Screenings & Shows
Still Film @ Carsey-Wolf Center (UCSB) as part of “Revisiting the Classics” series, Santa Barbara, California (Jan 18)
2023
Still Film @ TIFF Bell Lightbox: MDFF Selects , Toronto, Canada (Dec 28)Still Film weekend run @ Now Instant with shorts, Los Angeles, CA (Nov 30 - Dec 3)James N. Kienitz Wilkins / Andrew Norman Wilson program @ Now Instant , Los Angeles, CA (Dec 1)
Still Film @ Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) , Canada (Nov 17 & 19)James N. Kienitz Wilkins and John Aaron Frank's LEWISTON @ Light Industry (streams Nov 1-7)
“Hard Sell” with Rachel Hunter Himes, Pacho Velez, David Levine, James N. Kienitz Wilkins & Dena Yago @ Triple Canopy (Oct 5)
Still Film @ La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak , Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 3, 6 & 8)Still Film @ BAM Film: NYC theatrical run with special screenings & “At the Movies ” sidebar (Sept 22-28) - The New York Times , In Review Online Still Film @ Chicago Underground Film Festival (Sept 15 & 16) - CINE-FILE Special Features in “Stray, with the body ” free screening event @ Woodbine, Ridgewood, NY (Jun 7)Still Film international premiere @ Visions du Réel: Burning Lights Competition Nyon, Switzerland (Apr 26 & 28) - Business Doc Europe , Filmexplorer Still Film world premiere @ MoMA: Documentary Fortnight NY, NY (Mar 6 & 7) - Screen Slate , CriterionCast James N. Kienitz Wilkins / Andrew Norman Wilson program in Triple Canopy's “True to Life ” series @ BAM, Brooklyn, NY (Feb 17)
Special Features in Tromsø Kunstforening: “Counterimaginaries ” exhibition during Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway (Jan 20 - Mar 12)The Plagiarists in “Beyond Interpretation ” @ ICA, London (Jan 19)
2022
Public Hearing @ Light Industry , Brooklyn, NY (Oct 18)James N. Kienitz Wilkins in Artistic Differences: It Has To Feel Real
B-ROLL with Andre @ Cinema Parallels , Banja Luka, Bosnia (Jul 7-9)Real Property Non-Fiction Journal , Issue 4: Peculiar Forms (Jun 2022)James N. Kienitz Wilkins exhibition: Add Space , Tulsa, OK (May 2 - 29)
Public Hearing @ Lumiere Cinema Theatre in conjunction with Chewing Fat exhibition at Kristina Kite Gallery , Los Angeles, CA (Feb 3)Best Year Ever in This Radiant World: Recent and Retrospective Experimental Films @ Film Studies Center, University of Chicago, IL (Jan 28)
2021
The Plagiarists & Indefinite Pitch @ Outsiders – American Independent Cinema , Portugal (Dec 8)Best Year Ever @ Linea d'Ombria Festival : LineaDoc , Salerno, Italy (Oct 23 - 30)This Action Lies @ Museum of Moving Image , Astoria, Queens (Oct 22)Best Year Ever @ Courtisane Festival , Ghent, Belgium (Oct 21)Best Year Ever @ Curtocircuíto International Film Festival , Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Oct 2 - 10)Sunset Kino: Films by James N. Kienitz Wilkins @ Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (Jul 21)The Plagiarists @ Institute of Contemporary Arts , London (Jun 10 - 17)Best Year Ever @ Documenta Madrid , Spain (May 26 - Jun 6)Best Year Ever @ CPH:DOX , Copenhagen, Denmark (Apr 25 - May 5)Best Year Ever premieres in Expanding the Frame @ Walker Art Center: Virtual Cinema , online (Feb 16 - Mar 2) w/ conversation (Feb 12, 7p CST/8p EST)
2020
