Prepare for an illuminating journey when *The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival* holds its inaugural event featuring a lineup of science fiction, horror, fantasy, surrealist and virtual reality films, music and stage performances and panel discussions set to explore the altered states of consciousness and truth behind the vibrant and enduring psychedelic culture. The week-long gathering will feature musical performances by *Simon Boswell with The AND*, *Psychic Ills*, *Heaven*, *Michael Tapper*, *Roosevelt Island* and *Nosh*
alongside appearances by researchers *Dr. Dennis McKenna*, *Robert Barnhart* and other special guests notable for breakthroughs in the psychedelic community. Premiering at venues in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, the festival will run *October 1-7, 2018*.
*MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018:UA Court Street 12 & RPX (106 Court St, Brooklyn,
NY 11201)*
*Feature Documentary + Q&A*
*Time: 7:30pm – 9:45pm*
*Passes at Tugg (www.tugg.com/events/from-shock-to-awe
<http://www.tugg.com/events/from-shock-to-awe>)*
*From Shock To Awe (2017) — East Coast Premiere*
Director: Luc Côté
Run Time/Country: 87 min, USA/Canada
Synopsis: An intimate and raw look at the transformational journey of two
combat veterans suffering from severe trauma as they abandon
pharmaceuticals to seek relief from the mind-expanding world of
psychedelics. Recent scientific research coupled with a psychedelic
renaissance reveals that these substances can be used to heal PTSD for
individuals and their families. Beyond the personal stories, the
documentary also raises fundamental questions about war, the pharmaceutical
industry and the U.S. legal system.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with director *Luc
Côté* and producer *Janine Sagert*. Moderated by producer *Mitch Schultz*.
*TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018:Location A:Instituto Cervantes (211 E 49th St,
New York, NY 10017)*
*Short Films + Q&A*
*Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm*
*RSVP for Passes at Eventbee
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<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=140170443#/rsvp>)*
*Translove Airwaves (2018) — USA Premiere*
Director: Matt Levin
Run Time/Country: 16 min, USA/UK/France
Synopsis: In the pilot episode, “You Can’t Auto-Tune the Pope,” follow
curiouser filmmaker Matt Levin down the rabbit hole as he pilots a trip
through the multi-layered psychedelic realm, inspired and guided by the
insights and experiences recounted by the musicians, technology, artists,
gurus, writers, places and ideas he engages with along the way.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with director *Matt
Levin* and film composer *Simon Boswell*.
*Have a Good Trip (2017)*
Director: Luis Solrat
Run Time/Country: 9 min, UK
Synopsis: He wants to change his destiny…without leaving the sofa.
*ARC (2017)*
Director: Pasquale Greco
Run Time/Country: 7 min, USA
Synopsis: A cosmonaut in search of answers finds himself stuck in an
endless loop of distorted memories.
*I Am Not Broken (2017)*
Director: Felix Pineiro
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: A young man named finds himself in deep love, but can’t seem to
find his way to intimacy which takes a major strain on his relationship. He
goes on a journey through the past and present that takes him to doctors,
therapists, close friends and reassessing his own sexuality.
*Reverie of the Puppets (2018)*
Director: Kathy Rose
Run Time/Country: 6 min, USA
Synopsis: A visually stunning animation of puppets reminiscent of Butoh
dance.
*Burn Baby Burn (2016)*
Director: Stephen Brooks
Run Time/Country: 2 min, USA
Synopsis: A young woman must come to terms with loss.
*Tesseract (2018)*
Director: João Pedro Oliveira
Run Time/Country: 8 min, Brazil
Synopsis: A tesseract, also defined as an hypercube is the four-dimensional
equivalent of the cube. This video presents a possible journey throughout
the six faces of a cube.
*Leftovers & Leftlovers (2017)*
Director: Raitis Abele
Run Time/Country: 15 min, Latvia
Synopsis: After years of madness, a man seeks out his past and confronts
his feminine and masculine alter egos.
*One Night at the Aristo (2013)*
Director: Nick Saunders
Run Time/Country: 23 min, UK
Synopsis: To impress the girl across the hallway, a pianist severs his own
finger. However, things are not always as they first appear as he tries to
run from the events of his past. Inspired by the short story “The Finger”
by William S. Burroughs.
