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JAY ROSENBLATT: The human condition – a sense of loss
Why is the Jewish filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt from San Francisco so obsessed with loss and death in his films? His many films are like collage essays, usually comprising archive material. As a filmmaker, has he been ahead of his time? And as programming director of a Jewish festival, how does he cope with Jewish history?
Docaviv announces full 2022 film lineup
The 24th #Docaviv returns from May 26 through June 5 both on-site and with a selection of films will also be available online.
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Fear as Entertainment
TRUMP'S USA: Fear as entertainment is a well-used bestseller and a Hollywood brand, although we do not often see fear as entertainment in political films that are socially critical
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"The Moon Inside You" is a personal journey into the mysteries and many prejudices surrounding menstruation. But director Diana Fabiánová’s attempt to tell the whole story causes a lack of focus in the film and makes it feel fumbling.
IDFA 2009: Any possible social impact?
Documentary’s effects span from long views of history to intimate life. A movie may rewrite the past through the present, or a documentary may modify perceptions of the mass media. The following soliloquies and monologues from this year’s IDFA provide a summary of documentary’s capacity, or inability, to enable change.
NON-MAINSTREAM FILMS: When Words Fail
Documentaries concerned with seeking new ways of expressions, sometimes created in a cooperative effort involving various art forms, are mostly living in obscurity.
MAREK HOVORKA: In the Beginning There Were Flags…
And then they were pulled down. The inhabitants of the small town of Jihlava in the Czech Republic didn’t appreciate the festival flags that were decorating the streets on the occasion of the 5th International Documentary Film Festival last October.
