (Quartiers Pop), 3450 St-Urbain
doors 12 p.m. / workshop 1 p.m.
Tickets $5 artist talk / $20 Hacker ticket (with all supplies necessary for the workshop)
Learn how to transform your two-way radio into a telephone for the dead.
***Film POP passes are not valid for this event***

L’Eden et après – Restored HD!
Sunday, Sept. 29
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
Doors 4 p.m. / film 4:30 p.m.
Tickets $8
Alain Robbe-Grillet’s 1973 film about a group of students who meet in a café and begin to act out games in an imaginary parallel universe.

Cartune Xprez: Special Effect
Sunday, Sept. 29
Quartiers Pop (3450 St-Urbain)
reception 6 p.m. / film 7 p.m.
Tickets in advance $10 / $12 at the door
Video and performance artist Peter Burr’s live television show from the future inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1971 film Stalker.

CLOSING FILM:
Good ol’ Freda – Quebec premiere!
Sunday, Sept. 29
Centre PHI (407 St-Pierre)
doors 7 p.m. / film 7:30 p.m.
Tickets $8
Average Liverpudlian teenager Freda Kelly was asked to work for a band tryin’ to make it big. Little did she know, this band would turn into the Beatles. This Ryan White documentary explores Kelly’s journey as the Beatles secretary and friend. ■

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