Film Festivals
56th Berlin Film Festival—Part 3
The work of theatre director Robert Wilson and other documentary films
By Stefan Steinberg, March 11, 2006
“I do theatre, I do not do meanings”—exchange between Robert Wilson and film director Katharina Otto-Bernstein.
56th Berlin Film Festival—Part 2
Crossing the “red line”: Iranian films and censorship
By Stefan Steinberg, March 4, 2006
This year’s Berlinale saw a selection of Iranian films taking up a wide range of issues and demonstrating some of the strengths and weaknesses of Iranian cinema. Along with It’s Winter by ...
56th Berlin Film Festival—Part1
Further stirrings
By Stefan Steinberg, March 1, 2006
A trend noticeable at last year’s Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) in embryonic form, the attempt by some filmmakers in a few countries to probe and penetrate the surface of current social and p...
Film festivals in Cottbus and Neubrandenburg
Part 2—Feature films
By Stefan Steinberg, December 3, 2005
This is the second article on recent film festivals in Cottbus and Neubrandenburg, which focus on new works produced ineastern Europe. The first article was posted December 1.
Film festivals in Cottbus and Neubrandenburg
Realism and nostalgia
Part 1—Documentary films
By Stefan Steinberg, December 1, 2005
The western European and North American media, for obvious reasons, hardly ever treat current conditions in eastern Europe. Thus, film festivals featuring east European film offer a rare opportunity t...
Vancouver International Film Festival 2005—Part 3
Strengths and weaknesses of Asian cinema
By David Walsh, November 1, 2005
This is the third and final article in a series on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival 2005—Part 2
Working class life and other problems
By David Walsh, October 24, 2005
This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival 2005—Part 1
Iraq and American life
By David Walsh, October 19, 2005
This is the first in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival 2005-Part 5
The wars inside and out
By Joanne Laurier, October 11, 2005
This is the fifth and final of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival.
An interview with Shonali Bose, director of Amu
By David Walsh, October 6, 2005
David Walsh spoke to Shonali Bose, the director of Amu, and her husband, Bedabrata Pain, the film’s producer, in Toronto. The film centers on the riots in Delhi in 1984, organized by the highest...
Toronto International Film Festival 2005—Part 4
Art and the social element
By David Walsh, October 6, 2005
This is the fourth of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2005—Part 3
Scars of war
By Joanne Laurier, October 3, 2005
This is the third of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival.
