Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

                 
Shapeshifters Cinema
567 5th St.
Oakland CA   

Shapeshifters Cinema is an experimental microcinema located in Oakland, CA. Our mission is to provide a venue and support for contemporary artists working with experimental and artist-made film, video, sound, music and other types of mediated performance. We host regular, live events, we offer workshops on experimental moving image and sound production, and we operate a storefront shop specializing in print publications, sound recordings and other artist-made media.
http://www.shapeshifterscinema.com

Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, July 8 2025 7:00 PM
Gut Instinct - a Film by Doug Dillaman + Live Music Performance by Kyle Bruckmann

Admission: $10-20, sliding scale (discount for members)

A post-apocalyptic found footage instructional film on acid, Gut Instinct blends plausible science fiction, outrageous science fact, black comedy and intense visual freakouts in service of a singular cinematic trip.

After alien microbes with a thirst for dopamine invaded our guts, bringing about the collapse of civilization and the death of 93% of humanity, life has been...less than ideal. But no longer! Interself's revolutionary Gut Instinct Audiovisual Purification Programme will free your mind - and your guts - forever!

Making its international premiere at Shapeshifters direct from New Zealand, this special interactive screening of Gut Instinct includes an introduction and post-screening Q&A with director Doug Dillaman, as well as a brief pre-show collection of shorts and an electronic music performance by Bay Area composer/performer, educator and New Music specialist Kyle Bruckmann whose music features prominently in the film.
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