Film Screening | CineDOOM presents HEY VIKTOR! by CODY LIGHTNING
preceded by F1GHTING LOOKS DIFFERENT 2 ME NOW by FOX MAXY and
JÁAJI APPROX. by SKY HOPINKA
IN PERSON: director/actor CODY LIGHTNING and EXEC PRODUCER
and CINEDOOM PROGRAMMER, BLACKHORSE LOWE
Sat, August 17 | 7 PM
Violet Crown | 1606 Alcaldesa St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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HEY VIKTOR! (2023, 102', CANADA) Director/Writer/Actor: Cody Lightning. Co-Writer: Samuel Miller. Producers: Joshua M. Jackson, Sara Corry, Kyle Thomas, Blake McWilliam. Executive Producers: Blackhorse Lowe and Samuel Miller. Cinematographer: Liam Mitchell. Editor: Sarah Taylor. Music: Matthew Cardinal. Actors: Hannah Cheesman, Simon Baker, Phil Burke, Conway Kootenay, Gary Farmer, Irene Bedard, Adam Beach and Colin Mochrie.
Twenty years removed from childhood fame as Little Viktor in 1998’s Smoke Signals, CODY LIGHTNING has been forced to move home to his reserve in northern Alberta. He still believes himself to be famous— even though the only parts he gets these days are porn & fracking commercials. But when Cody learns his wife and kids are leaving him for a younger, more successful actor, he decides it’s time to quit fucking around and make his masterpiece— writing, directing, & starring in SMOKE SIGNALS 2: STILL SMOKING. A documentary crew follows Cody on his journey around the Indigenous world— re-uniting the original cast, borrowing money from arms dealers, & realizing his vision... just in time to realize his vision was shit.
F1GHTING LOOKS DIFFERENT 2 ME NOW (2022, 17min, USA) Director: Fox Maxy.
💔We’re our own worst enemies.
F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now is a story about land holding memories. The film captures an ongoing dispute between family within a pop culture–inflicted collage. The filmmaker uses her own individual experiences of moving home to piece together fragments of Southern California landscapes. In the words of its maker, “This film is me speaking for me and that’s it”.
JÁAJI APPROX. (2015, 8min, USA) Director: Sky Hopinka. Camera/Sound/Edit: Sky Hopinka. Featuring: Mike Hopinka.
Logging and approximating a relationship between audio recordings of the director's father and videos gathered of the landscapes they both separately traversed. The initial distance between the logger and the recordings, of recollections and of songs, new and traditional, narrows while the images become an expanding semblance of filial affect. Jáaji is a near translation for directly addressing a father in the Hočak language.
ABOUT CINEDOOM:
CineDOOM is a celebration of the theatrical experience at its best, showcasing masterpieces that embody both grit and perfection. It brings together cinematic classics from revered directors like Wong Kar Wai and David Lynch, alongside cutting-edge Indigenous films that push the boundaries of contemporary storytelling. This diverse array of cinematic experiences invites viewers to explore new narratives and perspectives. CineDOOM, curated by Blackhorse Lowe in collaboration with partnering institutions, is made possible in part with funds from Blackhorse Lowe’s United States Artists Fellowship.
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