Cape May Film Society screening. May 30th 2010
May 30th 2010. 7:00pm & 9:00pm (2 shows)
Cape May Stage, Bank and Lafayette Streets in Cape May, NJ 08204
Get Tickets on the day of the show. (110 seats only)
PRESALES ENDED.
After 1 year of sold out screenings through the states, a success at several Film Festivals, in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New-York, Dust & Illusions has been invited by the Cape May Film Society for a unique screening (2 shows).
Seattle UW Screening. April 23rd 2010
April 23rd 2010. 7:00pm
Henry Art Gallery, UW Campus, 15th Ave NE & 41st St, Seattle, WA
Presales have ended. Tickets will be $15 at the door.
After 1 year of sold out screenings through the states, and 3 sold out screenings in Seattle, the city wants more, so here it is. The film will be screened in conjunction to the fundraiser organized by Burners Collective at the University of Washington. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund creative research and service learning projects for UW students attending Burning Man in 2010.
FULL SCHEDULE:
6:00 PM – Doors Open
7:00 PM – Dust & Illusions
8:30 PM – Q&A w/ Olivier Bonin
9:00 PM – End
After the screening of the film we will have 1.5 hour to discuss the implication of a Burners Collective at the University of Washington, and how it fits into the larger picture of doing research in this social experiment. Burning Man is often tagged as a simple rave for druggies, and we ask, does BM have more to offer?, where is the event going after 25 years of existence?
Minneapolis Screening. May 6th 2010
May 6th 2010. 7:00pm
Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55414
$8/12 presales has ended. Tickets will be $15 at the door!
After 1 year of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at several Film Festivals, here is the only screening in Minneapolis.
Spokane Screening. April 22nd 2010
April 22nd 2010. 7:00pm
Garland Theater 924 W. Garland Avenue Spokane WA 99205
Presales have ended. Tickets will be $15 at the door
On April 22nd, it will be over a year that Dust & Illusions will have toured North America. Most of the screenings have sold out, and the audiences are thrilled with the film.
San Francisco Screening. Apr 21st 2010
Apr 21st 2010. 7:30pm
Delancey Street Foundation Theater, 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
SOLD OUT
Amsterdam, 2nd screening. April 1st 2010
April 1st 2010. 8pm
Living Tomorrow (the House of ID&T) De Entree 300, 1101 EE, Amsterdam
This show is sold out.
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If I get enough interest for another screening of the film, I will organize another show, otherwise this will be the last show in Amsterdam.
San Francisco screening. Mar 25th 2010
Mar 25th 2010. 7:30pm
Delancey Street Foundation Theater, 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
SHOW IS SOLD OUT
UPDATE: New SCREENING in San Francisco, Apr 21st 2010. Click here.
After 1 year of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, here is the 3rd of a series of screenings in San Francisco & Bay Area. DIRECTOR will be in attendance for Q&A. And drinks.
Philadelphia screening. Feb 3rd 2010
Feb 3rd 2010. 7:00pm
World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
PRE-SALES Ended.
After 9 months of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, the film is presented by the Philadelphia Film Society for a unique screening.
Amsterdam Screening. Feb 25th 2010
Feb 25th 2010. 8pm
Living Tomorrow (the House of ID&T) De Entree 300, 1101 EE, Amsterdam
SOLD OUT, but don’t worry we will have a second show, either right after this one, or a month later. We’re talking to “Living Tomorrow” who is hosting this event.
After 9 months of sold out screenings through the states, London, Hamburg, the film is showing in Amsterdam. DIRECTOR will be doing Q&A after the film.
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San Francisco Screening. Feb 11th 2010
Feb 11th 2010. 7:30pm
Delancey Street Foundation Theater, 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
SHOW IS SOLD OUT
UPDATE: New SCREENING in San Francisco, Mar 25th 2010. Click here.
After 9 months of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, here is the 1st of a series of screenings in San Francisco & Bay Area. DIRECTOR will be in attendance for Q&A. And drinks.
Toronto Screening. Feb 3rd 2010
February 3rd 2010. 7:00pm
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3, Canada
Station BATHURST, Green Line. Station SPADINA, Yellow
PRE-SALES Have Ended. Door $15. Reserved $20.
Dust & Illusions first showed in Canada in Vancouver and was the largest show so far with 600 people who came to see the film there!! Now the film will be showing in Toronto on Feb 3rd and Montréal on Feb 4th. Director Olivier Bonin will be here for Q&A and will remain in Toronto for Winterfest!
Montréal Screening. Feb 4th 2010
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4 Février 2010. 19h00Dollar Cinéma, 6900 boulevard Decarie, Cote-St-Luc, QC H3X 2T8, Canada
Station NAMUR, Ligne 2/Rouge.