*Don Emilio and His Little Doctors (1982) — Classic Film Screening*
Director: Luis Eduardo Luna
Run Time/Country: 31 min, USA/Peru
Synopsis: One of the first films documenting ayahuasca use among mestizo
shamans in the Peruvian Amazon was part of Luis Eduardo Luna’s field work
carried out in the Iquitos area during July and August 1981. The
documentary concentrates on the practices of Don Emilio Andrade Gomez, a
“vegetalista” living 12 km from the city.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with leading
psychedelic researcher and ethnopharmacologist *Dr. Dennis McKenna*, who
will comment on the significance of this trailblazing documentary.
*Location B:The Bell House (149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215)*
*Music Performance: A Psychedelic Happening with Psychic Ills and Heaven*
*Doors Open: 7:00pm*
*, Showtime: 8:00pm*
*Passes at Ticketfly (www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1755464
<http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1755464>)*
Let the music take over when New York City’s hottest psychedelic rock
bands, *Psychic Ills* and *Heaven*, collide for a night of intense and
powerful
tunes.
*About Psychic Ills:*
The seekers in New York City’s Psychic Ills have spent more than a decade
following their muse wherever it takes them. First gaining attention
through their debut record Dins in 2006, they have released five studio
albums and numerous EPs and singles that explore a variety of musical
directions. The band’s longest-running members are *Tres Warren* and *Elizabeth
Hart*. They began working with Sacred Bones Records in 2011 with the
release of Hazed Dream. One Track Mind followed two years later in 2013. In
2016 they released the sprawling double album Inner Journey Out, the
culmination of an odyssey of three years of writing, traversing the
psych-rock landscape they’ve carved throughout their career and taking
inspired pilgrimages into country, blues, gospel, and jazz.
*About Heaven:*
A romantic clash between your dad’s long-lost favorite psych record and the
soundtrack to a John Hughes film, Heaven rides a massive sonic wave in
delivering dear and dreamy tracks. Band members include *Matt Sumrow*
(vocals and guitar), *Mikey Jones* (drums), *Liz Lohse* (keyboards), and *Eric
Altesleben* (guitars). Their sophomore album, All Love is Blue was released
on March 2, 2018 via Little Cloud Records. Their latest work is a quantum
leap forward for the band, both artistically and sonically, making the
protracted wait between albums a huge payoff.
*WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018:Location A:The Assemblage John Street (17 John
St, New York, NY 10038)*
*Short Documentaries + Q&A: An Evening with Dr. Dennis McKenna and Robert
Barnhart*
*Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm*
*The Shaman and The Scientist (2017)*
Director: Sarah Hutt
Run Time/Country: 15 min, USA
Synopsis: This short documentary explores the topic of traditional plant
medicine from two perspectives – that of Don Juan Tangoa Paima, a curandero
who works with Ayahuasca medicine in the Peruvian Amazon, and through the
research of Dr. Dennis McKenna, who taught ethnopharmacology for over 30
years and is the brother of ethnobotanist Terence McKenna, looking for new
medicines to treat schizophrenia and dementia. The story takes viewers from
jungle to lab asking what is the value of undiscovered knowledge in the
world’s most biodiverse biomes, and what is at stake if we allow those
precious resources to be lost.
*A New Understanding: Science of Psilocybin (2015)*
Director: Robert Barnhart
Run Time/Country: 55 min, USA
Synopsis: The documentary explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in
terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin, a psychoactive compound
found in some mushrooms, to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences. The
confluence of science and spirituality in the first psychedelic research
studies since the 1970s with terminally ill patients is also chronicled.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The films will be followed by a special conversation about the changing
cultural mores of psychedelics with *Dr. Dennis McKenna*, a founding board
member and Director of Ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute
and a key investigator in the first biomedical investigation of ayahuascaon
known as the Hoasca Project and *Robert Barnhart*, an advocate for the
study of psychoactive materials in spiritual and non-traditional healing
practices who sits on the board of both the Heffter Research Institute and
The Multi-Disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
*Location B:Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston Street, New York, NY 10002)*
*Music Performance: Simon Boswell with The AND*
*Doors Open: 9:30pm, Showtime: 10:30pm*
*Passes at Ticketfly (www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1745803
<http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1745803>)*
In his American debut, BAFTA Award-nominated film composer and noted
psychedelic *Simon Boswell* will headline a night of lively and atmospheric
music with his psych-rock group *The AND*, playing pieces against a video
backdrop from his illustrious film composition career including *Santa
Sangre* (1989), *Hardware* (1990), *Dust Devil* (1992), *Shallow Grave*
(1994), *Hackers* (1995) and *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* (1999) in rock,
electronica, gothic horror and futuristic styles.
