Author Patrick Friel

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...

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...

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"...

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...