Posts Tagged ‘documentary’
Photographic Tapestries: An Interview with Maryam Firuzi
by Noushin Afzali // Dec. 22, 2023
In this interview with Maryam Firuzi, our conversation unfolded around the pivotal role of women in shaping her artistic practice, while also exploring the transformative…[read on]
Deconstructing Narratives at Interfilm 39
by Lorna McDowell // Nov. 7, 2023
Interfilm, founded in 1982 amid the vibrant atmosphere of Kreuzberg’s squats, is soon to present its 39th edition in 2023. As the oldest and largest short film festival in Berlin…[read on]
A Filmic Look at the Other: ‘Dokuarts Visual Alterity’
by Lorna McDowell // Sept. 26, 2023
After a three-year hiatus, documentary film festival Dokuarts is returning to Berlin from Oct. 4th to 15th to ponder this question with a program centred around the theme: ‘Visual Alterity’…[read on]
Aging in Drag: An Interview with James Hosking
by Nadia Egan // May 23, 2023
With his lens focused on the bar’s older performers, James Hosking acknowledges their labor and fatigue, yet simultaneously shows the vigor and vivacity in each queen…[read on]
Colonial Confrontations: CATPC and Renzo Martens at KOW Berlin
by William Kherbek // Mar. 18, 2022
Dutch artist Renzo Martens—famous for numerous, complex, sometimes repulsive, acts of artistic holy foolery—is back with a new chapter in his ongoing project at KOW in Mitte,…[read on]
Small-Town Americana: An Interview with Director Jamie Sisley
by Alice Connolly O’Brien // Feb. 25, 2022
We sat down with Jamie Sisley to discuss the development of ‘Stay Awake,’ his inspiration for the film and his loyalty to documenting truthful human experience…[read on]
Dokuarts Offers Intimate and Experimental Cinematic Portraits
Oct. 02, 2019
Dokuarts, an internationally recognized festival for documentaries that take a deeper look at visual arts, returns to Berlin with a film program and accompanying symposium from October 10th through October 27th…[read on]
Hito Steyerl and the Information Age at the Akademie der Künste
Article by Sarah Messerschmidt // Mar. 20, 2019
Hito Steyerl has become a ubiquitous name in international art circles. She is the eminent professor of New Media Art and co-founder of the Research Center for Proxy Politics at Berlin’s…[read on]
Apply to Participate in Rencontres Internationales 2019
Aug. 10, 2018
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2019, an event dedicated to contemporary practices of the moving image, is accepting entries for participants until August 31. As a forum that fuses art forms with concepts…[read on]
The Surreal Documentaries of Salomé Lamas
July 31, 2018
Salomé Lamas works at the intersection of cinema, art and performance to highlight marginalized individuals, societies and locations often through surreal filmic techniques…[read on]
DokuFest Returns to Kosovo for Its 17th Edition
Article by Mary Fischer // July 24, 2018
From August 3rd to 11th, Prizren, Kosovo will once again be filled with filmmakers, documentary connoisseurs and creative minds from around the world for the 17th edition of DokuFest…[read on]