Six festival days, 131 films and videos in 120 screenings (among them 39 world premieres and 15 Austrian premieres), with 100 attending directors: From the March 20 to 25 of, Diagonale Film Festival, now in its 15th edition in the Styrian capital, celebrated Austrian cinema in all its diversity. Here is an overview:
The high quality of current Austrian filmmaking was reflected in the choice selection of the 2012 Diagonale. As always, the Festival functioned as a center of exchange between the...
This year Diagonale's international tribute will be dedicated to the Israeli filmmaker and video artist Avi Mograbi. As a decidedly political filmmaker, the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shapes all of Avi Mograbi’s films. He rejects a simplified view and employs his own blend of documentary, autobiographical and fictional work to achieve his unique approach to the subject. The 2012 Diagonale will present a retrospective of his work up to now, in addition to the multi-channel vide...
In addition to the exhibitions at the Kunstsaele Berlin (Critique and Clinic) at Gutschow-Haus and the various events to be held at HAU, Forum Expanded will also be presenting ten film programmes at the Arsenal and Delphi cinemas. The programme is open for a wide range of different lengths and formats, with the works presented trying out individual forms of expression in experimental fashion in order to create new, critical perspectives on the world. Perhaps the most radical of these attempts ...
Festival on Wheels 2009 - rolls over to Ankara, Atvin and Macedonia
ON WITH THE TRADITION THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS TAKES TO THE ROAD
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ON WITH THE TRADITION THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS TAKES TO THE ROAD
4–10 December
2009, Ankara
11–17 December
2009, Artvin
18–20 December
2009, Skopje (Macedonia)
FESTIVAL TRAILER:
http://www.vimeo.com/7840264
Basak EMRE, Festival Chief ...
ON WITH THE TRADITION THE FESTIVAL ON WHEELS TAKES TO THE ROAD
4–10 December
2009, Ankara
11–17 December
2009, Artvin
18–20 December
2009, Skopje (Macedonia)
FESTIVAL TRAILER:
http://www.vimeo.com/7840264
Basak EMRE, Festival Chief
Organized by the Ankara Cinema Association and supported by the Turkish
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