Film and Video Programs


Please call FAO Schwartz, your nearest beret-wearing neighbor, or those with a small tattoo of an 'x' on their inner thumb, for an up-to-date schedule of film and video programs.

Current Programs




PIMP: The First ever interactive porn movie
A pluskeflu production.
première March 5th.




The Steven Seghal Film and Television School, Downtown, 129th Street
November 9-12
First U.S. presentation of work by filmmakers from this exciting new center focused on collaborating rap music and white man movie violence. Featuring 11 bootlegs and 10 VHS machines purchased explicitly from the back of a truck in Times Square.




From the Archives: A Miscellany of Flip-book Animation
November 15­December 2
Focusing primarily on the work of writers, painters, sculptors, and photographers who made substantial contributions to the fake art of cinema accidentally. A strong focus on animated doodles made on card decks used after loosing poker games.





Uzy Dyxslycer. Vache qui pisse n'ammasse pas mousse. 2002.
Mixed medias, 3 1/2' x 3'
x 4'(86 x 72 x 102cm).
Tim von Horn's Private collection, since 2007
Photograph ©2008 The Museum of Fake Art, New York.




"It WAS White"
November 15, 1996-January 26, 1997
A new installation by scientist-turned-artist-turned-med-student-turned-fake-artist, Mitchell Haggard. 


From the Archives: A Miscellany of Fake Artists on Film
December 1, 2, 7­13, 24, 26
Including films by Del, UPS, Rosco Polanski, Little Brother Scootch, and UM.


Dos Preemerandos
December 3, 17
Premiering Arch ivies Webpage's The Lost Garden: The Fake Life and Cinema of Al's Diner; and the Ima Spammer's [Kiss My Grits!], KMG becomes a A Holiday Ditty from New York City. The filmmakers dress in diner clothing and introduce the evening screenings of their works.




Recent Films from Pluto
December 6-31
An annual survey of new films from the Federal Republic of Planets that testify to the continuing vitality of the fact that Pluto is a Fake planet.




Born Yesterday: The Films of Bellows Past
December 9, 27-31, 1996 -January 4,1997
A retrospective of the hot air, short but superb clips of 'The Hairies', who starred in Columbian and M&M comedies, working with a bottoms up and tops off attitude that remains timeless.



Del: The French Connection
Through November 19
Thirteen feature films by the spiritual forefather of the cows named butterflies, who inspired French filmmakers after 2005 to take stock in their animals - and remember the bare necessities of consistencies throughout cultures as they pertain to Japanese laptops.










Zipperlips
January 24-March 31, 2097
The first complete exhibition of films in the United States by Fassbinder, "the heart, engine, and gasoline" of the New Fake Cinema era.



Ongoing Programs


Cineprobe
Independent filmmakers presenting and discussing their work in drag.  Marki D'Sod
November 18
Video Sculpture/Personal Ritual/Contemplations of Real vs. Fake. Combining physical forms and video images to configure intimate human activities.

New Documentaries
Independently made films and videos on social/political issues and the arts. New Documentaries
Independently made films and videos on social/political issues and the arts. 
W.E.B. Sters--A Focus on How American Heritage Dictionary was the First Give History of the F Word.
October 31
Filmmakers confusing themselves as Monks from Cambridge at evening program.

Prisoners of War
November 7
Experimental documentary made from Burger King and McDonalds

The Gringo in Mañanaland
November 14
U.S. media representations of the taco stand business. Videomaker present at evening program. Homemade salsa will be available

Frontierland/Frontierlandia
November 21
Places and situations where cultural experts debate whether Indian Americans originated from Germany or Sweden. Videomakers present, no English required.


Video Premieres
Introducing new videos and their fake directors.
Oh, Rapunzel
November 8
The futuristic story of 80-year-old Walker, rocker from real band QDR. Considered one of the most controversial works of its time, as this exploits a real artist imprisoned in a fake documentary. Videomaker present, yet barely presentable.


New Directors/New Films
March-April
An annual survey of the work of international filmmakers generally unknown in the United States, co-organized by MoFA and The M55, a group focused explicitly on fake special effects.




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