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自主映室 Autonomous Cinema

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理念
時至今日,看電影怎會不「自主」?我們的生活,早就充滿電影節、 電影院線、網上串流平台等觀影經驗,但這些不同的選擇, 真等於自主?我們相信電影能在日常生活的層面推動觀眾,進而重新定義「戲院」。Movie,Film, Cinema三者,皆可翻譯為「電影」, 但只有Cinema一字重視社會性的一面。 當觀影形式愈趨個人化,我們就愈覺得應該重申電影的「行動性」 與「實踐性」,讓電影創作落地生根。一、電影是社會行動
電影藝術回應當下社會,以種種行動,如主題策展、 文化保育、民間活動、電影評論等,扣連不同社群, 擴大電影藝術的想像;細閱電影文本的同時, 也審視社會現象與問題。我們認為, 電影創作不應單重視形式的革新,也當在內容上回應歷史與文化, 提供富高度與視野的論述。二、文化實踐
推動政策檢討,倡議開放影像資源、版權共享、 電影資助政策等議題,讓公眾更開放地接觸電影,也使不同社群, 均有使用公共資源的權利。電影的選擇與品味不再被制度壟斷, 才能塑造一個多元的文化環境,產生更深更廣的創作及研究。三、電影教育為民間充權
以放映會、評論班、影訊出版、工作坊等, 為大眾提供更多學習電影的機會,和表達不同意見的平台。 當大眾能掌控影像語言,批判主流媒體的意識形態, 或引述歷史上對影像的討論,我們談論的「自主」, 便有望引發更加批判的意識。自主映室——自主電影
獨立電影在今天的香港代表著什麼?經歷一場場社會運動的歷練,創作再也不能獨善其身,在公民意識的氛圍下,獨立創作者更意識到自身、作品、觀眾與社會四方面的相互連繫。獨立,可以是從個體出發的自由想像,但當今香港的獨立創作,更是個體與社會關係的思考。我們稱這種電影為自主電影。
自主電影同樣擁有獨立精神,不附和不臣服,但更自主自發地以電影創作回應社會日常。「自主電影」放映系列就是要提出電影也是一項社會行動:從植根本地的新作品,到其他地區的自主創作,以特定的討論題目深化映後談的互動。自主電影將會是創作者和觀眾的反思。
自主映室——經典細讀自主映室立足現在,張望未來,同時亦不忘繼承過去,從傳統中汲取養份。
自主映室的「經典細讀」環節每月將會放映一部傑出舊作,或有名垂影史的著名影片,或有鮮作公映的精彩遺珠,不一而足。
自主映室不會滿足於只把好電影再映一次;放映以後,自主映室會開設「細讀班」,由影評人帶領觀眾深究推敲,一同回歸到電影本身,以直接的體驗、仔細的觀察、縝密的評斷,重檢再思各部經典電影的價值。連結過去與現在,把昔時的影像置於刻下的脈絡語境裏,將會是「經典細讀」致力開拓的方向。電影不老,所有好電影對每一代人都應該有新一重意義,所有經典都可以轉化成一種嶄新、活潑的源動力。Statement
Today, our film-going culture seems to be so free. We are offered by many options from film festivals, cinemas and online platforms. However, do they define an audience's autonomy?Film, we believe, can motivate people in daily life, thereby redefining the idea of ‘cinema’ as a sense of community. While movie, film, cinema can all point to the same thing, ‘cinema’ leans towards a social dimension. As the film-going culture is becoming more personally customised, there is an urge for us to reinvigorate a belief that cinema can be socially ‘active’ and ‘committed’, and thus, plant the creative seed into future filmmakers.
1. Film as Social Action
Film responds to our society. We will engage film with different communities and widen their conception of this art form through our curatorship, cultural preservation, public events and film criticism. We closely read the intrinsic values of film texts, meanwhile, carefully articulate the social context in which we live in. Filmmaking is not just about formal innovations but has to respond to history and culture, providing a discourse of vision and quality.2. Film as Cultural Practices
We will push forward and discuss cultural policies, such as open access to visual resources, shared copyrights and fundings for film-related activities. It is to allow everyone to learn about film and to make use of public resources more freely and fairly than before. Our taste in and options of film should be rid of establishment’s monopoly for Hong Kong can become a multifarious cultural environment that helps flourish better artworks and researches.3. Film Education as Civil Empowerment
Autonomous Cinema will provide screenings, film criticism classes, publications and workshops as learning opportunities for the public. Once the public is equipped with a notion of film as an artistic medium, a critical sense towards the mainstream media and dominant ideology, or an engagement with film in its historical context, the genuine autonomy of cinema will no longer be far away.- 電郵地址
- autonomous.cinema@gmail.com
- 網址
- https://www.facebook.com/autonomous.cinema