The latest distribution news in December:
Featured Artist
We feature LUX artist Maryam Tafakory. On 25 November, Tafakory received the Film London Jarman Award 2024, the 17th edition of the annual prize.
Click here to learn more about this artist and their works
Click here to learn more about the Film London Jarman Award 2024
Festivals featuring LUX artists:
PAF Festival of Film Animation and Contemporary Art – Olomouc, Czechia 4 – 7 December
The Bang Straws (2021) by Michelle Williams Gamaker
House of Women (2017) by Michelle Williams Gamaker
Thieves (2023) by Michelle Williams Gamaker
Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) by Martha Rosler
Zorn’s Lemma (1970) by Hollis Frampton
Weather Diaries #3 (1988) by George Kuchar
Weather Diaries #5 (1989) by George Kuchar
Animateka – International Animated Film Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia 1 – 8 December
His Comedy (1997) by Paul Bush
Athens Avant Garde Film Festival – Athens, Greece 5 -15 December
Leisure, Utopic (2024) by Beatrice Gibson
Man Number 4 (2024) by Miranda Pennell
Razeh-del (2024) by Maryam Tafakory
Festival van de Gelijkheid – Antwerpen, Belgium 11 – 14 December
A Magical Substance Flows Into Me (2016) by Jumana Manna
Now Showing – Screenings
While Darwin Sleeps (2004) by Paul Bush
Dust to Data (2021) by Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Last Things (2023) by Deborah Stratman
at Los Angeles Filmforum: ‘Experimentations: Imagin(in)ing Knowledge in Film’ programme – Los Angeles, CA USA 1 December
Light Music (1975) by Lis Rhodes
at Association Mire: ‘PRISME #7’ programme – Nantes, France 4 December
Foragers (2022) by Jumana Manna
at HGB Leipzig: ‘The Art of Memory in Times of Trauma and Grief’ programme – Leipzig, Germany 4 December
The Irreducible Difference of the Other (2013) by Vivienne Dick
The Expulsion (2019) by Larry Achiampong
Tory Stories – An Ugly Steak of Violence (1984) by Peter Savage
Tower XYZ (2016) by Ayo Akingbade
At LUX Scotland: ‘Moving Images Within Precarious Structures – Episode 2: Class Matters’ Programme – Glasgow, UK 5 December
Europa (1931) by Stefan & Franciszka Themersons
at Adam Mickiewicz Institute: ‘Polish Animation and Video Art at MMCA Seoul 2024’ – Mazowieckie, Poland 6 December
Foragers (2022) & Wild Relatives (2018) by Jumana Manna
at Muzeum Emigracji w Gdyni ul. Polska: ‘Gdynia-Palestyna’ programme – Pomerania, Poland 7 December
Wayfaring Stranger (2024) by Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Taskafa, Stories of the Street (2013) by Gulen Guler & Andrea Luka Zimmerman
The Globalization Tapes (2003) by Vision Machine Film Projects
Art Class (2020) by Andrea Luka Zimmerman
at BFI Southbank: ‘Andrea Luka Zimmerman in Focus’ programme – London, UK 7 – 13 December
Mano Destra (1986) by Cleo Uebelmann
at Austrian Film Museum: ‘50 Jahre Frauen und Film’ programme – Vienna, Austria 11 December
Last Things (2023) by Deborah Stratman
at Scratch First / Wonderfruit: ‘Time at The Unconditional Space’ programme – Bangkok, Thailand 15 December
Now Showing – Exhibitions
Natural Disasters No. 2 Tremor (2007) by Grace Ndiritu
at Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: ‘Save Land’. United for Land’ exhibition – Bonn, Germany 6 December 2024 – 8 June 2025
After Work (2022) by Céline Condorelli & Ben Rivers
at Fondazione Zimei: ‘SUPERNOVA’ exhibition – Abruzzo, Italy 7 December 2024 – 7 February 2025
Missing Time (2019) by Morgan Quaintance
at Grazer Kunstverein: ‘2019’ exhibition – Graz, Austria 13 December 2024 – 1 March 2025
LUX Artist News
LUX WINTER CLOSURE
LUX will be closed from the 21st December 2024 – 6th January 2025 for our winter break. There will be no distribution activity during this time. If you wish to submit a distribution request, please do so by the 16th of December. Any requests submitted after this date will be facilitated once we return to the office If you wish to return a loan to the archive, please wait for our return in January.
We want to thank all we collaborated with in 2024 and are looking forward to the possibilities of the new year.
Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists
Congratulations to LUX artists Grace Ndiritu, Mikhail Karikis and Anne Bean for receiving this year’s Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists. The Awards for Artists supports individuals at a timely moment in their careers, giving them the freedom to develop their creative ideas and contributing to their personal and professional growth.
Click here to learn more about the Paul Hamlyn Awards
LUX ONLINE EXHIBITION
We are excited to present an online exhibition ‘Imaginary Escape’ from 3 December 2024 to 15 January 2025.
Register here to access the online exhibition and receive timely updates as the exhibition evolves.
This exhibition brings together four films by artists whose works recently joined the LUX Collection. As we became immersed in these artists’ practices, we were drawn to the ways each grapple with the fractured worlds in the wake of colonialism and state violence, where one must navigate between loss and liberation.
For this programme, we selected early and recent works from these artists that challenge and reframe the narratives of these worlds through unique moving image practices. The title ‘Imaginary Escape’ takes inspiration from a line in Suneil Sanzgiri’s film ‘At Home but Not at Home’, a reflection on the liberating power of imagination amid histories of displacement and oppression.
Films in the Programme + screening schedule:
3 – 10 December
‘At Home But Not at Home’ (2019) by Suneil Sanzgiri
11 – 18 December
‘rial & tERROR’ (2011) by Gelare Khoshgozaran
19 December – 7 January
‘Kings Of The Sky’ (2004) by Deborah Stratman
8 – 15 January
‘The Silver Wave’ (2020) by Michelle Williams Gamaker
LUX BOOKSHOP WINTER SALE
From Thursday 5/12 until Thursday 19/12 the LUX Bookshop is celebrating the season with our annual Winter Sale.
It’s the perfect time to curl up under a blanket and dive into nostalgic, cozy vibes with some of your favourite moving image works on DVD. Or treat your family, lover, friend or yourself to one of our many publications! Discover treasures like Shoot Shoot Shoot, exploring the history of the London Film Coop, or immerse yourself in the poetic writings of Orcadian film-poet Margaret Tait in Subject Sequences and Personae, alongside many other captivating publications.
Head to our website to discover our biggest discounts to date!
- 60% off LUX publications
- DVDs for just £7 each
- Special offers: Buy 3 DVDs, get 1 free, or buy 5 DVDs and get 2 free!
Don’t forget to leave us a note on the check out with your preference and we will try our best to accommodate your request!
Prefer to shop in person? Visit us at the Cafe OTO Xmas Fair on 15/12, where we’ll have a stall brimming with a fantastic selection just for you!
