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8 MIXED MEDIUM AUG. 3ÿ10, 2022 THE ARTS AROUND EASTERN OREGON The shortest o lms around We Like 8Em Short Film Festival is Aug. 11-14 in Baker City By Lisa Britton Go! Magazine BAKER CITY — Joan Gratz graduated with a degree in architecture and started her career. It lasted two weeks. Her passion was o lm 4 specio cally claypainting, which involves working in front of a camera and applying bits of clay to create <a seamless n ow of images.= She made her o rst o lm when she was in school, and she hasn9t really ever stopped. <About 1967,= she said of her begin- ning in o lm. <A really long time.= Gratz, who won an Academy Award in 1993 for her short o lm <Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase,= had two o lms accepted into the 13th annual We Like 8Em Short Film Festival, which happens Aug. 11-14 in Baker City. <No Leaders Please= is an animated o lm based on a poem by Charles Bukowski. The second, <Retention Department of Perpetual Exhaustion,= was inspired by Gratz9s internet service provider, who has such a department. WE LIKE ‘EM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL When: Aug. 11-14 Where: Churchill School, 3451 Broadway St., Baker City Information: www.welikeemshort.com “It is a place of last resort when there is no hope and never a solution,= she said. For <Exhaustion,= Gratz is the producer/ director, along with directors Chris Hin- ton, Jim Blasho eld, Marv Newland, Martin Cooper and Chel White. A special screening featuring Gratz and Jim Blasho eld (a Grammy award-win- ning director) is set for Saturday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE All submissions to WLES must be less than 20 minutes long. In some years, o lms Joan Gratz/Contributed Image The short o lm <Retention Department of Perpetual Exhaustion= was inspired by Joan Gratz9s internet service provider. The live action/animation o lm will be shown at the 13th annual We Like 8Em Short o lm festival, Aug. 11-14, 2022, in Baker City. have been shorter than 60 seconds. Brian Vegter, festival director, said 217 o lms were submitted this year from 34 countries. Those submissions were pared down to the 83 o lms featured in this year9s event. All screenings will be at Churchill School, 3451 Broadway St. Enter through the 16th Street parking lot. The o rst night is a drive-in movie; the rest will be inside Churchill. Here is the schedule: • Thursday, Aug. 11: 8 p.m.; free, family-friendly drive-in screening • Friday, Aug. 12: 7 p.m.; $5 per person • Saturday, Aug. 13: 1 p.m.; family- friendly; $5 per person Saturday, Aug. 13: 4:30 p.m.; $5 per person • Saturday, Aug. 13: 7 p.m.; features Gratz and Blasho eld; $5 per person • Sunday, Aug. 14: 6 p.m.; $5 per person Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test (available onsite) is required for all indoor screenings. Kids ages 15 and younger have free admission for all screenings. For a festival program, which lists the o lms, visit www.welikeemshort.com or check the Facebook page. First Friday at Crossroads Intimate Spaces by Rachael Mayer and Joanne Leonne The Little 2020 Auburn Avenue Baker City, Oregon 541.523.5369 www.crossroads-arts.org Big Show Don9t Forget to see the Little Big Show in the upstairs dance studio! Exhibition on display Friday, August 5 through Saturday, August 27 Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm