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The Passion of the Peasant Poet: Jiří Trnka, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Hand
“The very name conjures up childhood & poetry.” (1) – Jean Cocteau “‘Mr. Deitch, I am a very famous man!’ Jiří Trnka was indeed a
The South’s Not Long for This World: The 26th Fribourg International Film Festival
In the wake of former Artistic Director Edouard Waintrop’s triumphal, ceremonious departure to become Director of Les Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva at the close
Into the Past: The Cinema of Guy Maddin by William Beard; and Playing with Memories: Essays on Guy Maddin edited by David Church
At the time of writing we are but a few weeks out from the 84th Academy Awards. Extraordinarily, the two films most likely to be
A Twilight Portrait: A Report on the 21st Film Festival Cottbus, Festival of East European Cinema
The Film Festival Cottbus: 21 this year! One might then pause to consider, with the festival attaining maturity (if we were to arbitrarily decide that
Many Things to Ever More People: The 25th Fribourg International Film Festival
For two years running I’ve attended the Fribourg International Film Festival. The timing of my engagements with the festival has been propitious; it strikes me
Going South in 2010: Thinking Global, Talking Local: The 24th Fribourg International Film Festival
To retain only the word cinema, without an adjective. – Edouard Waintrop, Director of the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) (1) This pocket manifesto from
Turning X in an XXY World: The 10th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
A Quick Backgrounder, For Those Who Came in Late With its advent smack-bang on the first year of a new millennium, Mezipatra, the Czech Republic’s
Flying Dreams of a Fledgling Festival: The 3rd Middle East International Film Festival
Who’d a thunk it? All of a sudden the Persian Gulf is host to a slew of film festivals brimming with internationalist, top-tier ambition and
A Girl’s Own Adventure, or Something – but Not the Same Thing – for Everyone: The 19th Melbourne Queer Film Festival
18-29 March 2009 (1) In 2009, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) can – and does – still boast of being the second biggest film
Inside and Out: The 8th AniFest: International Festival of Animated Films
Třeboň 1-4 May 2009 Teplice 7-10 May 2009 My second AniFest, after my first sally to the Czech Republic and its proliferative animation festival just
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