We are delighted to welcome filmmaker Kaori Oda from Osaka, Japan, as EPFC’s 2017 Summer Artist In Residence.

During her month-long residency at EPFC, Kaori will be teaching a Super 8 Youth Workshop and presenting her own work as part of the ACTION! Cinema As Sanctuary series as well as working on some Super 8 and 16mm films inspired by her time in LA. Stop by and meet Kaori at an informal welcome reception at 7 pm before the Open Screen on Thursday, August 3!

Kaori Oda’s residency is made possible in part by the generous support of The Japan Foundation and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Paolo, Lisa and Max are back from Japan and excited to share the TENTH installment in The Sound We See series… The Sound We See: A Tokyo City Symphony on glorious Ektachrome Super 8 film! Plus short films of/by/about Japan by our Japanese and American friends… snacks…prizes…fun! FREE! Thursday at 8 PM at beatiful Echo Park Film Center. Yatta!

EPFC is doing a series of screenings and workshops in Japan over the next three weeks including The Sound We See: A Tokyo City Symphony in conjunction with Blum and Poe Gallery. Want to join the fun? More info here!