Last Updated on March 15, 2024, 9:50 AM | Published: March 15, 2024
Oklahoma City University (OCU) and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) send this information as posted below:
OKLAHOMA CITY – March 15, 2024 – Oklahoma City University (OCU) Film Department in partnership with Oklahoma City Museum of Art (OKCMOA) presents the Wide Open Experimental Film Festival (WOEFF) April 26 – 28 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Noble Theater at 415 Couch Drive.
The WOEFF is a third-year festival organized by OCU Film students and faculty. As a festival focused on the celebration of a variety of experimental film practices, the festival features experimental films that open peoples’ eyes to the alternative forms, structures, and styles of film.
WOEFF offers five programs presenting 58 short films from around the world. The programs are Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 27 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 28 at 1 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public for all programs.
“Experimental film is such an expansive mode of filmmaking, and no two films in the festival are alike,” said Billy Palumbo, the festival director and visiting associate professor of film at OCU. “It’s inspiring to see these films that take such fresh and exhilarating approaches to the moving image.” Selected films represent a variety of nontraditional filmmaking forms, including abstract animation, digital and chemical manipulation, visual lyricism, surreal narratives, and essay films.
Some highlighted films and filmmakers include:
- A Meditation on Nature in the Absence of an Eclipse by Crystal Z Campbell
- Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, and Smoke by Tomonari Nishikawa
- Patient by Lori Felker
- Ashes of Roses by Sasha Waters
- Quartet for the End by Gregg Biermann
- Clear Ice Fern by Mark Street
“Having the experience of watching and judging the experimental film submissions for WOEFF gave me a totally new perspective on filmmaking,” said Lily Tucker, OCU student (BFA Film Production ’24). “I have a new, profound appreciation for the artistry, intimacy, and care the individual filmmakers brought to the works.”
Admission is free and open to the public with no tickets required. For more information about the Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, visit wideopeneff.com or follow @woefilmfest.
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