Film Festivals

Katerina Cizek is Opening up Documentary at MIT’s new Co-Creative Studio

Katerina Cizek is Opening up Documentary at MIT’s new Co-Creative Studio

Courtney Sheehan reports on digital media pioneer Katerina Cizek, who has brought a new documentary project to the Toronto International Film Festival.  Cizek is leading the co-creation of the MIT Open Documentary Lab, a research center for emerging new media technologies.  Sheehan discusses Cizek’s newest film project and the exciting innovations in documentary filmmaking that are being explored.

New York Film Festival Sept. 28-Oct. 15

New York Film Festival Sept. 28-Oct. 15

The Independent’s Senior Film Critic, Kurt Brokaw, picks early favorites from four shorts programs at this year’s New York Film Festival (Sept. 28-Oct. 15). Read about Brokaw’s picks and where and when these great films will be showing.

New Directors/New Films 2017: “Quest”

New Directors/New Films 2017: “Quest”

Kurt Brokaw reviews Jonathan Olshefski’s debut documentary “Quest”, a deeply personal and uplifting meditation on family love. The documentary debuted at Lincoln Center’s “New Directors/New Films” Festival which runs March 15-26.