cinema antiplastique
cinema antiplastique is a unique film and movement studio located
in the stolen lands known as brooklyn, ny.
in our movement workshops, participants learn techniques from
dance to open the innate capacity for intuitive and poetic movement
within us all, while moving alongside our original moving images of nature.
movement is gentle and self directed.
our workshops proceed from the understanding
that there are many ways to process our existence,
from joy to grief, nonverbally, from within.
“the purpose of the movement practice of cinema antiplastique is
to bring us to the point where our bodies harmoniously
move of their own nature
the purpose of cinema antiplastique’s video art is to remind us
that we are nature.”
-rania lee khalil
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Rewild Movement Workshops
14 Mar - 31 May
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from today through the month of May, we are hosting a series of events to introduce cinema antiplastique’s unique movement and moving image practice to our various communities.
cinema antiplastique movement workshops blend expanded cinema, somatic dance and healing space which rania brings together through her work as an artist, dancer and therapist. the theme of spring 2026 movement is rewild.
workshops at cinema antiplastique are trauma informed and culturally aware; structured space for free movement in a nonjudgmental atmosphere.
techniques to access one’s own self directed, intuitive movment are gently introduced.
participation is largely non verbal, with time for individualized reflection through automatic drawing and writing. there is time for optional verbal sharing at the end of each workshop. connecting with other participants is purely optional.
workshops run three hours in total, including warm up and cool down (outside of capitalist logic, time is known to fly.) 4-6 participants per group.
the aim of movement workshops at cinema antiplastique is to slow down, reconnect with ourselves, the bodies we live in, wonder for our living earth, and the specific intention each participant brings for themselves.
we ask that participants do not intake alcohol or drugs (unless prescribed by a doctor) from the morning of their given workshop, or 24 hours prior if possible, so that the information they experience is clear. This is also to be respectful of others in the group.
one can decide to contribute as one wishes following one’s workshop, or through this link. full price is typically $150. from now through 31 May 2026, a $20 deposit is required to hold one’s space in the studio. please see here for frequently asked questions, and please feel free to send your questions or accessibility requests to us directly, we will answer them. <3
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events
Saturday , JUNE 6th 7 pm
from the director who brought us the psychedelic ganster film LSD: Delirio di Sensei , 1968
an evening screening of America di Notte, 1961
from the director who brought us the psychedelic ganster film LSD: Delirio di Sensei , 1968
an evening screening of America di Notte, 1961
party and discussion with directors granddaughter
Gisella Sorrentino following the film!
Gisella Sorrentino following the film!
JUNE 19 - 25
Cinema Antiplastique Films outdoors!
5 days of screenings and movement in nature
at Space Clover Arts //
Upstate Arts Weekend
Cinema Antiplastique Films outdoors!
5 days of screenings and movement in nature
at Space Clover Arts //
Upstate Arts Weekend
AUGUST 1st 10 am - 6pm
Meeting One of INTERIM LAND SCHOOL
inspired by the closing of
Simon’s Rock College and Hampshire College
this year, we gather together as artists and educators to consider the future of progressive education, minimizing classic classist racist liberal contradictions
Meeting One of INTERIM LAND SCHOOL
inspired by the closing of
Simon’s Rock College and Hampshire College
this year, we gather together as artists and educators to consider the future of progressive education, minimizing classic classist racist liberal contradictions
movement workshops
REWILDING FOR SWANA WOMEN
10am Saturday April 25th
moving with gentle images of nature, we can experience alternative, embodied ways of attending to all that we are holding within.
REWILDING FOR ARTISTS :
3 pm Sat, April 25, 2026
art begins as pure wild impulse, as when we were children. this session is about reconnecting with our creative source, through our bodies, where it all began and where it can grow stronger and stronger.
REWILDING FOR THE PEOPLE:
Sunday 10am, April 26, 2026
REWILD FOR SWANA MOTHERS :
3pm Sunday, April 26, 2026
motherhood and mothering are sets of activities which often take place without a witness. at this time, we make space to witness ourselves, our world, our lives and feelings in all their complexity.
MAY
REWILDING FOR THE PEOPLE:
Thursdays 10am
May 1st, May 22th
additional dates TBA
10am Saturday April 25th
moving with gentle images of nature, we can experience alternative, embodied ways of attending to all that we are holding within.
