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Transformers: Terminal World Premiere

2025-03-25 7:30PM - 9:30PM EDT

Anthology Film Archives 

32 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003

 

$16/ $12 Rhizome members 

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On March 25, 7:30pm, Rhizome will host the world premiere of Transformers: Terminal, a new feature film by Miles Engel-Hawbecker, produced by Theresa Tomi Faison, at Anthology Film Archives in New York. 

Aidan (Russell Sorbello), an awkward fanboy, finally leaves his mother’s basement and goes to meet Sierra (Natasha Mercado), a bubbly vlogger fresh off a break up who needs help filming a new video series at Comic-Con. At first they struggle to navigate their devirtualized relationship. Right as they start to figure it out, disaster strikes.

 While fan culture predates the internet, (scholar Adrianne Wadewitz argues that the “janeites”—fans of 19th century writer Jane Austen—are the first notable example of a fan subculture) the impact fans have in shaping online culture is undeniable. Since the early days of social media, fan communities have found ways to creatively manipulate online space, with their actions often having real-world consequences. From harmless trolling to influencing political elections, it is crucial not to undermine the creative force that is fandom. In Transformers: Terminal, we witness its destructive side, within the context of a coming-of-age, body-horror, dark comedy. What happens when the orbiter gets promoted to co-content creator?

Following the screening, join the filmmakers at Gonzo Studios for the record release of the Transformers: Terminal official score by Joe DeGeorge!

Total Runtime 95 minutes 

This film contains blood/gore, viewer discretion is advised.   

 

About the Filmmakers

Miles Engel Hawbecker is a writer and director from Baltimore, Maryland. His work explores altered states, media culture, and the body. He has shown video work in galleries and theaters in Lagos, British Columbia, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. He teaches at Baltimore School for the Arts and Towson University and is a manager at the historic Senator Theatre. He is currently writing his next feature film.

Theresa Tomi Faison is an Artist and Filmmaker from Baltimore, MD. Her installation work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Smack Mellon and The Frederick Arts Council and she’s shown in group shows and screenings in DC, Baltimore, Chicago, Bern, Istanbul, Prague and Frankfurt. She is the founder and head curator of three-screen film festival Scrap Yard Screenings, and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 2024 New Faces of Independent Film.

Rhizome's public programs are supported by Teiger Foundation for the Arts.

 

 

Wednesday, Mar 26 7:00pm

Summer Within 
Fitting into her conservative Italian American community has always been a challenge for Summer, an eccentric, gender fluid artist. On a quest to learn more about her ancestral roots, she goes to her Italian grandmother, Nonna, who emigrated to NYC in the 1950s to learn more about their family’s past. Due to Nonna’s worsening dementia, Summer is unable to get the answers she yearns for, and decides to voyage to Naples. Upon arrival, Summer’s journey immediately hits home when she discovers an ancient tradition of 3rd gender people in this region of Italy, the femminielli, who open her up to a whole new way of belonging.