For Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image to house an event like the First Look series—opening this Friday and running through January 18—is a cinematic blessing. Here, in its fourth year, you’ll find undistributed gems, but, though its similarities to other festivals halt with “undistributed,” the curation of the series is precise and impeccable, giving an illusion of intimacy. This year, with selections from Omer Fast, Gina Telaroli, and Jessica Hausner, there’s a stress on waking nightmares; films whose atmospheres are bone chilling in both overt and subtle ways.
Ville Marie
Opening with a title card dedicating the film to Carlos Lorenzo, Ville Marie—one of the many experimental films being exhibited during the series—intentionally or otherwise becomes a living fever dream, its use of double and reverse exposure reminiscent of E. Elias Merhige’s horror experiment Begotten. That film sought to expose the horror of creation,...
Ville Marie
Opening with a title card dedicating the film to Carlos Lorenzo, Ville Marie—one of the many experimental films being exhibited during the series—intentionally or otherwise becomes a living fever dream, its use of double and reverse exposure reminiscent of E. Elias Merhige’s horror experiment Begotten. That film sought to expose the horror of creation,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Kyle Turner
- MUBI
New Delhi, Oct 10: The Dharamshala Film Festival, starting Oct 24, will showcase the works of international film artists that have never been screened in India earlier.
Films like Israeli filmmaker Omer Fast's "Continuity", French filmmaker Marine Hugonnier's " Ariana" and Lebanese filmmaker Rabih Mroué's "The Pixelated Revolution" will be screened in the Art and Film section, said a statement.
These films have been specially curated in collaboration with Diff partner, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), an art foundation based in Vienna, Austria.
Art world figure Francesca von Habsburg, also the founder of TBA21, will be present for this segment.
Other filmmakers attending the festival include.
Films like Israeli filmmaker Omer Fast's "Continuity", French filmmaker Marine Hugonnier's " Ariana" and Lebanese filmmaker Rabih Mroué's "The Pixelated Revolution" will be screened in the Art and Film section, said a statement.
These films have been specially curated in collaboration with Diff partner, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), an art foundation based in Vienna, Austria.
Art world figure Francesca von Habsburg, also the founder of TBA21, will be present for this segment.
Other filmmakers attending the festival include.
- 10/10/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
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