*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018:*
*The New School for Social Research (63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011)*
*Short Documentary + Q&ATime: 6:00pm – 7:00pm*
*Passes at Eventbee (www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=120876982#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=120876982#/tickets>)**I Am My
Own Laboratory (2018) — World Premiere*
Director: Oliver Hockenhull
Run Time/Country: 43 min, Canada/UK
Synopsis: An experimental documentary on Amanda Feilding, founder of the
Beckley Foundation, a charitable trust that promotes a rational,
evidence-based approach to global drug policy policies and initiates,
directs and supports pioneering neuroscientific and clinical research into
the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain and cognition.
*Feature DocumentaryTime: 7:15pm – 9:00pm*
*Passes at Eventbee (www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=120876982#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=120876982#/tickets>)*
*Psychonautics: A Comic’s Exploration Of Psychedelics (2018) — East Coast
Premiere*
Director: Brian Bellinkoff
Run Time/Country: 82 min, USA
Synopsis: Comedian Shane Mauss goes on a series of adventures to deepen his
understanding of psychedelics. He describes the indescribable and takes us
through some of his most intense experience, while getting the added
perspectives of some of the top scientists and experts in this realm. With
moments of both confusion and clarity, this is an honest account of the
experiences of a genuine Psychonaut.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screenings will be followed by an in-depth discussion with *Shane Mauss*
and filmmakers. Moderated by *Dr. Christopher Kelley*, professor of
Buddhist Studies at The New School.
*FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018:*
*Spectacle Theater (124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249)*
*Short Films: Psychedelic Horror, Drama and Sci-Fi*
*Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm*
*A Season To Come (2018)*
Director: Christopher Hoffman
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: A clinical hypnotist struggles with a life-changing event and
it’s future ramifications. Inspired by the H.G. Well novel “The Shape of
Things to Come.”
*Haxan (2018)*
Director: Michael Fontaine
Run Time/Country: 5 min, USA
Synopsis: A girl encounters a mysterious glowing object.
*Chateau Sauvignon: terroir (2016)*
Director: David Maire
Run Time/Country: 14 min, USA
Synopsis: A gruesome coming-of-age story about a vintner son’s disobedience
and desire to care for his ailing mother.
*Love Ghost (2018)*
Director: Dan Bell
Run Time/Country: 4 min, USA
Synopsis: A journey into the underground inspired by Dante’s seven circles
of hell that takes us on a journey to the darkest reaches of the human soul.
*Brainbloodvolume (2016)*
Director: John Carter
Run Time/Country: 17 min, Germany
Synopsis: Inspired by the bizarre actual life events of Dutch librarian and
medical student Hugo Bart Huges, this stylistic interpretation of the
essential moments at which Huges followed through with an operation he
theorized would lead to a permanent state of higher consciousness – through
the ancient mind-altering practice of “trepanation.”
*One Night at the Aristo (2013)*
Director: Nick Saunders
Run Time/Country: 23 min, UK
Synopsis: To impress the girl across the hallway, a pianist severs his own
finger. However, things are not always as they first appear as he tries to
run from the events of his past. Inspired by the short story, “The Finger”
by William S. Burroughs.
*Aire (2017)*
Director: Sergio Solares Álvarez
Run Time/Country: 11 min, Mexico
Synopsis: A group of alienated self-absorbed beings living in constant fear
include an ordinary man devastated by the death of his wife and child and
spiraling down into madness, a girl of sixteen trying to transcend the
harsh reality that surrounds her thought sex, a sanguinarius creep with
bizarre cooking habits and a man without living wishes.
*SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018:*
*Location A:Producers Club (358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036)*
*Short Films: Psychedelic Horror, Drama and Sci-FiTime: 1:00pm –
3:00pmPasses at Eventbee
(www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=190970143#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=190970143#/tickets>)*
*A Season To Come (2018)*
Director: Christopher Hoffman
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: A clinical hypnotist struggles with a life-changing event and
it’s future ramifications. Inspired by the H.G. Well novel “The Shape of
Things to Come.”
