Lisa marr echo park film center

Making films became even more appealing when the echo park film center, a community media arts organization celebrating all things analog, opened up a couple of blocks from my house and i happened to walk in on opening day. Dec 07, 2010 echo park film center is a non profit organization located in echo park, ca. We talk with paolo davanzo, founderexecutive director and lisa marr. Echo park film center road show, the hanoi bicycle collective, hanoi, vietnam. Chinatown takeout an film noir homage exploring issues of gentrification and displacement in las chinatown created by the echo park film center spring 2017 youth class. Growing healthy is a series of short films created by lisa marr and paolo davanzo aka the. December 6, 2018 by naomi okuyama we talk with paolo davanzo, founderexecutive director and lisa marr, operations directoryouth film coordinator of the echo park film center q. Lisa marr, operations directoryouth film coordinator lisa joined the epfc family in 2003, soon after making her first super 8 film. Lisa marr is an awardwinning filmmaker, musician and writer whose work is a catalyst for creative collaboration and community empowerment.

Mar 05, 2020 the venue a park fieldhouse was apparently significant to dave because he grew up with them. Santa monica celebrates camera obscuras 120th anniversary. Here and now is a collaborative artistic entity for lisa marr and paolo davanzo. For more than a decade, paolo davanzo and lisa marr have been running the echo park film center, a small community film workspace and film theater in. Inspired by super 8 film stock and designed to be high in vitamin c and more acidic making it ideal for developing film supereight is a 5. The short film is a poetic documentary that utilizes analog film tools and animation techniques along with archival imagery and firstperson accounts. Apr 17, 2012 open since 2001, the echo park film center is the brainchild of paolo davanzo, 41, an experimental filmmaker, activist and former community college film professor.

Chinese, italian, and french immigrants settled here, as well as cubans and mexicans. The echo park film center is a nonprofit media arts organization that regularly offers affordable filmmaking workshops and screenings in their cozy echo park headquarters. Born in italy and raised in irvine by an italian father and a canadian mother, davanzo launched the center as a tribute to his late parents, who had immersed the family in volunteer. Echo park film center celebrates 10 years of cinema and. Echo park film center goes dutch scenes and sightings. So its not exactly the easiest time for film right now. At echo park center, only the length of screenings is. The venue a park fieldhouse was apparently significant to dave because he grew up with them.

They provide classes in film studies as well as showcasing screenings for independent films. Lisa marr is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Together, they will produce a 24minute film that envisions a summer day in the life. Two boots pizza had delivered six free pies, and thered been a. Epfc packs a microcinema, filmmaking classroom and equipment rental house all into a narrow strip of colorful rooms crowded with dvds, books, cameras. Theres a tradition of activists and this being a stomping ground for immigrants, said lisa marr, operations director and youth film coordinator for the echo park film center.

An international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on american independent and avantgarde cinema and its precursors found in classic european, soviet and japanese film. Hfpa granteeecho park film center, the brainchild of cultural activists and filmmakers extraordinaire lisa marr and paolo davanzo, is a. Echo park film center cinema audiences 20082011 underbelly. Echo park film center celebrates santa monicas camera obscura. Lisa marr, white sage from the series growing healthy, 20, super 8 film handprocessed using sage leaves, washing soda and vitamin c, 1 minute california community foundation fellowship for visual artists, 2014.

The hfpa supports filmmaking workshops at the film center, an annual program which provides free screenings and multiweek. Films from echo park film center, distrital, mexico city, mexico burning bungalows. December 6, 2018 by naomi okuyama we talk with paolo davanzo, founderexecutive director and lisa marr, operations directoryouth film coordinator of the echo park film center. The hfpa supports filmmaking workshops at the film center, an annual program which provides free screenings and multi. Kodak and dogfish head craft brewing teamed up for an adventure with alternative processing, using the recently announced supereight beer to develop kodak super 8 film. Dec 06, 2018 echo park film center celebrates santa monicas camera obscura. Feb, 2015 it was threequarters of an hour into the echo park film centers open screen night, held the first thursday of each month. Echo park film center is a non profit organization located in echo park, ca. He adds that the epfc landlord has been very supportive but also notes, lisa marr, my partner in love and life and work, had the idea to make. The day paolo opened the echo park film center a downhome community media arts cooperative providing equal and affordable access to filmvideo education and resources lisa walked in. An italian winery once produced grapes off sunset boulevard, and in the 1890s developers came to drill the states first big oil field.

