Launches.
Video Store•Age x Dirty Magazine present re/UNION
Join Video Store•Age & Dirty Magazine for a night of disruptive discussion + circulation of revolutionary materials. Featuring Chris Smalls in conversation with Molly Crabapple moderated by Arianna Gil of Brujas. Launching the physical media release of Brett Story & Stephen Maing's feature documentary UNION.
Hard copies of the film, Dirty Mag's issues featuring Chris & Molly, + Brujas merch. & print materials all available on site. DJ sets by donatella leroc + netAr1 and friends to follow.
Video Store•Age presents Trash Party
Return with us to RAIR, situated inside Revolution Recovery — the working recycling & demolition center featured in IN EXCESS — for an evening of live sound, screen printing and hand-to-hand DIY film distribution.
Pick up a hard copy of IN EXCESS on our sick USB drives and hear live performances from the artists behind the film’s original field recordings + soundtrack:
⦿ Cooling Prongs / @coolingprongs (the performance and studio project of field recording artist Christopher Fleeger)
⦿ Jonathan Snipes / @jonat8han (member of Clipping)
⦿ Bring an article of clothing destined for the trash and receive an original live screen print by Makeba “Keebs” Rainey / @justkeebs.
7–9 PM — come at 7 for a site tour!
**Please wear closed-toe shoes**
Video Store•Age presents THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW product launch
For many of us, the future is uncertain. What will film be like in the age of AI? Does my voice matter? How can I infiltrate Asian markets?
The truth is, there has never been a more exciting time to be alive in Los Angeles. The filmmakers of tomorrow are actively reimagining success as a metric of innovation and community.
Join us on 10/3 for a Keynote Address on the Hollywood of Tomorrow as we celebrate the release of THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW on USB drive.
Together we reach new heights. There’s plenty of room at the top.
Dresscode: "corporate"
Featuring:
⦿ Ember Knight
⦿ Kyle Greenberg
⦿ Tucker Bennett
⦿ Vera Drew
⦿ Original cast & crew of EKS
DEAD OR DYING Screening
Catch DEAD OR DYING from our Spring 2026 Collection’s LA premiere at LOOK in Glendale. Q&A to follow with directors John Purcell & Malin von Euler-Hogan moderated by Ash Cook.
THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW Screening Chicago
Follow Ember on THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW tour this summer - trekking across the US & Canada. Join the team at The Davis Theater in Chicago to watch the show!
Introduction by Joe Swanberg with Q&A to follow featuring Ember Knight and Dino Stamatopolous
THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW Screening NYC
Follow Ember on THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW tour this summer - trekking across the US & Canada. Join the team at the iconic Roxy Theater in NYC to watch the show!
Post screening Q&A with creator Ember Knight & co-star Eamon Shea, moderated by The Crocodile Dose Boys.
THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW Screening Toronto
Follow Ember on THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW tour this summer - trekking across the US & Canada. Join our homies at Bleeding Edge in Toronto to watch the show!
Creator and host Ember Knight will be in attendance at Market Video to host this screening of her five part web series! TIFF Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky will be on hand to moderate a post-screening Q&A!
The Roast of Caveh Zahedi The Movie WIP Screening
Caveh is making another movie….based on the roast event Video Store•Age hosted to launch his HIGHER EDUCATION films. Come see a work in progress presentation at John Wilson’s Low Cinema.
THE PEOPLE'S JOKER screening
Join us up at Pam Cut’s Tomorrow Theater in Portland, where we’ll be on the ground selling hard copies of THE PEOPLE’S JOKER before & after its FREE Portland Pride screening made possible by the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
WE ARE PAT screening
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome filmmaker Ro Haber along with comedy icons Julia Sweeney and Harper Steele for an extra special screening of the massively entertaining, endearing, and thought-provoking documentary We Are Pat!
Picks from the Video Store: Bring home more fabulous queer documentaries on DVD tonight! Wigstock: The Movie, The Joy of Life, Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
WE ARE PAT screening
WE ARE PAT New York theatrical premiere running at DCTV Firehose Cinema from May 29th - June 4th! Full showtimes listed here.
Come dressed as Pat to a screening for a free ticket! Email eliana@fourthactfilm.com in advance for more information.
Scratch Off x Video Store•Age launch party
@Ukrainian East Village Restaurant
Come pick up a hard copy of 5 stellar Scratch Off shorts (on our sick ass USB drives) & stay for the party. Music, food, scratch off raffle, fun.
DJ lineup:
⦿ 8:00 - phantom.cigarette
⦿ 8:45 - poc
⦿ 9:30 - Nick Koepp
⦿ 10:15 - O Slow
⦿ 11:00 - Tonto
WE ARE PAT screening
Special screening w/Julia Sweeney in the Main Room! ID required at the door.
MORE BEAUTIFUL PERVERSIONS launch
Come pick up a hard copy of the film MORE BEAUTIFUL PERVERSIONS, an eco-parable about a city reject who finds themself in the woods. Made in collaboration with Northeastern land stewards, underground music legends, and old growth forests, with portions of the 16mm film hand-processed with plants. Join filmmaker and environmental educator Pavli Serenetsky for a day of community land care at Elephant Hill, with Test Plot. RSVP/tickets are free, hard copies of the film will be available for purchase on the ground.
Presented in partnership with Test Plot, Purpose Repair Shop collective, and FOFIF.
Video Store•Age presents a JOKER night
Celebrate the Video Store•Age release of Vera Drew's THE PEOPLE'S JOKER.
Video Store•Age presents a very short party
Come pick up your W26 collection shorts package drive (included in ticket price) and be on time - it’s a very short party. Dress code: shorts. See you on the patio at El Cid.
Enjoy the musical stylings of Had Had, live.
Video Store•Age presents a VALENCIA reading
Celebrate the Video Store•Age release of Michelle Tea's VALENCIA. Learn more at WWW.VIDEOSTOREAGE.COM.
Video Store•Age presents a conversation on the philosophy of the unknown
Celebrate the Video Store•Age release of L. Frances Henderson's THIS MUCH WE KNOW.
Video Store•Age presents a reading on trans optimism
Celebrate the Video Store•Age release of Sam Feder's HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY.
Video Store•Age presents The Roast of Caveh Zahedi
Celebrate the Video Store•Age release of Caveh Zahedi's HIGHER EDUCATION.
Past events
The Roast of Caveh Zahedi
HIGHER EDUCATION Launch
A Reading On Trans Optimism
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY Launch
On the philosophy of the unknown
THIS MUCH WE KNOW Launch
A reading from Valencia
VALENCIA (the movie) Launch
Elephant Hill Land Stewardship
MORE BEAUTIFUL PERVERSIONS Launch
A Joker night @OG Whammy!
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER Launch
Scratch Off Shorts Party
Spring 2026 Collection Shorts Launch
Scratch Off Shorts Party
Spring 2026 Collection Shorts Launch
