Studio 8 Film Festival Closing: A Tribute to Lawrence Jordan

This event is presented in collaboration with the Studio 8 Film Festival. The filmmaker will be in attendance.

Join us for the closing event of the Studio 8 Film Festival — a tribute to legendary filmmaker Lawrence Jordan. This screening brings together a curated selection of Jordan’s visionary collage animations and surrealist shorts. The works, some rarely seen, span six decades and are rich with mythic resonance, surreal imagery, and a deeply poetic sense of motion and time.

Screening Lineup

Water Light (1957, 8 min., 16mm)

Pink Swine (1963, 3 min., digital)

Cornell, 1965 (1978, 9 min., 16mm)

Our Lady of the Sphere (1969, 10 min., 16mm)

Masquerade (1981, 5 min., 16mm)

Winter Light (1983, 9 min., 16mm)

Postcard from San Miguel (1996, 11 min., 16mm)

The Egg (2024, 8 min., 16mm)

About the Filmmaker

Lawrence Jordan is an independent filmmaker who has been working in the Bay Area since 1955 and making films since 1952. He has produced more than 50 experimental and animation films and three feature-length dramatic films. He founded the film department at the San Francisco Art Institute and taught there for over 30 years. He was one of the founding directors of Canyon Cinema.

The Studio 8 Film Festival is an annual celebration of bold, original, and experimental filmmaking rooted in the enduring legacy of the San Francisco Art Institute. It is organized by SF Artists Alumni.