La prevente est fermee.. Veuillez acheter vos billets a Dollar Cinema a partir de 6h le 4 fev. Il y a encore pleins de tickets, pas d’inquietudes!!
FILM en Version Originale (Anglais).
Dust & Illusions est un regard Français sur un évènement culturel Américain. Le film expose avec un sens critique purement Français et donc franc, 30 ans d’Histoire d’une communauté dont les rêves ont fini par faire place à la réalité. Le film est un succès depuis son début en salle en mars 2009, et j’espère que le public Montréalais sera au rendez-vous!
NOTE DU RÉALISATEUR: Je suis Français né et élevé en France d’où je suis parti à l’âge de 25 ans. Je ne viens pas à Montréal pour convertir les gens à un phénomène purement Américain. Il est évident que Burning Man, le festival artistique qui a lieu dans le désert depuis 20 ans et qui attire maintenant 50,000 participants, est purement Américain dans ses méthodes, dans ses clichés, dans l’image superficielle qui en sort. Mais bien que le film expose certaines caractéristiques purement Américaines, il explore également des thèmes qui vont bien au-delà. L’idée générale du film est l’étude d’un mouvement qui a émergé il y a 30 ans comme un moyen de se libérer de l’emprise commerciale sur la quasi-totalité de nos divertissements et qui se retrouve lui-même, aujourd’hui, pris au piège par les mêmes “vices” auxquels il essayait d’échapper au commencement. C’est donc à travers l’historique de Burning Man que je demande “sommes-nous capable de créer des communautés sans la hiérarchie traditionnelle de nos sociétés actuelles à une grande échelle?”
February 4th 2010. 7:00pmDollar Cinema, 6900 boulevard Decarie, Cote-St-Luc, QC H3X 2T8, Canada
Station NAMUR, Line 2/Red.
Presales ended. Get your tickets at the door on Feb 4th from 6pm at Dollar Cinema. There are still plenty of tickets so no worries. Door will be $15
FILM audio is in English.
Dust & Illusions first showed in Canada in Vancouver and was the largest show so far with 600 people who came to see the film there!! Now the film will be showing in Toronto on Feb 3rd and Montréal on Feb 4th. Director Olivier Bonin will be here for Q&A.
Calgary Screening. Jan 28th 2010
Jan 28th 2010. 7:00pm
Plaza Theater, 1133 Kensington Road Northwest, Calgary, AB T2N 3P4, Canada
Pre-sales is over. Low Income Tickets at $8, Regular $12, Door $15.
Dust & Illusions first showed in Canada in Vancouver and was the largest show so far with 600 people who came to see the film there!! Now the film will be showing in Calgary Jan 28th, Toronto on Feb 3rd and Montréal on Feb 4th.
New-York City Screening. Dec 15th 2009
November 10th 2009. 9:30pm
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003 USA
SOLD OUT
The Nov 10th screening in NYC was sold out one week in advance! And so I’m putting on another one this December 15th!!
Boston, MIT Lecture Series screening. Nov 12th 2009
November 12th 2009. 8:00pm
MIT campus: Rooms 35-225, Boston, MA View Google Map of Campus Building 35
SOLD OUT
After sold out screenings on the West Coast the film is finally coming the East! Director Olivier Bonin will be present after the screening for a discussion with the audience about the relevance of Burning Man today, and the meaning of evolution.
Philadelphia, Special Screening. Nov 10th 2009
November 10th 2009. 8:00pm
SHOW IS CANCELED
941 theater is shutting their doors 10 days before our screening there. So we are sadly left without a venue for the film, that’s why we canceled the show. Please contact me if you know a good place to show a film in Philly, or if you know someone inside Drexel university that could give me access to the Mitchell auditorium, or someone at WHYY that could allow for a show at their Civic Space! Or any other location that has good seating, and a great AV system.
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New-York City Screening. Nov 10th
November 10th 2009. 9:30pm
The film starts at 9:30pm sharp. Film is 90 minutes long. Be on time.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003 USA Map it
SOLD OUT
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Baltimore, special screening. Nov 11th 2009
November 11th 2009. 8:00pm
PRE-SALES ENDED. Door at $15, reserved seating $20.
The Windup Space, 12 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201
After sold out screenings on the West Coast the film is finally coming the East! Director Olivier Bonin will be present after the screening for a discussion with the audience about the relevance of Burning Man today, and the meaning of evolution.
Last Screening in Vancouver. Oct 10th
October 10th 2009. 7:00pm
The film starts at 7:00pm sharp. Film is 90 minutes long.
