Mills Folly Microcinema presents Project Projection Winter 2026, a program of locally produced film and video, Wednesday, January 21, at 7:00pm. Free admission, donations encouraged.
Join us for an evening of experimental films, short documentaries, music videos, and animation produced by filmmakers who reside in Madison and Dane County. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program running time: approximately 80 minutes. A Q&A session with the filmmakers in attendance will follow the screening.
The order of the films will be provided in the program notes at the screening. Program running time approximately 90 minutes.
Protest Dance 2020 | Erica Pinigis | 2021 | 5 minutes
This piece, originally a solo performed live, grew out of a need to express the overwhelming nature of living through the zeigeist of 2020. Utilizing a film format allowed me to place the dance within the context of a city in a pivotal time, with the art of boarded up storefronts and a city skyline representative of our government, and with more dance artists.
Bucket House | Gregg Williard | 2026-2026 | 8 minutes
Bucket House is a short hand-drawn animation adventure about the witch Baba Yaga via Franz Kafka, Paul Celan, Fritz Lang and Krazy Kat.
Thinking of You | Robyn Das-Romain | 2022 | 4 minutes
Two friends reminisce through a magical walk in the woods and reforge a life-long connection. Inspired by the filmmaker's youth, this film explores themes of grief, friendship and queer resilience and the connections that persist even after we are gone.
How to Play Professional Baseball in The Republic of China | Andrew Mazur | 2020 | 12 minutes
HTPPBITROC’s intention is that of an ahistorical/apolitical formalist investigation, an artistic expression via visual abstraction and as an in-the-moment aesthetic experience. Yet it equally intends to be a piece of experimental journalism of and about the complete lockdown of 2020.
Ken Pomeroy, "Coyote" at The Sh*tty Barn | From The Front Row (Peter Charles Allen) | 2025 | 5 minutes
A live musical performance of “Coyote” by Ken Pomeroy performed at the Sh*tty Barn - captured by From the Front Row, an independently produced public television program that showcases music venues by filming live concerts in them across Wisconsin.
Johnny Griffin | Al Rasho | 2022 | 3 minutes
A tribute to jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, known as the "The Little Giant" physically small but a giant in talent and sound. When I heard Michael Corcoran reading of his tribute to Griffin, I suggested that we record his tribute and produce a short video.
Boat | Steve Chappell | 2025 | 2 minutes
A short animated surrealist film, flipping things around. A ship floats on land, and sinks in a flood, while raining cats and dogs. But, meanwhile what’s happening inside the ship? Well, that’s up to the audience to figure out.
ALL in One | Jon Arnold | 2025-2026 | 10 minutes
Ten videos strung together of animated versions of characters from my artwork. I have recently been using AI apps as image processors for my existing images, especially with generating useful 3-D views of them. This has the unanticipated benefit of being able to string them together in mini-movies.
4 Ever Arriving | Tim Geurkink | 2021 | 6 minutes
A compendium of beautiful faces, words, and music to inspire: from the Lama Foundation 2020 online retreat.
12.20.2025 | Samuel Knopes, Tristan Buol | 2025 | 3 minutes
This short was conceived of, filmed, and edited all within the wee hours of the morning following a Christmas party on December 20, 2025.
Against the Dark of Night | Mariel McEwan | 2013 | 10 minutes
Three mysterious figures move against an alien landscape as the encroaching darkness threatens their extinction. One generation gives way to the next in a growing ritual of awareness and reaction. This is a story as ancient as the fear of the dark and the necessity to triumph over adversity.
You're Insane!: A Cinematic Collage | Spenser Wise | 2026 | 10 minutes
A found-footage video tracing film’s relationship to sanity through the varied repetition of the phrase “You’re insane!,” revealing how the trope and our understanding of mental illness (and lack thereof) shift over ninety years of cinema.
Liking This Angle (two by four) | Nicholas R. Wootton | 2026 | 7 minutes
Liking This Angle (two by four) is an exploration and meditation of the artistic process. I shot video of Christina A West, a Madison artist and UW Assistant Professor of Art, as she explained her work on a plaster cast of a man's arm. The video was used for a simple documentary, but I wanted to explore the expressive potential of the raw video in an experimental form.
I Am Trying | Maria Segura | 2025 | 2 minutes
What we see is a woman playing the piano. She expresses that she is trying. We see her emotion and her passion. We see what we think we see, but we never know what we truly see unless we are on the inside.
Work in Progress | TBA | 2026 | 5 minutes
A five minute work in progress is tentatively scheduled to be included in the program.
ABOUT MILLS FOLLY MICROCINEMA
Mills Folly Microcinema showcases nationally recognized experimental film and video art from the festival and microcinema circuit. We network with regional filmmakers and organizations to bring filmmakers and guest programmers to Madison for screenings. And we incubate local experimental filmmaking by providing screen time at Project Projection events.
