Description:

The Coolidge Corner Theatre

The Coolidge Corner Theatre is at 290 Harvard Street in Brookline Massachusetts, convenient to Public parking and transportation.

The theatre is run by the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, a non-profit organization. Call (1)617-734-2500 for more recorded information or (1)617-734-2501 to reach actual people.
www.coolidge.org

The Mission of the Coolidge is to:

Celebrate the experience of film in a wide variety of programming featured on a big screen. To help preserve film by promoting the maintenance and performance of films as they were originally produced. To explore the boundaries of film using the film medium, associated with live performances and new technologies.

BALAGAN at the Coolidge

The Balagan Experimental Film and Video Series was conceived in the summer of 2000 when the Coolidge Corner Theatre approached Jeff Silva and Alla Kovgan with an opportunity to host a regular program highlighting local experimental film/video makers in their brand new Screening room.

The New room is a wonderful compliment to Boston's most treasured art Deco moviehouse and a wonderful opportunity to present experimental films and videos in an intimate theatrical setting. As filmmakers tehmselves, struggling to find venues to exhibit our works, Silva and Kovgan were excited for the challenge of establishing a new space for experimental works by local and international film/video artists who are rarely represented in Boston cinemas.

"The mission," according to Silva and Kovgan, "in creating the series is to promote films and filmmakers whose works do not fit into the traditional genres of the film 'industry'. These works traditionally, throughout the history of cinema, have been labeled as avant-garde, art-house, or experimental. Although an experimental film/video often can contain or combine elements of traditional narrative or documentary filmmaking, experimental filmmakers, as difficult as they can be to define, tend not to make their films/videos for the 'industry'. Their works are made for very personal and intimate reasons and their visions and creations are uncompromised by the constraints of mainstream media. Balagan aspires to nurture and develop the rich community of artists working in film and video in New England and abroad. The series provides an outlet for artists to exhibit their works and to see, meet and discuss works by other artists within the community. We hope to continue to collaborate with a variety of film/video artists and film organizations in bringing diverse and exciting programming to Boston and to introduce Boston's experimental film/video artists to the rest of the world."

Upcoming Screenings
Date	Program

Screening History
Date	Program
2001-05-17	Experimental Edition 2000	Event Details

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