Festival Reports
Standing on the Edge: The 15th Revelation Perth International Film Festival
The Revelation Perth International Film Festival, in its fifteenth year, sixth at the Astor Theatre, and fifth with a program selected by Jack Sargeant, returned
For Wrocław and the World: The 12th New Horizons Film Festival
Some festivals take place below the radar of a city: local residents are barely aware that there is a film festival on, and only films
Something for Somebody: The 59th Sydney Film Festival
At the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) no one expects many world premieres. Because of its early June slot, much of Cannes never makes it, but
Cosmic Delight: The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
One film stood (no, it veritably flew) over all others for me in this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF): Kosmos (Reha Erdem, 2010).
It all began in Khouribga: the 15th Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga
“An African film is a miracle, like the rain.” – Youssef Ait Hamou “’No wind is favorable to a sailor who does not know what
State of the Nation: Portuguese Short Film at the 20th Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
In 1993, critic and essayist Augusto M. Seabra published a prescient column in the daily Público saluting a new generation of Portuguese filmmakers emerging in
Festival Reports
Contents: Vera Brunner-Sung on the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Daniel Fairfax on Cannes Cerise Howard on Fribourg Mike Walsh on the Hong Kong International
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
Control, Contingency and Continuity: the 2nd Berlin Documentary Forum
The Berlin Documentary Forum’s second edition set itself the task of addressing the documentary image and its purported state of instability in the field of
Save the Panda: the 14th Far East Film Festival
The Far East Film Festival has ever-increasing audience numbers and takes place at the more prosperous end of the Italian peninsula, in the charming Friuli