Experimental Tuesdays
A collaboration between the UWM Film, Video, Animation and New Genres Department and UWM’s Union Cinema, Experimental Tuesdays offers free bi-monthly screenings of the most recent and celebrated in experimental work in 35mm, 16mm, and video. A standout venue for a parade of visiting filmmakers, including Leighton Pierce, Robert Beavers, Lewis Klahr, the series has also offered rare local screenings of films from such important makers as Chantal Akerman, Jean Luc-Godard, Jean Painleve, Michael Snow, Leslie Thornton, Werner Herzog, Hollis Frampton and others. The series has also served as the local host for touring programs of films from such premiere showcases as the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the MadCat International Womens Film Festival.
Note: Not always on Tuesdays. All films take place at 7:00pm in the Union Cinema unless otherwise indicated.
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (M.U.F.F.)
The Milwaukee Underground Film Festival is a student-run, international film festival dedicated to showcasing contemporary works of film and video that innovate in form, technique, and content. This annual event exhibits independent films from around the world. We are interested in publicly presenting the best in artistic, experimental, original, humorous, political and visionary film and video work.
Student Film & Video Festival
A bi-annual festival featuring a juried showcase of the best short films and videos produced by undergraduate juniors and seniors.
UWM Union Cinema
For nearly 20 years, the UWM Union Cinema, an art house cinema with nightly screenings, has been managed and programmed by graduate students in Film, Video, Animation and New Genres. Events throughout the year are connected to the Film, Video, Animation and New Genres department. The annual Milwaukee Underground Film Festival is a student-run cinema devoted to showcasing independent, artist driven cinema, and runs as a course in the department every spring. Additionally, weekly screening series titled Experimental Tuesdays is hosted at the Union Cinema. This semester, part of Experimental Tuesdays is being programmed by Film, Video, Animation and New Genres graduates who are curating works from UW-Milwaukee’s vast 16mm archive.
Woodland Pattern Experimental Film/Video Series
On the final Friday of each month (with some exceptions), Woodland Pattern features a program of alternative work, the contemporary, and the canonical in 16mm, video and Super8. Screenings have featured Su Friedrich, David Gatten, Jack Smith, Joseph Cornell, Nathaniel Dorsky, Stan Brakhage, Marie Menken and Storm De Hirsch. The series has also featured visiting artists Diane Kitchen, Peggy Ahwesh, Jennifer Montgomery, and Jennifer Reeder. Group screenings have also been presented with work centered around such themes as urban street life, scandals of William Jefferson Clinton, educational films, and Frank O’Hara’s birthday.