CINEsound

Mar 29 – Apr 14, 2019

Screening Partner

Part of ONE Festival

Presented with Opera Omaha

Film Streams and Opera Omaha present CINEsound (Mar 29 - Apr 14), an operatic film series in conjunction with ONE Festival — Opera Omaha’s multi-week, multi-venue festival with an emphasis on experimentation.

Part of the festival’s Performance Series, CINEsound is curated by ONE Festival artist-in-residence Ross Karre, of the International Contemporary Ensemble, and will occur across four Film Streams programs:

Midnight Movies

Friday, March 29, 11:55 pm | Dundee

ONE Festival and CINEsound will kick off with a midnight screening of a rare 35mm print of Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession. Sam Neill stars in this legendary occult-horror-thriller about a jilted man trying to solve the mystery of his wife’s sudden strange behavior. The film will be preceded by a live overture — Hannah Hartman’s “Message from the Lighthouse” — performed by Karre. Tickets for this one-time showing are $10 general, $7.50 for seniors, students, teachers, military, and those arriving by bicycle, and $5 for Film Streams Members and Opera Omaha Season and Festival Subscribers.

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Courses: Deep Dive

Saturday, April 6, 10 am - 1 pm | Ruth Sokolof

Learn how film sound is created and examine the ways it enriches the movie-watching experience in a Courses: Deep Dive called “Music and the Moving Image,” facilitated by Karre and Film Streams Education Director Diana Martinez, PhD. In the second half of the three-hour seminar, participants will collaborate with musicians to score some of the most iconic scenes in film. Tickets for this session are $30 general, $25 for seniors, students, teachers, military, and those arriving by bicycle, and $20 for Film Streams Members, and Opera Omaha Season and Festival Subscribers.

Silents in Concert

Saturday, April 13, 3 pm | Ruth Sokolof

Families are especially encouraged to join us for this artfully curated medley of experimental short films paired with live performances by members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. Selections include Albert Lamorisse’s all-time classic The Red Balloon (also showing in April through Film Streams’ Forever Young Family & Children’s Series), a trio of stop-motion shorts by the internationally renowned Jodie Mack, and a summery film collage by Turkish filmmakers Merve Kayan and Zeynep Dadak. Tickets for this one-time event are $16 general, $14 for seniors, students, teachers, military, and those arriving by bicycle, and $12 for Film Streams Members, kids aged 12 and under, and Opera Omaha Season and Festival Subscribers.

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Sights on Sounds

Sunday, April 14, 7 pm | Ruth Sokolof

CINEsound will conclude with “Sound Inventors,” a hosted presentation of short documentaries on the lives and work of post-WWII composers working to redefine sound. Karre will provide commentary as he leads the audience through a program that, among other subjects, will touch on some of the artists involved in ONE Festival. Tickets for this one-time showing are $10 general, $7.50 for seniors, students, teachers, military, and those arriving by bicycle, and $5 for Film Streams Members and Opera Omaha Season and Festival Subscribers.

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