*Alchemy (2017)*
Director: Brandon Polanco
Run Time/Country: 14 min, USA
Synopsis: A failed everyman begins working through pages and pages of
questions. As time begins to elongate, the man finds himself tormented and
more and more isolated. He battles the unknown ultimately transcending into
a heightened reality, discovering a new life existing between multiple
worlds, both familiar and otherworldly.
*Haxan (2018)*
Director: Michael Fontaine
Run Time/Country: 5 min, USA
Synopsis: A girl encounters a mysterious glowing object.
*Pure White (2018)*
Director: Sven Windszus
Run Time/Country: 3 min, Germany
Synopsis: The protagonist is an anatomy model who awakens in a seemingly
perfect world. The fact that she must live as a “damaged” being in such an
ideal environment amplifies her pain. She converses with her creator in an
attempt to find answers.
*Metta Via (2017)*
Director: Warren Flanagan
Run Time/Country: 10 min, Canada
Synopsis: Set in the future, a young woman wakes up in a mysterious
temple-like room and must figure out what her purpose is there. This in
turn leads to her memories being unlocked and the true purpose of the
temple, the strange sentient machines that surround her and ultimately her
final destination.
*Come Sweet Earth 1235 (2018)*
Director: John Celona
Run Time/Country: 6 min, USA
Synopsis: A creature comes to Earth and is very, very hungry.
*Nou (2018)*
Director: Jane Topping
Run Time/Country: 18 min, Scotland
Synopsis: A tale of space travel, hypnosis and transformation across time
and space from an alien world to a dentist’s chair in 1981 Glasgow,
Scotland.
*Planetary Nebula (2018)*
Director: Eli Hayes
Run Time/Country: 12 min, USA
Synopsis: Within the darkness of the frame’s space, polychromatic lights
contract, expand and gradually deconstruct into impressions of the mind’s
eye.
*Stage Performance: A Special Event Focusing on PTSD ReliefTime: 3:00pm –
5:00pmPasses at Eventbee
(www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=110877152#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=110877152#/tickets>)*
*Timothy X’s Psychedelic Journey From PTSD To Wellness*
Director/Playwright: Daniel Abella
Synopsis: From Soldiers To Shaman Productions, the debut stage performance
of Timothy X’s Psychedelic Journey From PTSD To Wellness represents a
dramatization of private Timothy X, who through a series of psycho-dramatic
experiences he has with his counselor, recovers from his PTSD and begins
his journey towards wholeness. The play uses psychedelic imagery and films
to punctuate a soldier’s inner turmoil and eventual liberation from his
demons.
*Short Films: Psychedelic Horror, Drama and Sci-FiTime: 5:00pm –
7:00pmPasses at Eventbee
(www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=130577352#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=130577352#/tickets>)*
*Voyager (2017)*
Director: Kjersti Helen Rasmussen
Run Time/Country: 8 min, Norway
Synopsis: A shooting star falls down over the arctic island of Svalbard.
The Global Seed Vault gets an unexpected visit. Hunger knows no boundaries.
*The Long Wash (2018)*
Director: Perry Ruhland
Run Time/Country: 3 min, USA
Synopsis: Late at night, a man washes his hands. Things go downhill from
there.
*Lemon Eyes (2017)*
Director: Chelsey Knapp
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: Detroit, 1928: When disputes in a loveless marriage escalate, a
young medical student prescribes a solution with questionable side effects.
*Craniac! (2018)*
Director: Paul Villanova
Run Time/Country: 17 min, USA
Synopsis: A martian living inside of a young filmmaker’s brain helps him
project a film across the entire night sky, with radioactive consequences.
*Emergency Alert (2018)*
Director: Mike Madigan
Run Time/Country: 3 min, USA
Synopsis: Our thoughts and prayers are not with you at this time. A message
from your leader broadcast over the Emergency Alert System, to do with as
you interpret, should you choose to accept it.
*Instant Realities (2017)*
Director: Andreas Z. Simon
Run Time/Country: 10 min, Germany
Synopsis: A businessman feels followed by fitting puzzle pieces on the
street. Reality seems to fade away and a greater mystery begins.
*The Ladder (2017)*
Director: Egil Paulsen
Run Time/Country: 19 min, Norway
Synopsis: A man maintains a salmon ladder alone in the woods. He is
subjected to an accident in the river, which he believes is caused by a
mysterious female figure the sees immediately after the fall. He will have
to cope overnight and is pursued by the woman through his dreams.
