Dispatch from the Rockies: The 9th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Vera Brunner-Sung June 2012 Festival Reports Cultivated by a committed group of documentary filmmakers in Missoula, Montana, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival has established itself as a serious cultural asset and industry event in America’s Mountain ...
A Family Affair: The 15th Pusan International Film Festival Vera Brunner-Sung December 2010 Festival Reports The celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) this year was a bit of a balancing act. On the one hand, festival organisers sought to dazzle visitors with a panoply of c...
Phantoms of Liberty: Apichatpong Weerasethakul edited by James Quandt Vera Brunner-Sung April 2010 Book Reviews “I like reading interpretations of my films”, says Apichatpong Weerasethakul. “In Thailand there is mostly film description but not criticism, so I find it refreshing to read what others think my films mean” (p...
Unfamiliar Ground: The 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam Vera Brunner-Sung April 2009 Festival Reports 21 January – 1 February 2009 Like so many film festivals, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has grown exponentially since its inception. Nearly 40 years hence, a newcomer might consi...
James Benning edited by Barbara Pichler and Claudia Slanar Vera Brunner-Sung May 2008 Book Reviews If I am going to make up my history let me make it up the way I want to. If you criticize that, you have to criticize all history not just mine. – James Benning, in James Benning (p.127) How and when does o...
