Directed by Simon Poulter & Sophie Mellor, 2025
(collaborating as Close & Remote)

Running time: 1h 5m

FREE and open to all with donations encouraged!

Join us at PROXY for a special May Day event in the screening of We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher!

We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher is a 65-minute cinematic experiment exploring the continuing relevance of the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture, and the future. Created collaboratively by over 70 artists through Instagram (@markfisherfilm), the film embodies Fisher’s call for collective imagination beyond capitalist realism. Blending documentary, performance, and hauntological fiction, the film follows Parkins — a time-slipped character — through ghostly landscapes and digital spaces, tracing Fisher’s thought from the 1990s to our algorithmic present. The screening at PROXY will end with a discussion about agency and what we can do together: a working group for collective dreaming.

The tagline line of the film is "We are making a film about Mark Fisher, and now that you're watching, so are you!” In the spirit of this, we are requesting donations to cover the technical costs of screening this film, so that YOU can help bring this film to San Francisco!  You can make a tax-deductible donation specifically for this film screening, through our 501c3 non-profit HERE!  ...and thank you for co-sponsoring this film screening!

* We recommend bringing seating, blankets, warm layers, and a few friends for comfortable viewing. You can also check out our tips for enjoying movies outside at PROXY.