*To See You (2018)*
Director: Liz Tabish
Run Time/Country: 14 min, USA
Synopsis: Set in New York City 1973, a male photographer trails a beautiful
prostitute throughout the city, noting her every move. When he builds the
courage to finally approach her, he is met with a strange truth that forces
him to face himself.
*The Hitman’s Way (2017)*
Director: Riccardo Mucelli
Run Time/Country: 6 min, Italy
Synopsis: Projected in a world unknown to him, a prisoner of darkness
composed of cubes that musically decompose the space around him. From the
darkness of his journey, psychedelic sounds and semi-human creatures call
him to the dark lord.
*Hysteria (2018)*
Director: Lucretia Grimm
Run Time/Country: 7 min, USA
Synopsis: An evolving nightmare blurring real with imagined horrors and
defining the emotional experience of sexual brutality dismissed in the
original “Sleeping Beauty.”
*Short Films: Under the Influence – Psychedelic, Experimental and Trippy
VideosTime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmPasses at Eventbee
(www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=150674963#/tickets
<http://www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=150674963#/tickets>)*
*The Art of Acid (2018)*
Director: Ed Nachtrieb
Run Time/Country: 14 min, USA
Synopsis: Mark McCloud is the world’s leading collector Of LSD art. His
Institute of Illegal Images has over 30,000 framed hits of acid and traces
the history of the drug’s cultural influence through the unique art form
used in its distribution – blotter art.
*Delicious Light (2018)*
Director: Gaia Marcaccini
Run Time/Country: 4 min, USA
Synopsis: A cataclysmic event is unleashed when a deity unknowingly
releases a bad seed into the universe. A sacrifice must be done in order to
return light into the world.
*Prime Perfect (2017)*
Director: Tom Bessoir
Run Time/Country: 5 min, USA
Synopsis: See and hear prime and perfect numbers in a mathematical flicker
film dedicated to avant-garde filmmaker Tony Conrad.
*140 Characters (2017)*
Director: Dean Winkler
Run Time/Country: 4 min, USA
Synopsis: “140” Characters” poses the question, “What happened to the
future we were promised?”
*Kinetechore (2017)*
Director: Carla Cielnik
Run Time/Country: 4 min, USA
Synopsis: A mysterious figure takes a contemplative journey of
self-reflection and renewal in this musically inspired, semi-abstract
animated short.
*Zed’s Dream (2017)*
Director: Julian Olariu
Run Time/Country: 6 min, France
Synopsis: He left. Everyone said he disappeared. His room, belongings and
documents remained as if he would come back. A few days later, it became
apparent that he was still there but no one could see him.
*Psych0nauts (2018)*
Director: Israel Granja Hernandez
Run Time/Country: 23 min, Mexico
Synopsis: Nitrato, Mocos and Carnation are three drug heads that are bored
of smoking weed and tried for the first time hallucinogen mushrooms that
grow in cow’s manure and soon enough whatever seems to be a new adventure
becomes a nightmare.
*Dream 1.2 (2018)*
Director: Jan Kravlov
Run Time/Country: 4 min, Russia
Synopsis: A film visualized in the style of video art in St. Petersburg in
Russia.
*Surface Tension (2018)*
Director: Dejan Radovanovic
Run Time/Country: 13 min, Canada
Synopsis: There is one place at the bottom of the ocean where there is a
huge forest with trees that resist water for thousands of years.
*Mediocrity for Micah Dahl Anderson (2018)*
Director: Drew Danburry
Run Time/Country: 4 min, USA
Synopsis: A nostalgic animated music video about mortality, ambition and
dreams.
*Feature Documentary + Post-Film Q&ATime: 9:00pm – 11:00pm*
*Psychonautics: A Comic’s Exploration Of Psychedelics (2018)*
Director: Brian Bellinkoff
Run Time/Country: 82 min, USA
Synopsis: Comedian *Shane Mauss* goes on a series of adventures to deepen
his understanding of psychedelics. He describes the indescribable and takes
us through some of his most intense experience, while getting the added
perspectives of some of the top scientists and experts in this realm. With
moments of both confusion and clarity, this is an honest account of the
experiences of a genuine Psychonaut.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screening will be followed by an in-depth discussion with *Shane Mauss*
and filmmakers.
