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Author Patrick Friel

Patrick Friel

Patrick Friel is the Director and Programmer of the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (organised by Chicago Filmmakers), founder and programmer of the independent screening series White Light Cinema, and former Program Director (1996-2007) for Chicago Filmmakers. He has published in Film Comment, Cineaste and Time Out Chicago and is the current Managing Editor for the volunteer-run Chicago online film resource Cine-File.

Time Will Tell: The 13th Annual Views From the Avant-Garde and the Walking Picture Palace

Patrick Friel
December 2009
Festival Reports
The end of the year is always a time of reflection and consideration; the end of a decade even more so. As I’ve been working on a “Best Experimental Films of 2000-2009” list, mulling over the thousands of films...

Chris Marker and the Archival Imperative: La Jetée: ciné-roman and Staring Back by Chris Marker and Chris Marker by Sarah Cooper

Patrick Friel
September 2009
Book Reviews
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History is Written with Light: The 12th Annual Views from the Avant-Garde

Patrick Friel
March 2009
Festival Reports
3-5 October 2008 New York City in early October 2008 seemed to be feeling the weight of impending history. Obama filled the air, from the patter of the homeless (“Obama ain’t the only one who wants chang...
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The Little Festival That Could: Media City 14: The 14th Annual International Festival of Experimental Film and Video Art

Patrick Friel
May 2008
Festival Reports
4 - 8 March 2008 They say good things come in small packages. Case in point: the Media City International Festival of Experimental Film and Video Art, now in its 14th year. Media City is indeed a "small"...
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Treasure-Hunting: The 11th Views from the Avant-Garde

Patrick Friel
November 2007
Festival Reports
6-7 October 2007 My annual pilgrimage this year to the Views from the Avant-Garde (the experimental film sidebar at the New York Film Festival) was coloured by viewing experiences in the two days prior t...

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