Interviews
Interview: Mladen Kovačević, director of “4 Years in 10 Minutes”
How did you obtain the footage for the film? It is basically a found footage film. It is really a found footage film. The term has been used nowadays to excuse auteurs for all kinds of stuff, so every archive film or badly shot film or participatory documentary is often called found footage. This really […]
Interview: Corina Schwingruber Ilić, director of “All Inclusive”
Freshly crownd as the best film in the shorts competition of the IceDocs, Corina Schwingruber Ilić’s „All Inclusive“ continues on its path of sucess, having already bagged the Golden Dove at the Dok Leipzig, Best Live Action Film at PÖFF Shorts, Best Short Film at Kustendorf Film & Music Festival, Best Documentary at Tampere and […]
Documentaries
Review: Life As a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli (2019) Fabrizio Laurenti, Niccolò Vivarelli
Filmmakers Fabrizio Laurenti and Niccolò Vivarelli have created a vibrant and entertaining documentary which is as colourful as Piero Vivarelli’s life.
Shorts
Review: Sh_t Happens (2019), by David Štumpf & Michaela Mihályi
The caretaker is having a hellish time, because the building under his supervision is falling apart, as the tenants pay no attention to maintenance.
Experimental Films
Review: Rihaction (2019) by Neil Young
It takes more than a plain interest in experimental films to go to see Rihaction, a debut feature-length film by the British film critic, curator and programmer Neil Young.
Review: The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be (2019), by Franco Maresco
What a strange and, frankly, indescribable viewing experience it is, right from its overly long title taken from an out of context line of dialogue fired by one of the film’s characters.
Review: How To Live Your Life Correctly (2018), by Xindi Lou
Everything looks perfectly fine in Ming’s (Qingge Gao) life until a strange incident at a stage rehearsal of a patriotic play occurs, involving lots of splashed paint.
Open Calls
Sitges 2019 begins its film submission period
The 52nd Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which will take place from October 3 to 13, has now opened its submission period for feature films and short films. Producers, distributors and directors can present their films, which will be evaluated by the Festival’s Program Committee. The deadline for submission is July 15 for […]
