In col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Film Fest Gent, Art Cinema OFFoff brings out the 16mm and Super8 pro­jec­tor for an eve­ning of ana­lo­gue short films by the French-American film­ma­ker Maximilien Luc Proctor, inclu­ding Seasonal Concerns (2024) and the world pre­mie­re of Aotearoa (2024). ​

“Proctor records obli­que impres­si­ons with a sharp eye for com­po­si­ti­on and an int­ui­ti­ve sen­se of rhythm, gent­ly arguing in favor of the minor and the fleeting,” according to Phil Coldiron. His films have been shown at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in New York, Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, the Light Matter Festival in New York, and the Crossroads fes­ti­val in the San Francisco Cinematheque.

The scree­ning will be fol­lo­wed by a con­cert by Two Nice Catholic Boys ft. Antwerp musi­cian Kathy Vanhout (Imaginary Sister). The band of Proctor and Ruairí McCann relea­sed a new EP last year on the inde­pen­dent label Bluestack Records. They com­bi­ne rock and pop with an expe­ri­men­tal appro­ach to tex­tu­re, struc­tu­re and found sound.