A legendary figure of the American avant-garde, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) was at the heart of the Sixties underground film scene as a critic, curator, and filmmaker. Displaced from their native Lithuania as refugees in postwar New York, Mekas and his brother Adolfas soon joined the city’s independent film community, founding Film Culture, Anthology Film Archives, and writing for the Village Voice. They advocated for a New American Cinema, forming The Film-Makers’ Cooperative with figures like Lionel Rogosin and Shirley Clarke, and later focused on abstract works by experimental filmmakers like Stan Brakhage and Gregory Markopoulos.

Film by Jonas Mekas “Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania” (1974)  will be screened on 18 November at 19:30. With the participation of Linda Chiu-han Lai at M+ Cinema movie theater.

The film “Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania” (1974) will also be screened on 24 December at 18:15 at the Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Film by Jonas Mekas “Lost Lost Lost” (1976)  will be screened on 9 December at 19:00. With the participation of Mimi Wong at M+ Cinema movie theater.

The film “Lost Lost Lost” (1976)  will also be screened on 24 December at 14:30 at the Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

More information on this event can be found here.