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Who is Allen Ross?
From the cover of the video cassette: In November 1995, Allen Ross, a cameraman and filmmaker from Chicago, vanished without a trace. Five years later his friend and colleague Christian Bauer sets out to solve the mystery of his disappearance...
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POLITICAL FILMMAKING: Go Film It
In "August, a Moment Before the Eruption", Avi Mograbi portrays the hot month of August as a metaphor for the omnipresence of violence, anger, fear and suspicion in Israel. Mograbi’s highly personal and provocative style includes humour as a device to depict the absurdity of violence. The film won a prize for Best Documentary at…
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HELSINKI 2002: The Finnish Touch
Finnish documentaries are highly visible in the European film landscape and for good reason. The genre is respected and celebrated in its own country where filmmakers, television and funding bodies collaborate.
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People under siege, trying to live “normal” lives against all odds
It is not a great piece of cinematography. Actually it is pretty bad in that respect. Many frames are out of focus, the camera movements are abrupt and often shaky, the sound is imperfect. In other words, the technical quality cannot even be characterized as semi-professional!
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No words
A girl visits her mother in prison. That’s the story. The whole story. The girl sits on a bed in a room at her grandparents’ house. She says nothing. She is in a car, her grandfather drives. She says nothing. They take a break and have a bite to eat at a highway café. She…
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Making a world for the new generations
Though the story is small, its theme and relevance are huge and universal.
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Don’t Worry – Fight
Arte is the TV channel from which producers are always trying to get a commission, as it still keeps the documentary flag flying.
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AVI MOGRABI: In Between Genres
Avi Mograbi lives in Israel and has worked in the film business for more than twenty years. He has earned his living as an assistant director in feature films and commercials.
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ZORAN POPOVIC: Sheltering Young Talent
Kvadrat is the name of a film school in Belgrade. The owners are Svetlana and Zoran Popovic, filmmakers themselves, who worked for national Yugoslav television for ten years before deciding to establish Kvadrat in their house in Belgrade.