*Location B:Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106)*
*Short Films + Q&A: Psychedelic RealitiesTime: 4:00pm – 6:00pm*
*Margaret and Gary (2018)*
Director: Fredric Lehne, Don Riemer
Run Time/Country: 10 min, USA
Synopsis: A man and his GPS flee murder and madness. Starring *Fredric
Lehne* (*Men in Black*), *Jennifer Ferrin* (*Hell on Wheels*) and *Reed
Birney* (*House of Cards*).
*4.5 Stars (2018)*
Director: Joseph Malinski
Run Time/Country: 14 min, USA
Synopsis: A man searching for deeper meaning finds just that while staying
at his friend’s psychedelic-inspired Airbnb.
*The Hitman’s Way (2017)*
Director: Riccardo Mucelli
Run Time/Country: 6 min, Italy
Synopsis: Projected in a world unknown to him, a prisoner of darkness
composed of cubes that musically decompose the space around him. From the
darkness of his journey, psychedelic sounds and semi-human creatures call
him to the dark lord.
*WW (2018)*
Director: Jill Guyon
Run Time/Country: 8 min, USA
Synopsis: A psychedelic, sci-fi voyage into the darker recesses of
consciousness. With its surrealist use of artifice and doubling, the video
combines abstracted imagery with footage of a nameless woman performing a
sequence of precisely choreographed gestures within a confined, futuristic
space. This juxtaposition between the abstract and symbolic merges with an
electronic sound score to create an unsettling investigation of the
cataclysmic forces that underlie birth and death.
*Zhuangzi and the Skull (2018)*
Director: Manas Sirakanyan
Run Time/Country: 12 min, Russia
Synopsis: The great Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi encounters a mysterious
Skull, that leads him on a spiritual trip to the border of life and death.
*Dissection of a Rose (2018)*
Director: Austin Page
Run Time/Country: 16 min, USA
Synopsis: Isolated within a curiously secluded garden, a reclusive and
lonely girl is forced to contemplate both her humanity and sanity when her
captive garden fly begins to plead for his freedom at all costs.
*Hack the Planet: Tripping with Timothy Leary – A Virtual Reality
Experience (2018)*
Director: James Edward Marks
Run Time/Country: 10 min, UK
Synopsis: Experience a cyberdelic journey into enlightenment. Hack The
Planet is an electro-melting mobile VR experience where users get to trip
with eternal psychedelic Timothy Leary to the soundscapes provided by
psychedelic film composer Simon Boswell, who will lead the live demo while
the audience “trips out” on the experience using VR glasses provided by
*PSYCHFI*.
*Post-Film Q&A:*
The screening will be followed by a conversation with VR developer *James
Edward Marks* and film composer *Simon Boswell*.
*Location C:Ponyboy (632 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222)*
*Music Performance: Exciting Brooklyn Bands (Free Event)Showtime: 10:00pm*
An array of Brooklyn bands converge at the festival’s free wrap party open
to all ticket holders, guests and filmmakers. The show begins at 10:00pm
with *Michael Tapper*, a former member of *We Are Scientists* and *Yellow
Ostrich*, performing DJ sets from his solo video project entitled *Practice*.
Next up are *Chris Egan* and *Jon Wiley’s* DJ set known as *Roosevelt
Island* at 11:00pm. Closing out the night at 12:00am will be *Nosh*, a
collaboration of *Joshua Hubbard* and *Noah Rubin*, both members of the
rock band *Skaters*.
*SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018:*
*Producers Club (358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036)*
*Closing CeremoniesTime: 3:00pm – 5:00pm*
Guests and filmmakers will be in attendance for the closing ceremonies and
award presentations of category winners as *The Inaugural Psychedelic Film
and Music Festival* concludes.
*Festival Passes*
*:*
*All-Access Passes* guarantee holders entry to the complete festival lineup
running *Monday, October 1st* through *Sunday, October 7th* and priority
seating at RSVP events. To purchase, visit Eventbee at
www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=150377553#/tickets.
*Full-Day Saturday Passes* guarantee holders entry to the complete festival
lineup on *Saturday, October 6th* at Producers Club. To purchase, visit
Eventbee at www.eventbee.com/v/dan999/event?eid=160777654#/tickets.
*Individual Screening Passes* can be purchased at the links in the block
sections above and at www.psychedelicfilmandmusicfestival.com upon
availability. Passes can also be obtained at the venues
on
the day of the event.
