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Obsessions: A Static Vision Festival
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The Sweet East, Hackers and Pi lead new Australian film fest
Australian film collective Static Vision are bringing their latest film festival, Obsessions to Ritz Cinemas (Feb 1-4) and Lido Cinemas (Feb 8-11). A four-day, single-screen, clash-free film event, Obsessions explores compulsion, rabbit-holing, feverish fixations, and the pursuit of the mysterious.
The Devils, Ask Any Buddy and Terminal USA head to Melbourne
Hello, Brunswick West is a single-day film event showcasing four slices of groundbreaking queer, punk and DIY cinema, presented by independent film collective Static Vision at their still-very-under construction secret Brunswick West screening space, with films co-presented by local film collectives Top Of The Heap, OVA.Club, Gay24 and Trash Night, Saturday December 9th.
Querelle, People’s Joker and The Doom Gen screen at new Sydney festival
Static Vision present their latest film festival Goodbye, Pink Flamingo, a three-day, single-screen event showcasing a global selection of groundbreaking queer, punk, feminist and DIY cinema, curated as a tribute to the beloved underground warehouse screening space, the Pink Flamingo Cinema.
Now Out in Australia: MIFF Award-Winner 'Neptune Frost'
After wowwing audiences across the globe and a critically lauded festival run including much buzzed screenings at Cannes, TIFF, Sundance and NYFF, inaugural MIFF Bright Horizons award-winner Neptune Frost arrives in Australian cinemas, screening exclusively at Cinema Nova, Dendy Newtown and Dendy Canberra.
New Sydney fest with Noé, Schrader and Maddin kicks off Thurs
Bringing together 17 feature and 10 short films, Metamorphoses is a weekend-long, clash-free, single-screen exploration of evolution, transformation and shifting worlds from independent screening collective Static Vision. Tickets for the festival's Sydney and Melbourne editions are on sale now.
First films announced in Metamorphoses: a new Australian festival
New works from Gaspar Noé, Guy Maddin and many more are coming to Sydney and Melbourne, Australia for the upcoming festival Metamorphoses, from community screening group and occasional distributor Static Vision.
Static Vision acquires ‘Neptune Frost’ for AUS/NZ distribution
Static Vision are over the moon to announce we will be releasing Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman's brilliant intersex Afrofuturist sci-fi hacker musical Neptune Frost throughout Australia and New Zealand, their third acquisition of 2022.
Static Vision acquires ‘That Kind of Summer’ for AUS/NZ distribution
Static Vision are proud to announce our second acquisition of 2022, straight from the Berlinale Competition. Denis Côté's provocative That Kind of Summer (Un été comme ça) finds three young women probing their hypersexuality during a month-long rest home retreat, a form of oblique and unspecified experimental therapy overseen by a troubled social worker.
Static Vision acquires ‘Give Me Pity!’ for AUS/NZ distribution
Static Vision are stoked to announce their first acquisition of 2022: Amanda Kramer's Give Me Pity!
Lists
Obsessions: A Static Vision Festival 25 films
Static Vision are heading Ritz Cinemas, February 1-4, and to Lido Cinemas, February 8-11, 2024, presenting their new festival, Obsessions,…
Hello, Brunswick West 4 films
Hello, Brunswick West is a single-day film event showcasing four slices of groundbreaking queer, punk and DIY cinema, presented by…
Goodbye, Pink Flamingo 21 films
Static Vision present their latest film festival Goodbye, Pink Flamingo, a three-day, single-screen event showcasing a global selection of groundbreaking…
Metamorphoses: A Static Vision Festival | Full Lineup 28 films
Metamorphoses is a weekend-long exploration of evolution, transformation and shifting worlds from independent screening collective Static Vision.
The single-screen, four-day,…
Static Vision @ MIFF 2022 - 70th Melbourne International Film Festival 5 films
A list of our films heading to MIFF 2022 - 70th Melbourne International Film Festival. All films are having their…
Acquisitions 9 films
A list of films we have acquired for release throughout AUS/NZ.
Recent reviews
secret film, screened at Lido Cinemas with intro Nick Pinkerton as part of THE SWEET EAST COAST TOUR: DOWN UNDER EDITION
Our last Melbourne event kicks off 1pm @ Static Vision HQ today (a four-film secret screening fest, more info on our IG stories etc.) before we head to Geelong on Monday night for our final screening (full details/dates/tix over here).
screened at Lido Cinemas with in-person Q+A with Nick Pinkerton, as part of THE SWEET EAST COAST TOUR: DOWN UNDER EDITION
Our last Melbourne event kicks off 1pm @ Static Vision HQ today (a four-film secret screening fest, more info on our IG stories etc.) before we head to Geelong on Monday night for our final screening (full details/dates/tix over here).
screened at Cinema Nova as part of their Film Club, with in-person Q+A with Nick Pinkerton, hosted by the wonderful/incredible Koko (tysm!), as part of THE SWEET EAST COAST TOUR: DOWN UNDER EDITION
We've got a couple more Melbourne events before we head to Geelong (and we're not only screening The Sweet East) - full details/dates/tix over here.
screened at Union Cinema at University of Adelaide with in-person Q+A with Nick Pinkerton, hosted by the moviejuice crew, as part of THE SWEET EAST COAST TOUR: DOWN UNDER EDITION
We're heading onto Melbourne and Geelong next (and we're not only screening The Sweet East) - full details/dates/tix over here.
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Static Vision are heading Ritz Cinemas, February 1-4, and to Lido Cinemas, February 8-11, 2024, presenting their new festival, Obsessions, a four-day film event exploring compulsion, rabbit-holing, feverish fixations, and the pursuit of the mysterious.
We've endeavoured to keep the cost of tickets down, and have introduced a number of special passes to make it easier to traverse the program. The best move, however, is, of course, to pick up a full festival pass.
As always, our festival plays out across a single screen, with no clashes, so you can rabbit-hole in and fully immerse yourself in the best this year's theme has to offer. You can explore the full program here and tickets to everything can be purchased at the following sites:
Sydney - https://obsessions.fest.sydney
Melbourne - https://obsessions.fest.melbourne