film
24 May 2010
Only 2 hours left! It’s getting close to crunch time. #UOAFP
I just came down from a five-day high, and no- not that kind. From May 5-9, the little hippie town of Eugene, Oregon experienced Cinema Pacific, a brand new film festival featuring films and new media from Pacific-bordering countries.
16 Jul 2008
NAMAC Update on Orphan Works Legislation
Orphan works is a copyright issue that affects a large number of filmmakers and artists today. Learn more here.
CODE
People experience films differently. Part of the pleasure of viewing certain kinds of films lies in unraveling a secret language or code. At the recent 50th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, where most of the contemporary work presented was avant-garde, a strong issue arose: the divide between experimental and social documentary film.
Are makers of experimental and personal works isolated narcissistic beings, working in codes that are inaccessible to most of us, and constantly reflecting on their existential crises?
MIX
I was infected with the urge to remix by my college film professor, Ken Jacobs, and, over thirty years later, the infection has spread. Collage - the mixing and rearranging of found materials - is informing nearly all my programming this year. The Virginia Festival Film Society s spring 2004 season is titled "SAMPLE THIS!" and our guests include Christian Marclay, Rick Prelinger, and Kevin and Jennifer McCoy. The audience is turning out in large numbers for these experimental programs, and the series has pulled us out of a slump.
