In New York Short Films / HOTEL MONTEREY

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles

### **ABOUT THE FILMS: ** **“Hanging out in Yonkers,” 1972, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 44 Mins, Janus Films, Belgium ** *In French with English subtitles.* An unfinished film about the troubled youths and drug addicts going through rehabilitation in Yonkers, New York. FORMAT: DCP **“Untitled Film,” 1970, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 2 Mins, Chantal Akerman Foundation, Belgium** In this recently rediscovered home movie, three women—Chantal Akerman, Babette Mangolte, and Epp Kotkas—share a precious moment of laughter and friendship while filming HOTEL MONTEREY in 1972 in New York. FORMAT: DCP **HOTEL MONTEREY, 1972, Dir. Chantal Akerman, 62 Mins, Janus Films, USA** Under Chantal Akerman’s watchful eye, a cheap Manhattan hotel glows with mystery and unexpected beauty, its corridors, elevators, rooms, windows, and occasional occupants framed like Edward Hopper tableaux. FORMAT: DCP