Mark Toscano is a filmmaker, curator, and film preservationist based in Los Angeles. Since 2003, he has worked at the Academy Film Archive, where he specializes in the curation, conservation, and preservation of artists' films. He works with the collections of over 100 filmmakers, and has overseen the conservation and preservation of hundreds of films, including work by Stan Brakhage, Barbara Hammer, Chick Strand, Tacita Dean, Penelope Spheeris, the Whitney brothers, Gus Van Sant, Pat O'Neill, Suzan Pitt, and many others. He has curated and presented programs at numerous venues, including MoMA, Arsenal, Eye Filmmuseum, Tate Modern, and festivals in Rotterdam, London, Oberhausen, Zagreb, Bangalore, and elsewhere. He is a programmer with Los Angeles Filmforum, and has lectured at various universities on experimental film and archiving, as well as teaching the History of Experimental Animation at CalArts.
5 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION
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CERTAIN THINGS
2014 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 47 € distribution: 16mm |
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THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
2014 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 4' 30 / 47 € distribution: 16mm |
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DEMONSTRATION
2012 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 2' 30 / 47 € distribution: 16mm |
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PROCESS OF ELIMINATION
2012 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 3' 30 / 47 € distribution: 16mm |
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RELEASING HUMAN ENERGIES
2012 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 5' 30 / 47 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |