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“Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present” captivates the audience

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“Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present” captivates the audience by Ron Gilbert In all honesty ,I must say that I was not familiar with the career of the incredibly creative artist, Marina Abramovic, but after seeing this documentary I would be the first in line to see her live in action. The advantage audiences will have in seeing this documentary is that the film explores her 40 year career and traces her roots in Yugoslavia, where she was raised by communist parents in a h...

The Artist is Present

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Even though as a member of one of the FIPRESCI Jury section on BELDOCS 2012 in Belgrade I (we) voted for the Best Film of Festival to be magnificent piece of 3D documentary  The cave of forgotten dreams directed by Werner Herzog, I feel obligated to mention a wonderful Marina Abramović - The Artist is Present (Marina Abramović – Umetnik je prisutan). The most well represented film in US production shown on festival is without doubt Marina Abramović - The Artist is Present (Marina Abramov...

"VAU-Fest 2012: ВідображеннR|Яeflections" calling short films and videos for entries

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The 3rd International Video Art and Short Film Festival «VAU-Fest» invites filmmakers and video artists to take part in the video contest! “VAU-Fest 2012” is dedicated to the concept of “reflection” which nowadays has almost lost its original meaning and is mostly perceived as a common phenomenon. But the elusive power of reflection is what made mythical Narcissus neglect his life. Jacques Lacan’s concept of the “mirror stage” describes the formation of the Ego via the pr...

Call for Entries: danubeVIDEOARTfestival #1

Media and video artists from all over the world are invited to submit their works for the danubeVIDEOARTfestival #1 that will be held in March 2011 in Stadtkino Grein (upper Austria).

For Entryform and Regulations: http://danubevideoartfestival.wordpress.com/

The main aim of danubeVIDEOARTfestival is to expand video art culture in Austria. One of the fascinating aspects of video art is the ongoing expansion of appearance and content.

danubeVIDEOARTfestival will present a selection of  international video art and will include different categories like

short film

narrative

experimental

animation

performance

documentary.

The festival is a non-profit event. There is no entry fee.

It will be shown in the “Stadtkino Grein”, Austria, in March 2011. The final program will be decided in February 2011.

danubeVIDEOARTfestival is organized by two visual artists: Roland Wegerer and Anna Maria Brandstätter.

 

La Biennale Channel to launch online competitions

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Through its new site, La Biennale Channel, the Venice Biennale is launching a series of online competitions, aimed both at Italian students and at young people throughout the world, with the aim of stimulating and rewarding creativity, at the same time attracting the young to the activities of the Venice Biennale. The online competitions foresee:- prizes to promote applied creativity of the young and of schools- the publication of the works on the Biennale site, www.labiennalechannel.org- forms ...

Berlinale 2009 Post Script

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Dieter Kosslick's comment that “Reality has actually surpassed fiction this year” fits rather well the 2009 edition of the Berlinale. Kosslick has directed the Berlinale since 2001 and helped to elevate it to rank with Cannes and Venice as one of three most important global film festivals. His take on the Berlinale as being political has often been criticized yet not detracted from the importance of the festival. The opening film THE INTERNATIONAL by Tom Twyker about the criminal activities...

Making of Late Fragment -- an Interactive Film

                    For the past ten years, Canadian Film Centre Media Lab has been in the forefront of the thrust towardinteractive media, having developed original content for a variety of platforms, including cellphones, digitalcinema broadband and gaming consoles. It was time to take it to the people.But how do you make an innovative interactive feature film with two producers, three writer-direct...

Panel in Cannes May 21: "Interactive Cinema Workshop"

The panel will take place:  May 21: 3pm  to 4pm Short Film Corner: Screening RoomInvitation event RSVP press@filmfestivals.com From Janet Murray's Holodeck to Lev Manovich's Database Cinema, the interactive narrative represents the "holy grail" of the interactive medium. For some, the pleasure derived from interactive stories is found in the theorizing of them. For others such pleasure has yet to be found in mainstream practice. Indeed, today, most traditional entertainm...