This Action Lies in “Things Things Say ” group show @ Fabra i Coats: Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (Oct 17 - Jan 17)“Andre” trilogy in “Roundabout ” group show @ Canopy, Malmö, Sweden (Oct 30 - Nov 9)This Action Lies with Hollis Frampton's Surface Tension @ Walker Art Center: Virtual Cinema , online (Oct 13 - 26)Special Features with Brian Springer's SPIN @ Rockaway Film Festival , online (Oct 23)This Action Lies @ La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak , Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 13 - 15)Common Carrier @ Screen Slate: Stream Slate live on Twitch (Aug 20)Indefinite Pitch in We Are One: A Global Film Festival via New York Film Festival, online (Jun 4)This Action Lies in “Constructions of Truth ” group show @ MCAD, Manila (Feb 6 - Apr 12) B-ROLL with Andre online @ Le Cinéma Club (Mar 27 - Apr 2)The Plagiarists exclusive online premiere @ MUBI (Feb 13 - Mar 13)This Action Lies as part of Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement @ La Casa Encendida , Madrid (Mar 1)The Plagiarists @ TIFF Bell Lightbox: Wavelengths , Toronto (Jan 23)
2019
This Action Lies as part of Palazzo Grassi presents la Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement (Dec 12)Indefinite Pitch @ New Orleans Museum of Art (Dec 7)Special Features @ Spectacle Theater (Dec 2)The Plagiarists with This Action Lies @ Garage Museum of Contemporary Art , Moscow (Nov 28)James N. Kienitz Wilkins solo show: “Double Feature” @ Kunsthalle Winterthur , Switzerland (Sep 22 - Nov 17)
This Action Lies @ Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) (Nov 16 & 17)The Plagiarists @ American Film Festival , Poland (Nov 9 & 11)Person in Focus: James N. Kienitz Wilkins @ Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Nov 5 - 10)
The Plagiarists @ Viennale (Oct 26 & 27)This Action Lies @ Doclisboa (Oct 23 & 27)The Plagiarists @ Milwaukee Film Festival (Oct 19 & 25)This Action Lies @ New York Film Festival: Projections (Oct 6)The Plagiarists @ Tacoma Film Festival (Oct 5) - WINNER: BEST NARRATIVE DIRECTOR & BEST NARRATIVE SCREENPLAYThis Action Lies @ Curtocircuíto International Film Festival , Spain (Oct 3)This Action Lies @ Toronto International Film Festival: Wavelengths (Sept 9) - Cinema Scope, MUBI , Filmmaker Magazine , Reverse Shot The Dynamic Range @ Camden International Film Festival: Storyforms (Sept 12 - 15)The Plagiarists @ La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak , Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sep 8 & 13)James N. Kienitz Wilkins solo show: “This Action Lies” @ Spike Island , Bristol, UK (Jul 6 - Sep 8) - ArtReview , Photomonitor
The Plagiarists @ Laemmle Fine Arts co-presented by Acropolis Cinema, Los Angeles (Aug 30 - Sep 2, theatrical) - Los Angeles Times “Andre” trilogy @ Spike Island, Bristol, UK (Aug 29)The Plagiarists @ Oklahoma Museum of Art (Aug 15)The Plagiarists special presentation @ BAM , Brooklyn (Aug 6)The Plagiarists @ Time & Space Limited , Hudson, NY (Aug 3 & 4)The Plagiarists @ Facets , Chicago (Jul 12 - 18, theatrical)The Plagiarists @ Film at Lincoln Center , NYC (Jun 28 - Jul 11 [held over], theatrical) - New York Times , Film Comment , The Film Stage , Slant , Man Repeller , New York Post , Polygon , No Film School The Plagiarists @ Ragtag Cinema , Columbia, MO (Jun 12)The Plagiarists @ Chicago Underground Film Festival (Jun 8) - WINNER: WILLIAM GREAVES AWARD - Film Threat Occupations, Mediums & Indefinite Pitch @ SPACE , Portland, ME (Jun 2) - MaineToday Public Hearing @ SPACE , Portland, ME (Jun 2) - Boston Globe “Andre” trilogy @ SPACE , Portland, ME (May 19)Common Carrier @ SPACE , Portland, ME (May 7)Common Carrier @ ICDOCS , Iowa City (Apr 19)The Plagiarists @ Sarasota Film Festival (Apr 12 & 13) - WINNER: TERRY PORTER VISIONARY AWARDThe Dynamic Range (VR version) @ Courtisane Festival , Ghent, Belgium (Apr 6) - Critikat
