K-FAB presents COMPUTER CHESS

Director in attendance!

K-Fab is proud to present BUJALSKI: A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE

Acclaimed independent filmmaker Andrew Bujalski will be joining us in-person for a three day retrospective including all seven of his features, including the CANADIAN PREMIERE of his newest film, There There. An innovative, distinct voice in the landscape of American independent cinema, Bujalski’s naturalistic, slice-of-life approach to filmmaking dubbed him by many as the pioneer of ‘mumblecore,’ following his low-budget portraits of aimless twenty-somethings in Funny Ha Ha (2002) and Mutual Appreciation (2005). However, across his increasingly eclectic filmography, Bujalski has proven himself to be difficult to categorize as belonging to any singular movement or style. From his PortaPak-period-piece Computer Chess (2013) about the early days of A.I. that plays more and more eerily as time goes on to his colourful forays into the worlds of fitness and franchise sports bars in Results (2015) and Support the Girls (2019), Bujalski's evolving range is countered by one clear consistency: a humanistic commitment to capturing the idiosyncrasies and the blurry yet rich inner worlds of every character who enters the frame.

Each screening will be followed by a Q&A with Andrew Bujalski

Films provided courtesy of Arbelos, Mongrel Media, Park Circus, Magnolia Pictures

K-Fab is generously supported by Istic Illic Pictures

Saturday March 4th

Computer Chess (2013)

9:00PM

Taking place mostly in a small hotel conference room, Bujalski’s Computer Chess is about a group of computer chess nerds who face off their beloved chess programs in a tournament to determine the best designer. Exploiting his PortaPak-style aesthetics for comically expressive means, Bujalski creates an absurd mini-universe on the outskirts of computer culture's early days.

92 minutes + Q&A

Starring: Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins

Q&A moderated by filmmaker and critic Blake Williams (PROTOTYPE)

Special Double Bill, Triple Bill, and Full Retro Pass Pricing!

$15 - single film | $25 - double bill | $30 - triple bill | $60 - Full Retro Pass (limited quantities available)