[Frameworks] Film Festivals

2019-05-18 Thread Dominic Angerame 
I am beginning to believe that Film Festivals are no longer viable in this day 
and age. They all have become pyramid schemes with very little rewards to us 
filmmakers. So few cash prizes, far too many entries. Everyone is now a 
filmmaker if you own a cell phone. Every town in the US now has a film 
festival. 

It is not much fun to have a film shown at a festival where the artist cannot 
attend. From the festivalsI I receive a schedule of the films shown and that is 
all. Paying approx $50 (the average price of entry) to see my name on a list is 
not very rewarding I must say. With so many ways of having my work shown online 
and getting direct feedback is much more rewarding and cost effective and 
rewarding.

Festivals seldom provide any jury/judge/audience feedback. I receive a thank 
you notice from the Festival and more often or not a letter that says.   “We 
had an enormous amount of entries…..blah blah blah but no thanks no room at the 
inn. I have entered at least ten festivals this year with my film being shown 
at one, in Albuquerque with Brian Konefsky’s festival. This festival is an 
exception to the rule. This festival offers numerous screenings over many days, 
not just a weekend. 

Some festivals I have entered send no correspondences so I barely know if the 
event even occurred.
 
So after decades of sending my work to festivals, I no longer will participate 
and encourage younger filmmakers to create a more viable method of having their 
work screened.

Thanks

Dominic

> On May 18, 2019, at 12:44 AM, FrameWorks Admin  wrote:
> 
> Dear FrameWorkers,
> Please find below information about a new experimental film festival in 
> Genoa, Italy, in October.
> Submissions are open on their website.
> Happy filming,
> Pip Chodorov
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: cesare bedogne > >
>> Subject: film festival Genoa
>> Date: May 17, 2019 at 11:25:59 AM GMT+2
>> To: framewo...@re-voir.com 
>> 
>> Dear Pip Chodorov,
>> 
>> I am an Italian photographer and filmmaker and I am one of the founders 
>> (together with the Russian film director Aleksandr Balagura) of a new film 
>> festival which will take place in Genoa next October. Since our festival is 
>> largely focused on experimental/ avant-garde films and on innovative 
>> languages, Mr. Christian Lebrat, who is collaborating with us (he will 
>> possibly become a member of the Jury), suggested I should enter in touch 
>> with you and with Frameworks to promote the Festival among experimental 
>> filmmakers. 
>> This is our web-site (still in the making), where you can also find our 
>> Manifesto;
>> 
>> https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/ 
>>  
>> 
>> I hope this will be of interest and to hear from you soon.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Cesare Bedognè
>> 
>> www.cesarebedogne.com 
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Re: [Frameworks] experimental essay films and one other question

2019-05-18 Thread Beebe, Roger W. 
Peter,

I agree with Albert’s response that you probably don’t need the qualifier 
“experimental” in front of “essay film,” since the essay film as a form is 
already experimental (to greater or lesser degrees, and depending on what one 
means by experimental).

For a reading and list of makers, I’d take a look at the recent collection of 
essays by Nora Alter and Tim Corrigan, Essays on the Essay Film.  I just 
finished teaching a class on the essay film and this book was an invaluable 
resource for us:

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/essays-on-the-essay-film/9780231172677

Best,
Roger

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Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 1:19 AM
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Subject: [Frameworks] experimental essay films and one other question


Dear All,

We have 2 quick questions for a longer essay on experimental cinema:

1. Bori's question: Can you recommend films or artists in the field of 
experimental essay film, after 2000 until today?

2. Péter's question: can you recommend books or articles on the institutional 
system of the contemporary experimental cinema? I know the books of Scott 
Macdonald and Malte Hagener on the institutions of classical/post-war 
avant-garde film, but I do not know anything about the contemporary situation.