The Plagiarists @ New Directors/New Films (Mar 28 & 29) - Screen Slate , CriterionCast , Slant , Vox
TESTER @ Flaherty NYC (Mar 26)
Common Carrier @ the Renaissance Society , Chicago (Mar 15)The Dynamic Range planetarium version @ Cosmic Rays Festival , Chapel Hill, NC (Feb 28)The Plagiarists (world premiere) @ Berlin International Film Festival: Forum (Feb 9 -17) - Indiewire , Hollywood Reporter , The Film Stage , Variety , Cinevue , Filmmaker Magazine , MUBI , Criterion , Film Comment This Action Lies @ International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 26 & 28) - Frieze , Film Comment
2018
This Action Lies in Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2018, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (Nov 8 - Feb 3) - Art-agenda , Frieze , Filmexplorer , Mousse Magazine James N. Kienitz Wilkins solo show: “Hearsays” @ Gasworks, London (Sep 20 - Dec 18) - ARTFORUM , Photomonitor , Camera Austria
Mediums w/ Kodak @ UnionDocs , Brooklyn (Dec 2) - C Magazine This Action Lies & Mediums @ Tate Modern , London (Nov 14)“Andre” trilogy @ Goldsmiths University , London (Nov 13)Special Features in Gemini , Stuttgart, Germany (Nov 16 - Dec 8) - Read Gemini Journal Mediums @ Curtocircuíto International Film Festival , Spain (Oct 3)Public Hearing in Les Rencontres du Cinéma Documentaire - Périphérie, Pompidou Centre, Paris (Sep 24)Common Carrier @ Mills Folly Microcinema , Madison, Wisconsin (Aug 30)The Dynamic Range in The Optics of Space , Finnish Cultural Institute in New York's MOBIUS Fellowship Program & PUBLICS @ Heureka Science Center, Vantaa, Finland (Aug 18 & 19)Indefinite Pitch @ Channel Silver Eye @ Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh (Jul 19)Common Carrier @ Chicago Underground Film Festival (Jun 9)“Andre” trilogy @ Downtown Independent co-presented by Acropolis Cinema & Los Angeles Filmforum (Apr 29)Mediums @ Images Festival (Apr 13) - POV Magazine Indefinite Pitch @ Punto de Vista (Mar 5 & 6)Common Carrier @ UnionDocs (Feb 22)B-ROLL with Andre @ Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions (Feb 9 - 20)Indefinite Pitch @ transmediale: face value (Feb 1)The Republic LIVE @ ACRE TV (Jan 1 - 31)
2017
Indefinite Pitch @ Kassel Dokfest (Nov 18)Retrospective: James N. Kienitz Wilkins @ Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM ) & VISIONS (Nov 12 - 14) - Filmmaker Magazine
Common Carrier @ Indie Memphis Film Festival (Nov 4) - WINNER: DEPARTURES FEATURE AWARD - Filmmaker Magazine B-ROLL with Andre with Chameleon Street (1989) @ BAM (Oct 20)Indefinite Pitch @ Curtocircuíto International Film Festival (Oct 4) - HONORABLE MENTION: CAMIRA JURY AWARDMediums installed @ Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (Sept 21 - 24)Common Carrier @ Camden International Film Festival (Sept 16)James N. Kienitz Wilkins @ Doc's Kingdom (Sept 3 - 8)
