Uprooted, Fenced-in By Yasmine Zohdi Fewer Taboos, More Opportunities An interview with Gus van Sant By Lilla Puskas Rio de Janeiro as a Transvestite By Kennith…
The Talents 2018 present themselves and talk about the situation of film criticism in their countries.
A Fragmentation of Cinematic Waves Is the Main Challenge of Italian Film Criticism …
The 20th Rotterdam Trainee Programme for Young Film Critics invites critics from all corners of the world. They take part in a talent development programme during IFFR 2018. As a…
Does the Berlinale Have a Nollywood Problem?
The bustling Nigerian film industry – popularly known as Nollywood – is one of the largest film industries in the world, at least…
Of Alibis and Shields: Rhetorical Filmmaking and the Role of Criticism
Everyone who has experienced the atmosphere of a major film festival in recent years can testify: rhetoric is all…
Call Me By My Body “One of the most challenging misconceptions that thwarts filmmakers from being able to portray female desire in a way that is seeped in authenticity,…
The Rise and Fall of Intentions Since the birth of the first moving images, filmmaking and intention were linked to each other. First there was the intention to capture…
Disarming Manhood, Raising Men: Toxic Masculinities in MONOS and PIRANHAS Wars do not simply claim lives – they also create new ones that are integral to their continuation. …
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Condemn the present, examine the past or escape to a better future? Three films at the 69th Berlinale reflect upon Russian youth culture and its…
Filming The Objects Of Memory “There is no archive fever without the threat of [the] death drive,” wrote French philosopher Jacques Derrida. The act of archiving is a response…
As part of the Talent Press workshop all eight participants wrote a review about Peter Parlow’s Berlinale Forum contribution THE PLAGIARISTS. The whole group discussed the articles afterwards and even…