Each week features a sonic slideshow as we turn off the projector bulbs and turn up the sound. Eventually, lisa marr, a canadian musician from the punk band cub, took on a. Jul, 2008 echo park has been invaded by a wave of young professionals. Lisa marr and paolo davanzao of the echo park film center, making music and showing moving images while on tour with the epfc filmmoble. Thanks for helping us celebrate the 120th anniversary of santa monicas camera obscura. Echo park film center celebrates 10 years of cinema and love. Photo courtesy lisa marr photo courtesy lisa marr comment. Hfpa granteeecho park film center, the brainchild of cultural activists and filmmakers extraordinaire lisa marr and paolo davanzo, is a community.

The echo park film center provides equal and affordable access to filmvideo education and resources via a community microcinema and meeting space, free and lowcost filmmaking classes and workshops, comprehensive small format film. The city of vancouver has been offering these fieldhouses up for art and community projects and this one, run by lisa marr formerly of cub is a satellite of. They provide classes in film studies as well as showcasing screenings. Cubs lisa marr returns to vancouver for fieldhouse residency. First i fell in love the film center and then i fell in love with its founder, paolo davanzo. Davanzo for their help in providing information and access to the echo park film center. Echo park film center operations directoryouth film coordinator public television. From april 2325, the epfc extended family is taking over human resources a considerably larger space specializing in experimental art and film for three days and nights of performances, media installations and. According to the organizations website, the directors conceive of the epfc as a microcinema echo park film center, par. Thursday, april 25, 710 pm, with performances at 8.

Optical track is a weekly show presented by members of the echo park film center coop, a group of artists who collectively staff epfc as volunteers for the cinematic revolution. Apr 23, 2019 on view daily from 27 pm closing potluck party. Paolo davanzo, front left, and lisa marr, front right, and center staff. Didnt even start making films until she was 35 years old, so shes a firm believer in continually learning, experimenting and redefining your path. Open since 2001, the echo park film center is the brainchild of paolo davanzo, 41, an experimental filmmaker, activist and former community college film professor. In honor of santa monica camera obscuras 120th anniversary, santa monica cultural affairs has partnered with the echo park film center collective to develop a short film titled, ill be your mirror. Echo park film center north residency, vancouver mecca normal. Sep 14, 2006 davanzo and his partner, lisa marr, consider quinceanera a love letter to echo park but a little too romantic about the latino experience and, considering it was directed by. Jan 21, 2019 lisa marr, along with her partner and echo park film center founder paolo davanzo, have brought their project north to the moberly park fieldhouse for marrs first longterm vancouver project in more than 20 years. Lisa and paolo are directors of the echo park film center, a storefront media center that offers classes, screenings, equipment rentals, editing help and a general gathering spot for film lovers in the echo park area. Echo park film center takes over hrlas galleries for three days and nightswith media installations, performances, and programs of films and videos made by the film centers coop, as well as artists who have participated in their artistinresidency program. May 04, 2020 the day paolo opened the echo park film centera downhome community media arts cooperative providing equal and affordable access to filmvideo education and resourceslisa walked in. Artspace is pleased to announce our 19 th annual summer apprenticeship program, the sound we see.

City symphonies are motion pictures that capture the spirit and uniqueness of a city by assembling images of everyday life in that city. Fiestas patrias mexican independence day courtesy of sheila thomsonflickr. List of california documentary project nextgen grants. It has a lending library of movies and books, one of. The city of vancouver has been offering these fieldhouses up for art and community projects and this one, run by lisa marr formerly of cub is a satellite of her labased project, echo park film center. An film noir homage exploring issues of gentrification and displacement in las chinatown created by the echo park film center spring 2017 youth class. So we opened a place in echo park called the echo park film center. City symphonies in the 21 st century, directors lounge, berlin, germany imagined cinemas, blaak 10 gallery, rotterdam, netherlands. Lisa marr, operations directoryouth film coordinator rick bahto, operations manager, youth and adult film instructor, projectionist the author of this report would like to acknowledge ms.