peter greenaway
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IDFA unveils first 50 titles for 2023 festival
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has announced a robust lineup for its 36th edition, taking place from 8 to 19 November. Notably, the festival will feature its broadest East and Southeast Asian cinema selection to date, with a special focus on the works of Guest of Honor, Chinese documentary filmmaker #Wang Bing#. Wang’s…
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IDFA announces first 2023 festival details
The 36th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is slated for 8 to 19 November, 2023, in Amsterdam. This year, the festival is honouring Chinese filmmaker #Wang Bing# as its Guest of Honor, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for renowned filmmaker and artist Peter Greenaway. Wang Bing will be celebrated through…
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PETER GREENAWAY: How many nuclear bombs will Earth endure?
VISIONS DU REEL 2016: We live in a world in which large numbers of nuclear weapons are ready to launch. But what does a film artist such as Peter Greenaway have to say about this?
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In Godard’s shadow
"I don't want to have an ‘opinion’," film director Greenaway tells me as we meet in Trondheim. "My films afford me the opportunity to play with language, and language is infinitely more interesting than content,” continues the then 66-year old Briton, after declaring film dead. I am probably one of many who would prefer Jean-Luc…
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In the shadow of Godard
PETER GREENAWAY: ‘I have no particular desire to convey any “meaning”,’ film director Greenaway told me when I met him in Trondheim. ‘My films give me the opportunity to play with language, because language is far more interesting than the content,’ continued the 66-year-old Briton, having previously declared film to be dead. I am probably…