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Film Diary 4

Saint Piñero and Sage Ó Tuama of Film Diary NYC in person 

Presented in collaboration with Cinéseries

A collage of stills from films in the Film Diary program.

Get personal with a selection of experimental autobiographical films that redefine cinema.

In collaboration with Film Diary NYC, Cinéseries is hosting a special satellite program featuring a presentation by the organizers and a program of shorts from Film Diary 4. Film Diary NYC programs experimental, autobiographical films that capture the personal history and daily experiences of filmmakers. Through an annual festival and ongoing special events, Film Diary provides a platform for the most heartfelt but most overlooked cinema: diary films, home movies, and personal documentaries. 

For this program, Film Diary NYC organizers Saint Piñero and Sage Ó Tuama will join us in person for an hour-long presentation about their shared curatorial project, shedding light on the organization’s history and engaging with broader topics around experimental film curation, DIY organizing, and the state of contemporary underground film. The presentation will include a selection of short films and invite open conversation with the audience. After the presentation, stick around for a program of short films programmed by Cinéseries president Tristan Turner from the Film Diary program. The program will feature works by Ohio-based filmmakers Alexis McCrimmon and Michael Alexander Morris, among others. Full program to be announced. (program approx. 140 mins., DCP)

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Film Diary 4, courtesy of Film Diary NYC.

Program lineup

Trace on My Body (Yue Hua, 2024, China, 3 mins.)
Remote Views (Alexis McCrimmon, 2025, US, 15 mins.)
Some eternal postcards (Samuel Cortés Rivera, 2025, Chile, 2 mins.)
Trans American (Judebird, 2025, US, 11 mins.)
A place to bury strangers (Vega Royer-Gaspard, 2022, France, 4 mins.)
COLORADO (Liz Roberts, 2026, US, 12 mins.)
Night Flower (Nina Gofur, 2024, Bangladesh, 5 mins.)
Just Below Heaven (Cameron A. Granger, 2025, US, 9 mins.)
Melencolia 2: Destitution Signs (M. Woods, 2025, US, 8 mins.)
About the Pain of Others (Utku D. Andiç, 2025, Turkey, 8 mins.)
Palimpsest 1: Now U See Us (Michael Alexander Morris, 2025, US, 3 mins.,16mm)

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About the series

In the words of Cinéseries’ members: Cinéseries is a student-led group that organizes monthly screenings in collaboration with the Wexner Center for the Arts. We aim to offer a space for students and the community to engage with film and expanded cinema from makers of a variety of backgrounds. We aspire to create an environment conducive to critical engagement by inviting filmmakers to showcase work that takes risks, challenges norms, and opens a conversation by devoting to a wide range of artist-centered and independent media.

About the speakers

Saint Piñero

Saint Piñero is a queer, Afro-indigenous photographer, currently rubber tramping across the United States. They use their work to explore the queer archive, transience, and to replace traumatic family memory. They are the cofounder of Film Diary NYC, a film festival for personal documentary and home movies. Piñero has been an artist-in-residence at the Visual Studies Workshop’s Project Space Residency in Rochester, NY; TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image in Philadelphia; and more. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Artsy, FADER, My Comrade, and PIX. They curate an ongoing series of group photo shows at Millennium Film Workshop, where they are a member of the programming board.

Sage Ó Tuama

Sage Ó Tuama is a moving image artist and curator with a focus on personal cinema and the avant-garde. He is the cofounder and artistic director of Film Diary NYC, the editor of CRATER film journal, and a member of the Millennium Film Workshop programming board. His films have appeared at museums and cinema spaces in over 15 countries, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Cinema Museum (London), Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon), Meduza (Vilnius), and Palacio das Artes (Belo Horizonte). Ó Tuama was recipient of the 2024 Jonas Mekas Research and Production Fellowship at Mana Contemporary. His curatorial work with Film Diary has been featured in Documentary Magazine, Office Magazine, and Screen Slate.

Program Support

SUPPORT FOR FILM PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY

Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY

Greater Columbus Arts Council

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc

The Columbus Foundation

The Ohio State University

Wexner Center Foundation Board

With special thanks to our members

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