First Person Cinema

First Person Cinema is the longest running university program in the world screening avant-garde film and video work. It was started in 1955 by Carla Selby and Gladney Oakley under the name "The Experimental Cinema Group", and was later carried forward by Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage. Now called First Person Cinema, the program invites film/video artists to Boulder to present their work in person with the intention of bringing an awareness of the personal cinema. First Person Cinema has become a highly respected international showcase and was programmed by Don Yannacito from 1965 to 2021. It is now programmed by Moving Image Arts faculty.

All screenings are in the Visual Arts Complex 1B20 at 7 PM unless otherwise noted. Admission is free.

Spring 2026 Schedule

September 14 - Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (b1989, Tehran, Iran) got her BFA in cinema from Tehran University of Art and her MFA in studio arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Anahita has studied with Abbas Kiarostami and is influenced by his cinematic style. Since 2011 she started to work on a trilogy ofΜύshortΜύfilms with children as main characters.ΜύWhen the Kid was a KidΜύ(2011, Iran) andΜύNeedleΜύ(2013, US) are the first two finished pieces.ΜύNeedleΜύwas premiered in Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation selection and won the Premier Prix. Anahita was selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in 2013 by the Filmmaker Magazine. She is also the co-writer of the acclaimed feature film,ΜύMourningΜύ(2011).Μύ

Michael Gitlin makes work about some of the intricate conceptual and ideological systems out of which ways of knowing the world can be constructed. His work has been screened at numerous venues, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the Whitney Biennial Exhibition. Gitlin’s experimental documentary about moths, The Night Visitors, premiered at the 2023 New York Film Festival. His feature documentary from 2015, That Which Is Possible, screened at The Museum of the Moving Image in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, among other venues. His short film project, A Disaster Forever, was in the 2015 New York Film Festival. His 16mm film, The Birdpeople, is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Gitlin was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006. He received the Flo and Roger D. Stone Award for Outstanding Artistry in Filmmaking in 2024. His work has also been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship, as well as by the Jerome Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Gitlin received an M.F.A. from Bard College. He teaches at Hunter College in New York City.

