Europe

IDFA 2011 - Int'l Perspectives on Digital Distribution and Doc Financing

erin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:18:10 -0600

Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam - A square crowded with coffee shops and clubs (and therefore crawling with tourists) is the proud center of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s largest doc fest and the beating—and oftentimes bleeding—heart of the documentary industry.

Casting His Bell

erin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović has a knack for taking his own life as a point of departure for films that end up being about much more. And he’s not shy about his intent or the company he wants to keep.

State of the Film Industry in Southeast Europe

erin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:52:49 -0500

For the past three years, film professionals from all over Southeast Europe have gathered at the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) to discuss the state of the regional film industry during the Cinelink forum, the track of the festival established for that purpose.

Rendez-Vous With French Cinema - Critic's Choice

erin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Potiche
(François Ozon. 2010. France. 103 min.)

How an Innovative Web Doc Secured Traditional Distribution

courtney — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Prison Valley, a multimedia prison reform project, tells the tale of Fremont County, Colorado: a tiny patch of the Southwest packed with 13 prisons and a local economy that revolves around the incarceration of 7,735 people—many of whom are the county’s own residents.

Tribeca 2010: Michael Creagh on "The Crush"

michele — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500

As an “ad man by day," filmmaker Michael Creagh had been “tinkering with ideas and scripts” for several years before acting on his dream. His debut film The Crush tells the story of an eight-year-old boy (played deftly by Creagh's son) in love with his teacher. When the boy's gift of a toy ring is outdone by an engagement ring, he plots his revenge against his nemesis.

Feverish Ambitions: Northern Ireland's First Independent Film Festival

Nikki — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:55:25 -0500

Kung fu zombies are rarely catalysts for film festivals. Rather, they’re the stuff of cult canons and film student fever dreams. Rarely seen together, the two B-movie genre standards are a mother lode of midnight movie possibility and it’s amazing more filmmakers haven’t mined it.

Werner Herzog Made Me Do It

michele — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Stuck in a dead-end job and worried he'd never make it as a filmmaker, Lee Kazimir decided to take Werner Herzog's advice. Legendary filmmaker Herzog had once said in an interview that he believed the best way to become a filmmaker would be not to practice filmmaking but to walk -- say, from Madrid to Kiev.

Exploring Her Formative Years

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:59:05 -0500

As a young girl, Hope Dickson Leach dreamed of becoming a painter. She attended boarding school in England from the ages of 9 to 17 and earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh. But after interning for the likes of Mario Kassar and Todd Solondz, she convinced Columbia University's film department to give her a chance.

Film Festivals: Arte

vanessa — Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0600

Since its first broadcast in 1992, Arte has become the most innovative television programmer in Europe. Its attraction is due to a creative programming philosophy unhampered by commercial considerations. Apparently simple issues are presented in depth from original perspectives and, conversely, complex matters are made comprehensible without undue simplification.