New Directors/New Films April 3-14
…Center and Museum of Modern Art.) The Opening Night selection, Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, has been described by a curator as “a delirious, complex and hilarious work that evokes the…
…Center and Museum of Modern Art.) The Opening Night selection, Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, has been described by a curator as “a delirious, complex and hilarious work that evokes the…
…complicated tasks in the postproduction field—compositing. Compositing is the process of combining two separate images. We’ll take a simple shot with a painting in the background and replace it with…
Remember 2008’s spectacular doc-based-on-a-book Man On Wire? Now it’s fictionalized as The Walk and Kurt Brokaw LOVED it. Find out what else our senior critic adored at this year’s New York Film Festival, running September 25-October 11, 2015.
Courtney Gardner reveals insights from her conversation with filmmaker Jacqueline Olive about her award-winning documentary Always in Season, which will air on PBS on February 24, 2020. During her conversation Courtney learned about who Jacqueline is and what drew her to the film’s story, about America’s persistent history of lynching, about how silence limits the ability for restoration in communities, and about the responsibility we all share to change the status quo.
Courtney Sheehan talks with Serbian Director Mila Turajlic at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Turajilic’s new documentary, The Other Side of Everything (Druga strana svega) mines the depths of family history to offer an untold story of Yugoslavia’s past. The filmmaker shares about her process, her family’s fascinating story, and the role of documentary in representing and reflecting upon cultural complexities.
Gen Carmel provides first-hand accounts from a filmmaker and programmer who tried to attend the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival, including a confrontational video between festivalgoers and plain clothes police, as well as the entire festival program.
…for another project,” says Myrick. “We may integrate some of those segments on the web site www.blairwitch.com, so people can download some of those things. It’ll be used.” Haxan Films…
The Independent speaks with gough, a screen writer, director, and producer based in Australia. gough, who is legally blind, runs the successful company Beernuts Productions, which has produced a variety of documentaries, shorts, and other media content. Here gough reflects on how his disability informs his work and comedy.
…making works in a variety of media for over fifteen years. After seeing a Flash-based website they produced (www.map50.com), the London Film and Video Development Agency asked them to create…