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.
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In Mourning with Minari, Lee talks about the shared space of cinematic light, and asks, “Isn’t that what movies are for? To ...
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 ...
Reflections 15: “This is my story, this is my song, praise in my saviour…”
I am as interested in the work as I am in its affect: Allah is not making films for casual consumption, nor ...
Reflections 14
One of my favourite things about sitting in cinemas in Rotterdam, awaiting a programme to begin, was the split screen buzz puzzle ...
Reflections 13
I wonder what sort of an education it is possible to get here when our Democracy and Rule of Law demand disrespect, ...
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8Interviews
Vytautas Katkus: I find it easier to express how I feel about certain things in images than when talking to people
You can interpret the lack of conversation in so many ways. It is physical and personal.
Emanuele Gerosa: “I always jump into what I am doing with a lot of passion”
Emanuele Gerosa is genuinly curious about people, not subjects. His documentaries feel like being scripted at moments, because he comes so close to his characters that they drop their guard.
Documentaries
Venice review: Godard seul le cinéma (2022)
‘Godard seul le cinéma’ is so busy to praise Godard the genius, that we barely get an idea of where his cinema sits within a larger context.
Shorts
Venice review: Tria (2022)
Giulia Grandinetti’s ‘Tria’ presents itself as a missing link between Kusturica’s blend of magic realism and the dystopian side of the Greek Weird Wave
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: Microbiome (2022)
‘Microbiome’ could be interpreted as the short- and documentary extension to the Greek “weird wave” present in the fiction features that also tend to be a bit scientific and more than a bit anthropological (…)
Sarajevo review: It’s Not Cold for Mosquitoes (2022)
If it was not official after ‘Summer Fruits’ (2019), ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Nine Months’ (both from 2020), now it became clear that Josip Lukić’s own family-themed documentary phase (2018 ‘Momsy’ and 2019 ‘The Rex Will Sail In’) is over
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.