Previous Visiting Artists

  • Ahwesh, Peggy ’90, ’13, '25
  • Alsharif,ΜύBasma ’17
  • Andersen, Thom ’11
  • Anger, Kenneth ’81
  • Angerame, Dominic ’97
  • Anker, Steve ’06
  • Antin, Eleanor ’06
  • Archer, Ina ’22
  • Asili, Ephraim ’17
  • Aurand, Ute ’12
  • Avikunthak, Ashish ’11
  • Baillie, Bruce ’85, ’12
  • Baldwin, Craig ’10
  • Barber, Stephanie ’00, ’16
  • Barlow, Melinda ’97, ’98, ’99
  • Baron, Rebecca ’15
  • Battle, Christina ’09
  • Beavers, Robert ’12, ’17
  • Beckman, Ericka ’85, ’12
  • Beloff, Zoe ’08
  • Benning, James ’06, ’09, ’22,
  • Berliner, Alan ’86, ’87, ’92, ’99
  • Blanchard, Jenny ’89
  • Blank, Les ’88
  • Biermann, Gregg ’16
  • Boord, Dan ’04
  • Boultenhouse, Charles ’82
  • Brakhage, Marilyn ’97, ’98
  • Brakhage, Stan ’76 - ’00
  • Breer, Emily ’93
  • Breer, Robert ’78, ’86, ’05
  • Bridgers, Lee ’91, ’93
  • Brodsky & Treadway ’82
  • Bromberg, Betsy ’98, ’07
  • Broughton, James ’77, ’81
  • Bruck, Patti ’90
  • Burr, Peter ’20, ’23
  • Cameron, Donna ’97
  • Camper, Fred ’01
  • Caplan, Elliot ’08
  • Chase, Doris ’86, ’87, ’92
  • Child, Abigail ’90, ’98, ’11
  • Christman, Sarah ’20
  • Cokes, Tony ’07
  • Columbus, John ’89, ’00, ’01 ’11
  • Condit, Cecelia '24
  • Conner, Bruce ’77, ’85
  • Conrad, Tony ’83
  • Creely, Robert ’78
  • Criss Cross ’78
  • Crosthwaite, Hugo ’22
  • Cuthand, TJ ’22
  • Davis, Sandra ’86
  • Delanda, Manuel ’83
  • Dinell, David ’12
  • Dobermann, Gary ’ 78
  • Dorsky, Nathaniel ’89, ’99, ’03, ’06, ’07, ’15
  • Downey, Juan ’88
  • Duke and Battersby ’19
  • Dunferd, Mike ’77
  • Eisenberg, Dan ’98
  • Elder, Bruce ’88, ’93, ’99, ’01
  • Elsaessar, Carl '25
  • Emshwiller, Ed ’84
  • Espelie, Erin ’16
  • Export, Valie ’88
  • Farrel, Christian ’95
  • Felker, Lori ’16
  • Fenz, Robert ’04
  • Fischinger, Elfriede ’80
  • Fitzgerald, Kit ’85
  • Fleming, Shellie ’95
  • Fonoroff, Nina ’94, ’04
  • Frampton, Hollis ’81
  • Freidrich, Su ’97
  • Fuerman, Carol ’04
  • Fulton, Robert ’76
  • Gallagher, Kelly '25
  • Gardner, Robert ’91
  • Gatten, David ’03, ’17
  • Gault, Tony ’03
  • Gaylor, Bob ’79
  • Gehr, Ernie ’77, ’78, ’79, ’05, ’09
  • Geiser, Janie ’99, ’06
  • George, Amir ’18
  • Gianvito, John ’10
  • Gibson + Recoder ’19
  • Gibson, Sandra ’07
  • Gidal, Peter ’76
  • Gilooly, Jane ’15
  • Gluckstern, Jay ’89
  • Godmilow, Jill ’78, ’00
  • Gorin, J.P. ’06
  • Goss, Jackie ’08
  • Green, Vanalyne ’91
  • Greenfield, Amy ’79
  • Grenier, Vincent ’79, ’89, ’94, ’01, ’14, ’19
  • Gusella, Ernest ’85
  • Guttnplan, Howard ’77
  • Haller, Eve ’03
  • Halter, Ed ’09
  • Hammer, Barbara ’89, ’99, ’18
  • Heit, Laura ’07
  • Heller, Eve ’00
  • Herbert, Jim ’99
  • Hills, Henry ’82, ’95
  • Hindle, Will ’77, ’84
  • Hock, Louis ’04
  • Holdt, Jacob ’85
  • Hopinka, Sky ’18
  • Hoskins, Courtney ’03
  • Hutton, Peter ’88, ’96, ’07
  • Im, Hyun ’95
  • Iris, Denise ’13
  • Jacobs, Ken ’78,- ’04
  • Jennings, Jim ’98
  • Jordan, Larry ’82, ’84, ’94, ’14
  • Jost, John ’86, ’07
  • Kaul, Shambhavi ’15
  • Keller, Marjorie ’83
  • Kitchen, Diane ’02
  • Klahr, Lewis ’92, ’01, ’05, ’13
  • Klosky, Linda ’91
  • Knecht, John ’10
  • Kraning, Laura ’17
