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The films of Márta Mészáros: power, feminism and transindividuality
A retrospective at the Berlinale revealed the radical energy running through the Hungarian director’s work, and connections both with her contemporaries and with modern cinema, writes Ela Bittencourt.
Thursday 28 February 2019 -
Blackout: sliding out of obsolescence
The last Kodak carousel slide projector was manufactured in 2004, but artists continue to be inspired by them, as this exhibition of lost memories and forgotten pasts revealed, reports Matt Turner.
Wednesday 27 February 2019 -
Can a documentary festival help open up Central Asia?
The new Central Asian Documentary Festival wants to give voice to the former Soviet ‘stan’ republics, despite pressures that make it easier for foreign filmmakers to represent the region, reports Matt Turner.
Tuesday 22 January 2019 -
Tokyo FILMeX 2018 championed the cinema of exile and liberation
Shrugging off recent funding worries, the 2018 edition of this festival was one of the best and most enjoyable for many years, with highlights from Tibet, China and Iran, reports Tony Rayns.
Tuesday 8 January 2019 -
At the Estonian festival, a strand devoted to cinema from the centenarian nations that emerged after the First World War revealed some refreshingly modern and absurd films, including many that were once banned. Anton Bitel reports.
Thursday 13 December 2018 -
Five of the best at the 2018 Manchester Animation Festival 2018
From the UK, Poland and the Low Countries, here are five highlights of Manchester’s budding animation extravaganza, picked by Alex Dudok de Wit.
Friday 30 November 2018 -
James Baldwin and beyond: radical nights at the inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival
The opportunities for dialogue created by showing films from the African disapora in a grand Washington DC museum were very exciting, although there was little time to visit the exhibits between screenings, reports Matthew Barrington.
Friday 30 November 2018 -
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018: convening the vanguard of British cinema
At the eighth edition of this dynamic event in York, creatives at the forefront of film technology, from VFX to animation to VR, inspired audiences with their work and their stories, reports Alex Dudok de Wit.
Friday 30 November 2018 -
Punto y Raya 2018: where every frame counts
This celebration of abstract art cinema in Wrocław offered a holiday from conventional filmmaking and the chance to watch films liberated from narrative and commerce on their own, wild terms, reports Ian Francis.
Thursday 29 November 2018 -
About Endlessness: Roy Andersson teases his new film in Seville
The Swedish director revealed footage from his long-awaited new film, which is due to premiere in 2019 and appears to complement his highly regarded ‘Living’ trilogy, reports Jonathan Romney.
Thursday 22 November 2018
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