Posts Tagged ‘Filmmaker’
More than a Memory: An Interview with Sarnt Utamachote
by Adela Lovric // Mar. 26, 2024
Sarnt Utamachote spoke to us about the making of the film, about the necessity of communal care and mourning, as well as how film, when done sensitively, can become a collective act…[read on]
Basma al-Sharif
by Adela Lovric // Mar. 5, 2024
Basma al-Sharif’s Berlin home exudes immediate warmth. Beyond the aesthetic of curated nostalgia—some of it personal while other items appear to be inherited…[read on]
Nostalgic Dreamland: Karim Aïnouz at daadgalerie
by Nadia Egan // Feb. 23, 2024
Karim Aïnouz’s exhibition ‘BLAST!’ taps into this feeling, stirring up a sense of wonder for days gone by through a collection of personal photographs and mundane items…[read on]
Defining Indigenous Cinema: Alanis Obomsawin at HKW
by Alice Connolly O’Brien // Apr. 8, 2022
HKW is currently presenting a curated cluster of works by veteran filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. Born into the Abenaki First Nation, Obomsawin has documented, celebrated and mourned…[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]
Defence Mechanisms: An Interview with Lucy Beech
by Cristina Ramos // Dec. 14, 2021
We spoke to Lucy Beech about her ‘Passive Aggressive’ series, as well as her ongoing artistic research into waste and salvage as a form of survival…[read on]
‘Run’ at interfilm 2021: An Interview with Emma Miranda Moore
by Alice Connolly O’Brien // Oct. 29, 2021
Emma Miranda Moore is the director of the short film ‘Run,’ which will be showcased at this year’s interfilm festival. The film is a raw depiction of complex relationships and life in…[read on]
Call for Entries to 2022 Bergamo Film Meeting
July 27, 2021
The 40th Bergamo Film Meeting will take place from March 26th to April 3rd, 2022. Filmmakers can submit their films to the festival by December 18, 2021…[read on]
On Porn and Other Healing Art Forms: An Interview with Rachel Mason
May 21, 2020
In April of this year, Rachel Mason’s documentary ‘Circus of Books’ premiered on Netflix to great acclaim. The film is an intimate portrayal of her parents’ experience as a straight Jewish couple running a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles…[read on]
Interview // Leilah Weinraub: ‘Shakedown’ at Berlinale 2018
Article by Karina Griffith in Berlin // Mar. 7, 2018
One of the highlights of the Panorama program at this year’s Berlinale Film Festival was Leilah Weinraub’s ‘Shakedown’ is an intimate portrayal of south central Los Angeles’s Black queer erotic…[read on]
Nationalism // Archiving the Alt-Right: An Interview with Tomáš Rafa
Article by Jess Harrison // Feb. 23, 2018
Artist and filmmaker, Tomáš Rafa discusses democracy, the refugee crisis and the increasingly indistinguishable boundary between legality and illegality as far-right parties become part of official politics…[read on]