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      Va Savoir! (Who Knows!, 2001, Jacques Rivette)

      Bill Mousoulis
      May 2002
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      Luise Moerke
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Author Bill Mousoulis

Bill Mousoulis

Bill Mousoulis is the founding editor of Senses of Cinema. He is an Australian independent filmmaker now based in Europe.

Soul-Surviving: Blinded by the Light

Bill Mousoulis
July 2020
Feature Articles
Can a “feel-good” mainstream film ever be considered a great film? I think it can, but I don’t think Blinded by the Light (Gurinder Chadha, 2019) quite gets there in the end, despite its specialness. The film i...

Weird Science: The 54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
November 2013
Festival Reports
The “Greek Weird Wave” just got weirder. Alexandros Avranas’ Miss Violence (first unveiled at Venice) had its premiere screening on home soil at this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) and p...

Cosmic Delight: The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
August 2012
Festival Reports
One film stood (no, it veritably flew) over all others for me in this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF): Kosmos (Reha Erdem, 2010). It was the highlight film of the Tribute to Reha Erd...

The Tree of Cinema: The 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
October 2011
Festival Reports
In any good film festival, one’s life flashes before one’s eyes. And the history of cinema. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is a good film festival. It is big enough to encompass a variety o...

Last Year’s Revolutions: The 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
March 2011
Festival Reports
It’s not easy being Greek. As an outsider, I can see it in their faces, faces etched with struggle, pain, desire, hope. Of course, this is a cinematic panoply in itself, a drama “behind the scenes” playing out ...

The Black Hole in the Summer Carnival: The 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
October 2010
Festival Reports
My first visit to this festival, I found the spa town setting most uninspiring: it was like a summer carnival – a river, food stalls, a rock stage, a techno tent, kids with balloons, teenage girls in shorts. I’...

Now and Then, Now and Again: The 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the 15th Athens International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
December 2009
Festival Reports
Late 1960, Northern Greece: the Thessaloniki Film Festival is launched, and my father, aged 27, emigrates to Australia. Late 2009: the Thessaloniki festival celebrates its 50th edition, and I re-locate from Aus...
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Relative, But Also Absolute: The 53rd Sydney Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
November 2006
Festival Reports
9–25 June, 2006 Whether the glass is half-empty or half-full, let us be thankful that we can still drink. But let us also prod the barkeep to serve it up better next time. As a Melbournite, I cannot help...
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Looking Both Ways: The 54th Melbourne International Film Festival

Bill Mousoulis
October 2005
Festival Reports
July 20–August 7, 2005 Question: Why did the film festival cross the road? Answer: Because it didn't know how to go either left or right. In her report on the 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival t...
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Dreams for Australian Cinema

Bill Mousoulis
July 2005
Feature Articles
What ails thee? A perennial question asked of Australian cinema. Independent filmmaker Bill Mousoulis submits his diagnosis.
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Unseen Cinema: An Interview with Bruce Posner

John Conomos and Bill Mousoulis
July 2002
Festival Reports
This interview was conducted on June 18, 2002. One of the two outstanding hallmark programs of this year's Sydney Film Festival was, besides the extraordinary unforgettable Jean Eustache films, “Unseen C...
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49th Sydney Film Festival – A Report

Bill Mousoulis
July 2002
Festival Reports
June 7-21, 2002 For a list of the Festival's award winners, click here. Curiously, the Sydney Film Festival has not spliced the word 'International' into its official designation, as have other Austra...

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