A collection of shorts and features whose curation was loosely inspired by two books (Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance by Ackbar Abbas and Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times by Marissa Moorman) and a couple of projects I’m working on. The state of the world and that great gift of free association also played their parts.
“At Ease with Including Your Doubt” – An Interview with Lynne Sachs
During quarantine, Tijana Perovic spoke with Lynne Sachs about her ongoing practice, connections to various legendary filmmakers, and
Announcement: (Virtual) Artist-in-Residence, Jake Jacobs
As our first ever artist-in-residence, Jacob Harrison Jones (Jake Jacobs) was supposed to be in Berlin for the month of July this year. Since life had other plans, […]
UDVFF 10: “I never died,” says he.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the tenth program of our Virtual Film Festival, which offers a weekly watching schedule of moving image works available for free streaming. Previous programs […]
UDVFF 9: Transgressing the Limits of the Uncanny
Living in isolation, apart from friends and families has proven a frightening and exhausting experience for many. With all exterior distractions cut from our lives, we often have no other choice but to steer our attention and gaze inward.
UDVFF 7: RE:VOIR + ANALOGICA + FRACTO
This week, we’re doing something a little different.
UDVFF 6: Buried in Song
Here is a list of media that has spoken to me recently, all in the format of moving
image – Youtube, Vimeo – but with varying sensory focus; many are for the music, some
silent, others focus on words.
Revolutionizing Festivals – Notes on the First Virtual Ann Arbor Film Festival
If somebody had told me that my first experience of Ann Arbor Film Festival would happen during one of the worst pandemics in recent human history, while I was locked down in the Parisian periphery, I would have seriously reconsidered this person’s mental condition.
Review: ‘My First Film’ (2018) by Zia Anger
by Savina Petkova “You’re in”, reads the email. I slide out of my chair to make myself a coffee – it’s going to be a long night. After […]
“There is magic to be found in everything” – Looking at films by Nathaniel Dorsky
Nathaniel Dorsky began making films in the 1960s, and worked for many years as an editor on various commercial film projects which had nothing to do with his personal interests as an artist. For him, there is a strict separation between a film made for money and a film made personally.