A MIXTAPE FOR STOM Docu Film Premiere & Live Q&A
Thursday 18. December at 19:45 - 23:00
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
Come for this award-winning documentary and stay for the live Q&A film discussion with the director afterwards.
Presented in English with English subtitles.
“A MIXTAPE FOR STOM” is an intimate documentary portrait of Japanese experimental filmmaker Stom Sogo (1975–2012), whose frenetic Super-8mm works became emblematic of New York’s underground cinema at the turn of the millennium. A close friend, filmmaker Adrian Goycoolea reflects on Sogo’s life and legacy, framing the film as a reply to the final email he received from him before Stom tragically passed from an overdose.
Drawing from personal archives, interviews, and memory, the film assembles a collage of Stom's art and presence: radiant, restless, and unresolved. Contributors include Jonas Mekas, Bruce McClure, Raha Raissnia, Julius Ziz, Ed Halter, Andy Lampert, and members of Stom’s family, offering perspectives on his talent, struggles, and influence.
Scored by Joe Watson of Stereolab, “A Mixtape for Stom” is at once an elegy and an act of remembrance; a meditation on friendship and grief, and a testament to an underground legacy that continues to reverberate.
Director Adrian Goycoolea will be joing us in person at FOMO for the Caucasus Premiere of this beautiful and important documentary. Ticket price includes a seat for the live Q&A and film discussion afterwards, so come prepared with your questions.
19:45 Doors open
20:10 Documentary
22:00 Q&A and film discussion with director
22:45 Drinks and networking
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia