A 10-day streaming program of three films by Esther Shatavsky, alongside the first major interview with the filmmaker.
“New York Our Time”—An Interview with Vivienne Dick
Ruairí McCann interviews Irish feminist experimental filmmaker Vivienne Dick about her life’s work.
“A Pirate of Sounds” — An interview with Félix Blume
The works of sound artist and nonfiction filmmaker Félix Blume deal with the interpretative possibilities of aural narratives. From installation sound-pieces built around Thailand’s shoreline, to album releases focusing on Haiti’s funerary traditions, his artistic output always serves as an extension of a wider multimedia project built around sonic tradition.
“The Connective Tissue is the Thing That Disconnects” — An Interview with Charlie Shackleton
In Charlie Shackleton’s artistic approach, truth and fiction are never truly opposed but their continuous interaction is what fuels an innate curiosity.
“The skeleton of what you’re making” — An Interview with Richard Forbes-Hamilton
In his latest work, (Third Study for) Swedge of Heaven (2020), multi-disciplinary artist Richard Forbes-Hamilton presents us with the precise image of his beat: a digitally animated individual with an oversized yellow whistle for a head – complete with a stoic ‘have a nice day’ smiley for a face – arrhythmically pounding on a drum with glow sticks.
“The world is not a solid, intractable thing” — An Interview with Jerome Hiler
by Maximilien Luc Proctor I recently had the indelible pleasure of traveling to Frankfurt for a brand new festival called exf f. (Experimental film days Frankfurt). I had […]
Cannes 39/90/? — An Interview with Étienne Gaudillère
by Yoana Pavlova If the invention of cinema towards the end of the XIX century is the crowning achievement of man’s attempts to master reality, the XX century […]
“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
“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.
Berlinale 2020: “Maybe a Singular Mountain is a Feeling,” An Interview with Pushpendra Singh
by MLP As the festival came to a close, and my viewing-energy dwindled, my dear friend Anuj wrote me one evening to ask if I would be interested […]