2023 Avant-Garde Masters Grants
Black Sheep Boy
(1995),
Michael Wallin’s provocative rumination on desire, obsession, and pursuit of the idealized other.
(Canyon Cinema Foundation).
Caligari's Cure
(1982),
Tom Palazzolo’s absurdist narrative feature inspired by his childhood.
(Chicago Film Archives).
Decodings
(1988),
Michael Wallin’s poetic found-footage essay emotionally examining loss and remembrance during the AIDS crisis.
(Canyon Cinema Foundation).
Phototropism
(1985),
abstract film employing rayograph style techniques to document a Minnesota garden by film curator Sally Dixon and Ricardo Bloch.
(Walker Art Center).
Time Capsule with True Bird Flight
(1982),
Natalka Voslakov’s subjective meditation on romance, gender identity, and personal documentation.
(Pittsburgh Sound + Image).