Unknown Planet Mystery Screening Series
Price: $10 | $8 ArtsQuest Member
The mission of The Unknown Planet Film Society is to screen a wide range of bold, dynamic, and underseen films from around the world.
The Unknown Planet Film Society aims to bring together a community of film enthusiasts keen on expanding their cinematic horizons. Curated by FBAC programming staff and a rotating lineup of special guest curators, this mystery screening series maintains the element of surprise by revealing the film only when it starts playing on screen. In the spirit of exploration, curators aim to select a wide variety of films that audiences may have never had the opportunity to see, in cinemas or otherwise.
The program will include additional content to keep screenings fresh: including moderated talkbacks, live Q&As, and pre-recorded interviews. This is not only a chance to see films that are rarely screened in the Lehigh Valley, but also to join a community of curious filmgoers who share their passion for the theatrical experience.
Screening Dates/Times:
- Wednesday, January 29 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, February 20 at 7:30 PM
- Wednesday, March 26 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM
Curator Bio
Isobel Bess
Isobel Bess is a poet, musician, multimedia artist, sound engineer, comedian, and non-practicing archaeologist from the southern Missouri Ozarks. For her poetry, she has received a Lambda Literary Fellowship, the Bryn Kelly Scholarship for Trans Women Writers, and the Peach Gold Prize. Her writing has appeared in Sinister Wisdom, Smoke and Mold, Nat. Brut, Prolit, Wax Nine, Radical Trans Poetry, and elsewhere. She is the author of Taphonomy, anyway i saw a light there, and Braided Channel (with Amy Marvin). Her recent albums include Light Play (Grimalkin Records, 2022), Cybergorge Manifesto (GORGE.IN, 2023), and Even These Heights Concealed (Grimalkin Records, 2024). Isobel works as a Programming Assistant at ArtsQuest, where you may know her as Sarah.
