The Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina @ EFF Portland

I will be screening my film Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina from 2011 during the inagual year of the Experimental Film Festival Portland on Friday May 25th. The film will be shown as part of the Magma Flow program.

@Studio Two - 810 SE Belmont St.:
Portland Oregon



Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. This time I used custom made dye’s that I call Kenville dyes. By the time I did this film I was experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design.
2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

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New Film : Atomic Theory & Chemistry - World Premiere

Northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be having the world premiere of his latest film Atomic Theory and Chemistry . at the 38th Annual Seattle International Film Festival The film will be showing as part of the Alternative Shorts program : Beyond Narrative on Thursday May 24th

Atomic Theory and Chemistry

In my latest film I have began to experiment with incorporating found footage into my hand painted and optical printing filmmaking. I also experimented with using jelled light using a variety of different colours . I also created this films sound design
2012, 16mm, color, sound, 5:30

SIFF Cinema Uptown
Thursday May 24th
8:30 pm

New Films at the 5th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival

For Immediate Release:Award winning northwest filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening two of his most recent films at the 5th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival in Sydney Australia. Each of the films have been programmed into two different programs that will play on Sept 11 2011

SUFF is back for its 5th year with political, provocative and perverse films. Exploring themes and landscapes where other films have feared to tread, SUFF’s program is made up of independent and experimental features and shorts from around the world. Offering Sydney audiences a chance to escape from the mainstream and tuck into some completely different. Located at The Factory Theatre in Marrickville, SUFF promises to screen “independent films that transgress the status quo and challenge the conservative conventions of filmmaking”. Never one to shy away from controversy and always providing exciting programming this year’s festival runs over the weekend of the 8th-11th September including plenty of Australian premieres.

Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created ...using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. This time I used custom made dye’s that I call Kenville dyes. By the time I did this film I was experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design.

2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE PROGRAM LSD FACTORY AT 5:30 PM

A Meditation in Color and Light

This film is entirely made from hand painted sections of clear 16mm film, along with hand manipulated sections of found film. The footage was then re-photographed on a JK Optical printer I also used a variety of different light gels, to create this cinema poem. I also created the sound design.

2010, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

THIS FILM WILL BE PLAYING ON SUNDAY SEPT 11TH IN THE PROGRAM ANIMATION FORNICATION 4:30 PM

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http://suff.com.au/

New Film : Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina : 37th Seattle International Film Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Northwest Filmmaker Jon Behrens will be screening his latest film "Anatomy of the Vertebrate Retina " for the very first time on Thursday May 26th at the 37th Seattle International Film Festival. This film will be shown during the ALT Cinema Program

The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye, and this hand-painted, optically printed film makes you feel like you're

in it.- SIFF

Anatomy of the Verebrate Retina

This film is 6th installment of what is being called the Anomalies Cycle of films. This film is also created using hand painted sections of clear 16mm film. and re photographed on a Optical Printer along with some sections of hand manipulated found footage, This time I used custom made dye's that I call Kenville dyes. I am experimenting with doing several layers of exposures onto one another at different speeds. I also created this films sound design. ~ Jon Behrens

2011, 16mm, color, sound, 6min

One of the films featured in the ALT short film program :

Thursday May 26th : 9:30 pm
SIFF Cinema
321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center
Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall
37th Seattle International Film Festival

A Film in Progress

I have been working on a new film by getting handpainted sections of film ready to be shot. These are just a few of them that I placed over a light box to you could see them.