The 16th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is now open for film entries. The submission deadline is June 28, 2013.
REMEMBERING LES BLANK
In memory of Les Blank, the great documentarian whose sophisticated screen language appeared effortless when connecting us to regional musicians, garlic, gap-toothed women or Werner Herzog.
For Love Of Documentary — DAVID EDELSTEIN, New York Magazine
In tribute to the opening of the 2013 Tribeca FIlm Festival and its strong documentary roster, New York Magazine’s David Edelstein offers a rhapsodic ode to non-fiction cinema.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/edelstein-documentary-is-better-than-filmmaking.html
LEVIATHAN — at IFC Center
The extreme and visceral Leviathan, by visual anthropologists Lucien-Castaing Taylor and Verena Paravel, opens this Friday at the IFC Center. A must-see.
DOC FORTNIGHT 2013 — MOMA — Feb. 15 through March 4
Documentary Fortnight, MoMA’s annual showcase of recent nonfiction film and media, returns this week with an International selection of 23 films , along with three thematic programs, that examine the relationship between contemporary art and nonfiction filmmaking, and reflect on new areas of nonfiction practice.
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Film Society of Lincoln Center — KIAROSTAMI RETROSPECTIVE — Feb. 8 to 17
A CLOSE-UP OF ABBAS KIAROSTAMI.
From sublime shorts and early documentaries and narratives on through a stunning string of films in the 1990s and a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of the possibilities of digital video in the new century, the cinema of Abbas Kiarostami stands as one of contemporary cinema’s most vital and important statements. Continue reading “Film Society of Lincoln Center — KIAROSTAMI RETROSPECTIVE — Feb. 8 to 17”
2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar — Fellowship Program
An opportunity to apply for a fellowship to attend the legendary week-long Flaherty Seminar in June, 2013.
If you’re interested, please look over the variety of fellowships on offer.
The deadline is on Friday March 1, 2013. Continue reading “2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar — Fellowship Program”
Anthology Film Archives — Wed Feb. 6 at 7.30 pm
W.R.: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM by DUSAN MAKAVEJEV. (In English, German, Russian, and Serbian with English subtitles, 1971, 84 min.)
Dusan Makavejev’s subversive masterpiece, a hilarious montage documentary essay on “erotic socialism” was originally banned in the former Yugoslavia but remains a non-fiction cult hit. Continue reading “Anthology Film Archives — Wed Feb. 6 at 7.30 pm”
The New School Doc Studies 