  • Kren, Kurt ’78, ’82, ’94
  • Kubelka, Peter ’77
  • Kuchar, George ’82, ’83, ’88, ’06
  • Laitala, Kerry ’09
  • Landow, George ’76, ’79
  • LaPore, Mark ’97, ’05
  • Larcher, David ’77
  • Lawder, Standish ’80, ’90
  • Le Grice, Vi Malcolm ’76
  • Leacock, Richard ’80, ’84, ’85
  • Leaf, Caroline ’93
  • Lee, Francis ’77
  • Legget, Mike ’76
  • Leiser, Eric '23
  • Lertxundi, Ladia ’14
  • Leventhal, Dani ’11
  • Levine, Saul ’92, ’08, ’16
  • Liotta, Jeanne ’07
  • Lipman, Ross ’18
  • Lowder, Rose ’87, ’12
  • Lowe, Pelle ’96
  • Lucier, Mary ’86
  • Lusztig, Irene ’19
  • Luther, John ’77, ’79
  • Mack, Jodie ’14
  • Madsen Minex, Angelo ’22
  • Mann, Kathleen ’02
  • Marslett, Geoff ’15
  • Matreyek, Miwa ’08
  • Maxy, Fox ’21
  • Maysel, Albert ’77
  • Mclean, Jesse ’15
  • Morrison, Bill ’00
  • Moulton, Shana ’11
  • Mouris, Frank ’78
  • Muller, Matthias ’94, ’00
  • Murray, Julie ’01, ’06
  • Myers, Richard ’78
  • Myers, Skinner ’21
  • Nelson, Gunvor ’79, -’92
  • Nelson, Robert ’79
  • Nishikawa, Tomonari ’10
  • Noren, Andrew ’81
  • O’Neill, Pat ’82, ’10
  • Ondine ’82
  • Otis, James ’84, ’99
  • Owusu, Akosua Adoma ’17
  • Oxygen, Anna ’08
  • Palazzolo, Tom ’77, ’87
  • Peterson, Sidney ’76, ’80
  • Phuntsog, Tenzin '24
  • Pierce, Leighton ’97, ’02
  • Piller, Madi ’18
  • Plays, Dana ’05
  • Plumb, Shannon ’12
  • Price, Luther ’00
  • Pryce, Charlotte ’23
  • Rappmund, Peter Bo ’11
  • Ravett, Abraham ’04
  • Recoder, Luis ’00, ’07
  • Reed, Mary Beth ’01
  • Reeder, Jennifer ’05
  • Reeves, Dan ’97
  • Reeves, Jennifer ’96, ’03, ’16
  • Renwick, Vanessa ’09
  • Rey, Nicholas ’13
  • Reynolds, Reynold ’02
  • Rimmer, David ’99
  • Rivera, Alex ’21
  • Robenson, Michael ’08
  • Rose, Peter ’90, ’98, ’08
  • Rowe, Phil ’02
  • Rubin, Jon ’77, ’78
  • Rumsby, Martin ’85
  • Russell, Ben ’10
  • Sachs, Lynne ’14
  • Saks, Lynn ’96
  • Samarasinghe, Rajee ’22
  • Sanders, Talena ’14
  • Saxs, Erin ’94
  • Schaller, Robert ’98, ’03
  • Scheuren, Zach ’01
  • Schilling, Alphonse ’80
  • Schneemann, Carolee ’78, ’85
  • Sears, Kelly, ’14
  • Seid, Steve ’06, ’11
  • Seno, Shireen '25
  • Sharits, Paul ’79, ’81
  • Sherman, David ’03
  • Silva, Fern ’15
  • Sitney, P. Adams ’79, ’10, ’17
  • Smith, Jack ’80
  • Snider, Dean ’86
  • Snow, Michael ’90
  • Solomon, Phil ’91 - ’04, ’11
  • Sonbert, Warren ’84
  • Stamets, Bill ’86
  • Stark, Scott ’93, ’13
  • Steers, Stacey ’90, ’07, ’12
  • Steiner, Konrad ’00
  • Stephens, Courtney ’23
  • Sternberg, Barbara ’08
  • Stiglicz, Zach ’95
  • Strand, Chick ’80
  • Stratman, Deborah ’09
  • Street, Mark ’96, ’14
  • Sullivan, Chris ’01
  • Szlam, Malena ’19
  • Thornton, Leslie ’88
  • Torosian, Garine ’01, ’02
  • Trainer, James ’06
  • Valdovino, Luis ’96, ’99, ’04
  • Vanderbeek, Stan ’83
  • Vasulka, Steina ’84, ’95, ’12
  • Vasulka, Woody ’89, ’12
  • Velez, Edin ’91
  • Vesulka, Woody & Steina ’79
  • Vigil, Carmen ’76, ’80
  • Viola, Bill ’83
  • Voorhuis, Nelly ’89
  • Wenhua Shi ’15
  • West, Jennifer ’13
  • Wilkins, Tim ’95, ’99, ’04
  • Wojtaski, Pawel ’13
  • Worden, Fred ’87, ’93
  • Yasinsky, Karen, ’14
  • Youngblood, Gene ’83, ’87, ’05, ’16
  • Zdravic, Andrej ’80, ’92