A Time of Reckoning? The 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Cerise Howard October 2018 Festival Reports Issue 88 This year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) was always going to have a lot to address. For Czechs (and Slovaks), 2018 is a year...
Showcasing a Myriad of Landscapes and Cityscapes: The Odessa International Film Festival Giuliano Vivaldi October 2018 Festival Reports Issue 88 Odessa boasts an impressive although often overlooked film history and the idea of staging Ukraine’s major international festival in this city is...
The Hope for Fissures: the Night Sight Program at the Crossing Europe Film Festival Dennis Vetter October 2018 Festival Reports Issue 88 “It's a cutthroat world.” Such is the slogan that justifies the first murder of a woman in Alice Lowe's slasher film Prevenge (2016). The victim...
Marty Finally Comes to Bologna: Cinema Ritrovato XXXII Peter Hourigan October 2018 Festival Reports Issue 88 It was not the typical balmy Bolognese summer’s night – I was grateful for a pullover – but the Piazza Maggiore was more crowded than I can...
Taking a Chance on Film: 21st Revelation Perth International Film Festival David Morgan-Brown September 2018 Festival Reports Issue 88 For folks in the second most isolated capital city in the world, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival (affectionately abbreviated to Rev)...
Cold Wars: The 2018 Cannes Film Festival Daniel Fairfax June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 “Think with your hands.” Godard’s pronouncement – which the attentive viewer may have heard spring from his mouth two or three times before...
Breaking Down Borders in the Midwest: True/False 2018 Jordan M. Smith June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 When looking at a map it’s hard to fathom the success of the True/False Film Festival, a four day celebration – in every sense of the word, with...
Finding the Forest Through the Trees: The 64th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Tara Judah June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 Few films captured my imagination this year in Oberhausen. Fewer still rocked my world. There were four new strands added to the program and finding...
New Achievements, New Challenges: The 20th Far East Film Festival Chris Berry June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 Chalking up 20 editions is a big achievement for any film festival. After surviving the 2008 financial crisis and growing to include a significant...
The Case for Documentary: Full Frame 2018 Annie Berke June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 At the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival this year, the thematic program was “Crime + Punishment.” Curated by guest programmer and...
Reflections Upon Transitions: The 18th Las Palmas International Film Festival Andreea Patru June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 The Canary Islander has the mind in Europe, the feet on Africa and the heart in America. – anonymous popular saying Spread upon five centuries of...
Inside the Outsides: The Half-Year in Documentary Festivals Carmen Gray June 2018 Festival Reports Issue 87 “Is Finland a fucking awful place?” Jörn Donner asks his fellow citizens for answers in Fuck Off! – Images from Finland. He travels around his...
