Film shares space with leftover lunch boxes, milk, condiments, some things sweet! It can never be just a film fridge; much like our lab space being attached to our kitchen; much like life and the interconnectedness of it all. To have cake in the fridge is like a loaded bank locker for the soul. A film print (a slice of cake) is like a moment in time, private, sometimes paraded publicly, but perhaps best experienced in dark rooms where we feel each other’s presence but can be with ourselves. With that thought, we announce the 8th edition of our festival — the 16mm film festival, 2024. A festival dedicated to the analogue and photochemical.
This year, we are thrilled to welcome Luis Macias from Crater lab, Barcelona, who brings with him a programme of his films and photo chemical performances; Raju Roychowdhury, a physicist moonlighting as an experimental film curator with a selection of experimental films from Brazil; a secret screening of a popular old Hindi film on 35mm; some beautiful submissions from all around the world; & a very special yearly programme of straight 8 india entries and Harkat’s freshly made Ek-Minute films.
We also have some exciting workshops in conjunction with our festival — a cyanotype animation workshop, and a photographic slide projection/performance workshop facilitated by Luis, both culminating in collective works made by the participants to be showed at the festival.
Come experience three days of photochemical bliss, witness different practices in image making, and get a feel of what immersing yourself in a medium could be.
About the Festival
In it’s 8th year now, the 16mm Film Festival is a photochemical only festival, conceived with a view of celebrating and showcasing film as a medium. Every year, it brings the experimental film community together with film performances, film on film, workshops and talks.
The 16mm Film Festival is organised by Harkat, a film lab, alternative arts space and boutique film production company based in Mumbai.