Alex Fields on Ernie Gehr’s digital work and the insatiable, playful curiosity in the boundaries of perception, space and light which underpins all of his films.
A Few Bright Spots in the Desert: A Report on the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival
Reporting on the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Joshua Peinado writes about some of the high points of this year’s edition.
Children of the Night: On ‘Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere’ (2023)
Arta Barzanji on Sylvain George’s ‘Obscure Night – Goodbye Here, Anywhere’ (2023), an intimate, roving account of young refugees living in the buffer city of Melilla.
Nelson Makengo: Mapping Darkness Through Faith
Xavier Alexandre Pillai writes about Nelson Makengo’s debut feature documentary Rising Up At Night.
Turbulence & Jouissance: An Interview with Sofia Theodore-Pierce
Ruairí McCann spoke with Theodore-Pierce about their work, familial and artistic influences, being a teaching artist and more.
Visualising the Palestinian Struggle: Khadijeh Habashneh and the Palestine Film Unit
Leena Habiballa on filmmaker and scholar Khadijeh Habashneh, the Palestine Film Unit and their mission of revolutionary struggle through cinema.
Three Promises: A Cinematic Journey into Love, Loss, and the Untold Stories of Palestine
Hoor ElShafei reports from the Reel Palestine festival in Dubai.
A Statement on the 74th Berlinale
We, the editors of Ultra Dogme, would like to reiterate our support for the Strike Germany campaign.
Apparitions Strange and Familiar: The Film and Video Works of Nour Ouayda
Coinciding with this month’s Movie Club screening of Nour Ouayda’s THE SECRET GARDEN (2023), we present a text on Ouayda’s oeuvre.
Loneliness and Longing: When the Apocalypse is Over
Winnie Wang writes about “When the Apocalypse is Over” — a series of contemporary films from the Philippines opening this February at BAM.