After a sold out screening on July 8th in Vancouver at the Rio Theater, and the high demand for the film to return to the city, we’re organizing a 2nd and last screening of Dust & Illusions. Director Olivier Bonin will be present after the screening for a discussion with the audience about the relevance of Burning Man today, and the meaning of evolution.
Click on the address below for map/access:
The Rio Theatre
1660 East Broadway,
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Official Selection Idaho Intl Film Fest Sept 24-27th 2009
Dust & Illusions has been selected by the Idaho International Film Festival that happens yearly in Boise, ID. This is the 3rd film festival selection, and other film festivals are now showing interests. About 10 other festivals have either invited me to send them a screener of the film or/and have waived the usual fee that most American film festival requires to pay to cover some of their administration cost.
Bruce Fletcher the director of the festival wrote this little commentary on the film:
DUST & ILLUSIONS, Olivier Bonin’s fascinating, controversial documentary takes a privileged glimpse at the history and future of Burning Man, one of the most important (if not the most important) counter-cultural movements of the last two decades.
Bonin provides a thoughtful and critical overview of the event’s transformation from a humble guerilla art project on San Francisco’s Baker Beach to a major corporation that funds artists, fosters a year-round virtual community, and builds Black Rock City in the middle of nowhere on a yearly basis.
If you’ve never been to the playa, DUST & ILLUSIONS will give you an excellent idea of exactly what you’re missing, and veteran burners will see the direction the event is headed (for better or for worse). Don’t miss it. – Bruce Fletcher
You can find all the schedule details of the festival here: http://www.idahofilmfestival.com/program.htm. Dust & Illusions is programmed to play on the following dates:
- September 26th 2009, 2:30pm at The Flicks
- September 27th 2009, 9:15pm at Edwards Boise Downtown Stadium 9
Special Screening in Seattle, October 8th
October 8th 2009. 8:00pm
SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109-4600 View Google Map
Get Tickets Now. $8 tickets (SOLD OUT), $11 pre-sales HAS ENDED. Door at $15. Reserved Seating $20(SOLD OUT).
After a sold out screening with people sitting in the aisles on July 10th in Seattle at the Youngstown Cultural Center, and the high demand for the film to return to the city, we’re organizing a new screening of Dust & Illusions. This time the film will play at the prestigious SIFF (Seattle Intl Film Festival) Cinema. Director Olivier Bonin will be present after the screening for a discussion with the audience about the relevance of Burning Man today, and the meaning of evolution.
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Official Selection SF Indie Docfest October 16-29th 2009
I’m pleased to announce that the film was selected for the SF Docfest for the October 16-29 2009 session of the festival. It will give the film proper publicity in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Burning Man was born. I hope that this push will help get a discussion going about Burning Man in the Bay Area, and where it’s headed.
Read a review by Cinesource about the film here.
SF Indie uses the Roxie to play its selection of movies. This will be the 8th annual documentary festival they organize.
Schedule:
- SHOW #1: October 17th at 9:15pm
tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/83720?prod_id=11208 - SHOW #2: October 22nd at 7pm
tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/83718?prod_id=11208
Special Screening Nevada Museum of ART, Reno, August 13th
August 13th 2009. 6:00pm
After many successful and sold out screenings on the west side of the US, Dust & Illusions has been invited by the prestigious Nevada Museum of Art. Director Olivier Bonin will be present after the screening for a discussion with the audience about the relevance of Burning Man today, and the meaning of evolution.
Click on the address below for map/access:
Nevada Museum of Art
160 W Liberty St
Reno, NV 89501
Tickets should be bought at the museum now $10 Pre-sales. $8 Members. This space has limited seating so we highly recommend to buy advanced tickets to ensure seating, especially since all previous shows of the film have sold out.
Special Screening in London, August 6th
August 6th 2009. 8:00pm
UK premiere screening
The doors open at 7:30pm and the screening starts at 8pm.
The screening will be raising funds for the Nowhere Omnibus project at Burning Man 2009.
Click on the address below for map/access:
The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
Tickets £7. Only available at the door on the day of the event!
http://www.euroburners.org/wikka/DustIllusions
Join us for a special screening of Dust & Illusions, a new film by Olivier Bonin charting 30 years of the history and background of Burning Man, from its roots in late 1970s counter-culture right up to such recent events as the Borg2 movement and the early burning of the man in 2007. Through 21 interviewees the film presents the philosophies behind Burning Man’s creation and the influences that directed its evolution from a small gathering of friends to a desert city of 50,000. It offers a new perspective of the meaning of the event, and questions whether its organisers are more concerned about making sure the show is ready when the gate opens or if they still truly engage in building a community and fostering art.
Olivier Bonin will be joining us by live link from California for a Q&A session after the film, followed by a short discussion.
More information about the Nowhere Omnibus: http://nowhereomnibus.wordpress.com/
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