Filmforum 50, Program 17: Floribunda, an outdoor garden screening

In this outdoor summer screening, presented by LA Filmforum and Livonian Cinema in collaboration with Arlington Garden, a range of contemporary short experimental films will all look closely at the life and realms of gardens. A garden can be seen to parallel a film: from small moments and separate bits of life, combined with intention and labor, grows a work that invites one in, allowing distraction or absorption. The idea of a garden itself carries realms of history and meaning: the notion of taming wilderness, mixing flora that might not normally grow together, the labor involved in creating and tending, the use and consumption of natural resources, the mix of science and aesthetics, labels of native and invasive plants, colonial reach and tranquil beauty. Filmforum returns to Pasadena for this set of films in Arlington Garden's Olive Allée. Filmforum was started by Terry Cannon, then 21 years old, with its first full season, January-March 1976, held at the Neighborhood Church, just 1.8 miles from Arlington Garden up Orange Grove.  Pasadena Filmforum used several locations in the city over the following eight years, then relocated to Los Angeles in Fall 1984.

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