Two films rely on the memories of their protagonists
The two films that are bundled on DVD with this issue of DoX, are both meta-narratives about the construction of stories, be they histories, memories or films.
Poland
BYDGOSZCZ 2011: The art of cinematography
Plus Camerimage Festival is a great place for documentary filmmakers to brush up on their visual skills and reflections.
Warsaw / Krakow 2010: The Two Polands
In Warsaw the events focus on bringing acclaimed foreign documentaries to Polish audiences, in Krakow the Festival concentrates on promoting Polish films to an international audience.
LODZ 2010: Reality’s replicas
The Cinematography festival Camerimage in Poland in december is virtually the only one of its kind among the 370 lm festivals held worldwide. Both the festival and the town made a real impression. But where on Earth does our incurable urge to bear witness to a never-ending succession of images come from?
The history of socialism in 39 minutes
With Rabbits à la Berlin the Polish filmmakers have managed to create something as unusual as an innocent yet challenging fable about the masses of the old East Germany: a collective forced to adapt to the uneasiness of a free world.
Where is the geographical centre of Europe?
The Centre uses a somewhat ridiculous proposition – the search for the point that is the exact centre of Europe – as an excuse to explore the diverse and often acrimonious cultural landscape of a rapidly changing continent.
IDFA 2000: Documentary Globetrotting
ANETTE OLSEN journeyed to the most distant corners of the world through the films shown at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam last November. She reports on some of her cinematic adventures.