Screening times:
Thursday, November 6, 6:30 PM
Solomon Nagler | Canada | 2003-2017 | 81m
In celebration of Solomon Nagler receiving Arts Nova Scotia’s Established Artist Recognition Award, Fleapit Cinema is proud to present a new retrospective of the Winnipeg-born, Halifax-based filmmaker's work.
Much has been said about Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin’s penchant for strange films that look like they were made in a secret warehouse in the 1920s, but the films of Solomon Nagler often seem to exist outside of time entirely, rather excavated from some crate beneath some ancient and decayed ruin before our very eyes. The craft at play in these works is at once astounding but often untraceable, through layers of emotional and material decay that render the films as experiences beyond perceivable human forethought and creation. They are archives in themselves, investigating self, body, movement, history and Jewish diaspora through analog forms.
We are so happy to present the Atlantic Premieres of many of Nagler’s films, while also projecting the very first 16mm prints in Fleapit history. Special thanks to projectionist extraordinaire Kenny Lewis for making it happen. We’ll be joined by Sol himself for a Q&A after the screening. It’s going to be a special evening.
PERHAPS/WE (2003) *
NOTES ON GESTURE (2007) *
FUGUE NEFESH (2007)
THE SEX OF SELF-HATRED (2004)
DAYS OF DOUBT (2017)
J. (2008) *
*16MM PRINT
CONTENT WARNINGS: Nudity, Flashing Lights, Depiction of Suicide
Solomon Nagler’s films have been screened across the globe and been featured in retrospective programs at Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Cinematheque Quebecoise in Montreal and other cinematheques and festivals in Melbourne, Wellington, Paris, Ottawa, Calgary and Winnipeg. His work also includes 16mm celluloid installations that engage with experimental architecture in galleries and public space. These works have been exhibited at the Biennale Warszawa, Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin, Toronto International Film Festival and Artspace Gallery (Sydney, Australia). Originally from Winnipeg, he is co-founder of WNDX: Festival of the Moving Image. In 2017, he co-edited Sculpting Cinema with Melanie Wilmink, a survey of contemporary Canadian expanded cinema practices that was published by the Pleasure Dome in Toronto. Their new collaborative publication Landscapes of Moving Image will be released in 2021. Solomon Nagler received his BA with an honours in Philosophy from the University of Winnipeg (1998) and his MFA in Film Production from Concordia University (2007).
Tickets $12.65 ($12 cash at the door if available)
If you’re unable to pay the standard rate, send fleapit.cine@gmail.com an email and we’ll reserve a spot for PWYC on the day. Movies 4 everyone - FPC
Apologies we cannot process punch pass admissions to this event, as all ticket proceeds go to Fleapit Cinema, not Carbon Arc
