Knoxville’s underground screening series for experimental & arthouse cinema
Past Screenings
Taste of Cherry (1997, Abbas Kiarostami) with The House Is Black (1963, Forugh Farrokhzad)Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, Tsai Ming-liang) with Blessed Land (2019, Phạm Ngọc Lân)The Wolf House (2018, Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña) with Fire (Pozar) (2015, David Lynch)The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene) with Nimic (2019, Yorgos Lanthimos)Holy Motors (2012, Leos Carax) at Space Craft with Seances (2016, Guy Maddin)The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Sergei Parajanov) with Kyiv Frescoes (1966, Sergei Parajanov)First Cow (2019, Kelly Reichardt) with Berlin Horse (1970, Malcolm Le Grice)Penda’s Fen (1974, Alan Clarke) with The Fall (2019, Jonathan Glazer)Happer’s Comet (2022, Tyler Taormina) with In Order Not to Be Here (2002, Deborah Stratman)Alice (1988, Jan Švankmajer) with At Land (1944, Maya Deren)Memoria (2021, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) with Blue (2018, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
About Us
CHROMA is a monthly screening series presenting experimental and arthouse cinema in distinctive and carefully chosen locations throughout Knoxville, TN.Since its launch, CHROMA has screened works by internationally acclaimed filmmakers Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Maya Deren, Kelly Reichardt, Sergei Parajanov, and many others.In addition to film screenings, the series aims to host discussions and community events designed to foster engagement, conversation, and discovery among new audiences.
CHROMA : Image & Sound is an experimental film and music festival based in Knoxville, Tennessee.An expansion of our year-round screening series, the festival brings together filmmakers, musicians, and audiences for a weekend of work that rethinks how images and sound move and resonate together.We present short and feature-length experimental films in conversation with hand-selected, carefully curated music. Rather than treating sound as accompaniment, each program is conceived as a dialogue between moving image and live ambient and experimental music, allowing both to shape the experience of time, space, and attention.Hosted at St. James Episcopal Church, CHROMA : Image & Sound transforms the nave into a contemplative cinematic space. The sacred architecture is not a backdrop but an active participant in the experience. Each program is curated to encourage reflection, conversation, and connection between artists and the local community.