REWILDING FOR ARTISTS :
3 pm Sat, April 25, 2026
art begins as pure wild impulse, as when we were children. this session is about reconnecting with our creative source, through our bodies, where it all began and where it can grow stronger and stronger.
REWILDING FOR THE PEOPLE:
Sunday 10am, April 26, 2026
REWILD FOR SWANA MOTHERS :
3pm Sunday, April 26, 2026
motherhood and mothering are sets of activities which often take place without a witness. at this time, we make space to witness ourselves, our world, our lives and feelings in all their complexity.
MAY
REWILDING FOR THE PEOPLE:
Thursdays 10am
May 1st, May 22th
additional dates TBA
PARENT CHILD REWILD :
10a - 11:30a Sat, May 2, 2026
Parent // Children ages 8-11
10a - 11:30a Sun, May 3, 2026
Parent // Children ages 4-7
during the month of may we are holding 1.5 hour parent child workshops, to co-rewild with our favorite smaller humans, to strengthen healthy attachment.
PROCESSING BIRTHING THROUGH REWILDLING,
FOR BIRTHING MOTHERS :
10am Sa, May 8, 2026
this healing workshop is for the purpose of integrating, gently and nonverbally, the complex experience of bringing children into this world through our bodies.
10a - 11:30a Sat, May 2, 2026
Parent // Children ages 8-11
10a - 11:30a Sun, May 3, 2026
Parent // Children ages 4-7
during the month of may we are holding 1.5 hour parent child workshops, to co-rewild with our favorite smaller humans, to strengthen healthy attachment.
PROCESSING BIRTHING THROUGH REWILDLING,
FOR BIRTHING MOTHERS :
10am Sa, May 8, 2026
this healing workshop is for the purpose of integrating, gently and nonverbally, the complex experience of bringing children into this world through our bodies.
Price: pay as you wish , $20 required to hold space in the studio, regularly $150
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rania lee khalildfa/ doctorate of fine arts, ma, msw, ba, artist
cinema antiplastique comes from rania’s embodied reflections on postcolonial ecologies, dance, video, poetry and community healing over the past twenty five years.
rania is the daughter of egyptian immigrants to the u.s., who long ago returned to egypt, where she lived between the years 2007-2016. she is the mother of one daughter.
phd: artistic research, dance, video, postcolonial ecologies, university of arts helsinki, finland
masters of arts: practice based research in performance art, university of warwick, england
masters of social work: hunter college school of social work, new york city
(transferred from performance studies ma, nyu)
postgraduate studies: live clinical, diversity fellowship, ackerman insitute for the family, nyc
bachelors of arts: dance and video, hampshire college, amherst ma
simons rock college of bard, great barrington, ma
teachers
(including, yet not limited to) atsushi takenouchi (butoh dance)
susan waltner (experiential anatomy)
nancy stark smith (contact improvisation)
susan klein (klein technique, release technique)
daphne lowell (authentic movement, undergrad advisor)
josé esteban muñoz (performance studies, gradute advisor)
sippio small (systems and post structural family therapy, ackerman advisor)
laurie kaplan and david kezur (the above and narrative therapy, ackerman advisors)
richard foreman (experimental theatre and performance)
annette arlander (video, phd supervisor)
taru elving and ros gray (art, ecology and artistic research, phd supervisors)
former professorships
new york university, bfa program, interdisciplinary visual arts
parsons school of art and design, the new school, mfa program in visual art
university of arts helsinki, finland
jesuit institute, alexandria, egypt
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land acknowledgment
cinema antiplastique is located in stolen lands of the Lenapehoking, colonially known as the dumbo neighborhood of brooklyn, new york city. as we collectively work to address and repair these histories of crime against the earth and interspecies relations, we invite indigenous peoples of this land to reach out here re collaboration, land back efforts and events. looking forward to hearing from you.
why we are not on social media :
on the points of embodiment, slowing down and healing,
we would find it impossible to sustain the contradiction.
support our work
cinema antiplastique is an autonomous institution. our commitment to a free Palestine, reparations and indigenous led resistance / earth liberation leads us to sustain our work through ticket sales, commissions and community support within our embodied networks.
please click here to support our scholarship fund and community programming,
we appreciate you!