James Fotopoulos is an extremely prolific experimental filmmaker, known for his strangely surreal feature films and his prodigious experimental short film output, some lasting for just a few seconds. (The filmography below is a very abbreviated list.) He's also an artist and a musician.
Learn more about this filmmaker at his official website.
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Saturn Return (2009)
Untitled (Thanks. Get In …) (2008)
Sleep Weep (The Zookeeper) (2007)
The Sky Song (2007)
Trinity (2006)
The Mirror Mask (2005)
Spine Face (2005)
The Ant Hill (2004)
The Pearl (2004)
The Weeping Tree (2003)
The Nest (2003)
Hymn (2002)
Christabel (2001)
Back Against the Wall (2000)
Migrating Forms (1999)
Zero (1997)
The Chicago Underground Film Festival celebrates it’s unbelievable 20th anniversary with new films by Jon Moritsugu and Drew Tobia; and classic work by Usama Alshaibi, Matt McCormick and more.
May 7: Microscope Gallery will screen James Fotopoulos’ modern underground film classic Migrating Forms in its original 16mm b&w glory.
Jan 5 & 6: Anthology Film Archives and Microscope Gallery will screen new work by James Fotopoulos, including the world premiere of his latest, Chimera.
The 23rd annual Onion City festival will screen a new feature by James Fotopoulos, plus films by the Brothers Quay, Paul Clipson and more.
May 7: Presenting the exciting World Premiere of James Fotopoulos’ latest feature film, an adaptation of a musical of Alice in Wonderland.
Film journalist and festival programmer Mike Plante has collected an amazing array of short films for his Cinemad Almanac.
The Cinefamily hosts this special screening of underground films curated by movie journalist Mike Plante, who has collected these short films for a new DVD.
Here’s a list of films from the 2000-02 New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals that were released on DVD, like Plaster Caster and Horns and Halos.
Notable underground film events of 1976 were the publication of A History of American Avant-Garde Cinema and the production of Jonas Mekas’ Lost, Lost, Lost.
The 15th Chicago Underground Film Festival is screening Craig Baldwin’s Mock Up on Mu, plus films by Lisa Barcy, Usama Alshaibi, Josh Koury and more.