Jem Cohen Films » Screenings

“We Have an Anchor” to premier at EMPAC – Friday, April 27 at 8pm

Jem Cohen — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:49:40 +0000

A new show of projected images with live music, commissioned by EMPAC, the experimental media and performing arts center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, will premier this friday. The show consists of footage shot over the past ten years in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, with texts and live music…
Musicians are Guy Picciotto (Fugazi), T.Griffin (Quavers), Jim White (Dirty Three), Jessica Moss (Silver Mt. Zion), and Sophie Trudeau and Efrim Menuck. (SMZ and Godspeed You! Black Emperor).

New ‘Newsreels’ about Occupy Wall Street

Jem Cohen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:19:42 +0000

Jem has made 4 new short films observing Occupy Wall Street in New York, with a 5th on the way.
The films are playing as shorts, one per week, before feature films at the IFC Center theater, 6th Ave. at West 3rd st.
Online, they can be seen at:
www.vimeo.com/ifccenter

LITTLE FLAGS in 9/11 Show at PS1, NYC WEIGHTS installed at Jewish Museum

Jem Cohen — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:29:15 +0000

The short film, LITTLE FLAGS, continues its exhibition in the remarkable September 11 show at MoMA PS1 curated by Peter Eleey. It runs to Jan. 9, 2012.

NYC WEIGHTS and MEASURES will be installed at the Jewish Museum from Nov.4, 2011 to March 25, 2012

2011 SCREENINGS AT MOMA

Jem Cohen — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:52:50 +0000

The Fugazi documentary, INSTRUMENT, and THIS IS A HISTORY OF NEW YORK at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1158
I will do a Q & A with Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto (only) on Friday, March 4 after the 7 pm screening of INSTRUMENT. (This is the museum’s free night, so film tickets are also free from 4pm on; however, the museum will have long lines!)
INSTRUMENT screens again on March 5 at 4pm
History of New York is one of my very first films and very rarely shown. It’s a rather primitive, 23 minute, Super 8 film (shown on video). Click the above link for details.

FEB. SCREENINGS AT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASH. D.C.

Jem Cohen — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:12:46 +0000

The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. will present:
Jem Cohen: Curious Visions
with a screening of short films and works-in-progress on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 at 2:30
(Filmmaker present)
and a screening of the Fugazi documentary INSTRUMENT on Sunday, Feb. 27th at 4:30
(Ian MacKaye present)
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/JemCohen.shtm

Screenings are in the East Building Concourse Auditorium, and they are free, 1st come, 1st served!

CHAIN at Museum of Modern Art, MAY 2010

Jem Cohen — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:28:41 +0000

MoMA will screen the feature film, CHAIN (2004, 99 min. w. Miho Nikaido and Mira Billotte) as part of the Creative Capital Film Series.

MAY 15 at 4pm (with filmmaker Q & A) and MAY 27 at 7pm (filmmaker present).

RETROSPECTIVES and MASTER CLASSES IN SPAIN

Jem Cohen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:07:23 +0000

Jem will have a (nearly) complete retrospective at the Punto de Vista Documentary Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Feb. 5th – 13th. The retrospective consists of 7 programs and will be accompanied by the publication of a new, bilingual book on Cohen’s work, Signal Fires.
http://www.navarra.es/home_en/Temas/Turismo+ocio+y+cultura/Actividades+culturales/Espectaculos/PuntodeVista/default.htm

The retrospective will then travel to Galicia (CGAI) and Valencia (IVAC/LA FILMOTECA) – details to follow.
Cohen’s work will also be screening weekly in February at La Casa Encendida in Madrid. www.lacasaencendida.es/

ANNE TRUITT, WORKING at Hirshhorn Museum, Wash., D.C.

Jem Cohen — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:36:02 +0000

Jem’s short film portrait of artist, Anne Truitt; on exhibition with her major survey, now to Jan. 3, 2010

SEPT. 3 Jem Cohen Movie Nite at IFC with Guy Picciotto on board

Jem Cohen — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:17:08 +0000

September 3 will be the last of Jem’s current run of special programs at the IFC Theater. He will present a selection of shorts, excerpts, and excavations, with co-host and frequent collaborator, Guy Picciotto. More info to follow.

Please note, the last 2 IFC movie nites sold out well in advance. Consider buying your ticket ahead. Thanks.

http://wwwifccenter.com/series/movie-nights-with-jem-cohen/

EMPIRES of TIN: NYC Premiere, IFC Center Aug. 11, with Jim Jarmusch Q & A

Jem Cohen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:26:55 +0000

EVENING’S CIVIL TWILIGHT in EMPIRES of TIN – Tue, Aug 11 at: 7:30 PM

IFC Center, 323 6th Ave. at West 3rd st. One night, one show only. This is the 2nd of 3 Movie Nites with Jem Cohen; the 1st sold out well in advance. Please buy ahead of time; you can also get tix in advance at the box office.

A “documentary musical hallucination” on the subject of Empire, inspired by the work of Joseph Roth and the end of the Bush dynasty. The film includes performances by Vic Chesnutt, Guy Picciotto, T. Griffin with Catherine McRae, and members of Silver Mount Zion.

After the screening, Mr. Jarmusch and Jem will discuss the film. For more info and online ticket links:

http://wwwifccenter.com/series/movie-nights-with-jem-cohen/