Thanks!
Bori and Péter
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Re: [Frameworks] Fwd: film festival Genoa

2019-05-18 Thread Dominic Angerame 
I do not see an Experimental Category



> On May 18, 2019, at 12:44 AM, FrameWorks Admin  wrote:
> 
> Dear FrameWorkers,
> Please find below information about a new experimental film festival in 
> Genoa, Italy, in October.
> Submissions are open on their website.
> Happy filming,
> Pip Chodorov
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: cesare bedogne > >
>> Subject: film festival Genoa
>> Date: May 17, 2019 at 11:25:59 AM GMT+2
>> To: framewo...@re-voir.com 
>> 
>> Dear Pip Chodorov,
>> 
>> I am an Italian photographer and filmmaker and I am one of the founders 
>> (together with the Russian film director Aleksandr Balagura) of a new film 
>> festival which will take place in Genoa next October. Since our festival is 
>> largely focused on experimental/ avant-garde films and on innovative 
>> languages, Mr. Christian Lebrat, who is collaborating with us (he will 
>> possibly become a member of the Jury), suggested I should enter in touch 
>> with you and with Frameworks to promote the Festival among experimental 
>> filmmakers. 
>> This is our web-site (still in the making), where you can also find our 
>> Manifesto;
>> 
>> https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/ 
>>  
>> 
>> I hope this will be of interest and to hear from you soon.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Cesare Bedognè
>> 
>> www.cesarebedogne.com 
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Re: [Frameworks] experimental essay films and one other question

2019-05-18 Thread Albert Alcoz 
Dear Péter,

We could say "experimental essay film" is a controversial label. It looks
like you want to avoid the documentary side of the film construction.
I'm not exposing it in the proper manner but maybe "essay film" could be
read from different points of views: orthodox and heterodox or conventional
and unusual.
The question would be: what differentiates an "experimental essay film" and
a "non experimental film essay"?
Interviews with talking heads, voice over, archive footage, chronological
segmentation, modes of production or distribution, budget?

Anyway, here are some names that could be related to that concept after
2000 until today:

Gustav Deutsch: *Film Ist 7-12 *(2002), *Film Ist a Girl & a Gun* (2009)
Thom Andersen: *Los Angeles Plays Itself* (2003), *The Thoughts That Once
We Had* (2015)
Jean-Luc Godard: *The Image Book* (2016)
Chris Marker: *Chats Perchés* (2004)
Harun Farocki: dozens of works.
Hito Steyerl: *How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File*
(2013)
Pip Chodorov: *Free Radicals* (2011)
(...)

Some other good references:
https://monoskop.org/Experimental_film
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/254037
http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/2940-2/

Best,
Albert

On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 10:18 AM Péter Lichter  wrote:

>
> Dear All,
>
> We have 2 quick questions for a longer essay on experimental cinema:
>
> 1. Bori's question: Can you recommend films or artists in the field of
> experimental essay film, after 2000 until today?
>
> 2. Péter's question: can you recommend books or articles on the
> institutional system of the contemporary experimental cinema? I know the
> books of Scott Macdonald and Malte Hagener on the institutions of
> classical/post-war avant-garde film, but I do not know anything about the
> contemporary situation.
>
> Thanks!
> Bori and Péter
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[Frameworks] experimental essay films and one other question

2019-05-18 Thread Péter Lichter 
Dear All,

We have 2 quick questions for a longer essay on experimental cinema:

1. Bori's question: Can you recommend films or artists in the field of
experimental essay film, after 2000 until today?

2. Péter's question: can you recommend books or articles on the
institutional system of the contemporary experimental cinema? I know the
books of Scott Macdonald and Malte Hagener on the institutions of
classical/post-war avant-garde film, but I do not know anything about the
contemporary situation.

Thanks!
Bori and Péter
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https://peterlichter.com
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[Frameworks] Fwd: film festival Genoa

2019-05-18 Thread FrameWorks Admin 
Dear FrameWorkers,
Please find below information about a new experimental film festival in Genoa, 
Italy, in October.
Submissions are open on their website.
Happy filming,
Pip Chodorov




> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: cesare bedogne 
> Subject: film festival Genoa
> Date: May 17, 2019 at 11:25:59 AM GMT+2
> To: framewo...@re-voir.com
> 
> Dear Pip Chodorov,
> 
> I am an Italian photographer and filmmaker and I am one of the founders 
> (together with the Russian film director Aleksandr Balagura) of a new film 
> festival which will take place in Genoa next October. Since our festival is 
> largely focused on experimental/ avant-garde films and on innovative 
> languages, Mr. Christian Lebrat, who is collaborating with us (he will 
> possibly become a member of the Jury), suggested I should enter in touch with 
> you and with Frameworks to promote the Festival among experimental 
> filmmakers. 
> This is our web-site (still in the making), where you can also find our 
> Manifesto;
> 
> https://www.mostradelcinemagenova.org/ 
>  
> 
> I hope this will be of interest and to hear from you soon.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Cesare Bedognè
> 
> www.cesarebedogne.com 
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