Indefinite Pitch @ Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland (Aug 25)Public Hearing screens on MUBI (Jul 11 - Aug 10) - MUBI Notebook The Republic premieres on MUBI (Jul 4 - Aug 3) - CriterionCast , MUBI Notebook , The Cinephiliacs B-ROLL with Andre @ Transatlantyk Festival (Jul 15)B-ROLL with Andre on Vdrome (Jun 23 - Jul 6)Common Carrier @ BAMcinemaFest (Jun 20) - MUBI Notebook , Brooklyn Magazine , Filmmaker Magazine , Slant , Hyperallergic , The Playlist Indefinite Pitch streams free @ warehouse (Jun 6 - 20)Indefinite Pitch @ CUFF (Jun 3) - WINNER: JURY AWARDIndefinite Pitch @ e-flux (May 17)Indefinite Pitch @ Locarno in Los Angeles (Apr 25)Indefinite Pitch @ Columbus International Film & Video Festival (Apr 19 - 23)James N. Kienitz Wilkins in the Whitney Biennial film program (Apr 1 & 2) - Frieze , Brooklyn Magazine , The Paris Review
Indefinite Pitch @ Courtisane Festival (Mar 30)“Andre” trilogy @ Plastik Festival of Artists' Moving Image , Dublin, Ireland (Mar 26)Common Carrier world premiere in NEW:VISION Competition @ CPH:DOX (Mar 22 & 26) - Little White Lies Indefinite Pitch @ Portland International Film Festival (Feb 21)Indefinite Pitch @ Rotterdam International Film Festival (Jan 27 & 28) - IDA
2016
Special Features & B-ROLL with Andre @ November Film Festival (Nov 17 & 19)“Andre” trilogy in BLACKOUT/FLASHBACK w/Tony Cokes @ Magic Lantern Cinema (Nov 17)Indefinite Pitch @ Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM ) (Nov 12 & 13)B-ROLL with Andre @ Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Nov 9)Indefinite Pitch @ Artists' Moving Image Northern Ireland (AMNI ) (Nov 3)“Andre” trilogy @ Nightingale Cinema (Oct 23)“Andre” trilogy & Occupations @ Microlights (Oct 20)Indefinite Pitch on MUBI x Projections (Oct 18 - Nov 18) - select regionsIndefinite Pitch @ FICValdivia (Oct 10 - 16)B-ROLL with Andre @ Festival International du Film de La Roche-Sur-Yon (Oct 10 - 16)Indefinite Pitch @ Vancouver International Film Festival (Oct 8 & 13)
Indefinite Pitch @ New York Film Festival: Projections (Oct 8 & 9) - KAZUKO TRUST AWARD - New York Times , Film Comment , ARTFORUM Brooklyn Magazine B-ROLL with Andre @ Curtocircuíto International Film Festival (Oct 3) - WINNER: BEST EXPLORA SHORT FILMB-ROLL with Andre @ 25 FPS Festival (Sept 29 - Oct 2)Indefinite Pitch @ Camden International Film Festival (Sept 18)B-ROLL with Andre in SITUATIONS @ Fotomuseum Winterthur (Sept 17 - Nov 27)Indefinite Pitch @ Toronto International Film Festival: Wavelengths ) (Sept 12) - ARTFORUM , Brooklyn Magazine , Filmmaker Magazine , MUBI B-ROLL with Andre @ Pančevo Film Festival (Sept 7 - 11)Indefinite Pitch world premiere @ Locarno International Film Festival (Aug)Special Features & B-ROLL with Andre @ Jerwood Space, Jerwood Staging Series (Jul 9)Occupations @ NARS Foundation, Fake It 'Til You Make It group show (Jun 21)Public Hearing @ Screen and Audiovisual Research Unit, Goldsmiths University: Place is the Space (Jun 7)B-ROLL with Andre @ Chicago Underground Film Festival (Jun 4)B-ROLL with Andre @ N3 Television Space, University of Witten: Opacity (May)B-ROLL with Andre @ IndieLisboa (Apr 22, 27)B-ROLL with Andre @ European Media Art Festival (EMAF ) (Apr 22)B-ROLL with Andre @ LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International: Art Award (Mar 29 - Apr 3) - WINNER: LICHTER ART AWARDPublic Hearing in Progress via ACRE TV in Document V @ The Luminary Arts (Mar 25 - May 20)Special Features & ERASERHEAD on 35mm @ WORM (Mar 23)Four movies by James N. Kienitz Wilkins @ Migrating Forms , BAMcinématek (Mar 10) - ARTFORUM , Art in America , Film Comment , Brooklyn Rail
B-ROLL with Andre word premiere in Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films @ International Film Festival Rotterdam
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