Book review: 'Scratches and Glitches: Observations on Preserving and Exhibiting Cinema in the Early 21st Century' by Jurij Meden (Austrian Filmmuseum, 2021)
The most wonderful thing about this book is its merry and entirely deliberate level of self-contradiction.
Reflections 17
In Mourning with Minari, Lee talks about the shared space of cinematic light, and asks, “Isn’t that what movies are for? To ...
Cairo International Film Festival unveils dates for it’s 43rd edition
The management of the Cairo International Film Festival has announced that it will hold it’s 43rd edition from Dec 1st to Dec ...
Erika Dilday Announced as the New Executive Director of American Documentary Inc.
In her new position, Dilday will oversee all aspects of AmDocs programs and operations, including production and programming, community engagement and education, ...
Opal H. Bennett Named Co-Producer at American Documentary | POV
Bennett’s new role will build off of her work as the producer of POV Shorts, the public television series dedicated to short-form ...
Book review: 'Scratches and Glitches: Observations on Preserving and Exhibiting Cinema in
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Doc Alliance announces 2021 selection, introduces Short Film Award
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EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Samir Karahoda's short doku-fiction 'Pa Vend' (2021)
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Reflections 17
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Cairo International Film Festival unveils dates for it’s 43rd edition
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Erika Dilday Announced as the New Executive Director of American Documentary Inc.
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Opal H. Bennett Named Co-Producer at American Documentary | POV
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Thom Lunshof and co-screenwriter Sam Dijkstra speak about their short ‘Harmonia’
‘Harmonia’ tells the story of a student who’s dedication to her rowing team sees her go to extremes, punishing her own body and alienating her from the people around her
Xin Alessandro Zheng: It is funny that me becoming a director happened as an accident
Jia Zhangke is one of my biggest inspirations because his films remind me a lot of my phantasy about China represented through my grandparents’ stories about “their times”
Documentaries
Review: A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (2021)
At first, there is no river. Heck, there is no sound either. All we get to see is a surveillance-type of camera footage, observing one of the downtown streets.
Shorts
Thom Lunshof and co-screenwriter Sam Dijkstra speak about their short ‘Harmonia’
‘Harmonia’ tells the story of a student who’s dedication to her rowing team sees her go to extremes, punishing her own body and alienating her from the people around her
Experimental Films
Review: Don’t Get Too Comfortable (2021)
From the opening on, it is clear that Don’t Get Too Comfortable is quite a technical piece of cinema that combines the documentary content with experimental execution.
Review: Museum of the Revolution (2021)
Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia dissolved in a bloody war in the 90s even before it got the chance to get rounded-up, finished as a country. Only memories in the minds of the people old enough to remember it and a number of abstract, modernist monuments are left to remind us that it once existed. […]
Review: The Following Year (2021)
‘The Following Year’ is a collection of intriguing ideas that lacks the sure-handedness or more bravery in the execution…
Review: Caricaturana (2021)
With ‘Caricaturana’ the prolific Radu Jude delivers a film that astutely references history and art as it weaves along a journey that ultimately delivers a biting bit of satirical commentary.
Trailers
EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Samir Karahoda’s short doku-fiction ‘Pa Vend’ (2021)
We present an exclusive first look at the trailer of Samir Karahoda’s short ‘Pa Vend’ (Displaced) that runs for Palme D’Or in the Short Film Competition of Cannes Film Festival In front of its world premiere on July 16th in Cannes, we bring you the exclusive trailer of the Kosovar film director Samir Karahoda’s sophomore […]
Open Calls
Open Call for Circle 2020
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator announces the call for an exclusive one-year training program.
