Fantastic OptoSonic Filmmaker: Meghan O'Hara

03 May 2011

There are 101 reasons you should come to Fantastic OptoSonic Projections: A Showcase of Sight & Sound at Space Gallery this Saturday (May 7, 2011). And Meghan O'Hara is one of them. I was fortunate to encounter her through Wilfred Galila's tenure at Art Institute of California, San Francisco, where Meghan teaches documentary and film production. This nonfiction and experimental filmmaker is no small addition to our program: she has been featured at the likes of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Slamdance, and the Mill Valley Film Festival with good cause.

Production Still: Color Film by Meghan O'Hara

This Saturday, we have the pleasure of showing Color Film: a 7 minute short documentary shot on color 16mm film. Meghan directed the piece, released in 2008, that has since been celebrated by Eye for Film as “A sensory treat for the eyes that borders on the sensual.” Color Film has been screened seven times including venues like Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK), Artist Television Access (SF), Treasure Island Music Festival (Bay Area), and DEEP LEAP Microcinema (Portland). It's no wonder she earned the 2008 Eastman Scholarship Program award for Excellence in the Craft of Filmmaking on this project. We are honored to screen this entrancing film at Fantastic OptoSonic Projections - and we know you'll dig it too.

Production Still: Color Film by Meghan O'Hara

We hope to see you at Fantastic OptoSonic Projections this Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 8pm-midnight at Space Gallery (1141 Polk @ Sutter). The lineup includes fantastics Meghan O'Hara, Amy Harrison, Wilfred Galila, Kadet Kuhne, Paul Clipson, The Family of Man, and A Low Cost Affordable Heating Plan with Tracy Piper. RSVP on Facebook for more info.