Ana Serrano, Director of CFC Media Lab

Ana Serrano is the Director of CFC Media Lab, a world-renowned new media research, training and production facility created in 1997 at Norman Jewison’s CFC (Canadian Film Centre). As director of CFC Media Lab, she provides strategic leadership, fiscal development, program design and creative direction for all of the Centre’s new media initiatives, including the development and production of a diverse range of critically acclaimed interactive narrative prototypes.In 2003, Ana was recognized f...

A look back at AsoloArtFilmFestival

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On Sunday, the 8th October ended the 25th edition of AsoloArtFilmFestival, into Eleonora Duse Theatre. The whole day took place in the Theatre from 11:30 am, where the documentary “The making of Ça Ira – Behind the scenes of Roger Waters” of Adrian Maben has been projected. The director, who arrived in Asolo the evening before, withdrew the “Prize for the Career “Flavia Paulon” , in front of a large audience and the jury of the Festival, at 17:30. The prestigious prize awarding is d...

Time Based Art performances on screen at Northwest Film Center

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TBA ON SCREENIn partnership with PICA and Cinema Project, Northwest Film Center present this series of time-based media projects informed by visual and performance art practices. For a complete schedule of PICA's Time Based Art performances and events go to www.pica.org.SEPT 9 14SAT 2 PM, THUR 7 PMFILMS BY JOHANNA BILLING"The protagonists of Johanna Billing's films remain silent unless they sing."-Marabou ParkFeelings of melancholy and intrigue permeate Billing's films, which explore changing so...

Artivist sponsors this year's WorldFest

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A R T I V I S T : "Merging Art & Activism For Global Consciousness"SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2006. 10AM – 6:30PM AT WOODLEY PARK, ENCINO. CA. ARTIVIST will celebrate the 60th annual Worldfest. Artivist is Sponsoring the “ARTIVIST FILM HOUSE” at WorldFest this year. We are screening Films throughout the day focusing on environmental preservation and the interdependence between the environment, animals, and humans. Artivist is also having an Earth Day Community Forum with invited Guests Speaker...

Cologne KunstFilmBiennale second competition this fall

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Second International Competition of the Cologne KunstFilmBiennale The programmatic focus of the Cologne KunstFilmBiennale (19 - 24 October 2005) will be the intersection of visual arts and film. The following are eligible for entry in the competition: films by visual artists; documentaries about visual artists; feature films with visual arts as the subject. The works must be produced after 2003 and they must be fit to be screened as a film (16 mm, 35 mm) or video (Beta SP, DVD). The main prize i...

Mifed Moscow and Mifed mediterranean launch

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AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY PROMOTION-MIFED ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF MIFED MOSCOW AND MIFED MEDITERRANEANIn occasion of the 57th Cannes Film Festival, Audiovisual Industry Promotion-Mifed announced the new initiatives it plans on undertaking in 2005, in favor of developing new international markets in the movie and audiovisual industry: the Mediterranean Market project, which is in accordance with the Fiera of Palermo, to be developed in next year's first semester, and the project, in collaboration with...

Marco Müller: new Director of the Venice Festival

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Earlier this month, the Venice Biennale Board of Directors, chaired by Davide Croff and consisting of Paolo Costa (vice president), Bruno della Ragione, Amerigo Restucci and Valerio Riva, met today for the first time after the Legislative Decree to reorganise the Biennale, changing it from a Cultural Society into a Foundation. The Board of Directors examined and approved the general criteria that the persons nominated to carry out the programmes must aspire to, with particular reference to a con...

Marco Müller: new Director of the Venice Festival

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Earlier this month, the Venice Biennale Board of Directors, chaired by Davide Croff and consisting of Paolo Costa (vice president), Bruno della Ragione, Amerigo Restucci and Valerio Riva, met today for the first time after the Legislative Decree to reorganise the Biennale, changing it from a Cultural Society into a Foundation. The Board of Directors examined and approved the general criteria that the persons nominated to carry out the programmes must aspire to, with particular reference to a con...

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