Sunday, October 4 (3pm)
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and Houston Cinema Arts Festival
Free Admission

Aurora and the Houston Cinema Arts Festival co-present this special screening of short, experimental works showcasing 3D filmmaking techniques using anaglyph, stereograph, and multi-layered imagery. Curated by HCAF Lead Programmer Michael Robinson and inspired by the festival theme, "My Eyes Are Playing Tricks on Me," this survey includes films by Ken Jacobs, Jodie Mack, Kerry Laitala, Darren Dominique Heroux, Rainer Kohlberger, and Lillian Schwartz, among others. Audience members will be provided with a variety of 3D glasses to enhance their viewing experience! Seating is limited for this and it is first come, first served. Doors open at 2:30pm.

NOTE: These films contain flashing images that may cause discomfort or trigger seizures for people with photosensitivity. Viewer discretion is advised. 


Program:

The Day Was a Scorcher Ken Jacobs, 2009, digital, 7:47

Olympiad  Lillian Schwartz, 1971, digital, 2:33

Orbit  Kerry Laitala, 2006, 16mm, 8:00

Let Your Light Shine  Jodie Mack, 2013, 16mm, 2:45

not even nothing can be free of ghosts  Rainer Kohlberger, 2016, digital, 11:00

Leaving Light  Viktoria Schmid, 2026, digital, 3:00

cinéma concret  Takashi Makino, 2015, digital, 24:00

Au Hasard  Darren Dominique Heroux, 2026, digital, 9:00

Image: Jodie Mack, Let Your Light Shine, 2013. Courtesy of Canyon Cinema.